Anderson Appraisal Services

I have been in the real estate business for 27 years. I have never, in my career, come across a more incompetent appraiser than Gary DeBruin at Anderson Appraisal. When I first bought my property 2 years ago, I outbid several bidders whose bids were $ 20,000 below mine. But, for reasons I will never know, Gary elected to appraise my property at $ 300,000 less than I paid for it. I got a second appraisal from another firm, and they had no issue appraising my property at my purchase price. But, it’s gets much worse…
Then, 2 years later when I am ready to build on my property and need a new appraisal for the construction loan, my bank coincidentally happens to select Gary DeBruin. This time, Gary waits until 1 week past the appraisal deadline, and sends a 1 sentence letter to my lender declining the assignment because the scope exceeds his «expertise». So, one has to ask, why did he bother bidding on the project if he didn’t have sufficient expertise. And how hard can appraising a to-​be-​built single family house really be? And a very basic level of common courtesy would be to decline the assignment 3 weeks prior… not 1 week after the due date. Gary and his actions (or lack thereof) left me in an impossible situation between my bank and my builder.
I don’t know what Gary DeBruin’s «expertise» is, but it’s not in appraisal.
I would avoid Anderson Appraisal at all cost. They are awful appraisers, and Gary is not an honorable person.

Monday 8÷4÷2014, we made an appointment with Kevin Allen of Anderson Appraisal services for 9 am on Thursday 8÷7÷2014. Having changed our schedules to accommodate him, at 9:30 am we called his office to find out why he was late. No answer. At about 9:45 am I called his cell. He answered and almost seemed in a daze. He did not know who we were and we said were not on his schedule as though that made everything OK. I told him if he ever did find us on his schedule to take us off and sought assistance elsewhere.

I had the most pleasant experience with Anderson Appraisal while I was buying my home. Rich McDaniel came out to my house and was VERY thorough as he was evaluating my home. I had many questions for him as I am a first time home buyer, and he answered all of them and made me feel at ease. I couldn’t have felt more confident with my appraiser and would recommend him to ANYONE needing an appraisal.

I was extremely disappointed with my appraisal done by Rich McDaniel of Anderson Appraisal. This appraisal was for a refi. He was in my condo for under 5 minutes. He did not measure because he said he’d measured other units in the complex previously. The appraisal came back with the wrong square footage. I’ve owned the place for 4 years and know the square footage of the place as it’s on all documents from the original purchase and loan. (It’s also listed properly on zillow and similar units for sale have the same square footage listed). The appraisal also had the HOA fees wrong (listed at the rate they were 3 years ago). The other numbers that he should have confirmed with the management company were also wrong. When my lender questioned these items, they said they stood by the original information. Unfortunately for me, even if I get another appraisal, the loan I am looking to get will use the lesser numbers if there are multiple appraisals. Do not do business with this company!