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Pete Burness is a Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser with extensive experience appraising high-end, complex, and architecturally significant properties, as well as extensive experience appraising the homes of high-profile homeowners. Pete has been interviewed by both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal about high-end and architectural appraisals and has appraised well over 13 billion dollars of residential real estate since 2001 including more than 1,500 valuations of properties with values of $3,000,000 or greater, and Average valuations of more than $8,000,000 since 2019. In 2019 Pete completed $1,000,000,000 of residential appraisals in a single calendar year.
Burness Property Appraisal offers Real Estate appraisals with an unparalleled combination of local knowledge, experience, diligence, integrity, professionalism, care, analysis, and research.
Coverage areas: Western Los Angeles County/portions of Southern/Coastal Ventura County, and portions of Coastal Santa Barbara County.
Experience
Pete has extensive experience appraising architecturally significant homes designed by noted Mid-Century Modern, Modern, early 20th Century and current architects such as: Abramson Teiger Architects; Gregory Ain; Thornton M Abell; Anonymous Architects; John C. Austin; Barbara Bestor; Joseph Blick; Michael Boyd; Buff & Hensman; Buff, Straub & Hensman; Robert Byrd; Chasen Architecture; Kevin Clark; J.R. Davidson; Pierpont Davis; Domicile Design; Richard Dorman; Joseph Eichler (with A. Quincy Jones); Craig Ellwood; Robert D. Farquhar; Ed Fickett; Escher Gune Wardena; Frank Gehry; Irving Gill; Ron Goldman; Green & Green; Elmer Grey; Harwell Hamilton Harris; Myron Hunt; iD Group; A Quincy Jones; Stephen Kanner; Ray Kappe; Arthur R. Kelly; William Kesling; Pierre Koenig; John Lautner; Ricardo Legorreta; Hal Levitt; Leland Lewis; Marshall Lewis; Jerrold Lomax; Michael Maltzan; Marmol Radziner; Marston & Van Pelt; Marston, Van Pelt & Maybury; Vitus Matare; Cliff May; McClean Design; Scott Mitchell Studio; Ed Niles; Richard Neutra; Kemper Nomland; Lorcan O'Herlihy; David Ogilvie; Zoltan Pali; John Parkinson; John Pawson; RBK Architects; SAOTA, Rudolph Schindler; Rafael Soriano; Studio 0.10; Studio EA; Boulder Thorgusson; Urban Operations; Rodney Walker; The Warner Group; Paul Williams; Frank Lloyd Wright (consulted); Lloyd Wright; Bernard Zimmerman; and multiple Case Study Homes.
Pete is a member of multiple exclusive appraisal panels as one of only a handful of appraisers in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties entrusted with valuations of top-tier properties, including lender panels dedicated to properties with estimated values of $25,000,000 or higher. Pete has been hand-picked by multiple lenders/clients to appraise properties with estimated values of more than $100,000,000.
Primary Coverage Areas
Agoura / Agoura Hills
Beverly Hills
Calabasas
Camarillo
Hidden Hills
La Canada Flintridge
Malibu
Newbury Park
Oak Park
Ojai
Oxnard Beaches
Pasadena
San Marino
Santa Monica
Thousand Oaks
Ventura
Westlake Village
Los Angeles
Bel Air
Beverly Hills Post Office
Brentwood
Encino
Hancock Park
Hollywood Hills
Holmby Hills
Little Holmby
Los Feliz
Pacific Palisades
Sherman Oaks
Silver Lake
Studio City
Toluca Lake
Westwood
Windsor Square
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Testimonials
"I’ve worked with Pete since the day he started as an appraiser in 2001. With his passion for architecture and his attention to detail he has become one of the most competent and knowledgeable appraisers I’ve worked with, particularly in the high end complex residential markets. I have overseen hundreds of appraisers working in multiple states with a focus on the high end markets and can state with confidence that Pete is among the few that I consider the highest level in the profession."
Mike Friedman
Founder & President
Brentwood Property Appraisal
“Pete has consistently demonstrated his expertise through his ability to research and understand the complex market of custom homes on varying lot sizes. His thorough research methodology and detailed written documentation have been extremely valuable in us servicing our client. What sets Pete apart is his unique ability to understand markets, personally contact agents to confirm sales details, and thoroughly
analyze the particular market area in which each property is located.”
Brad B.
Independent Real Estate Appraisal Professional
"I have been a Real Estate ‘Review Appraiser’ for over 30 years. Over that time period I have reviewed more than 60,000 appraisals for scores of Banks and other federally regulated lending institutions. Over the last 10 years a few hundred of those Appraisals have been conducted by Pete Burness, so it is with a comprehensive and thorough understanding of both industry standards and Pete’s work product that I can say with confidence that Pete’s integrity is uncompromised, his research is impeccable and his values are solid."
David M.
Review Appraiser