I think I was the 1 that made the comment. There is wrong information in the above threads. There are indeed 5 levels of enclosing a lanai that could cause Sumter county to increase your taxes. For example, I enclosed my lanai with double pane glass, raised the floor to house floor levels, added electrical outlets in the floor and columns, tiled the floor using the same tile as the house, put in a new mini split unit, and don't pay any new taxes. Here are the 2 reasons I don't pay any additional taxes: 1) I have sliders that slide out of the way so I left them in, if I would have taken them out, then the county would increase my taxes; 2) when I bought my mini split early this year, the dealer calls it a dehumidifier unit which includes a sensor for turning on if the humidity goes above a certain %. It still operates as a normal mini split heat pump which I control with the Cielo unit instead of the stupid remote that comes with the Mitsubishi. If the mini split did not come with that dehumidifier sensor/switch, that would cause Sumter county to raise your taxes.
1 more note, I got the mini split that installs in the ceiling which you can't see, instead of looking at the huge ugly box on the wall. It costs more but much better looking it you happen to look up.
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