On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 11:01:52AM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: > Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Jack, > >Can it be a building if only one side is standing? > > Actually, in California it can. If you completely tear down your house > *except for one wall* you can re-build a mansion on the same spot and > it's considered the same house ? so you don't get your property > re-assessed and pay higher property tax.
Not true if you increase the living area significantly, so building a mansion in place of a more normal dwelling will get you re-assessed anyway. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
