Home Appraisal Tips

By Max Suther
You should know what your home is worth. If you don't then you will want to have it appraised immediately. After all the value of your home is a deciding factor in the amount of money you try to get out of your home when you sell it. Here are some tips on how to get the most out of your home appraisal.
1. Do your best to stay out of the way of your appraiser. It might be tempting to tell your appraiser about the other homes for sale in your neighborhood or what you think your home is worth, but try to suppress this urge. It will be uncomfortable enough having a stranger looking through your home and deciding how much it is worth. Don't make it worse by offending the appraiser. An appraiser who is annoyed or uncomfortable might rush the job and could miss things that would have impacted the final number they come up with.
2. Keep your home neat, clean and make sure all of the maintenance work has been taken care of. This doesn't mean that you should be able to see your reflection in your kitchen floor, but a messy or cluttered home makes it easier to overlook the sound structure of the frame or how safe the interior is. Make sure you fix those leaky faucets, loose carpet squares and anything else that could lower the impression your home makes on the appraiser. If you plan on leaving any of your appliances behind, make sure those appliances are in perfect working condition.
3. If you have done remodeling work, or have rebuilt any part of the house, do not be afraid to point that out. This might not necessarily raise the value of the home by the same amount that you have invested, but it is important for the appraiser to know what is new, what major problems have been fixed, etc.
These are just three simple tips to make the appraisal experience a friendlier one and to make your appraiser's job as easy to do as possible.
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