AppealLetter.pdf
Jacob Barshaw Petitioner V Township Of Waterford Respondent · 26-002749-TT
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Hello, I apologize for the late submission, I was hoping the home would have been completed and a new appraisal would be done. Unfortunately, as of 7/19 the home is still not complete. I requested a reassessment to a market value of $267,195.83 but an assessed value of $282,920 was approved. At the time of assessment (12/31/2025) the completed work on the house included: Basement walls, rough framing(not approved yet), rough plumbing, and roof. I have 2 calculations showing that value of this is near the $267,195.83($133,597.92 assessed) 1. Actual spend: 2. Completion Percentage The Appraised Value of the home by the Lake Michigan Credit Union Appraiser was $612,000 as of January 29, 2024. For appraisal, the home included a finished bonus room and a driveway, neither of which are being included in the current build due to budget Land $170,000.00 Excavation $20,000.00 First Builder I Beams 1,847.74 Second Builder Basement Walls $28,000.00 First Builder Basement Floor 7,749.00 Second Builder Garage Floor 6,240.00 Second Builder Rebar 1,090.00 Second Builder Lumber 32,269.09 Second Builder Lumber Labor 24,907.00| Second Builder Roof material 6,661.09| Second Builder Roof Labor 3,300.00| Second Builder Rough Plumbing 8,650.00| Second Builder DTE hookup 600.00| Second Builder Temp electric 750.00| Second Builder Total(Market Value) 267,195.83 Assessed Value 133,597.915
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constraints. This appraisal has a sqft price of $161.23. The removal of the bonus room is 470 sqft which is $75,778.10. This lowers the total value to $536,221.9. Based on the page 25 of the PERCENTAGE BREAKDOWN OF BASE COSTS of the Michigan Assessors Manual the home was 34.2% complete. No other work was completed yet, however, the assessment came back at 62% complete. The items completed as of 12/31/25 were as follows: Total: (31% + 3.2% for rough plumbing) = 34.2% Market Value: $183,387.89 + $170,000 (land) = $353,387.89 Assessed Value: $176,693.95 I am requesting that the assessed amount be based on the actual cost to build of 133,597.92, if this number is not acceptable, I am requesting the corrected completion percentage of 34.2% and an assessed value of 176,693.95. I included multiple documents and explained this thoroughly to the board. After, one member read the form I submitted and said “So you just want it reduced from $310,530 to $267,195.83. I responded, “No the document asked for market value not assessed value. The market value is around $267,195.83 and the assessed value is half of that”. It seems this misunderstanding led to them using what was supposed to be the market value as the assessed value. I have attached the appraisal and the sworn statement from the second builder, as well as inspection dates that happened after the assessment. I have checks for the basement walls that can be included if needed. I would also like to note that I fought with the bank to get the appraisal value increased to put less money down and was denied.