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tummyman · 08-22-2009, 08:23 AM

Be careful of Vision Appraisal. I live in Moultonborough and we just had the same situation. 20 homes on our road went up over 10% due to just ONE house sale. Vision uses neighborhoods to determine assessed value changes. Only one sale in a neighborhood will mean they use that value to change your assessment....although not statistically valid. In our case, the sale had a lot of interior changes and upgrades by a former owner/builder, who got a minimal building permit for $15,000. Vision didn't raise the building value by even the $15,000 (they had no basis as they never saw what had happened), but instead put all the increase in sales price on land. In doing so, it rolled to every house in the "neighborhood". Meeting with Vision to discuss things...over 14 owners on our road did so, resulted in no change. Vision is absolutely arrogant and takes the position they just know better. The only alternative is to wait until you get your next tax bill, file for an abatement, then hire an independent appraiser to value your property. Unless people start to push back on Vision's arrogance, you will continue to get adverse results. Vision isn't always correct!!! But because they seem to have a large group of customers, they are growing more and more deaf to the people when you bring an issue up. So, file for the abatement........and spend a few $$'s for the appraisals. And get all your neighborhood folks to do the same...the town will listen of enough people show their feelings.........

08-22-2009, 08:23 AM	#19
tummyman Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 889 Thanks: 279 Thanked 764 Times in 271 Posts	Taxes and Vision Appraisal Be careful of Vision Appraisal. I live in Moultonborough and we just had the same situation. 20 homes on our road went up over 10% due to just ONE house sale. Vision uses neighborhoods to determine assessed value changes. Only one sale in a neighborhood will mean they use that value to change your assessment....although not statistically valid. In our case, the sale had a lot of interior changes and upgrades by a former owner/builder, who got a minimal building permit for $15,000. Vision didn't raise the building value by even the $15,000 (they had no basis as they never saw what had happened), but instead put all the increase in sales price on land. In doing so, it rolled to every house in the "neighborhood". Meeting with Vision to discuss things...over 14 owners on our road did so, resulted in no change. Vision is absolutely arrogant and takes the position they just know better. The only alternative is to wait until you get your next tax bill, file for an abatement, then hire an independent appraiser to value your property. Unless people start to push back on Vision's arrogance, you will continue to get adverse results. Vision isn't always correct!!! But because they seem to have a large group of customers, they are growing more and more deaf to the people when you bring an issue up. So, file for the abatement........and spend a few $$'s for the appraisals. And get all your neighborhood folks to do the same...the town will listen of enough people show their feelings.........