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We've been talking with several GC requesting quotes for the dormer and extension we are trying planning to do in the ToNH. We have said no to couple of renovations they're suggested to us because we don't want a huge tax raise. So a GC said we don't have to allow the assessor in when they knock on the door. The number of square feet and basic house plans are public information the tax assessor know but they don't have to see all the details and quality of everything so they can figure out tax based on the information available to them. Is this true?
I thought they can come up with legal documents that would require us to allow them in. I'm wondering how true this is. Any idea?
You will have to allow inspectors in to review the work done in your home by the GC or sub. Only then will the project get a COC. Unless something has changed in TNH since I left, the assessments are done on a generic basis related to total square feet and finishings which are pulled from your application. No assessor is going to visit unless things have really changed. Of course you may choose to not allow an inspector in but you all not receive the COC.
You will have to allow inspectors in to review the work done in your home by the GC or sub. Only then will the project get a COC. Unless something has changed in TNH since I left, the assessments are done on a generic basis related to total square feet and finishings which are pulled from your application. No assessor is going to visit unless things have really changed. Of course you may choose to not allow an inspector in but you all not receive the COC.
I was told its the building department that will visit at various stages as the construction proceeds and the building department will issue the CO. Tax department will visit apparently the following year after CO issued to assess the new tax.
If you applied for/got a permit for the construction, you'll have to let them in. Putting your (or your representative's) John Hancock on the dotted line is a tacit agreement to abide by all of their nonsense. If you didn't get a permit, tell 'em to go scratch.
When I moved to my state, the tax assessor showed up one day and wanted in; I told him "If you don't have a search warrant, you're not going in", and then I kicked him off of my property. Consequently, my place is assessed at the bare minimum value for the last 15 years. On LI though, they'd probably persecute you. (And I do mean PERSECUTE!).
I was told its the building department that will visit at various stages as the construction proceeds and the building department will issue the CO. Tax department will visit apparently the following year after CO issued to assess the new tax.
This is not how it works in my town. It's exactly as Nuts said. Tax man has to come at the end of the project before you can get a CO.
The assessor came out when we did our renovation. We let them in because they had the plans anyway and we didn't do anything dramatic. Our neighbors who did so dramatic renovations did not let them in. In the end it probably doesn't matter but we didn't want them using their imaginations.
I stand corrected. I know of no one who has had a visit from an assessor so take what I said with a grain of salt. The only one who visited my home was an inspector from the building dept. The building Dept issued the COC. My taxes went up according to the info in my application and verified by the building inspector and that was passed along to Nassau County Dept of assessment.
IF the assessor from the county comes to review that is a new thing in the past three years since I left.
Thanks, seems like everyone's experience is different and no way to know for certain.
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