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    Post Oak Appraisal

    Post Oak Appraisal

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    A shockingly bad appraisal as Lance: 1) Missed a bathroom in…read moreour house 2) Initially excluded the house sold next door as a comp. 3) Exaggerated the land area of the house sold next door as a comp by 31%. 4) Exaggerated the square footage of the house sold next door as a comp by 6%. 5) Subtracted $10K for having more bathrooms and and 1 more bedroom than the house next door. I pointed out these mistakes, but he wouldn't correct his appraisal. We had to throw this appraisal out and go elsewhere.

    We recently considered refinancing our home to pull out equity and our rural home was appraised by…read morethis Austin appraiser. The appraisal came back $100k less than the local appraisal district and $45k less than the formal appraisal done by a local rural appraiser on the same property before we bought the home 3 years ago. Some disparity can be expected, and part of the CAD's higher appraisal was based off of inaccurate square footage, but even so, land values in our area have gone up, not down, and there should not have been such a great disparity between the two professional appraisals. The Post Oak appraiser Lance Lester failed to list all of the rooms in our home properly and referenced a comp from a land sale from over a year ago to get a price per acre, but would not look at closer, more recent land sales that showed the price per acre at over $7k more than the value he used. He also used comps from a neighboring county from over a year ago, but would not consider more recent comps from the same neighboring county because he said it was a "neighboring county and the schools were better, so the properties weren't really comparable." The schools in both counties are actually rated the same-C's-so it is doubtful schools are a huge factor in deciding where to live in our area--plus, how can he use comps from that neighboring county (much further away within it) but then refuse to look at other, closer and more recent comps in that SAME neighboring county? Our home is one of only two in the town we live in that is in our county. Every other home in our town is in that "neighboring county"--it was clear he was not familiar with our area. In speaking with local realtors and another local appraiser-they feel his refusal to look at those comps was ridiculous and that his valuation is way off. With such limited sales in the rural area and the variance in types of homes, it is necessary to make adjustments to use what is available. His refusal to look at more recent sales based of of criteria he ignored when picking his own comps does not make sense. Save yourself the hassle if you need a rural appraisal-- use a local, rural specialist--and find someone willing to look at the facts and not be hypocritical on criteria for comps used. He seemed more concerned with being justified than in getting an accurate value on our home.

    Travis County Appraisal District

    Travis County Appraisal District

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    Unfortunately, my review board (ARB) experience on my property tax protest was biased and skirted…read moretax code principles. The lack of accountability and upfront nature of it was shocking, considering I recorded the whole thing. 1. When requested at the end, the board did not give me their sworn affidavits 2. The board verbalized that they didn't receive U&E (uniform and equal) evidence for the recording when I had 5 copies brought to the meeting, with a copy for each plus the appraiser. 3. Even after I withdrew my market protest and the appraiser had no U&E evidence prepared, the board disregarded the U&E evidence in favor of the market evidence (even after my formal withdraw of the market protest) - completely against tax code. Despite my repeated emphasis that market value was not my protest basis, the ARB members repeatedly circled back purchase price as a reason not to reduce the valuation. This shows a clear violation of the Texas Property Tax Code principle that U&E and market must be treated independently. Their closing logic was telling: "He's purchased this house... and he's saying I want less... the district has met the requirements..." Not sure if it's poor training or just apathy. The district has NOT met the requirements of the Texas tax code. Unfortunately, the ARB hearing is such a waste of time. Just skip it for arbitration.

    TCAD is no one's favorite place. But they do a good job and try to be fair. If you protest your…read moretaxes as long as you know what they evaluate you'll do fine. It's not Zillow, Redfin, reports or price per square foot. There are a lot of elements they measure.. pictures, property comparisons in terms of age, size, condition for your area is what mostly matters. For your area- think your street, neighborhood. If they are are old house they will be compared that way. Receipts, bids, proposals, photos are all helpful. Fact/evidence based decisions are how values are arrived at.

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