Property tax too high

[Joseph Puthusseril]

I think my property tax is too high.how can we challenge/lower the property tax without going through the attorneys??

[Jennifer Rysdam]

We had a house several years ago that was 4400 square feet. It was not fancy. It was a regular home that we added a large master suite to with 3 bedrooms, a play room, and a bathroom under it. It had 8 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms. The assessor jacked our taxes up based on square footage and what they assumed a house that big would be like. I called them and explained that it was just a large, regular, family home that was used for our family and our foster kids. It was nice, but it wasn't fancy. They came and looked at it and agreed. Our tax bill was lowered.