Monday, June 23, 2008
Delmar Delaware Re-assessment
Like all of Delmar, Delaware I received my re-assessment letter last week. Let me say I approve of the ideal of the re-assessment. The last one was done back in 1989 and 19 years is too long for property revaluation. However it is like sticker shock when you receive the re-assessment. Mine went from $46,100 to $152,300 or up 200%. Now as someone who has no plans to sell his house (not there are any buyers out there anyway) the valuation is immaterial, but, I certainly want to know how they determined that amount. I called DelVal at 302-846-2664 for an appointment to discuss the valuation and at 10:30 today I meant with them and discussed it. What I found is they have a list of 80 properties that sold in Delmar Delaware since 2005. What they could not say was which properties they used to determine the value of my property. We looked at several that could be used to determine my house and I would say that they must have used the higher selling prices instead of the average. Now that valuation isn't that far off, not being an experienced person in this area, my gut feel would be maybe it is overvalued by $10,000. I don't know if I will appeal it at a formal hearing after all $40 a year is $40 that is better in my pocket than the town's. It would be nice if they had said; these are the five houses we used to compare your property and it works out to $45,000 for land, $45,000 for the house, $5,000 for the garage and we threw in another $57,300 because you are within a block of the railroad tracks and two blocks from the Delmar Fire Dept siren alarm and within a half mile of the Delmar Racetrack - all items that increase the selling price when you go to sell your home.
To look at your property assessment or anyone else's property in Delmar, Delaware go here Enter the owner's name in the last name block or if you are just nosey enter an "a" in the owner's name block and it will bring up almost all the property. It has the option of doing it by street name also.
To look at your property assessment or anyone else's property in Delmar, Delaware go here Enter the owner's name in the last name block or if you are just nosey enter an "a" in the owner's name block and it will bring up almost all the property. It has the option of doing it by street name also.
# posted by Howard @ 11:36 AM 
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Howard, those lackeys at the assessment office have no clue what they are doing.
They have no publicly transparent, logical plan to assess properties for tax valuation.
You called them on it, and they waffled and gave you a load of horse patoot to get you to go away.
Howard, if a budget analyst were to go in that assessment office and assess them, half of the office would be let go and their business model would be trashed and completely rewritten.
Most of these government offices are overstaffed and their work unjustified in the public eye.
Howard, your assessment skills seem to be lacking on your house calculations. Shouldn't it be a 300% increase?
Assuming all of these tax hikes could be justified, Howard, you should do a post on what benefits your increased tax payments reap, if any.
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They have no publicly transparent, logical plan to assess properties for tax valuation.
You called them on it, and they waffled and gave you a load of horse patoot to get you to go away.
Howard, if a budget analyst were to go in that assessment office and assess them, half of the office would be let go and their business model would be trashed and completely rewritten.
Most of these government offices are overstaffed and their work unjustified in the public eye.
Howard, your assessment skills seem to be lacking on your house calculations. Shouldn't it be a 300% increase?
Assuming all of these tax hikes could be justified, Howard, you should do a post on what benefits your increased tax payments reap, if any.
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