Comments on: Home Renovation Progress (and Property Tax Assessment) http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/10/26/home-renovation-progress-and-property-tax-assessment/ personal finance tips, tricks, and commentary Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:35:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Patrick http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/10/26/home-renovation-progress-and-property-tax-assessment/comment-page-1/#comment-100175 Patrick Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:42:26 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/10/26/home-renovation-progress-and-property-tax-assessment/#comment-100175 Pulling the permit is the right thing to do - it's always good to stay within the limits of the law! Just a word of advice - check your new assessment for accuracy! We finished our basement last year, and our assessment went up more than it should have. It turns out they had the wrong measurements for the rest of the house. We challenged it and ended up saving about $600 per year in taxes. The county was very good about the entire process. Pulling the permit is the right thing to do – it’s always good to stay within the limits of the law!

Just a word of advice – check your new assessment for accuracy! We finished our basement last year, and our assessment went up more than it should have. It turns out they had the wrong measurements for the rest of the house. We challenged it and ended up saving about $600 per year in taxes. The county was very good about the entire process.

]]> By: FMF http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/10/26/home-renovation-progress-and-property-tax-assessment/comment-page-1/#comment-99512 FMF Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:22:08 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/10/26/home-renovation-progress-and-property-tax-assessment/#comment-99512 Congrats on higher property taxes next year! ;-) Congrats on higher property taxes next year! ;-)

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