they should know better if they are building in a disaster prone area.
Comment on ‘My Property Tax Went From $15K to a Life-Altering $91K a Year’
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’m not entirely unsympathetic since property values have skyrocketed ridiculously mostly due to the super rich and hedge funds buying up housing like it’s candy.
However, these people got an assessment for doing some renovations without replacing the walls or a major overhaul of the property, then promptly added a whole second floor to the building when they said they were just replacing the roof. They gambled that the assessors wouldn’t take note and lost.
Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 days ago
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m not entirely unsympathetic since property values have skyrocketed ridiculously
Absolutely.
Where I live here in KC the county was sued over it, and the people won, and they’re still not going to get a reimbursement. Property tax assessments are insane, and millionaire or no, it’s exceedingly unfair and wrong.
Yet another example of how having one party ruling in Washington is screwing all of us over.
lightsblinken@lemmy.world 2 days ago
yeah, and the guy was professionally linked to real estate. feels like they are in the “find out” stage.
Etterra@discuss.online 1 day ago
What the hell did they even need a house that size for? They look like empty nesters, which means they don’t need that size of a house. They want that size of a house. Since it’s an investment at this point, and they had that monster reassessed at a ridiculous price, they’re better off just selling it and moving somewhere cheap. Well, cheaper.