I need to know the market value (NOT the 'assessed' value)of two
houses and their land: the first is 9 Second St, North Egrememont,
Massachusetts, USA (I don't know zip code, sorry.) The other is 154
James St, Morristown, NJ 07960. It should be done perhaps by asking at
least two (preferably three) local estate agents (I don't know any and
am in the UK - hence why I am g-a'ing!) in each area. I want the
realistic price if they were going on the market now. I also need to
know what the market values would have been in July 04. Please provide
the names and contact details of the local agents used. |
Request for Question Clarification by
sublime1-ga
on
24 Feb 2006 11:46 PST
pearlrivers...
There is no North Egrememont, Massachusetts
There is no Second St in North Egremont, Massachusetts,
according to the US address verification site:
http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/AddressVerify.asp?Address=9+SECOND+ST&city=NORTH+EGREMONT&state=MA&zip=&Query=Submit
The estimated market value of 154 James St, Morristown, NJ 07960
is $671,160, according to the 'Zestimate' on Zillow.com:
http://www.zillow.com/search/Search.z?addrstrthood=154+James+St&citystatezip=Morristown%2C+NJ&mode=search
The accuracy of 'Zestimates' is discussed on this page:
http://www.zillow.com/howto/DataCoverageZestimateAccuracy.z
Let me know where this takes you...
sublime1-ga
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Request for Question Clarification by
sublime1-ga
on
24 Feb 2006 22:52 PST
pearlrivers...
Thanks to myoarin-ga pointing me to your other question,
I now have a better picture of your needs. I've provided
the Zillow estimate for the property that Zillow could
find. I tried other mapsites for any indication of a
Second St in North Egremont, but only the tax assessor
site that scriptor-ga found gives any indication of it
being a valid address.
Looking more closely at the property description, this
is probably because it is a 500 sq ft property, and the
structure is considered a cottage rather than a house,
on about a third of an acre. It isn't what you'd call
a family dwelling. So I'd suggest that the assessed
values provided by scriptor-ga are pretty close to the
actual market value.
I don't see that there's much more I can tell you,
so if you want to lower the question price to offset
my having found only half the information you wanted,
you can do that by using the tutorial on researcher
skermit-ga's site:
http://www.christopherwu.net/google_answers/answer_guide.html#changing_price
Let me know...
sublime1-ga
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Clarification of Question by
pearlrivers-ga
on
25 Feb 2006 01:35 PST
Hi Sublime1, thanks for what you've done so far. The address for the
Mass house I've been given does have a zip code actually - full
address as was given to a court is Savernake, 9 Second St, North
Egremont, Massachusetts, 01253, USA. It is a holiday home with a two
bed cottage but what is, I understand, quite a bit of land - there are
woods on the land and there is also use of a private lake. (The owners
are claming more by building on nearby land but probably haven't done
their full 'squatters' rights' time.
This is for a court case (matrimonial) in the UK so I need to be able
to tell a judge the values of his two houses with conviction. If my ex
has given a false address I need to be able to say this. But I do
doubt that, and I doubt there is just a third of an acre as the land
is quite extensive, or so I was told and its price has gone up
considerably in recent years. It would definitely be more than the
assessed value as he put it above that for a court case two years ago
- and prices have risen since then. I need it to be accurate.
The price being offered was for estate agents' valuations so I want to
be able to say that these two local agents in each area value the
properties at this price. I feel that the first question I posted on
this paid for a look on Zillow (or however it was come across -
whether Zillow or the land assessors) and I would have expected that
information to have been correct - so I'm no further ahead and feel I
paid for what I've got here with the very first posted question.
Could you look again at the address in Mass with the zip code and
either rule in or rule out the property please?
And see what estate agents say. Thanks, Pearl
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Clarification of Question by
pearlrivers-ga
on
25 Feb 2006 01:38 PST
PS my ex put the value of the Mass house two years ago at $150,000 -
but this would have been an underestimate. I do need to know we're
looking at the same property - or that it doesn't exist!
By the way, thank you Myoarin for your help - it was really useful, Pearl
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Request for Question Clarification by
sublime1-ga
on
25 Feb 2006 12:18 PST
pearlrivers...
You said:
"I feel that the first question I posted on this paid for a look on
Zillow (or however it was come across - whether Zillow or the land
assessors) and I would have expected that information to have been
correct - so I'm no further ahead and feel I paid for what I've got
here with the very first posted question."
Your first question:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=445757
...was answered by a different researcher, who provided you with
the assessed values of the buildings and land according to the
property tax assessors.
You then posted a clarification stating:
"I didn't realise the tax assessment was different to the
market one - I need the market values of these two houses but am
unable to use Zillow - could you do it for me please? Pearl"
...and a comment stating:
"I'm really sorry but that assessed value isn't any good to me
- now I know what it is. I need the true market value - can you
get that for me?"
...and no estimate from Zillow was provided.
I researched this question completely unaware, at first, of your
previous question, and obtained an estimate from Zillow on the
James St property. That seems to me an improvement over what you
had before, whether you feel you paid for it in the first question
or not.
You need to understand that Google Researchers aren't located
under one roof, trading questions back and forth and discussing
them. We are independent of each other, and located all over the
globe. If you felt (feel) that an answer has not satisfied your
needs, you should feel free to post a Request for Clarification
of the answer (as you did), and continue to do so until there
has been a satisfactory conclusion to the dialog. If that does
not occur, you have recourse by writing the editors at the
email address at the bottom of every page.
As for the postal code for the Second St property, it proved
to be of no use. Both the US address verification site and
Zillow returned the same results: no such address found.
By looking into the address verification results further,
it seems that the problem lies in the fact that Second St
does not receive mail delivery, which is accomplished via
a PO Box from a site on N Main Rd.
You can see a list of recognized streets in 01253 here:
http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/zipstreet.asp?InData=01253
There's a list of a list of addresses with street number 9 in
ZIP Code 01253 here, which has only the PO Box 9:
http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/zipnumber.asp?zip=01253&number=9
You can see a Zillow map of the vicinity, with a spread of
estimated values from $207K to $422K. It is centered around
the city of Otis, with an average value of $276K:
http://www.zillow.com/search/Search.z?addrstrthood=9+Second+St&citystatezip=01253&mode=search
I've done all that I know to do with what you've provided,
and my work has been undertaken completely independently
of your previous history with Google Answers. I leave it
to you to acknowledge or ignore the value of my efforts
toward satisfying your interests.
sublime1-ga
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Pearl,
The Zestimate that Sublime posted was for the NJ house. I just looked
at the link for the price range, as you can also do.
IF you post your comment as a Request for Clarification, Sublime1-ga
will get an e-mail asking him/her to reply.
Incidentally, I did find the house at 9 2nd street, N. Egremont on
Zillow, although the site at first claimed it couldn't find the
address.
2nd St is west of Lakeside Drive on the west side of Prospect Lake,
which is west of N. Egremont. When I moved the map in Zillow, it
suddenly found several of the houses on 2nd St:
http://www.zillow.com/HomeDetails.z?city=Egremont&state=MA&zprop=56801430
Value Range: $148,557 - $291,991, Zestimate: $170,775 (+ $9000 the
last week in January :).
The 500 sq.ft. is the area of the building, the lot size is give in sq
ft and also as 0.30 acre. It seems to be one of the smaller places on
the road.
It's been my pleasure to help, but without Sublime's effort, I would
have been at a loss, so it is his question/answer.
IF you feel the same, post a Clarification suggesting that s/he post an answer.
Regards, and best of luck, Myoarin |
