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You get kudos for fixing an error but Don’t mistake what you have a done as a great legal victory over the system. You took a casual appeal approach and able to remedy the issue. Statutory filing protect your legal right

Every increased assessment I ever received was appealed and settled by taking to the assessor. The burden is on the taxpayer. All sophisticated commercial properties do this.

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Originally Posted by seecapecod (Post 2219037)

List price is what the market is willing to pay for x size home and lot, homesite (view price or no view), age of home, updates, etc and yes the model. And of course the seller must agree to the listing price.

I was replying to the OP's post, so your point is?

Changes in Model Codes

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Originally Posted by Babubhat (Post 2218860)

The system of taxation is well established law. Good luck in overturning centuries of precedent.

Perhaps you should consult with an expert in real estate taxation before expending energy on this quest. This is like pushing a boulder up a mountain,

Tax Estimator - Sumter County Property Appraiser

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Modeling does not work

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Originally Posted by Carol Fiore (Post 2221892)

2521 Thornburg DH70C4 DH70WT4 Paid $610,000 Marsh Bend
2828 Messina DH70C4 DH70WT4 Paid $418,000 Chitty Chatty
They both have the same DH70 code, in a different village and over 2 miles away.

2521 Thornburg is a desirable location overlooking a nice large pond with a view of tall oaks.

2828 Messina is in DeLuna, not Chitty Chatty. That lot backs on to private farmland. No view.

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Originally Posted by Carol Fiore (Post 2221892)

2497 Thornburg DH72 WT4 DH72C4 PAID $459,100 Marsh Bend Bridgeport
952 Akin Way DH72 WT4 DH72C4 PAID $686,700 Chitty Chatty Lantana-10
They both have the same DH72 Code, in different villages and over 4 miles away.

2497 Thornburg like the previous home mentioned, has a desirable location overlooking a nice large pond with a view of tall oaks.

952 Akin Way has an exceptional view and is a waterfront lot over a Lake comparable in size to Lake Deaton.

These are very much cherry picked comparables. These are not the same at all.

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Originally Posted by Carol Fiore (Post 2219361)

I respectfully disagree with you, with this post on Next Door, Talk of the Villages and VAB hearings, SCPA is fixing the Model codes for the Seniors taking the high-end homes out of the standard homes. Until I get the new Model codes and the Trim notice, these new codes should correct the overpayment for Seniors. I have examples of Seniors paying over $700 every year because this code is incorrect.

By chance did they already change our codes? I thought I was once listed as a DH72 (this was just a couple weeks back). I now see our home listed as a D73C4i (D73C4i). I too have a valuation question. I live in a group of 8 homes built in 2021. 7 of 8 saw their valuation (comparing against purchase price) decrease by $50,000. For some reason, ours went up $20,000. When I asked the lady at the tax office she said it was because of our house. To use an analogy, I would assume if the lake rose.....then all boats would be elevated, not just one. All she could repeat was......It is your house. I live in a larger Woodside. No lake view, no water view, no large lot. I have hardly no grass with a kissing lanai. It makes my blood boil when I see a Million dollar home with a pool, 3 car garage and a lake view being assessed for $40K more than mine.

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Originally Posted by Woodbear (Post 2221952)

I live in a larger Woodside. No lake view, no water view, no large lot. I have hardly no grass with a kissing lanai. It makes my blood boil when I see a Million dollar home with a pool, 3 car garage and a lake view being assessed for $40K more than mine.

Even though we do not like the Woodside model, many people do. If yours is "larger" than the standard model, that would probably make it appear more expensive to the tax accessors.

[QUOTE=Carol Fiore;2218721]The Sumter County Property Appraiser (SCPA) uses The Villages home model to calculate the appraisal price for homes only in The Villages. It took me 2 years and 2 Value Adjustment Board (VAB) hearings to get this information from SCPA.
SCPA appraisal pricing based on home model:
1. SCPA does not work with Villages builders, so they don’t have all the models. SCPA are arbitrarily coding higher price Village home models into their standard model code thereby causing your taxes to be higher.
2. SCPA stated the DH72 models are better quality than the DH71 models. The Village Builder sales supervisor said this is NOT TRUE. The Villages use the same material in each model.

So, are we shocked that the Villages would be singled out to be "punished" ? If you have read the comments sections following ANY story concerning villagers or the Villages, in the on line Villages news "paper", then you realize the hate that exists for anyone living in the villages, and the very existence of the villages, is as vile and deep as resentment can get. Of course the political class of Sumter County seeks the support and votes of the "locals", and sense the loudly proclaimed for villages and villagers never stops, are we surprised the appraiser would do all he can to "punish" those who live here. When you understand the hate for T.V's, you really have to wonder if those living "outside" the community even realize that while it has taken land, disturbed nature, increased the traffic, disrupted their rural "life style", it has also brought many many advantages, but having a separate set of appraisal rules for one specific (and hated) group of citizens, no, I think there must be something illegal to that, you think it might even be a constitutional issue ? Disgusting, but, expected based on the how even death wishes, such as "wish the pandemic had wiped them all out and we could have our land back" (wow, that's anger !) have been directed our way.

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Originally Posted by Carol Fiore (Post 2218856)

I overpaid $1600 in property taxes because of my model. Every year I will be overcharged by $400. I just want the data to be public. Seniors should know how their property taxes are calculated. (Modeling is only done in The Villages-Seniors) The reason I get overcharged is because they do not have all the model in their calculations causing most of us to be overcharged. In my research, I see others being overcharged by $700 per year.

If you want some of these examples, please email at carol_fiore@yahoo.com

Prices of homes have skyrocketed in The Villages in the last three or four years. THAT is the reality. AND it will make their appraised value go up as well. THAT IS THE REALITY.