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The latest notices of appraised value for people's houses have arrived. According to the city, my house has increased in value from $120,275 to $139,611, a thrilling 16%.
D. recommended that I fight this new assessment. He does this every year, and they always lower his a little. I told him that since homeowners only pay taxes on up to a 10% increase from what they paid taxes on the year before, they'd have to lower it to less than $131,139 (up from last year's 119,217) so it's not worth the trouble.
Besides, Zillow.com estimates the value at $152,103. And my homeowner's insurance company is insuring the buildings for $119,570. (The city's assessment breaks down to $99,611 for the buildings + $40,000 for the land.) So I suspect the city errs too low already, and I'm not going to complain.
The estimated taxes for 2007 are $2690.24 or $224.19 per month. R. thinks that's horrifying. I think that when my house is paid off, and all I'm paying is $224.19 for a 2-1 (+ $699/year or $58.25/mo for insurance + repairs), that's going to be an awfully nice deal.
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Yesterday I went back to beginner dance class for the first time in months because we finally talked our friend J. into coming to the west coast swing class. He's decided not to come to the east coast swing II class, so I'm trying to decide whether to keep coming to that one anyway or just bring my own car and leave early.
On the one hand, I really miss east coast swing. And when I dance with R. I get to dance with someone who always lets me lean in, which is nice. There is less guessing and I feel more like we're one couple than like we're two people dancing in front of each other. And when I dance with other people I get to do the triple step, which I really like (R. only likes the single step, especially on fast songs). Also, there are more men than women, so it's polite for me to come.
On the other hand, it's really crowded in there, and people are still taking huge back rock steps. I got two injuries. The first was when another lady's heel came scraping down my ankle until it was completely inside my shoe. It's amazing how much damage can happen when there's no blood at all. (Thank-you socks!) The second time a guy basically just kicked me in my other leg. R. said he never got stepped on, so maybe it was a fluke.
D. recommended that I fight this new assessment. He does this every year, and they always lower his a little. I told him that since homeowners only pay taxes on up to a 10% increase from what they paid taxes on the year before, they'd have to lower it to less than $131,139 (up from last year's 119,217) so it's not worth the trouble.
Besides, Zillow.com estimates the value at $152,103. And my homeowner's insurance company is insuring the buildings for $119,570. (The city's assessment breaks down to $99,611 for the buildings + $40,000 for the land.) So I suspect the city errs too low already, and I'm not going to complain.
The estimated taxes for 2007 are $2690.24 or $224.19 per month. R. thinks that's horrifying. I think that when my house is paid off, and all I'm paying is $224.19 for a 2-1 (+ $699/year or $58.25/mo for insurance + repairs), that's going to be an awfully nice deal.
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Yesterday I went back to beginner dance class for the first time in months because we finally talked our friend J. into coming to the west coast swing class. He's decided not to come to the east coast swing II class, so I'm trying to decide whether to keep coming to that one anyway or just bring my own car and leave early.
On the one hand, I really miss east coast swing. And when I dance with R. I get to dance with someone who always lets me lean in, which is nice. There is less guessing and I feel more like we're one couple than like we're two people dancing in front of each other. And when I dance with other people I get to do the triple step, which I really like (R. only likes the single step, especially on fast songs). Also, there are more men than women, so it's polite for me to come.
On the other hand, it's really crowded in there, and people are still taking huge back rock steps. I got two injuries. The first was when another lady's heel came scraping down my ankle until it was completely inside my shoe. It's amazing how much damage can happen when there's no blood at all. (Thank-you socks!) The second time a guy basically just kicked me in my other leg. R. said he never got stepped on, so maybe it was a fluke.