Are there any industry standards, what is the acceptable error (+/-)?
Answer Ms. Devlin, I apologize for not responding on Saturday or Sunday. We had a family party at our house and I took the weekend off. Let’s first take a look at the “drive-by” appraisal. An appraiser cannot just “guess” as to what the size of a house is, even a County Appraiser cannot do this, he/she MUST have some basis for utilizing a home size in their appraisal. Did you get a copy of this appraisal? If so, the appraiser should have stated what data source was relied on for the size of your house. Did the appraiser include a Public Records Data Sheet for your house? Did the appraiser confirm permits at the City Building Department? Where did this 4100 SF come from? When you review the floorplan for the measurement that established 3980 SF, where are the size differences compared with your plans? Your house might be new enough that the City may have the actual blueprints for your home in the Archives. If the City does have the Plans in an archive, and, depending upon how far you wa
