On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:04:47 +0000 (UTC), David Makowsky
<dlmakowsky@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:03:10 AM UTC-5, googy wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:35:40 +0000 (UTC), Fred Goldstein
>
>> <fg_es@ionaryQRM.invalid> wrote:
>
>> >Now Ms. Hart has no case. The municipality has the right, in fact the
>> >responsibility, to determine property values, which requires indoor
>> >inspection.
>
>> At least it can. FTR, I don't think there are any indoor inspections
>> in Baltimore County. I've been here 30 years and no one has come by.
>> Maybe they wrote me a letter and I missed it. but I don't think so.
>
>I could be wrong about this, but I believe that unless there is an emergency (i.e. a fire or someone believes child abuse might be going on at that instant) no one can enter the house without either consent from the owner or a court order.
Or hot pursuit. Maybe there are other reasons.
But in this example, they get permission in NJ. IIUC homeowners have
a choice either to give permission or accept the appraisal made from
looking only at the outside. (Even this could be unfair to others, if
they let their outside go unpainted and fall apart as much as the
Buidling and Codes Dept. will allow, while fixing up the inside
expensively.)
What I'm saying is that in Baltimore County they don't even seek to
look inside. And I know the county's valuation of my house has
changed over the years.
--
Meir