Property
On TV we watched a story about parents who had left an 18 year old home alone for a week and he had a party and there was a bunch of destruction.
So I asked James if we went away if he would have a party?
No, he said.
I said that's because you're a good boy!
He said he would play hockey games all day.
Hmm. He seemed to have that thought out!
So I asked him what he would eat?
He said he would eat candy all day.
So. I'm thinking it will be quite a while before we leave him home alone!
We got our new property tax assessment and this year it went up 25%. Did yours go up too Bob, or did it go down 25% to compensate for ours going up. The houses in the neighbourhood must be selling for more. I'd like to see the property tax people try to sell our house at the price they have quoted! I guess this is just a scheme from the city to get more tax dollars! (Everything is a scheme Clint, I'm sure of it!)
So I asked James if we went away if he would have a party?
No, he said.
I said that's because you're a good boy!
He said he would play hockey games all day.
Hmm. He seemed to have that thought out!
So I asked him what he would eat?
He said he would eat candy all day.
So. I'm thinking it will be quite a while before we leave him home alone!
We got our new property tax assessment and this year it went up 25%. Did yours go up too Bob, or did it go down 25% to compensate for ours going up. The houses in the neighbourhood must be selling for more. I'd like to see the property tax people try to sell our house at the price they have quoted! I guess this is just a scheme from the city to get more tax dollars! (Everything is a scheme Clint, I'm sure of it!)
posted by Aphra at 9:33 PM
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Yup. Our assessment went up. That was to be expected, though. Housing prices have risen dramatically since the last assessment year - which was a few years ago. The city doesn't have anything much to do with assessments. MPAC handles that. And no one is very happy with MPAC. They have had serious enough problems that they have had the ombudsman looking into their activities. You have a couple of things going for you, though. First, your increase is being phased in - a process which I don't think we have ever seen in Ontario. And secondly, you have the opportunity to appeal the assessment if you are convinced it is wrong. If you have the time/energy to pursue this, it might be worth the effort. MPAC doesn't give in easily but if you have legitimate rationale for disputing their valuation, it might be worth a try.
Not too long ago the girls and I read the book 'Farmer Boy' by Laura Ingalls Wilder. One of the chapters recounts a week that the Wilder children spent at home without their parents and tells of all the mischief they got into. We all were laughing so hard throughout that whole chapter! Especially when they fed very sticky candy to the pig and her mouth got stuck shut!
I don't know what percentage our property assessment went up, but it's $46,000 higher than three years ago. Yikes!
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