Phoenix: Irrigated Lots
For some Phoenix homes, SRP flood irrigation reaches the yard through private ditches or pipes. The property's actual irrigation arrangement can matter more than a green lawn when comparing sales.
Residential Appraisals in Maricopa County
Katya Borisova provides residential appraisals throughout Maricopa County for homeowners, families and investors who need an independent value for a sale, estate, divorce or investment decision.
Katya Borisova
Arizona Certified Residential Appraiser · Credential 1031161
Velox Valuations Phoenix Metro
Katya has personally renovated a condominium for resale, owned and managed rental homes, and gained appraisal experience with co-living and other nontraditional residential layouts. That background gives her practical context for improvements, layout differences and property uses that basic property data may not fully describe. Learn more about Complex residential appraisals when a property's configuration needs closer explanation.
“She is very organized, thorough, and pays attention to the details better than anyone I have seen.”
What Will the Appraisal Help You Decide?
The reason you need the value, and sometimes the date, determines what the written appraisal report needs to address.
- Preparing to sell: A pre-listing appraisal gives you a value opinion to consider with your agent before setting an asking price.
- Estate or inheritance: An estate appraisal can document value for family or administration decisions, while a date-of-death appraisal addresses the required earlier date.
- Divorce: A divorce appraisal provides an independent property value for settlement, mediation or buyout discussions.
- Investment property: An investment property appraisal helps inform a purchase, sale or ownership decision.
Need an appraisal for something else? Katya also handles new construction, residential vacant land, complex homes, PMI-related value questions and square-footage measurement. View All Appraisal Services.
Not sure which appraisal you need? Start with the property address and why you need the value.
Why Maricopa County Homes Do Not Always Compare the Same Way
Local knowledge matters when it changes the comparison, not merely because an appraiser recognizes a city name. Irrigation, ownership rights and usable land can distinguish otherwise similar homes. The effect depends on the property and market, not an automatic premium or discount.
Peoria: Vistancia and Ownership
Vistancia's community documents distinguish homeowner amenities from the private Blackstone Country Club. Proximity to the course does not establish club rights that transfer with a home.
Scottsdale: Usable Land
Slope and protected natural open space can limit usable area on similar-sized Scottsdale lots. The city's pool guidance bars pools and equipment from a natural-open-space easement.
Explore Maricopa County City Guides
These selected guides describe property differences in communities Katya serves within Maricopa County.
- Scottsdale: Hillside sites, condos and larger lots.
- Phoenix: Historic homes, irrigated lots and urban condos.
- Peoria: Vistancia and planned-community differences.
- Glendale: Historic homes and Arrowhead-area properties.
- Cave Creek: Access, washes and utilities on desert parcels.
- Paradise Valley: Hillside and valley-floor homes.
- Gilbert: Heritage District improvements and Morrison Ranch association arrangements call for different property questions.
- Mesa: Older Robson houses and Eastmark homes pose different condition and development-context questions.
- Tempe: Older Maple Ash houses and central Tempe condominiums raise different property and ownership questions.
Need an Appraisal in Maricopa County?
Start with the property address and why you need the value. Not sure what fits? Ask Katya directly.