Schoenne Appraisals & Consulting Ltd.

Residential, Commercial and Insurance Appraisals

Our company enjoys a rich heritage established by Schoenne Appraisals Ltd. in Penticton, BC over the past 30 years. In 2015, Harvey Erickson, AACI, P.App acquired the business operations that now operate as part of the North Country Appraisals Group of Companies that have associated offices in Kelowna, Abbotsford and Chilliwack.

Our operations focus on residential, commercial appraisals and consulting throughout the South Okanagan of British Columbia.

We service the communities of Penticton, Summerland, Okanagan Falls, Oliver and Osoyoos along Highway 97 – west to Grand Forks, the Boundry Country and east to Princeton and out to Manning Park along Highway 3.

Our services include residential, commercial, industrial, hospitality – motel & hotel, recreation and water front properties, vineyards, wineries, orchards and farms. We also provide litigation and expropriation services through a team of highly skilled appraisers.

Our associated company, Guardian Insurance Appraisals Inc. provides quality replacement cost appraisals, depreciation reports for strata corporations, insurance brokers and private business. We offer replacement cost appraisals on back country lodges, fishing resorts and recreational properties throughout the South, Central and North Okanagan, North Thompson, the Chilcotin and the Cariboo.

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Harvey Erickson AACI, P.App

Harvey Erickson has over 50 years of experience as a Real Estate Appraiser and Advisor. His time and experience in the market provides his clients with a competitive economic advantage in making decisions based on sound practical advice and professionally formulated opinions.

Harvey loves business of all kind and if he could, he would offer his well-earned knowledge and skills for another 50 years. He is presently mentoring Dierdrea Swinden in the art of residential appraisals & Brant Torgerson with commercial appraisals. He is supported by our Executive Office Administrator, Tammy McKenzie, these four people offer a dynamic, knowledgeable, professional group of real estate analysts.

In his off-time Harvey can be found travelling the world, exploring, living life spending summer hours at his Mable Lake home and winter hours at Rancho El Mirage, Arizona.

Dierdrea Swinden, D. Bus. - AIC Candidate

Expertise: Residential and vacant land.

Previously Dierdrea was an accountant/bookkeeper for 25 years. In early 2019 Dierdrea joined the Appraisal Institute of Canada and is currently working towards her CRA (Canadian Residential Appraiser). She started her career in residential appraisals in Edmonton and surrounding arears. She specializes in residential and vacant land appraisals. When she completes her CRA designation, she plans to study Reserve/Depreciation Funds to expand her expertise.

When Dierdrea is not working on residential appraisals, she enjoys the outdoors and spending time with her family.

Brant Torgerson, AIC Candidate

Brant started his career as an appraiser in 2004 and has been a member of the Appraisal Institute of Canada (AIC) since 2005. He has achieved all the coursework for the Canadian Residential Appraiser (CRA) designation apart from the final written exam.
His work mainly focused on assignments in the Yukon Territory. After a brief hiatus from 2013 to 2019, Brant regained his membership with the AIC and moved to BC where he currently performs commercial assignments as well as residential work as a candidate appraiser under the AIC co-signing agreement with Harvey Erickson, AACI, P.App.
He is currently aligned to continue his candidacy with aspirations to become an Accredited Appraiser Canadian Institute (AACI) to fulfill a career in commercial appraisal assignments.

Tammy McKenzie - Executive Office Administrator
Andy Jones - Operations Manager

Tammy McKenzie - Executive Office Administrator

Tammy is our Executive Administrator for our North Country Appraisals Group of Companies which includes Schoenne Appraisals & Consulting Ltd.

She has over 20 years of administrative experience in real estate working with Realtors, mortgage brokers, strata managers and most importantly with the public.

She joined our group 5 years ago and we have never looked back – developing our book of business in Schoenne Appraisals & Consulting Ltd. in Penticton, Cascade Valuation Group in the Fraser Valley and supporting the operations of Harvey’s Executive Business – North Country Appraisals Ltd. throughout British Columbia. We have also developed a specialty service – Guardian Insurance Appraisals Inc. which offers replacement cost insurance appraisals, depreciation/reserve fund studies and fire insurance loss estimates.

When not working Tammy can be found boating, exploring the outdoors and just being a good friend in her very wide circle of friends. Tammy is born and raised in Kelowna and breathes and lives the Beautiful Okanagan.

We are pleased to have her as our quarterback on our team in the game of business.

Andy Jones - Operations Manager

Andy is our Operations Manager for our North Country Appraisals Group of Companies which includes Schoenne Appraisals & Consulting Ltd.
He has over 30 years of sales & management experience. He strives to help create the best team and implement strategic systems & processes to ensure success and simplicity for all.
He grew up working in the motorsports industry and enjoys riding on the street or off road while occasionally “donating” fishing lures around the many scenic lakes in BC.