Comments on: Tax Valuation Appraisals http://www.strawbale.com/tax-valuation-appraisals The World's Leader in Straw Bale Education Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:54:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: jeff Morgan http://www.strawbale.com/tax-valuation-appraisals/comment-page-1#comment-27574 jeff Morgan Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:47:31 +0000 http://www.strawbale.com/?p=986#comment-27574 Dear Andrew on a 1600 square foot house (exterior) maybe 20 percent will be used as straw bales thickness. my yearly taxes on my 1100 foot three bedroom stick built house is $474. Adding another twenty percent to that payment is 100.00. it hardly seems worthy of the work to reduce that. howev er I think that convincing your local municipality to give a tax credit for a new green house would be a viable way to get the taxes reduced. I live in kansas city and am excited about urban renewal with straw bales. I am sure with all the city owned vacant lots the city would love to grant special tax credits for green housing. JJ Dear Andrew
on a 1600 square foot house (exterior) maybe 20 percent will be used as straw bales thickness. my yearly taxes on my 1100 foot three bedroom stick built house is $474. Adding another twenty percent to that payment is 100.00. it hardly seems worthy of the work to reduce that. howev er I think that convincing your local municipality to give a tax credit for a new green house would be a viable way to get the taxes reduced. I live in kansas city and am excited about urban renewal with straw bales. I am sure with all the city owned vacant lots the city would love to grant special tax credits for green housing.
JJ

]]> By: Andrew http://www.strawbale.com/tax-valuation-appraisals/comment-page-1#comment-26411 Andrew Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:51:51 +0000 http://www.strawbale.com/?p=986#comment-26411 Thanks Doug. I agree with you about huge houses not necessarily being Green anymore. That said, if someone plans to build a 3000 SF house, and I can convince them to at least build that huge house out of bales, at least it's more efficient. Either way, huge (not very Green) or small (very Green) houses made of straw are still taxed at a higher rate per usable SF than a conventional home. I'd like to see that change. Thanks for your input! Thanks Doug. I agree with you about huge houses not necessarily being Green anymore. That said, if someone plans to build a 3000 SF house, and I can convince them to at least build that huge house out of bales, at least it’s more efficient.

Either way, huge (not very Green) or small (very Green) houses made of straw are still taxed at a higher rate per usable SF than a conventional home. I’d like to see that change.

Thanks for your input!

]]> By: Doug Bauer http://www.strawbale.com/tax-valuation-appraisals/comment-page-1#comment-26408 Doug Bauer Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:12:45 +0000 http://www.strawbale.com/?p=986#comment-26408 Andrew...excellent article as always! Two comments on the subject. 1. Many times zoning requires a minimum square footage in order to get a building permit. For those that wish to build a "Little House", the outside measurement may allow them to do so. This requirement is no doubt made to maximize tax revenue. 2. While I support your suggestion of a promotional "green" consideration at what point is a huge strawbale home still considered green? A house on the small side should be given an extra credit in my opinion. This may not maximize the taxes collected but will allow a message to be made that our consumptive society could re-think our values at the same time we are trying a greener approach...not to mention allowing persons of modest means to possibly build without assuming the standard crushing debt that seems to be the unsustainable norm lately. Regards, Doug (an avid "Little House" supporter) Andrew…excellent article as always!
Two comments on the subject.
1. Many times zoning requires a minimum square footage in order to get a building permit. For those that wish to build
a “Little House”, the outside measurement may allow them to do so. This requirement is no doubt made to maximize tax revenue.
2. While I support your suggestion of a promotional “green” consideration at what point is a huge strawbale home still considered green? A house on the small side should be given an extra credit in my opinion. This may not maximize the taxes collected but will allow a message to be made that our consumptive society could re-think our
values at the same time we are trying a greener approach…not to mention allowing persons of modest means to possibly build without assuming the standard crushing debt that seems to be the unsustainable norm lately.

Regards, Doug
(an avid “Little House” supporter)

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