[quote=temeculaguy]Ok, question, it is along the lines of some of the answers but it’s a different twist. The house I bought has square footage that doesn’t match the tax roll. It was a tract house and there was an option to add an additional bedroom and bathroom over the garage and a loft upstairs when it was new. The original buyer opted for the additional space, making it 400 sq ft bigger. It’s obvious that it wasn’t done afterwards because it changed the roof and a number of things on the exterior since that area is above the garage. When it was appraised the appraiser obviously didn’t measure because he/she came up with the exact amount of sq ft as the tax roll. Running a zillow of the tract it seems that most of the model matches with the same additional sq ft are not recorded as such, at least 20 are in the same situation.
So here’s the question, does it matter? Should I contact the county and have them change the tax roll, they seem a little busy at the moment with all the value changes. It wont change my taxes because that is based on purchase price and nothing has changed since it was inspected and built, it is more of a typo than anything and in my years of searching and evaluating properties, I’ve found it in other tracts and developments where the tax roll was just wrong. Is there any benefit to rectifying it? Any downside?[/quote]
That’s actually a common issue among tracts. On my tax bill, it lists my home as a 4/3 2600 even though it’s a 5/3 2600, because during the original buildout, there was the option to either have a 3 car tandem garage or have another bedroom and 2 car garage. Never corrected this in the county, but county office said it wasn’t a big deal.
