How Many Double Check Sketch Before Leaving Property

[NC Appraising]

Here are some of the top home measuring guys in the Charlotte market.

I guess these guys would disagree: "I know the appraiser might not fully understand accuracy limitations of the measuring instruments we use for this job."

http://www.homeanalyticsappraisal.com/Measurements
https://www.steeltapemeasuring.com/Contact_Steel_Tape_Measuring.aspx
https://www.proangles.com/examples

 

[Joe Flacco]

I don't know why it is the MLS business how people calculate SF. I think what is customary in the market is how assessors measure the house. Pretty sure easch assessor office has some sort of standard they use. If the assessor office is using ANSI then ANSI is customary and if they calculate some other way then whatever other way it is is customary.

 

[Joe Flacco]

If you are calculating SF using ANSI and the local assessors office is not, then you are calculating SF WRONG. It is not the tax records that is wrong.

 

[NC Appraising]

Here are two real life examples from my market:
1 is my measurement.
The other is the county that measures to the nearest foot. 132 sq ft difference. That is why realtors hire some appraisers to measure the homes. Power of the price per sqft!!!!

 

[NC Appraising]

If you are calculating SF using ANSI and the local assessors office is not, then you are calculating SF WRONG. It is not the tax records that is wrong.

That is the silliest post of the year.

What if the owners added GLA without a permit? What if the county (government screwed up). Yeah, that never happens.

See above.

https://bulletins.ncrec.gov/your-square-footage-measurement-must-be-right-when-listing-a-property/
Q. Is it okay to use tax records of square footage as a source?

A. No. Review the tax records, but never rely on them for this information. If you find that the square footage of the property differs from the information on the tax records, there may be a permit or other issue to be resolved.


https://www.nar.realtor/legal-case-...quare-footage-measurement-to-buyer-may-not-be

 

[Joe Flacco]

Here are two real life examples from my market:
1 is my measurement.
The other is the county that measures to the nearest foot. 132 sq ft difference. That is why realtors hire some appraisers to measure the homes. Power of the price per sqft!!!!


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The base is about the same in both sketches. The discreprency is that the sketch to the foot says the upper level is 57 feet deep and the sketch to the tenth of a inch says the upper level is 63.8 feet deep.

The issue is not the rounding to the foot but somebody is wrong about the total front to rear distance of the upper level.

 

[Joe Flacco]

That is the silliest post of the year.

What if the owners added GLA without a permit? What if the county (government screwed up). Yeah, that never happens.

See above.

https://bulletins.ncrec.gov/your-square-footage-measurement-must-be-right-when-listing-a-property/
Q. Is it okay to use tax records of square footage as a source?

A. No. Review the tax records, but never rely on them for this information. If you find that the square footage of the property differs from the information on the tax records, there may be a permit or other issue to be resolved.

Come on man. The assessor office and tax records is the only source that has structure size for every house. However the local assessor office calculates SF is the standard.

 

[NC Appraising]

The base is about the same in both sketches. The discreprency is that the sketch to the foot says the upper level is 57 feet deep and the sketch to the tenth of a inch says the upper level is 63.8 feet deep.

The issue is not the rounding to the foot but somebody is wrong about the total front to rear distance of the upper level.

OK, here is another one. Yeah, rely on the County????

 

[Randolph Kinney]

OK, here is another one. Yeah, rely on the County????
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Do you have a front photograph to go with the drawings?

 

[Joe Flacco]

OK, here is another one. Yeah, rely on the County????
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This one is the same. The base is basically measured the same regardless measured to the foot or tenth of a inch. The upper level is obviosly measured differently.