Re: Are sunrooms considered in the square fotage of a home for real estate tax purposes?

 I asked this elsewhere but no answers yet.

I am also wondering if and when a workshop gets included in the sq.
footage.

Any comments?

 
re:  I asked this elsewhere but no answers yet.

I'm guessing the one place you didn't ask was the county offices of
Santa Clara.

What things gets taxed (and how) in the county of Santa Clara, CA is
probably very different from what things get taxed in (and how) in
Athens County, OH or Yates County, NY or Orleans Parish, LA..

You'll get the most accurate answer directly from those that do the
taxing.

 f158ee0ecd19@m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com:


The accessor counts if it's heated.  My basement and ground floor enclosed
porch (not heated) and garage are not counted.
Me thinks DerbyDad is on the money with his answer.

 
For Yates County, NY, I know the answer.  It's: Maybe.

There are three ways to determine value.  The assessor uses either
replacement cost (based on square footage) or comparables.  If it is a
s.f. calc, then yes.  But it's at a lower rate because it's cheaper to
replace.  But it also runs a separate depreciation table because it's
newer.

If the assessor uses comps, he/she will look at the overall value of
the home as it compares to other, similar homes.  A sun room is part
of the calc.  If you were, for example, the ONLY one with a sunroom,
it would be added to the value, but only at a partial amount.  A
$10,000 sun room might only be adjusted by, say, $5000.

If it were in Yates County and it wasn't really a sunroom but a
covering for a handicapped ramp, then it wouldn't be assessed at all.
So it might depend on the design and what you call it.

In general.  A.  It won't have much of an impact and B. call your
assessor.

 On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:50:58 -0700 (PDT), Kompu Kid


Where I live they count everything but at different rates. (SW
Florida). You can go look at the property assessor web site to see
this in action

leepa.org

do a database search on some common name and walk up and down the
street (next higher/lower strap number).
If you look at "details" near the bottom of the page it will show you
the floor plan they use to assess.

I bet there is a similar site for your area. BTW if you are a privacy
person this may be scary.