It was a week ago, guy parks on street, steps out of car with a
clipboard while I was in the drive way and says he's the county tax
assessor and needs to look at my deck.

All OK and no extra taxes on property as it replaced existing deck and
all building permits were in order.

Nice guy. I told him I did not like people like him and he said he
didn't either.

They have to come out and when they do they often find new additions and
the like done without required permits.

On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 14:00:10 -0500, Frank "frank wrote:

It was a week ago, guy parks on street, steps out of car with a
clipboard while I was in the drive way and says he's the county tax
assessor and needs to look at my deck.

All OK and no extra taxes on property as it replaced existing deck and
all building permits were in order.

Nice guy. I told him I did not like people like him and he said he
didn't either.

They have to come out and when they do they often find new additions and
the like done without required permits.


I did (had it done) an inside job with no permit. I did require the
contractor to provide all the details, like materials list, statement
of work, etc. When I sold the house the buyer (a real estate agent)
accepted the docs. It would have been rather easy to get the permit
late and pay a penalty to the county.

(new sig file :-)

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" I told him I did not like people like him and he said he
didn't either." -- Frank

replying to Frank, Iggy wrote:
Oh yeah, anything outdoors or bumping out the exterior better be by the book.
Around me, you get a higher assessment for just adding Central Air
Conditioning, doesn't matter if you had heating ducts before or not...I
haven't been able to get an explanation on that absurdity.

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On 11/29/2017 6:44 PM, Iggy wrote:
replying to Frank, Iggy wrote:
Oh yeah, anything outdoors or bumping out the exterior better be by the
book.
Around me, you get a higher assessment for just adding Central Air
Conditioning, doesn't matter if you had heating ducts before or not...I
haven't been able to get an explanation on that absurdity.


I told the story years ago about the guy coming out because I was
getting a new septic drain field, looking over and in my garage seeing
pull down stairs and assessed me for having a loft over the garage that
was not on the filing with the county.

I had to call his boss and insist that he come out to look at it. It
was not a room. I had taken out the small opening to the attic there,
put in a pull down step and put up a few fiber boards just for storing
stuff there.

They had upped my tax assessment but removed it after the boss saw it.

On 11/29/2017 6:44 PM, Iggy wrote:
replying to Frank, Iggy wrote:
Oh yeah, anything outdoors or bumping out the exterior better be by the
book.
Around me, you get a higher assessment for just adding Central Air
Conditioning, doesn't matter if you had heating ducts before or not...I
haven't been able to get an explanation on that absurdity.


Central air increases the value of the house. value goes up taxes go
up. Simple concepts whether you like it or agree or not.

replying to Ed Pawlowski, Iggy wrote:
That's what I heard from my Commissioner and County Assessor. I said, "okay
what about all of these new windows, doors, siding, fancy landscaping's,
expanded driveways (big practice around here), kitchens, baths and even
finished basements...according to the County's Assessment Office or Your
Office, the building footprint wasn't increased so there's no assessment
increase". The Commissioner said, "well, they know what they're doing". The
County Assessor said, "I'll have to call you back", he never did and I
followed up twice. Thus, why I still don't have an answer.

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On 11/29/17 1:00 PM, Frank wrote:
It was a week ago, guy parks on street, steps out of car with a
clipboard while I was in the drive way and says he's the county tax
assessor and needs to look at my deck.

All OK and no extra taxes on property as it replaced existing deck and
all building permits were in order.

Nice guy.Â* I told him I did not like people like him and he said he
didn't either.

There's a show called Parking Wars. Even the ticket writers
get a lot of
abuse. The booters work in pairs.

On Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 5:50:04 PM UTC-6, Dean Hoffman wrote:

There's a show called Parking Wars. Even the ticket writers
get a lot of
abuse. The booters work in pairs.


I've been watching that show (re-runs) of late. Amazing all those
folks that can't read signs or if they do they don't think those
No Parking signs pertain to them.

On 11/29/2017 9:08 PM, ItsJoanNotJoann wrote:
On Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 5:50:04 PM UTC-6, Dean Hoffman wrote:

There's a show called Parking Wars. Even the ticket writers
get a lot of
abuse. The booters work in pairs.


I've been watching that show (re-runs) of late. Amazing all those
folks that can't read signs or if they do they don't think those
No Parking signs pertain to them.


I did get a parking ticket about 40 years ago and yes, it was my fault.
I don't know how people can accumulate enough that they get booted and
towed. Ignorance? Arrogance? Just plain stupid?

On Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 8:37:50 PM UTC-6, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 11/29/2017 9:08 PM, ItsJoanNotJoann wrote:

On Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 5:50:04 PM UTC-6, Dean Hoffman wrote:

There's a show called Parking Wars. Even the ticket writers
get a lot of
abuse. The booters work in pairs.


I've been watching that show (re-runs) of late. Amazing all those
folks that can't read signs or if they do they don't think those
No Parking signs pertain to them.


I did get a parking ticket about 40 years ago and yes, it was my fault.
I don't know how people can accumulate enough that they get booted and
towed. Ignorance? Arrogance? Just plain stupid?


I'm going with 50% arrogance and 50% stupid. If I remember correctly
the ones that get booted have about 7 or 8 parking tickets.