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Kurt Rehak - Licensed Appraiser
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Appraisal - Real Estate

Serving Conowingo, MD and surrounding areas

In business since 1998

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

Our company does residential and commercial appraisals/consulting. Currently we do not offer brokerage services other than valuations. I have been Certified since 1998. For over 23 years, we have been reliable and one of the most informative appraisers on the East Coast. We're very flexible both with pay and scheduling. I can tailor things to your needs because clear communication and your satisfaction are the most important things to me and my business. We specialize in residential and commercial market valuations, divorce, expert witness testimony for lending and non-lending purposes. We appraise all types of real property to include but not limited to all types of residential dwellings, offices, mixed use, industrial, commercial, churches (special use), and right of way appraisals. We do not appraise personal belongings. We do not do surveys.

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Property Appraiser questions, answered by experts

Yes, installing a tennis court can be a worthwhile home improvement project that adds value to your property. The potential increase in value can range from $20,000 to $150,000, and in some cases, the return on investment can cover more than 60% of the installation cost. However, the impact on value heavily depends on the size of your property. For homes with multiple acres, a tennis court is often a valuable amenity. In contrast, for homes on smaller lots, installing a court can decrease the property's value because it consumes a significant portion of the usable yard space. It's crucial to consider your property size and the remaining usable yard before proceeding.

Basement bedrooms can count toward your room count and the square footage of your home on an appraisal if they’re fully legal, which means they have proper ventilation and points of egress, as defined by your local building code. Simply partitioning off a space for a bedroom in an otherwise unfinished basement that isn’t a legal living space won’t affect your appraisal value.

In most cases, selling a home in as-is condition will lead to a sale price that’s somewhere between 10% and 30% lower than normal. However, it’s often worthwhile to sell at a loss because the alternative would be to pay for the repairs yourself, which could end up costing you more. Even if they didn’t, selling as-is saves you from the time and energy you’d spend coordinating the repairs.

The entire appraisal process takes from seven to 10 days. This timeline accounts for the many steps of the appraisal process, including the post-inspection report completed by the appraiser.

Home appraisal services include the following tasks:

  • Inspect home interior and exterior

  • Evaluate materials, features, fixtures, and renovations

  • Review comparable properties

  • Write an appraisal report

In cases where an appraisal comes in lower than an offer price, sellers might opt to lower their asking price to meet the appraisal, especially if the market is slow, and replacing the offer with a higher one may take a long time. Sellers can also offer to make repairs to boost the appraised value, hire another appraiser to get a second opinion, or just move on to another offer that isn’t contingent on the buyer getting a mortgage or an appraisal inspection.

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