Let's say someone added a covered patio onto their home (for the sake of argument, roughly 350 sq ft) 3 years ago.

Let's also say that the county appraisal district has not included it in their property assessment in any of the three years.

Is there any chance the homeowner could be charged on the additional value for these alleged 3 years of alleged improvements?

If so, how far could the appraisal district go back?

I think the value is minimal for something like that. Heated and air conditioned space has value.

I sure hope so. I didn't think a taxing entity would consider anything 'minimal'.

My neighbor had this happen with their pool. They hit them for the maximum they could and had one of the highest appraised values in the neighborhood. Surprise surprise they lost their appeal.

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I sure hope so. I didn't think a taxing entity would consider anything 'minimal'.

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Brazos county found my New chicken coop several years ago and valued it at $218.00 per square foot.

hopeandrealchange said:

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Nightman said:

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I sure hope so. I didn't think a taxing entity would consider anything 'minimal'.

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Brazos county found my New chicken coop several years ago and valued it at $218.00 per square foot.

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That is nuts!

Did you pull a permit for it? Thats how they catch many improvements.

Our old house we lived in for 15 years. In year 3 or 4, they deleted 500sf from out 2500sf house.

We sold house 2 years ago and listed at the correct sq ftg and provided a separate confirmation of the sf ftg by an appraisar.

Just checked and new owner continues to enjoy the 20% off their taxes.

Dallas County was going after new property owners using square footage from MLS to find previously unfinished space that had been finished. They could go back five years and hammer the new property owners. Title insurance alleged that it was a fraud on the part of the sellers and thus didn't have to pay. When my parents bought, we had language added to their contract to hold the sellers responsible in this type of situation.