[rockfan4]

This is for the kid's house in Iowa. We bought it about 2 years ago during peak real estate pricing, so of course that's the number they're going to use. The thing is, the house right next door was built off the same plans, has a newer roof and brand new siding, and it's assessed $14,000 lower. There's also the same house across the street, massive remodel last year, still $9000 lower than our house. There's about 16 or 17 houses with identical floor plans in this neighborhood, so it isn't that hard to compare them.

I talked to someone in the assessor's office today, and he said they went off ours being nicer on the inside. I've never been inside either of the other houses, but they can't be much worse than this one. All they did before selling this one was paint everything gray, and lay down some LVP flooring in the kitchen, living room, and the rec room in the basement. The cabinets are unchanged. Maybe the countertops were replaced, but they're laminate, there's nothing "luxury" anywhere in this house. He's going to send a guy out to look at it, but I'm not expecting anything to happen.