Huge increase in Meredith assessments

meredith weekender · 08-20-2009, 01:48 PM

Just checked our value as well and we have an increase of 13% over last year. Up, up and up is all that expenses keep doing.

feb · 08-20-2009, 02:13 PM

I just looked at some of my neighbors and their neighbors appraisals and many of us went down by 10% yet some people 1 or 2 houses over went UP by 10% or more. That doesn't make sense since nothing has really changed within the square 1/2 mile of houses I am comparing. Unless they were just wrongly appraised last time.

meredith weekender · 08-20-2009, 02:32 PM

The values do not add up. We have 9 houses on our street all with water frontage of approximately 110' and nothing has changed with the lots or buildings. Five of the 9 have increases of 10% or more and the others stayed exactly where they were with no increase or decrease. I would like to know the formula in figuring out these values.

NoRegrets · 08-20-2009, 03:25 PM

Sounds like the scientific roulette wheel approach of balancing the tax coffers...

Good luck trying to find out the science behind the town.

Seeker · 08-20-2009, 03:39 PM

Probably the same way they figure the 'view tax'.

We met with the assessors (Avatar) on 2 of our properties and had them reduced substantially.

PennyPenny · 08-20-2009, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Seeker

Probably the same way they figure the 'view tax'.

We met with the assessors (Avatar) on 2 of our properties and had them reduced substantially.

What if you were blind? You can't see the view. Do you get a discount for that?

VtSteve · 08-20-2009, 09:22 PM

Twons are not going to decrease their spending, that's your job

I remember coming back one spring and seeing a new school and new improvements, but not the road we traveled on. Nationwide, it's the bend over and take it waterfront tax. If that's not enough, they move inland.

08-20-2009, 02:13 PM	#2
feb Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Meredith (Winnisquam) & Nashua, NH Posts: 218 Thanks: 25 Thanked 20 Times in 17 Posts	Can't find a trend I just looked at some of my neighbors and their neighbors appraisals and many of us went down by 10% yet some people 1 or 2 houses over went UP by 10% or more. That doesn't make sense since nothing has really changed within the square 1/2 mile of houses I am comparing. Unless they were just wrongly appraised last time.

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08-20-2009, 01:48 PM	#1
meredith weekender Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Meredith / Manchester Posts: 373 Thanks: 87 Thanked 84 Times in 57 Posts	Just checked our value as well and we have an increase of 13% over last year. Up, up and up is all that expenses keep doing.

08-20-2009, 02:32 PM	#3
meredith weekender Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Meredith / Manchester Posts: 373 Thanks: 87 Thanked 84 Times in 57 Posts	The values do not add up. We have 9 houses on our street all with water frontage of approximately 110' and nothing has changed with the lots or buildings. Five of the 9 have increases of 10% or more and the others stayed exactly where they were with no increase or decrease. I would like to know the formula in figuring out these values.

08-20-2009, 03:25 PM	#4
NoRegrets Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hudson - NH Posts: 408 Thanks: 233 Thanked 212 Times in 88 Posts	Sounds like the scientific roulette wheel approach of balancing the tax coffers... Good luck trying to find out the science behind the town.

08-20-2009, 03:39 PM	#5
Seeker Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Effingham Posts: 408 Thanks: 37 Thanked 19 Times in 15 Posts	Probably the same way they figure the 'view tax'. We met with the assessors (Avatar) on 2 of our properties and had them reduced substantially.

08-20-2009, 09:22 PM	#7
VtSteve Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,320 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 230 Thanked 361 Times in 169 Posts	Twons are not going to decrease their spending, that's your job I remember coming back one spring and seeing a new school and new improvements, but not the road we traveled on. Nationwide, it's the bend over and take it waterfront tax. If that's not enough, they move inland.