pb4uski
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OP I understand why you believe it's unfair, but that isn't what the county uses. My property tax is 50%higher than my 4 neighbor's. I contacted the appraisal office and guess what, they didn't care. In our case it was due to the fact our house was purchased, they built equilivent or higher end homes that were never listed. Heck we pay the same as the wealthy DR. across the road, his house is 10k square feet ours is 3800 square feet. We have 3 acres he's got 40, his was a 10k Sq. Ft. remodel. Makes all the difference in this county.
That is odd in my experience. In our area, the whole assessment system is intended to create a grand list that is fair in relation to other similar properties so comparison between properties is arguably more important.
I guess that I am thankful that in our area property taxes are based on property market values (or close to) and there are no cockamamie stabilization schemes as they have in some parts of the county.