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OD.? <br /> 115 Old Oferl Road <br /> Chapel Hill, North Carolina <br /> 16 September 1981 <br /> Orange Co. Commissioners <br /> c/o Tax Supervisor <br /> 205 S. Cameron Street <br /> killSborough, N. C. 27278 <br /> Dear Commisioners: <br /> My husband and I appeared at an informal hearing in March to <br /> contest the new valuation of our property. Our..request was denied, <br /> but we were never notified of that fact despite several phone calls <br /> to the tax office questioning the result of the informal hearing. <br /> Upon telephoning, each time we were told that the County had had many <br /> requests and the appraisers had probably not had a chance to reappraise <br /> our property. The advice was to be patient. We were, and upon <br /> receiving our tax notice, we again called. We were told if our valu- <br /> ation was the same, our request had been denied. <br /> Because we had no notice, we were not able to appear before the <br /> Board of Equalization and Review to contest the denial. We, therefore, <br /> are requesting a chance to appear before yourBoard to contest our valu- <br /> ation. <br /> At the informal hearing we stressed the following points in support <br /> of our request to have our valuation lowered: <br /> 1. Less than two years before we received our notice, we <br /> bought our house for over)$16,000 less than the new <br /> appraisal. <br /> 2. The price we paid for our home two years ago did not <br /> coincide with its actual value, Because of a large <br /> assumable loan on_ the, house at a low interest rate, <br /> we were willing to pay more for the house than we <br /> actually considered it was worth. <br /> 3. Our house, though.in the Lake Forest subdivision, is <br /> the first home in the area and beside us is a poorly <br /> kept triplex in which college age tenants are constantly <br /> moving in and out. <br /> 4, Across the road from us is a noisy low-income housing <br /> project. <br /> 5. There have been no improvements made over the last eight <br /> years. We are on a septic tank; however, a sewer ease- <br /> ment abuts our driveway. <br /> We believe these are valid points justifying a reduction in the <br /> tremendous jump in valuation of our property. <br /> We look forward to hearing from you in the near future. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> /1 - <br /> 1.427--i-- ')C4-ft'4W <br /> • Christie Speir Price <br />