Why is it that we seem to go to battle with appraisers who think they are the authority when it comes to homebuilding? I understand that every man wants to present to clients that he knows what he is talking about, however; when an appraiser makes a condition on an appraisal to be met; he sure should know what he's talking about.
Case in point. An appraiser completed an FHA appraisal recently for one of our clients. It was a decently maintained home, but it had some problems. Surprisingly, the appraiser only called for two items to be met as conditions. One of those items was to have the bathroom sink drains cleared and the other was to have the water heater overlow pipe vented to the exterior of the house. That was the first time I had seen that.
After having a plumber out to the house, the advice from the expert was to leave it alone since the overflow pipe came within 6 inches of the garage floor; which is code here in Oregon. Making any modifications to the pipe would create extra unnecessary work as well as create an extra unnecessary hole in the siding of the home. So now I am trying to connect with an appraiser who doesn't return calls and am concerned that this issue will hold up closing.
I just need to understand why some of these guys insist on making rediculous conditions. If they want to make themselves look good, then at least make it legitimate.
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