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DOOLEY
blog | Dooley Real Estate
23 South Main Street |
Kent, CT 06757
TEL 860.927.3585 | FAX 860.927.3963
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Revaluation
Revisited
Final thoughts on Kent's
property tax revaluation
Kent’s Board
of Assessment Appeals has wrapped up its work of evaluating
the claims of property owners who believed their new
assessments to be too high. After having worked with
approximately two dozen property owners who experienced
sticker shock when they received their original revaluation
notices, we’re of the opinion the Assessor and
Vision Appraisal did a substantially good job, but
there are some troubling elements in the template
used in the revaluation process.
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Kent:
Stirring From Lull, if Not Hibernation
The dual personality of a town
that swells with summer folk and tourists is best
parsed in the off-season, when a community’s
spine is laid bare as the trees. And so it is with
Kent, a small town of under 3,000 year-round residents
bisected by Route 7 some 30 miles north of Danbury.
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Connecticut's PA 490 Explained
PA 490 was pushed by the Connecticut
legislature and passed in 1963. The intent was to
provide property tax relief for the owners of farms,
forests, and open space. It was meant to prevent the
owners from being forced to sell because of taxes.
Does your land qualify and what
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The
Stampede of White Elephants
Wall Street Journal - October
31, 2008
As the luxury real-estate market slows to a snail's
pace, real-estate brokers find themselves struggling
to sell a growing number of "trophy homes"
that are quietly gaining a new title: white elephants.
The term hails from a legend
that Siamese royalty gave albino elephants -- revered
but financially ruinous to maintain -- to unpleasant
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The
Unwashed and the Upper Crust in Connecticut
New York Times - August 29,
2008
ARRIVING in Kent, Conn., fresh
off the Appalachian Trail, two hikers who go by the
trail names Mudbug and Bones ambled for about a quarter
of a mile along a country road. First they passed
the well-kept athletic fields and stately brick structures
of the Kent School. Then came two chocolate shops,
a trio of hulking bovine statues, a smattering of
art galleries and a series of sidewalk cafes. |
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The
Newest Cottage Industry
Buyers Snap Up Small Homes
Wall Street Journal - July 18,
2008
Peter Moon's family of six
snuggles into bench seats for dinners together. Their
house is 1,100 square feet, a bit smaller than two
squash courts. "We really don't need more space,"
says Mr. Moon, a 46-year-old software designer. "I
don't mind being cozy."
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Going
Native in the Garden
ruralintelligence.com
At 19, she was a high school
drop out with a good idea. At 27, Raina Weber is the
founder and executive director of Project Native,
a non-profit dedicated to the collection, propagation,
and promotion of the flora that has grown in this
region since before alien-seed-toting Europeans started
gardening here in the 17th century. |
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All
Grown Up, and Glad to Drop By
The Kids Enjoy the Vacation
Home
New York Times - July 11, 2008
If you keep it, they will come.
That’s what some owners of second homes have
discovered as their complaining teens become young
adults. The same kids who despised being dragged on
vacation take a second look at that summer home and
see a place to unwind, spread out, and — let’s
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Second-Home
Owners Who Find That Friends Aren't Interested in Visiting
New York Times - June 13, 2008
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When
We Go, We Always Stop
New York Times - May 16, 2008
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How
‘Green’ Can a Huge House Be?
The New York Times - April 6, 2008
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Why
Advertising Real Estate In Newspapers Does Not Make Sense
The Real Estate Bloggers - November
5, 2007
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