I would like to share with you some of the positive experiences my associates and I have had over the past few years with Epoch Appraisals, LLC. This includes my peer group of Loan Officers and Consultants, as well as the management groups of several Mortgage Brokerage Firms.
It isn’t every day that we have service providers reaching for the heights of customer’s expectations but that’s the only way of doing business for Darcie Bradshaw and her staff at Epoch. Their “Real Estate Valuation Expertise” is not only a level above their competition, it is provided with the supporting documentation that gives validity to the content of the report. Their positive and professional approach to doing business is exceeded only by their consistent, thorough, and rapid results.
My colleagues and I appreciate the fact that the goal of their business is to help our business and would refer them to any individual or organization without reservation.
Darcie came on time, performed a thorough and professional examination of our property, and produced a very professional and very detailed multi-page appraisal report within a few days of my initial contact, with three great comparable properties that were based on actual sales of homes very similar to ours. The sales occurred within a few months of the assessment date and were solid evidence that the assessed value of my property was too high. It met the requirements for a market value appeal of assessed value for the Lake County Board of Appeals. I submitted Darcie's appraisal along with the other paperwork required for an appeal on time to the county. I also attended the appeals hearing in person, which I think is important to do. I got a substantial though fair and fully-warranted reduction in my property tax assessment that will more than cover Darcie's fee in savings in property taxes this year alone. The appeals board decision wasn't as low as Darcie's appraised value, but it was much closer to her valuation than to the township assessor's. Note that hiring an appraiser won't work if your property has not been over-assessed, because a licensed appraiser has to make a solid case for over-assessment, and if the comps do not establish this case, you're unlikely to win an appeal. But if your property has in fact been over-assessed, hiring Epoch Appraisals to boost your chances in an appeal is well worth doing.
Wonderful. They sent Mindy out within a day. I asked her to just assess the house to let us know the value, not for resale or tax purposes. The report was ready and delivered in 5 days. The county assessor said it was the best appraisal she'd seen in months.
