Property Tax Appeal Board Decision 2004-20938-R-1 Samata

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Based on the facts and exhibits presented, the Property Tax
Appeal Board hereby finds a reduction in the assessment of the
property as established by the Cook County Board of Review is
warranted. The correct assessed valuation of the property is:
LAND: $ 17,772
IMPR.: $ 121,950
TOTAL: $ 139,722
Subject only to the State multiplier as applicable.
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PROPERTY TAX APPEAL BOARD'S DECISION
APPELLANT: Greg Samata
DOCKET NO.: 04-20938.001-R-1
PARCEL NO.: 01-10-201-007-0000
The parties of record before the Property Tax Appeal Board are
Greg Samata, the appellant, by attorney Joanne P. Elliott of
Elliott & Associates in Des Plaines, and the Cook County Board of
Review.
The subject property consists of a four-year-old, two-story,
single-family dwelling of frame construction containing 8,882
square feet of living area and located in Barrington Township,
Cook County. Features of the home include four and one-half
bathrooms, a full-unfinished basement, air-conditioning, two
fireplaces and a three-car attached garage.
The appellant, through counsel, submitted evidence before the
Property Tax Appeal Board arguing unequal treatment in the
assessment process of the improvement as the basis of the appeal.
In support of this claim, the appellant submitted assessment data
and descriptive information on five properties suggested as
comparable to the subject. The appellant also submitted a two-page
brief, a photograph of the subject as well as a copy of the
board of review's decision. Based on the appellant's documents,
the five suggested comparables consist of two-story, single-family
dwellings of frame or masonry construction with the same
neighborhood code as the subject. The improvements range in size
from 5,394 to 6,041 square feet of living area and range in age
from four to nine years. The comparables contain from three and
one-half to five full bathrooms, a finished or unfinished
basement, air-conditioning, one or two fireplaces and a three-car
or four-car garage. The improvement assessments range from
$10.91 to $13.73 per square foot of living area. Based on the