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Board grants partial tax abatement for Casco cottage at 25 Pond View, reduces assessed value to $355,000
Summary
The Cumberland County Board of Assessment Review voted 3–1 to lower the assessed value of a seasonal cottage at 25 Pond View in Casco to $355,000 after hearing competing evidence from the property owner and the county assessor.
The Cumberland County Board of Assessment Review voted 3–1 to lower the assessed value of a seasonal cottage at 25 Pond View in Casco to $355,000 after a contested appeal during the board’s public hearing.
The applicant, Jeffrey Messer, owner of Annabella Properties, asked the board to find an irregularity in the assessment under Maine law (Title 36) and reduce the current assessed value of $422,000. Messer presented local sales he said were comparable within the Thomas Pond condominium association and said the town’s valuation overstated the land allocation for his unit by about $115,500 compared with similar waterfront units. "There's a $60,000 differential between those two properties," Messer said of sales inside the same association, arguing the larger town-wide…
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