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Pewaukee Board of Review upholds assessor’s valuation for Oakville Drive homeowner
Summary
After testimony from homeowner Vicky Pajasic about deferred maintenance and repair costs, the Pewaukee Board of Review sustained the assessor’s valuation based on comparable sales; the motion passed on a roll‑call vote.
The Pewaukee Board of Review on Monday heard testimony from homeowner Vicky Pajasic challenging the 2025 assessment for 417 West Oakville Drive and ultimately voted to sustain the assessor’s valuation.
Pajasic told the board her 1970 home has extensive deferred maintenance, including original oversized windows she estimated could “easily run 50,000,” a bowed garage roof with sagging drywall, an original kitchen and bathroom, and a driveway she said previously was quoted at $10,000–$12,000. She submitted photographs and described the practical difficulties of completing repairs while caring for an ill spouse.
The city’s appraiser and assessor presented three comparable sales from the Spring Creek Lakeview neighborhood and explained condition adjustments. The assessor said the comparables produced adjusted comparable values ranging about $369,200 to $406,100 and that he had reduced the assessed improvement grade to reflect deferred maintenance. “We’re not out to over or underassess anybody,” the assessor said while explaining the use of condition ratings in the assessment process.
Board members questioned whether driveways and window sizes affected value; the assessor replied that driveways and landscaping are not separately added to the property card but that condition ratings and other adjustment factors account for deferred maintenance.
After closing testimony, a board member moved that the assessor’s valuation be sustained pursuant to Wisconsin statutory guidance and the Wisconsin Property Assessment Manual. The motion was seconded and carried on a roll‑call vote with recorded affirmative votes by Miss Robinson, Mister Marlin, Mister Barley and Miss Goldbach. The board closed testimony and sustained the assessor’s valuation.
The decision means the assessment will stand as determined by the assessor; the homeowner may consider available statutory remedies outside the board's proceeding if she chooses to pursue further review.
