'Makeover' now family feud (Extreme Home Makeover, LA style)

LA Times ^ | 8/11/05 | Scott Collins

[AlBondigas]

And don't the taxes on the homes in the surrounding area go up, too ?

Under prop 13: surrounding properties = unaffected & go up max 2%/yr.

[q_an_a]

wait a minute- the claim is that one family gamed the system by taking in four orphans. It is not that the show did anything wrong. I remember this show and thought how odd that they would take in four men are are nearly adults or should/could be on their own. Clearly the show thought the family was honest and they built a huge dream home. The kids who are forced out of the home have some claim.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Thanks. Hadn't seen that one.

[heleny]

I dont believe you get reassessed immediately from their former values, since there was no sale.

If you improve a house with room additions, you can get reassessed on the added parts, but the old parts keep their old assessments. (not really reassessed, but assessed for the first time)

[TC Rider]

Lot of workmanship problems with those houses they slap together.

They drive my Dad (87) nuts. He worked construction till he was 75 and 'knows' they can't do what they accomplish in a week.