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Hello. I purchased a home in Bloomington, MN in August last year (2011). Every document I saw (including the listing) said that the home's lot size was .44 acre (an "oversized" lot for Bloomington). Today I was speaking to someone in the city assessors office to ask about a building permit and when she pulled up the Property Data sheet on my home it showed that the parcel size is actually .59 acre. She said that THIS (.59) would be accurate (not .44).
How could the listing etc been so off?? Would this (slight) increase in size have made it worth more??
Location: Mokelumne Hill, CA & El Pescadero, BCS MX.
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Would this (slight) increase in size have made it worth more??
Probably not. Even if it did, the error is in your favor when you go to sell.
I'd also look at the map of your subdivision where the accurate measurement is most likely to be found. Pulled off of a property data sheet, versus off of the actual map, my money is on the map and perhaps a data entry error in the property data sheet.
No...I didn't get a survey because quite honestly I would have preferred a smaller lot!! So lot size didn't matter and I thought .44 was too big! But I loved the house...
I do not see it as an issue. It works in your favor, you have more land. Might be as simple as one did not count say a utility right of way/easement.
When I bought my last home, there had been an option of a room over the garage. I ordered the room but somehow it seemed to be have not been recorded in county records. We are talking some 250sq ft. We made sure the 250sq ft was included in the real estate listing.
No...I didn't get a survey because quite honestly I would have preferred a smaller lot!! So lot size didn't matter and I thought .44 was too big! But I loved the house...
^^ When my sister bought her house a few years ago, I noticed that it was listed as .55 acres on the towns property records site and I remember thinking, no way that the house was .55 acres. Turns out, it was actually .33 acres and yes, that did change the $$ in taxes that would have to be paid....
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