From: "Edwin Pawlowski" 
Newsgroups: alt.home.repair misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: land area for tax / appraisal purposes
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:40:56 GMT


 wrote in message news:csf822phehonilnjp08m5csg9itqgt2pk9@4ax.com...

> My question is, if I go to my survey and look at the dimensions of my
> lot and home, is the "land" value (for tax purposes) including the
> area of the home on the lot or without the area of my home on the lot?
> I ask this because they ask for the area of "land" and "building"
> separately.

Land is still land, even if it is under a building.  That is a temporary 
situation easily rectified by a front end loader.
The building adds value to the land.

If you look at your homeowners insurance, the replacement value of the house 
is not equal to the selling price because land is included in the selling 
price.