SMITH APPRAISAL SVC

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The appraiser was sent a job offer by our lending company, which they accepted and signed. Five days later, when the job was suppose to have been completed, the lender contacted Mr. Smith to find out where the appraisal was. Mr. Smith had not done the appraisal (did not realize there was a deadline, despite the fact that the deadline was clearly given in the contract), and was now out of town. He offered to have his son do the appraisal. This was on a Monday. We were told the appraisal would be done by the end of the week. Friday came, no appraisal was submitted. We called Monday, the appraisal had not been done. We were told it was going to be done Tuesday. Wednesday came, still no appraisal. Friday (the day we were suppose to close on our house) came, and STILL NO APPRAISAL. We were told that the appraisal was done, but the paperwork still had to be completed, and would be sent to our lender the following Monday. Monday came and, you guessed it, still no appraisal was submitted. The entire week went by, and still nothing. The following week, our lender tells us that the appraisal was sent in but is incomplete. Mr. Smith stated on the appraisal that the power and water had not been turned on when he went out there, and therefore he could not inspect anything concerning such. THE POWER AND WATER WERE BOTH ON, and had been on for several days prior to his going out to the property. Our lender asked him to go back out to the property and complete the appraisal. Mr. Smith did so, but then had the nerve to charge us an additional $125+ to go back out! When confronted about the additional charge, Mr. Smith refused to retract it. We will NEVER do business with him again, and we also will share our experience with others whom are preparing to purchase property.