Results of tax grievances for Brookhaven town home owners ?? (Lewis: sales, 2015)
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Just curious if some home owners ( specificly ..... Brookhaven town ) could chime in with the results of their tax grievences. We are looking at some homes ( modest 1800-2000 sqft ranch or colonial styles on about .65 -.75 acres ) that are around $10-11K in taxes.....and we are trying to figure out what a realistc grievance reduction could be.
Anybody can chime in...........but would like to see some brookhaven town residesnts chime in if possible.
It's partially based on what you paid for the house if you're able to purchase before the grievance date however they look at comps in the area when making that decision and sometimes the grievance is not what you expect at all.
When we were looking I would call mark Lewis tax greviance and they would tell me how much the houseful wad being assesses for. We paid 100k less for this house than what is being taxed for. We are waiting for our court date now. In contrast the people that bought our old house paid 150k more then what we were being taxed on-we had eon a greviance-they will see a jump
Last year I purchased a shortsale house zipcode 11727 with 3200 sf that had been held in bankruptcy and boarded up for 5 years that was in need of many repairs. Since the process was going to be a long one I submitted the paperwork with a copy of my contract to purchase @ $165,000 and grieved my taxes. Most people do not realize that you can do this even the clerks who had to check to make sure it was legal. The house was on the books at $409,000 and the bank was paying the taxes @ $3700 valuation so for 2009 they paid over $14K and 2011 over $12K. Needless to say even with the contract with the agreed sales price of $165,000 for a house that was totally stripped of all copper, boiler, mold, boarded with several holes in the roof the town would only reduce the value to $349,000 or $3300 valuation. When we started the closing process late 2013 the house appraised for $270,000 with repairs so for 2014 -2015 I have filed the grievance this year with the appraisal so I am hoping to finally see the reduction I am looking for. Moral of the story, even if the house is undervalued when you purchase it the town can still use a comparable fair market value to assess the value, the town will reduce the value to the lot value if a structure is total destroyed by fire or disaster and demoed off the land. When the new structure is built they re evaluate the value and start over again. So to both points they are fair but you have the burden of proof until you get the letter from the town on their decision.
Just curious if some home owners ( specificly ..... Brookhaven town ) could chime in with the results of their tax grievences. We are looking at some homes ( modest 1800-2000 sqft ranch or colonial styles on about .65 -.75 acres ) that are around $10-11K in taxes.....and we are trying to figure out what a realistc grievance reduction could be.
Anybody can chime in...........but would like to see some brookhaven town residesnts chime in if possible.
thanks !
Don't hope that you can grieve your taxes after you move in. That's like counting on a pay raise before you get it. It's not guaranteed, and you will be screwed when it doesn't pan out.
Take a second look at your affordability, and come to terms with what you can realistically manage.
EDIT: aaaand I just realized I already replied to this thread, over a year ago.
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