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Avon board hears high-value appeals, denies assessment changes and refers one room-count issue to assessor
Summary
At its March 11 meeting the Town of Avon Board of Assessment Appeals voted to hear appeals for properties above $1 million and denied requested assessment reductions for four cases, citing insufficient documentation or lack of justification; a room-count discrepancy was referred to the Assessor and one appeal was withdrawn.
The Town of Avon Board of Assessment Appeals met March 11, 2025, and voted to hear appeals for commercial, industrial, utility and apartment properties valued above $1 million before considering individual cases. After hearings, the board denied requests to change assessments in four matters and recorded one withdrawal.
Attorney Gary J. Greene, of Greene Law, P.C., represented Avon Place LLC and asked the board to lower the assessment on a 180-unit property from $35,492,064 to $17,671,943, arguing the valuation is too high. The transcript records that no documentation was submitted with the appeal or at the hearing; the board denied the request for lack of sufficient information. Board member Jeffrey Maguire moved to deny the change; Board member Kershwin Singh seconded, and the vote was unanimous.
Greene also represented BFS Property Group LLC, which challenged its valuation on an Income Approach basis and sought a reduction from $28,335,743 to $14,167,871. Again, no supporting documentation was presented; the board denied the appeal. The motion to deny was made by Kershwin Singh, seconded by Jeffrey Maguire, and passed unanimously.
In a residential appeal, Joao Godoy, representing appellant Tonia Godoy, said the property at 8 Columbus Circle was overvalued compared with a nearly identical neighboring house and argued the room count on the property card was incorrect. The Board compared property cards, concluded the higher valuation was attributable to a ‘bonus’ room recorded at 8 Columbus Circle, and referred the room-count discrepancy to the Assessor for follow-up. After review the panel unanimously found no justification to change the assessment; the motion to deny was made by Mike Guerrera and seconded by Jeffrey Maguire.
Keith Ontko, representing Keith and Sherry Ontko, asked that his condo at 8 Grey Fox Trail be assessed at $390,000 and said he pays taxes to both the Town and the Hunter’s Run tax district and believes that was not accounted for in the town assessment. The Board reviewed comparables within the complex and determined the assessment to be fair and equitable; the board unanimously denied the requested change. The motion to deny was made by Mike Guerrera and seconded by Norman Sondheimer.
An appeal by AT&T Services for property at 55 Climax Road was withdrawn and was not heard. The meeting adjourned at 8:05 p.m.
What happened next: No formal reassessments were approved at the meeting. The only procedural referral was that the Assessor will review the room count discrepancy raised for 8 Columbus Circle.
