\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 http://www.mjpeterson.com/70oakland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zevo Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 The pictures make it look much larger than 2880 sq'. Nice house, scary taxes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan-4-Ever Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 17K in taxes? HOA fee of $300? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 17K in taxes? HOA fee of $300? If it's apprised at the asking price I would call 17K cheap. HOA fee I don't get. Gated Community? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathead Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 i tried to take a look at it yesterday but for some reason the realtor just kept fumbling with the key Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Beautiful house. If all things were equal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aristocrat Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 wow, would have though this was on the market years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T master Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 And they wonder why people are moving away from the area ?? Look at the taxes per year $15000 thats freakin hwy robbery !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubes Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 A three story house with two bedrooms? Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psaunders Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 If it's apprised at the asking price I would call 17K cheap. HOA fee I don't get. Gated Community? it's not a gated community, oakland runs perpendicular to Bryant street right next to children's hospital. I've been to the house in person its absolutely gorgeous, all the houses on that street are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Number 76 Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 And they wonder why people are moving away from the area ?? Look at the taxes per year $15000 thats freakin hwy robbery !!! It's a $710,000 house and you think $15,000 in taxes is highway robbery? A three story house with two bedrooms? Weird. It's a pretty common configuration for a townhouse. it's not a gated community, oakland runs perpendicular to Bryant street right next to children's hospital. I've been to the house in person its absolutely gorgeous, all the houses on that street are It's a great location. It definitely is not a gated community, but I do believe that there is more than one unit in that building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 And they wonder why people are moving away from the area ?? Look at the taxes per year $15000 thats freakin hwy robbery !!! That's roughly five times my tax rate. Or, to look at it another way, if my tax rate were that high, about 40% of my monthly mortgage payment would be going into escrow. That's insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 It's a $710,000 house and you think $15,000 in taxes is highway robbery? Yes, I do. My house is (was...) valued at around $180k and our property taxes are around $2,200. So for a $710,000 house, we'd be paying around $8,800 - a far cry from $15k. In Minnesota, property taxes are even lower. Not to mention our sales tax is nowhere near the ~9% it is in WNY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Yes, I do. My house is (was...) valued at around $180k and our property taxes are around $2,200. So for a $710,000 house, we'd be paying around $8,800 - a far cry from $15k. In Minnesota, property taxes are even lower. Not to mention our sales tax is nowhere near the ~9% it is in WNY. Agreed! 17k for a 710k home is highway robbery and also a big reason home values here and everything else is so suppressed. An equivalent home (710k) in Massachusetts would be about 6k in taxes and even lower in NC. About 8-10k in Florida. So yes, what extra do you get in Buffalo for the at least 7k more you pay? Nothing and that is the point. Not really the forum for this but I just agree with Fezmid and the rest of the people who move here and are absolutely shocked by the property taxes. But hey, props to Losman for keeping his home here so long. He still likes Buffalo. Too bad it never worked out for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Oakland Place is a great place to take a walk down in the summer time. The houses look awesome from the outside, and I'm sure there are some that are even nicer on the inside than JP's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebug Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 It looks clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 It's a $710,000 house and you think $15,000 in taxes is highway robbery? More like highway robbery where the robber pistol whips the victim just for the hell of it. But I guess they have to pay for all those government employee early retirements somehow, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 If it's apprised at the asking price I would call 17K cheap. HOA fee I don't get. Gated Community? Actually no - extremely accessible to the public and a pretty sh_tty location, if you ask me. Oakland Place - a 1-block street btwn Elmwood and Delaware Avenues, running from SummerStreet to Bryant Street, with Childrens Hospital at the end of the block. Think helipads, ambulances, and lots of sirens and noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrags Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Oakland Place is a great place to take a walk down in the summer time. The houses look awesome from the outside, and I'm sure there are some that are even nicer on the inside than JP's. True. I used to live on Oakland right on the corner of Bryant just across from CH. The houses are amazing there. All of them. Not saying the taxes aren't outrageous, but if you have the means it's defenately worth it if you like that sort of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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