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Docusign Envelope ID: EFC2B295-7589-48A0-88CA-A5037E1D20D9 on the fact of being compared to homes that have effective year built dates 16 to 25 years later than our home and other variables including renovation status, storm water runoff remediation needs, and current economic concerns. There were no obvious adjustments for comparison when homes have had significant remodeling vs.homeowners who are just trying to keep their homes safely maintained. We believe that the values are not taking into consideration the challenges of storm water runoff control needed for many of these homes to be able to sell near valuation which is at risk for increased challenge with the amount of building going on. Chantal has given us a glimpse of that! We have been working on stormwater control measures, which is a growing concern and estimate there will be many thousands of dollars for the optimal control measures. We did not see any homes actually similar to ours that sold in 2024 in the comparable based on effective year, square footage,number of stories (none for example were single story), or number of bathrooms. This doesn't even take into account the level of remodeling which may have exceeded ours. As far as trying to compare, the closest comparable in the last year I could find 9779621954 had over 400 additional square feet, another one and a half stories, another bedroom and another half bath with a modern kitchen and fresh wood floors(based on Zillow pictures). Understandably it had a higher value but if we extrapolated to add over 400 square feet, another one and a half stores, another bedroom and another half bath with a modern kitchen and fresh wood floors (based on Zillow pictures) to our home, I'm sure it would cost more than the approx. 72K difference in the valuation and hence If we subtracted those items from their value of 549 K,I think we would find a value of significantly less than the 477K. Comparables in this neighborhood are complex due to variation in bedrooms,bathrooms,habitability of lots, square footage and modernization. As we look around Spring Valley,we see that many of the homes have had windows replaced and kitchen, bathroom, added decks/porches and renovations/rebuilds.Although we do take care of our home and though we would like to do these neighbor comparable upgrades, we are currently senior citizens living on fixed incomes and cannot make all these upgrades at this point in time. Our likely next projects will involve window replacement if we can figure out a way to afford that. This is something visible from the exterior and can easily cost us 10,000 if we hope to have comparable windows. We priced this about two or three years ago so it has undoubtedly increased. And as mentioned the storm water control measures are an ongoing home improvement cost we would need to make the price tag worthy of the valuation. As noted in our earlier appeal, the comparable on the comper site of sales in the last six months had effective build dates at least 20 years younger than ours 1984 vs.their 2005 (117 Creekview and 604 Bolin)and 2010(1538 Pathway). The actual build dates were nine years later on two of the three. These homes were from 33%to 162%larger than ours so obviously not good references for value of my home in any fashion. Among the sales within 10 miles on comper, we did not find any comparable sales in the last year that were within 100 square feet of our home but were surprised to find land value of land with lots sized twice as much as our lot also being valued at 275K e.g. 604 Bolin Creek To find better benchmarks,we looked at nearby homes with recent sales info in homes that still exceed the size/condition of our home but priced closer that are valued significantly below the value of our valuation. According to Zillow,these other 3 bedroom/2 bathroom Carrboro single family residence homes within 100 square feet of our home that are newer and larger than ours and in better condition sold under the revaluation of our property within the last three months of our earlier appeal: 402 Berryhill Drive(brick 1472 square feet) sold for 400K on 3/14/25 129 Weatherhill Pt in Carrboro sold for$450K on 3/28/25 -another larger(1518 sq feet), newer home(built in 92) • We love our home and the location and are proud to be in an appreciating neighborhood in every sense of the word. We hope we can continue to afford to live here which includes our ability to pay taxes,which of course is directly tied to valuations. Hence,we want to make sure we have the most reasonable valuation. We know Orange County values affordable housing and has looked at sites for building. Affordable housing also means that current