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Petitioner contests Hernando County appraisal for Spring Hill Lamson Avenue office, argues comparables are outliers

6685630 · October 24, 2025
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Summary

Property owner Deborah Paracone and her representative challenged the Hernando County Property Appraiser's valuation for a Lamson Avenue office strip, saying the appraiser's sale comparables are not truly comparable; the magistrate will review evidence and issue a recommendation to the Value Adjustment Board.

Colleen Millett, special magistrate, heard testimony Friday in Hernando County on petition number 25-002, in which Deborah Paracone and her representative, John J. Franklin Jr., challenged the property appraiser's valuation of a commercial building on Lamson Avenue in Spring Hill.

The petitioner argued the appraiser's sales-comparison evidence was unreliable. "None of these are actual comparables," John J. Franklin Jr. said during his presentation, describing differences in use, interior build-outs and recent sale conditions for the comparables the appraiser used. Deborah Paracone said she had been offered about $850,000 for the property in…

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