Property Tax Appeal Board Decision 2004-24807-R-1 Cooper

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Based on the facts and exhibits presented, the Property Tax
Appeal Board hereby finds no change 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: $ 20,176
IMPR.: $ 50,079
TOTAL: $ 70,255
Subject only to the State multiplier as applicable.
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PROPERTY TAX APPEAL BOARD'S DECISION
APPELLANT: Wilmer Cooper
DOCKET NO.: 04-24807.001-R-1
PARCEL NO.: 09-27-306-060-0000
The parties of record before the Property Tax Appeal Board are
Wilmer Cooper, 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 48-year-old, one-story,
single-family dwelling of frame construction containing 2,691
square feet of living area. Features of the home include one
full bathroom, two half-baths, air-conditioning, a fireplace and
a two-car attached garage. The subject is built with crawl space
and located in Maine Township, Cook County.
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 and a copy of the board
of review's decision. Based on the appellant's documents, the
five suggested comparables consist of one-story, single-family
dwellings of masonry or frame and masonry construction with the
same neighborhood code as the subject. The improvements range in
size from 1,918 to 3,215 square feet of living area and range in
age from 10 to 53 years. The comparables contain from one and
one-half to three and one-half bathrooms, a finished or
unfinished basement and a one-car, two-car or three-car garage.
Four comparables contain air-conditioning and four comparables
have one or two fireplaces. The improvement assessments range
from $9.55 to $14.34 per square foot of living area. Based on