The Home Ownership Thread

[Fueco]

This is basically my house, except replace the kid **** with tools.

What's that gate setup, though? Right now we just have an x-pen surrounding the piano to keep the pets out.

It’s meant to keep the kids contained, but the two older ones can open the gates, so it’s keeping the dogs contained, at least until the youngest kid starts crawling around everywhere.

 

[Van Veen]

Is that a hookah?
Why are there empty mason jars under your table?
Why three mismatched pillows?
Why do you have a stuffed animal?
And why does he have what looks like a child’s bumper around him?
What was the rationale behind the picture hanging?

lefty

What's the deal with the CAPNSLW license plate? Is it because you cut your meth with cole slaw?

It’s meant to keep the kids contained, but the two older ones can open the gates, so it’s keeping the dogs contained, at least until the youngest kid starts crawling around everywhere.

What brand is it? / Where can I get one?

 

[Texasmade]

Always a mess...

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We got our property tax assessment in the mail today. The valuation is up $75k from last year.

Protest the valuation. Always. The country was founded over tax protesting so you're just exercising your American right to protest taxes.

 

[venividivicibj]

Why do you have a stuffed animal?

That's Chucky

 

[greekgeek]

Protest the valuation. Always. The country was founded over tax protesting so you're just exercising your American right to protest taxes.

Have protested three times, and each was successful. That said only one was for a YoY increase. Show comps tailored to your goal and it might be a slam dunk.

 

[greekgeek]

My favorite dogwood came in nicely this year, if not a little late.

This pink one is from our last house. I can't really remember it blooming this fully before, kind of miss it. our old neighbors sent us this pic.

 

[Van Veen]

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My favorite dogwood came in nicely this year, if not a little late.

This pink one is from our last house. I can't really remember it blooming this fully before, kind of miss it. our old neighbors sent us this pic.

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I love dogwoods. We're going to have to sacrifice one that's too close to the retaining wall we need to replace, but I hope to plant a whole bunch more around the property to atone for it.

 

[otc]

Protest the valuation. Always. The country was founded over tax protesting so you're just exercising your American right to protest taxes.

In Chicago, the trick is you go to one of the law firms owned by an alderman or state rep that specializes in property tax appeals...

 

[brokencycle]

In Chicago, the trick is you go to one of the law firms owned by an alderman or state rep that specializes in property tax appeals...

Isn't that the trick for everything in Chicago? Go to an alderman's business.

 

[greekgeek]

I love dogwoods. We're going to have to sacrifice one that's too close to the retaining wall we need to replace, but I hope to plant a whole bunch more around the property to atone for it.

Nice, Dogwoods are great. I have one out in front of our house I am unsure what to do with. It's very tall yet has almost no lower limbs, so looks odd and you can hardly see the flowers except from a second story window. Probably will just leave it be.

I started tussling with one of our raised bed retaining walls last week. It was leaning pretty bad. Mercifully it's short in height, but damn long.

Godspeed, and bend with the knees.

 

[Texasmade]

Have protested three times, and each was successful. That said only one was for a YoY increase. Show comps tailored to your goal and it might be a slam dunk.

I just file an online protest give them my estimated value and make up some bullshit reason like "low oil prices is hurting the local economy" and usually get like a 5% to 10% reduction. Only time it failed is when I got too aggressive when I tried to do a 25% reduction. My protest was rejected and I was given the option of going before an arbitration board to plead my case. I accepted my loss that year and declined to protest further.

 

[brokencycle]

We only do appraisals like every 5 years here. We didn't let them in our house after the renovation, and they gave us a much lower valuation than it should have been. I didn't protest.

 

[venividivicibj]

933 11th St SW, Rochester, MN 55902 | Zillow

933 11th St SW, Rochester MN, is a Single Family home that contains 3000 sq ft and was built in 1926.It contains 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.This home last sold for $600,000 in June 2021. The Zestimate for this Single Family is $622,200, which has decreased by $12,545 in the last 30 days.The...

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550k with caves for @Omega Male 's wine

 

[greekgeek]

I just file an online protest give them my estimated value and make up some bullshit reason like "low oil prices is hurting the local economy" and usually get like a 5% to 10% reduction. Only time it failed is when I got too aggressive when I tried to do a 25% reduction. My protest was rejected and I was given the option of going before an arbitration board to plead my case. I accepted my loss that year and declined to protest further.

Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. It was more difficult here.

So when we bought here in MI, they reset the property taxes to "current market" value, which was not only much higher than the previous owner's assessed value (due to YoY increase caps for owners), but also way higher than both our purchase price and appraisal.

I sent them all the data and a nice letter, they just rubber stamped it as Rejected. I called the local gov. guy and he was sympathetic, but since the review board (concerned citizens brigade?) rejected it I had to file an appeal to the MI State tax tribunal, at which point he would be able agree to my valuation. All worked out in the end and was worth the effort, but what a pain.

I later learned two things, one is that you need to show up in person or likely rejected by the board and second that yeah there are local lawyers who somewhat specialize in tax appeals with a pretty good ROI.

 

[Omega Male]

Lumber mania is sweeping North America

A lumber frenzy has taken over homebuilding, Home Depot, and the internet.

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