FHA appraiser issues?

[Shalom Benton]

Buying an FHA duplex and the appraiser has been delaying my closing date with random imposed conditions- beyond their scope and beyond the initial appraisal report.

To get into the details, the appraiser questioned the life of the roof, and I had a roofer come out to inspect it. The roofer confirmed that the roof was fine.. but now the appraiser is trying to create a new issue about the roof. But it has already passed a 4 point and professional roofing contract inspection.

The appraiser has been very uncommunicative and delayed. So my closing date keeps getting pushed back, and it’s starting to feel antagonistic.

I’m in the process of trying to get this appraiser released, and I wanted to know if anyone else has experienced this? Or something similar.

What can I do? Is this normal?

Thanks!