Appeal your assessment. With evidence.
Record-card errors, sold comparables and your county's form, in one pack you file yourself. $49, 2 days.
Three steps.
Send the notice
The address, the new value, and what the county's card gets wrong, if you already know. Photos help.
We read the record
The assessor's card against the permit file and your photos, then five to eight sold comparables from the county's own sales, adjusted plainly.
File it yourself
A PDF with the value to ask for, your statement in the county's wording, the comps, the form by name, the deadline and what to say in the hearing.
What you send, what you get.
318 Orchard Lane, Westbrook County (invented) Notice: $412,000, up from $348,000. Deadline 31 March. 3 bed, 2 bath, about 1,640 sq ft. Roof is 22 years old. The card says 1,840 sq ft and 2.5 baths. It is wrong.
318 Orchard Lane
Record card · 2 errors
Finished area 1,840 → 1,640 sq ft (the attic is unfinished, no permit on file). Baths 2.5 → 2.0 (the sketch's half bath is a closet). Condition Good → Average: 22-year roof, original windows. Card overstated
Comparables · 6 sold, 12 months, same school zone
$362,000–$415,000, adjusted for size, baths and date: median $376,000. Each one linked to the recorded sale. Notice is 9.6% above
Your filing · Form BOR-1, due 31 March
The statement in the county's wording, the value to ask for ($372,000), what to attach and in what order, and what to say in the 15-minute hearing. Ready to file
An invented sample. A real pack links every comp and every card line to its public source.
Contingency firms take 25–50% of the saving. Attorneys start in the hundreds. You file this one yourself.
- The record card read line by line, with the evidence for each error
- 5–8 sold comparables, adjusted for size, baths and date, each linked
- The value to ask for, and roughly what it is worth a year
- Your statement, written in the county's own wording
- The form by name, the deadline, where to file, what to attach, what to say
- Sold to the owner only · United States · not legal or tax advice
Send the notice.
Three questions.
What is in the pack?
A PDF of 6–10 pages on one house: a one-screen summary with the value to ask for; the assessor's record card read line by line against the permit record, the sketch and your photos, with every error and the evidence for it; five to eight sold comparables from the county's recorded sales and sold listings, adjusted plainly for size, bathrooms and date, each linked; your statement written in the county's own wording; and the filing page: the county's current form by name, the deadline and whether it is received-by or postmark, where to file, what to attach in what order, and what to say in the hearing.
Is this legal advice, and will you file it for me?
No and no. It is research and writing from public records and the facts you give us. You file it yourself, with the county's own form, and you speak at the hearing. We do not represent you, we are not attorneys, appraisers or tax agents, and nothing here is legal or tax advice. If you want representation, a contingency firm or an attorney is the right call; this pack is for the owner who would rather spend $49 and an hour than 25–50% of the saving.
What if my house is assessed fairly?
Then the pack says so. If the record card is right and the comparables support the notice, you get the same research with a plain verdict, and you decide whether to file. Most windows run January to May and vary by county; send the notice as soon as it lands and we tell you the deadline on page one. Within 2 days of payment, or the day before your deadline if that is sooner and you tell us.
Read the sample first
The whole invented Orchard Lane pack as a PDF, plus our checklist of the eight things to pull from your county's site before any appeal.