Jennifer Rennia is the most irresponsible and negligent appraiser I have ever worked with. She spent 7 minutes doing her appraisal of our 3 bedroom home -- my husband was present. Then, she classified our home incorrectly, as a "Co-op" when in fact it is "Cohousing," legally managed just like a condominium. Cooperatives are legally, fiscally, and functionally very different from Cohousing. When we learned of her mistake, we provided several pieces of documentation for her to correct the error, and I reported the mistake the Appraisal board. She did not respond but let the erroneous categorization stand. I provided several documents, including our initial loan, demonstrating her error as well. What is the difference between Cohousing and Co-operatives? a) Cohousing owners, like us, pay their own taxes. b) People who live in a Co-operatives do not pay individual property taxes. The Co-op pays it, because the co-op owns everything. -- I submitted a copy of our property tax bill for our personal unit, demonstrating that we are legally the same as a condominium. -- Jennifer never responded nor updated her appraisal. From Investopedia: Condominiums [and Cohousing complexes] are multi-unit dwellings with privately owned residences and shared common areas. Condominiums are classified as real property, meaning that buyers own the deeds to their dwellings. (To learn more about condominiums, read Buying A Condo.) Co-ops are not considered real property. When you buy into a co-op, you become a shareholder in a corporation that owns the property. As a shareholder, you are entitled to exclusive use of a housing unit in the property. I hope this review saves others from the heartburn of working with Ms. Rennia and that it will inspire her to improve. read more

If I could give a 0 I would. Lack of professionalism from this business. Unanswered email and phone calls. When I asked what the lack of communication was all about, I received a flat, "I'm sorry.'' from the assistant. Well now I am sorry because I will not use their services. Moving on to a hopefully better outcome. read more

Our home was appraised by Jennifer R. Our house is the largest model in the neighborhood, and she comped it to smaller models without adjustment for the increased bedrooms, bathrooms and square footage. She also, similar to the other review posted here, did not include any value for our 300 square foot attached guest unit. This unit has its own heat/air conditioning and full bathroom, is completely finished and we got ZERO value in our appraisal for it. So, all in, our 2700 sf home was comped (without adjustments) to 2100 sf homes in our neighborhood. When we called their number it was disconnected. AVOID THESE PEOPLE AT ALL COSTS!! We're also not happy with Quicken Loans for their service or use of this sub-standard appraisal company. read more

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Jennifer did a great and accurate job with our home. I spent a week looking at comps in the area, and had an idea of what I could expect in terms of price per square foot. We also keep a clean house and up to date with several modest upgrades. Jennifer was on time, took pictures, reviewed the upgrade list I provided, and came back with a comprehensive and fair appraisal within 48 hours. I think many people get caught up with Red Fin and Zillow. We were very pleased with her services. Thank you, Jennifer! read more

Same experience as the poor other people on here. Jennifer rennia made countless unwarranted remarks about the condition of the home which were pure speculation, even going as far as noting "chipped paint." The lender got the appraisal back and had a laundry list of things that would be required for financing, new roof, complete repaint of exterior, the list went on and on due to her idiotic and completely baseless comments. Turns out, roof was completely fine, the whole house completely fine! These incompetent people should not be allowed to keep their license. AVOID HARRIS APPRAISALS AT ALL COSTS!!!! read more

I'd like to compliment Harris Appraisal Services for the excellent service Jennifer Rennia provided me with my appraisal inspection. When I received my copy of the appraisal from my bank I had questions and she was very helpful in answering the questions that she could answer and pointed me in the correct direction to get the others answered. Thank you for you service. read more

Definitely a no to her service. She was non-communicative in the walk through. She did not include any valuation for a full 1500 sq ft recording studio/second home on the property. She listed partial views when we have a 300 degree panoramic view. She undervalued the solar system. She mis-labled the number of stories, # of bedrooms, undervalued the 50 year roof we put on. We just spent $20K on new kitchen cabinets and stone countertops. There was no value assigned to that improvement. The comps she used to arrive at a value were not even close to the quality of our property. No mention of 2 additional out buildings which had both been improved with electric, water and cement flooring. No inclusion of irrigation systems all around. No value assigned for a complete second deck.I think you get the picture here. She is incompetent and should consider another line of employment. Warren K. read more

Avoid this one if you can. Seems to be a staff of 1, Jennifer, and she appraised our property for a refinance. She intentionally undermined the process by arbitrarily leaving our beautiful guest house out of the total square footage-- even though all previous appraisals, our real estate listing agent, and Sonoma County all define the guest house as part of the property. A mean-spirited move, and for what? Also overwhitens her teeth . . . read more

What ever you do do not use this company. I just received an appraisal for my home from Jennifer Rennia the owner and it was 40% lower then the same home was appraised for 6 months ago and actually less then it cost to build 14 years ago. All her comps except one were different neighborhoods and the one she used in ours was the worst home in the neighborhood and it actually sold 2 weeks ago for $200K more then her comp number. She is completely incompetent and should have her license revoked. read more

As an individual who spent 9 years in real estate as a broker and also has been a homeowner on multiple occasions I have experienced both sides of appraisal emotion. As a professional a fair an accurate appraisal is necessary. One that protects your bank/investor, protects your buyer from overpaying, protects a borrower from over leveraging their home just for new countertops and more. As a homeowner we often have unrealistic expectation of value based on what we "want" not what the market dictates. We often get angry when data appears to not support that and infuse emotionally based arguments to the appraiser to get what we want. Flat out we ask them to risk their career so we can borrow an additional 5k. There is something wrong with that picture and I feel appraisers are unjustly ridicule for standing firm. I used Harris Appraisal service for every appraisal I could as a broker and as a homeowner and each time the appraisals were fair, accurately comped and thorough. Harris appraisal withstood countless appraisal reviews while obtaining FHA loans for my borrowers during a time when investors were looking for any reason to deny a loan. I stand behind Harris appraisal not only for quality work but also because I know each of their employees and their owner to be persons of integrity and high moral code. This is a service I could confidently recommend to others. read more

DO NOT USE THIS APPRAISER, Jennifer Rennia owner of Harris Appraisal. We live in a 3 bedrm townhouse in a condominium. All 2 bdrms are identical, while all the 3 bdrms are larger and identical. Our townhouse had been remodeled. She appraised it at the same value as the "lowest" sale of a 2 bdrm townhouse in our complex. The 3 bdrms have 3X more backyard and 30% more sq feet than 2 bdrooms. During the time of her appraisal a townhouse identical to mine (a 3 bdrm) sold for 40% more than her appraisal of ours. Essentially, she cut 40% of the value of our home which prevented us from refinancing. Why on earth she didn't appraise my home comparing it to other identical 3 bedroom sales in the same complex? Why did she appraise my home at the same value as the "lowest" sale of all the recent 2 bdrms sales in the complex? This is unconscionable, they should revoke her license. The only good reviews she has on Yelp are real estate or mortgage brokers, bankers and acquaintances. What a coincidence! While people like you and me only want a fair appraisal, not get cheated and swindled by her bias and pretentious attitude. read more