New assessments revised in Bridgeport

what a load of crap.I had my house on the market for a year.No lookers,no offers.Nothing.Yet my assessment went up 25%.WTF?How is the value RISING?My house is worthless as noone will buy in Bpt.Due to HIGH TAXES

This is a total rip off of the taxpayers...Bill FInch has to be removed from office before we are all in the poor house

I sold my home In Bridgeport right on time thank god.Now i have a home 3 times as big and a one acre lot.Still paying lower taxes then Bridgeport and no car taxes!

My heart goes out to all who are stuck in the downward spiral that is Bridgeport. Those who find themselves lacking options and facing ruinous taxes need more help than a clueless lackey like Bill Finch can dream of providing. We need some serious changes in leadership to pull out of this nasty, and seemingly hopeless spiral.

Joe Strubachincoscow wrote:

what a load of crap.I had my house on the market for a year.No lookers,no offers.Nothing.Yet my assessment went up 25%.WTF?How is the value RISING?My house is worthless as noone will buy in Bpt.Due to HIGH TAXES

Get a BIG insurance plan for you Home fo fire and get some crack Head from Marina or the Greens to "light it up" for you for $100 bucks, Then you can start over buddy....if you haven't noticed all the burned out houses in BPT, theres your clue...I'd jump ship if I were you soon

O'Brien already left Bridgeport and returned to New Haven. I feel sorry for New Haven.

Assesed value that is just their opinion they should be looking at market comps but that would put a bigger dent in their pockets while making less of a dent in ours. Wish I could run my business as they do theirs just arbitrarily raise some clients and lower some others what a racket. Wish rico laws applied to govt functions.

I appreciate that homes (houses, property) is supposed to rise in value and things an owner does to his property should add value to that property; but my fear is that those who raise our taxes on such property think they are getting a better deal for city costs--this is not necessarily true. You raise my taxes--if I stay and want to continue living here, which most do still I believe--then I will cut elsewhere...spending "in the city" will decrease because I can't afford the "quality of life" opportunities in the area--my kids can't go on the field trip or buy school supplies (which I am not supposed to be paying for anyway--I have always wondered where the class action suit against the city/state by parents for having to pay for some of the free education?--I don't eat out as much, nor do I buy in the local stores as much. Raising proptery taxes might help pay for the 62K secretary, but such increases might and often do not have the city's best interest in mind.

Corrections Department
a few statements attributed to me are technically incorrect
1)Vision Appraisal did an accurate physical assessment on my home in the late summer - correcting the earlier 5 year old assessment which included the unlivable attic as living space as well as some other errors as well as the covered patio which was removed due to the oil tank removal as condition of sale last winter.
2) I attended but did not "Share my story" at the meeting at Harborview Market
My concern with the assessments continues despite the recently made favorable adjustment.
While Vision Appraisal can not be responsible for errors in the historical physical assessment (sq ft, ammenities, etc) where homeowners don't provide access to do so, there should be very clear and transparent process and assumptions that get to the valuation of the properties.
In my case the earlier re-assessment assumed a 15.5% increase in value in my home in less than 6 months in a down economy. An outcome that begs the accruacy and thoroughness of the entire process.
In addition when my appraisal was fixed to a more reasonable level were my neighbors for whom the purchase price on my home should have established a clear market price basis for their assessments also favorably adjusted?
Vision Appraisal and the City of Bridgeport still own homeowners a better answer than they have given.

Shocked wrote:

This is a total rip off of the taxpayers...Bill FInch has to be removed from office before we are all in the poor house

Sent the crook to jail. He will never be re-elected.