However, if the appraiser was referring to the style of house, such as tutor versus mid-century modern versus Cape Cod versus traditional, etc, then yes, that has some merit.

Those century marks are psychological barriers; retailers figured that out eons ago...  

Hey Eric in the words of the greatest president of the 20th century Ronald Reagan "trust but verify", You can listen to verbal declarations and opinions from the owner but never use verbal information as basis for dealing.

Core Logic lists San Diego in the top 3 ROI cities for this century. 

@Jonathan WhiteThanks to the 21st-century advancements we can now work remotely.

Michael P, "Ragged Dick" was the first of a series of books written in the 19th century in the USA by a man named Horatio Alger. 

It is a larger home, a century home, and still has some knob & tube so I realize there’s going to be some higher costs but is this reasonable?

2 weeks into owning the property, the area was hit with the worst storm in a century.

The bubonic plague killed so many people in Europe centuries ago that there was a shortage of workers.  

I work for Century 21 Pro Service in the Commercial Division (not a big fan of selling residential, but i do on occasion).