steveh_131
Grandmaster
My wife informed me that yesterday, some property tax surveyors knocked on the door. (Or so they claimed. They had ID and lanyards on, she said.)
The asked her a bunch of questions about our home, peered in the door, then wandered around the yard taking pictures. She answered their questions. Asking how many baths we had, full bath/shower, asked about a gas fireplace they saw when they peeped in the door, etc etc.
We've only been homeowners for about 2 years so this is new ground for me. Is this typical? They claimed it was done every 4 years.
I was intensely annoyed that she answered their questions and opened the door wide enough for them to look around my home. I am also intensely annoyed that they're wandering around in my yard taking pictures. If I was home, I think I would have told them to get lost.
I don't know if a gas fireplace is going to raise my taxes, or a plastic shed that I put up in back, or the fact that one bathroom has a shower or whatever they were asking about. This is intrusive and ridiculous.
If this is standard, how do you guys handle these folks? "Get off my lawn"?
The asked her a bunch of questions about our home, peered in the door, then wandered around the yard taking pictures. She answered their questions. Asking how many baths we had, full bath/shower, asked about a gas fireplace they saw when they peeped in the door, etc etc.
We've only been homeowners for about 2 years so this is new ground for me. Is this typical? They claimed it was done every 4 years.
I was intensely annoyed that she answered their questions and opened the door wide enough for them to look around my home. I am also intensely annoyed that they're wandering around in my yard taking pictures. If I was home, I think I would have told them to get lost.
I don't know if a gas fireplace is going to raise my taxes, or a plastic shed that I put up in back, or the fact that one bathroom has a shower or whatever they were asking about. This is intrusive and ridiculous.
If this is standard, how do you guys handle these folks? "Get off my lawn"?