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Home under construction draws dispute: Lay and Miller contest county’s 50% completion rating
Summary
Nicole Lay and Leslie Miller told the Franklin County BOE their unfinished rural home was overassessed after being rated 50% complete; the assessor said a May 2025 site visit justified the completion rating and explained mass‑appraisal constraints.
Homeowners Nicole Lay and Leslie Miller told the Franklin County Board of Equalization that their home—built as a kit and described by them as a pole‑barn style structure—was incorrectly assessed as 50% complete for tax year 2025, producing an assessed value (improvements) substantially higher than what they consider realistic for an unfinished shell.
The appellants said when the assessor visited the property the interior remained…
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