Tibbitts Road runs between Kellogg Road and NYS Route 12. For
this report, Lower Tibbitts Road is anything below Oxford Road and Upper Tibbitts is anything
above Oxford Road. Because there are only 2 homes on Sleepy Hollow Road, the second
right hand turn off of Tibbitts Road above Oxford Road, we decided to include them in this report. The report is a pdf document and needs a 8 1/2 x 14 inch paper to print (or you can tape
two pages together). Year 2003 is
highlighted in yellow because
that is the year that the homes were in a Neighborhood Code (4807) that was
reassessed.
For this report I had to change the rules
slightly--instead of highlighting in gray the parcels that were not
reassessed, it was easier to highlight in gray the ones that were.
There are 49 homes in total on Tibbitts Road--only 6 of
those homes were reassessed in 2003 when Neighborhood Code 4807 was
reassessed (18 Tibbitts was reassessed in 2003, but lowered by the Board
of Assessment Review). There are exactly 2 homes on Sleepy Hollow Lane and
neither one was reassessed in 2003. So, we have 43 homes on Tibbitts
and 2 homes on Sleepy Hollow Lane that have only been trended 5.5% in
2004 even though they were in a Neighborhood Code (4807) that was
reassessed in 2003. For goodness sakes, the 800-900 square feet homes in the
Manors were trended 7.5% in 2004. Is there anyone out there that
thinks in 2003 these homes did not increase in value since the last full
reassessment done by an "outside" appraisal firm in 1995?
Notice, they reassessed some of the smaller homes on
Lower Tibbitts, yet
only 1 home on Upper Tibbitts was reassessed in 2003. Look at these homes on Upper Tibbitts
(starts with line 19 of the spreadsheet). They were all in Neighborhood Code 4811
until 2003 when they were moved into Neighborhood Code 4807 (Older Subdivision). Why did they
move them and then not reassess them? And look at the Tax
Map numbers. Do you see that the tax map numbers starting with
339.015 have been in Neighborhood Code 4807 from 2001 on, yet the tax
map numbers starting with 339.000 (including Sleepy Hollow Lane) were in
Neighborhood Code 4811 (Rural) in 2001 and 2002 and then moved into
Neighborhood Code 4807 in 2003 where they remain today? Does that
sound familiar--they used tax map numbers to determine neighborhood
codes in 2001.
If you go to the
Assessment Program, you will see that some of these homes on
Tibbitts Road sold for far more than they are assessed so it can't be
that they are not increasing in value. Look at the size of the
two homes on Sleepy Hollow Lane. One is 3,508 sq. ft. and the
other is 5,008 sq. ft. and they are both
Grade B homes--one is even 110% better than an average Grade B
home. Come on--don't you think they should be in Neighborhood Code 4815 (High End)? Just because the
parcel
tax map number is like other Neighborhood Code 4807 parcels does it make them a 4807?
Let me stress this again. The equalization rate is determined by the State using
their estimation of the Total Assessed Value of the Town of New Hartford vs. the actual total assessed value of
properties in the Town of New Hartford. Therefore, if there are a lot of under-assessed homes in New Hartford, the
equalization rate takes a nosedive every time one of those homes sells for more than the assessed
value. Not to
mention the fact that it just isn't fair to make some people have to grieve
their assessment while others sit on there
a$$,
nor should anyone have to pay more than their fair share and clearly
everyone should be paying their fair share.
Believe me everyone is affected by this type of "selective reassessing".
Fair assessing in the Town of New Hartford? You decide.
Take a look at our other spreadsheets (in pdf format--you will need 8.5 by 14 paper to print or you will have
to piece smaller sheets together after printing)
Paris Road, Higby Road, Jordan
Road and Lloyds Lane. More streets will be added.
Please keep watching this site if you want to know what really
happened. Email us
New Hartford, N.Y. Online if you have any questions or better yet, check with the assessor to see if he agrees with our reports
and then ask him "How Come?"
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