About us
Residential & Commercial appraisals. All appraisals are completed by local, Certified Appraisers. Our support staff is available to provide you with responsive, professional customer service.
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Services we offer
Commercial Appraisals, Real Estate Appraisals
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Free Estimates
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Accepted Payment Methods
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"This review is for another company in Arizona, I'm in Florida, I do not do appraisals in Arizona."
"Haute Team is a real estate brokerage company. We do not provide appraisal services. This person was never a customer of ours."
We needed an appraisal for the determination of the true sq ft and estimated value of our home. However, we are very unhappy with the appraisal by Mr. Castaneda.
Although we had asked Mr. Castaneda to determine the sq ft of each of our three units separately, we had to figure out the sq ft for each unit ourselves by adding and subtracting the provided numbers. Also, for his fee of $595 we didn’t even receive a hard copy, only a pdf-file via email.
But most importantly, we found out that two of the appraisal’s three "comparable sales" will be demolished and the third home is already gutted down completely to the bare structure. Thus, his estimate is based exclusively on sales of homes purchased only for their land value. Mr. Castaneda admitted this. However, only after we confronted him with the bias. He wrote: “Your house has little to no value and [...] the value is in the land.”
First, if he thinks that our "house has little to no value," then analyzing and comparing sales of homes of comparable size and number of rooms is unnecessary, as one can take the recent sale of ANY property sold for the lot, without any appraisal. In fact, a home less than half the size of ours on a same size lot just a few houses from us on our street was sold recently to be demolished for more than his estimate for our property. Second, ours is one of the firsts homes on Miami Beach, featured on the "Floridamemory" website. Comparing our historic, well-preserved, and completely restored home only with homes to be demolished is irrelevant and useless. We hired Mr. Castaneda to give us an independent appraisal, not his personal opinion.
"This is a fake review done by a robot, you cannot even read it."
Joseph was very professional. He was available quickly when I initially called. He confirmed the day before, arrived on time. He was very quick but was very thorough. I received the report very quickly as well.
Excellent experience. Joe was very knowledgeable and inquired about our insurance company. He advised he had the appropriate software required to provide the appraisal they needed. I advised Joe of the number of photographs needed of the garage; however, an appraisal of the whole building was required. Soon after, I received the completed aporaisal report; exactly as requested. We submitted the report to our insurance company and successfully had coverage on the garage reinstated. Great work, no drama!
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