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Historic & Pre-1940 Home Appraisal in Claremont and the Inland Empire

Appraisals of Craftsman, Spanish Colonial Revival and early Period Revival homes near the Claremont Colleges, the Village and central Pomona, where original detail, additions and prior remodels all affect value differently. Sales selection accounts for era and architectural style, not just square footage and bedroom count. Sensitive to properties in or adjacent to historic districts and the reporting that comes with them.

Gordon Hall, California Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser, BREA No. AR003877 (opens the state license lookup)

Who orders this

  • Owners of pre-1940 homes selling, refinancing or settling an estate
  • Buyers of historic-district homes
  • Trustees and heirs of long-held older houses

What the report includes

  • Comparable sales chosen for era and architectural style, with original detail, sympathetic additions and later remodels each described
  • Any historic designation or district status noted as a condition of the property
  • The client, the intended use (what the report will be used for) and the intended users (who may rely on it), stated on the first page
  • The effective date, the date the opinion of value applies to, and the date of the report
  • The scope of work, meaning the inspection, research and analysis performed, including any limits on access
  • Comparable sales chosen for era, pocket and lot character, each with the reason it was used
  • Adjustments for differences such as gross living area, lot size, condition and location, each explained
  • Interior and exterior photographs and a measured sketch of the living area
  • A signed certification with Gordon Hall's California license, BREA No. AR003877

The page a reviewer reads first is the sales comparison grid: the subject beside the closed sales, every difference adjusted and explained. This is its shape, left blank.

Sales comparison approach

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Figures come from the inspection and the closed sales on your blocks. A blank grid is shown because report contents are confidential under USPAP.

What we need from you

  • The property address and who will provide access on inspection day
  • The purpose of the appraisal and who will read the report (lender, court, assessor, CPA, trustee or yourself)
  • Permits, plans or a survey for any addition, remodel or ADU
  • A list of improvements with approximate dates
  • Any historic designation letters, preservation approvals or Mills Act contract

Era and style near the Colleges and in central Pomona

Original detail, sympathetic additions and unpermitted remodels all move value differently on a Craftsman near College Avenue than they do on a 1950s tract home off Base Line Road. Claremont's older blocks around the Village and the Colleges hold Victorian, Colonial Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival and bungalow houses, and some 1930s and 1940s modernist homes, each with its own buyer. Pomona's Lincoln Park, Wilton Heights and Hacienda Park historic districts hold homes from the 1880s through the 1940s in an eclectic mix of styles.

Sales selection accounts for era and architectural style, not square footage and bedroom count alone, and properties in or adjacent to a historic district carry reporting considerations that show up in the report: designation status, preservation review of exterior changes, and the condition of original materials. Raised foundations, original wiring and enclosed porches are common in both cities, and the report records them as observed without testing systems.

Timeline and next step

Reports are typically delivered three to five business days from the inspection. The inspection runs 30 to 60 minutes for a standard single-family home, longer for hillside, custom, multi-family or homes with additions that need to be measured and sketched.

The fee is set by the scope of the assignment and quoted before work begins. It does not depend on the value, and it is never contingent on a result.

Send the address through the order form, or call (909) 324-6122.

Straight answers

Questions

Does historic designation raise or lower value?
It depends on the property and on what buyers in that district pay; the appraisal does not assume either. It notes the designation and any review of exterior changes as conditions of the property and relies on sales of similar-era homes to measure the market's response.
How are old additions treated?
They are described as they exist, with their permit history. A sympathetic, permitted addition and an unpermitted enclosed porch are different things to a buyer and to a lender, and the report says how each was treated.
Why not compare my Craftsman with newer homes nearby?
Because buyers of pre-1940 homes pay for era, detail and location differently. Comparable sales are chosen for the same era and style first, and the report explains any exception.

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The property, the purpose and the effective date set the scope and the fee, which is quoted before work begins.

Gordon Hall, California Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser, BREA No. AR003877 (opens the state license lookup)

The property and the assignment

Effective date of value (optional)

The date the value has to apply to: today, or a date in the past such as a date of death or separation.

How to reach you

Additions, an ADU, a prior appraisal, a hearing date: whatever shapes the scope.

Nothing is scheduled until you say so.

Prepared by Gordon Hall, California Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser, BREA No. AR003877. Reports are prepared in conformity with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). Notes on designation and preservation review describe conditions of the property, not legal or planning advice.

Get the value documented before someone else needs it.

Two minutes for a fee quote and a turnaround date. Nothing is scheduled until you say so.

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