I contacted Amber to appraise my neighbor's home. After flaking on the first meeting, she showed…read moreup, looked around, and we paid her reasonable rate. She was friendly and seemed capable. She initially said the appraisal would take a few days, but it ended up taking almost a month and repeated contacts. Unfortunately, she accidentally appraised my property, instead of the address I had requested (in writing and in person). When I informed her of the error, she refused to either refund me or appraise the correct property. I ended up having to take her to small claims court to get a refund, where we won a judgment for the full amount plus expenses. She was extremely rude in court. I would avoid her at all costs.

Everything went great and came back in a timely manner. She went through the house thoroughly and…read morewas very professional.

I had to get two appraisals for houses that I inherited. Levi gave me very detailed appraisals he…read moreand his staff were great to deal with very helpful and pleasant people.

RUN FROM THIS HORRIBLE COMPANY!!!! DO NOT ALLOW YOUR LENDER…read moreTO USE THEM. THEY WILL MASSIVELY UNDERVALUE YOUR PROPERTY AND USE COMPS THAT MAKE ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE! The appraiser that came to the property was there for 5 minutes and was clearly stoned. Where do they find these guys? A rehab facility??? Even though there have been several sales on my street in the last 6 months, not one was used as a comp. Instead, they pulled comps from 2 miles away in a far less desirable location and a totally different school district. I highly recommend you DO NOT use this atrocious company!!!!!!!!!!

I was disappointed with this appraisal experience. The final appraisal report states that the…read moreappraiser performed an exterior-only/drive-by appraisal and never inspected the inside of the home. For a high-value property in a divorce matter, I expected a much more thorough evaluation before a final opinion of value was issued. The report itself also states that portions of the valuation were based on assumptions due to the lack of interior access. Considering the cost of the appraisal, I did not feel the scope of work provided sufficient value. Based on my experience, I would not personally recommend these services.

Rich was very pleasant to work with. He showed up on time…read more He was quick. He explained what he was doing and was very helpful.

My family found ourselves in a confusing situation concerning some property after my mom passed…read more Basically, it was time to sell our childhood home for our disabled elderly dad who could no longer live there. The main issue was how to muddle through the tax laws and see if he qualified for the "Step-up in Basis" help for surviving spouses. Fortunately, our family tax advisor referred us to Jeff Hamric of Sacramento Appraisal Group. We had kind of put things off and waited until the last minute. But Mr. Hamric was available right when we needed him. Especially since this is a time sensitive situation! It was necessary for us to find a State Certified Real Estate Appraiser (SCREA) to come to our rescue. We gave him the information needed, and he went right to work researching on how much my parent's properties were worth on the day my mom passed. Then, they gave us complete itemized reports that included photos of the homes, residential appraisals, certification pages, market analysis charts, location maps, value analysis, and an appraisal compliance addendum. Never did I realize how much effort and detail was needed for the circumstances we were in! The real estate agent we were dealing with had never even heard of the "Step-up in basis" tax clause! I'm so glad that my knowledgeable tax advisor, Anthony Wright, was on the ball and helped get us through this difficult time in our lives! And another big thank you to Jeff Hamric for his professionalism and expertise as an appraiser extraordinaire!

Jeff Hamric was an expert witness in an arbitration case I was involved in here in Sacramento that…read morerequired a real estate appraisal. He was extremely knowledgeable and professional. I highly recommend him.

I have to agree with the other review - this company is a joke. They not only undervalue real…read moreestate, they make blatant errors in their appraisals and then refuse to acknowledge or correct them when they are pointed out. Their attitude is so poor that the bank I was using said they would no longer work with them. I had the misfortune of having Chris Clark as an appraiser. Her method of doing the appraisal seemed to be find the lowest REO comps available and find ways to say your home is worth less than them. For some reason she believes that an obstructed view of a hill is worth almost $40,000 more than a clear view of downtown San Francisco and Oakland. Worse than that, she was so heads down she completely missed that the house had a view at all. Then, after filing a very well documented and supported appeal with C&D, they refused to reconsider or even acknowledge they made a mistake. Basically a horrible company that is too arrogant to admit mistakes and is more concerned with covering their @$$e$ than giving honest appraisals. If you have any choice in who does the appraisal for your real estate deal, stay far away from C&D.

Chris, You bring up 2 points and rest is Marketing fluff…read more 1) My expected value and 2) the comp you considered. Here is my response - 1) The two new appraisals were ordered because your report was deemed untrustworthy. This addresses your 1st point. I stated this in my 1st review and this update will exemplify the facts. 2) The Comp you considered....lets talk about the details a) My house is bigger by at least 1000 st feet and lot is larger by at least 9.75 acres (ACRES is the unit to note). b) According to your report, this increased the value of my house by $50,000.00 Lets ignore the land for now, assume that 9.75 acres is of $0.00 value. Therefore, the value of additional 1000 sq. ft. will be $50,000.00. This means that a 6000 sq. ft. house would be valued at $300,000.00 (50,000 x 6). Does this make sense to you. You valued my house at $1.9 Million. Hence difference in value (compared to $300,000 above) is 1.9M - 0.3M = 1.6M. Lets say you explain away $1M value with your marketing fluff (bank requirements, market, whatever). You still cannot explain the difference of $600,000.00 in the value from the value you arrived at ($1.9M). Oh by the way, what about the value of the land? Did you just miss that? Is this what your 23 yrs of experience in science of appraisal brings to the table? Here is what I would do if I were in your shoes - 1) Stop digging the grave and accept the mistake 2) Put in place preventive actions so that these type of blunders are prevented. 3) Move on, do not respond as I have many concrete facts to present Finally, I waited to write this response as I was expecting the new appraisal reports. One appraised the house for $2.70M and another one appraised it for $2.75M. each charged me $400.00 for the appraisal. Based on these recent updates, I will change the rating to -5 STARS (minus 5).

Jonathan Sanders was amazing at finding the owner of a property so that we could reach out and make…read morean offer. It required a great deal of work on his part and it was great working with him.

I wanted to refinance my home loan and found eRates on zillow.com. eRates ordered appraisal from…read moreCentral Valley Appraisal. The appraisal was done by Terre O' Bryan and was totally incorrect. In addition to incorrect appraisal, the lender made so many errors on the loan documents. We bought 2173sq ft. 4 bed room, 2 1/2 bath brand new home in 2010, but the appraisal showed 2159sq ft., 3 bed room, and 2.1 bath. On the other hand, eRates interest rate on the good faith estimate were different than what I was promised. At one point, eRates sent me a good faith estimate with a cost of about $11,000. I was told the cost will be about $1,600. Christopher C. Manzella was my loan officer. I emailed him (copied to Central Valley Appraisal) and informed that the appraisal was incorrect. Also, I informed him that I cannot proceed with the loan with these incorrect information. I didn't proceed with this loan and I want everyone to be careful with these two companies. They are adding to mortgage industry mistrust that borrowers have. I'll be filing complain to proper authorities on this matter.

IMHO completely incompetent and unskilled. They do not know the difference between a concrete slab…read morefoundation and raised pier even after you tell them which one in on your building. Inaccuracies galore! Calling a 2 story building a one story building. eventually I fired them and hired another company which came back with an appraisal that was almost double their appraised value. I would not hire them to appraise my dog house. INCOMPETENCE x 10!