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Ill be building a greenhouse this year. I live in a very rural area and am a new land owner so im not clear on this. I know I will have to pay property taxes on the greenhouse since it will be for self uses purposes. 18'Wx8'Tx20'L greenhouse.I plan to primarily use it for veggies but would like to have a few of our preferred plants in there too.

So the Q is once I construct it will I need to worry about the local tax appraiser coming out to the property to visually inspect it? will they just do fly overs? or do I just send in the paper work to get it added to the taxable property "list" for my land and they don't even come out at all?

I cant find the answer on the web and am to paranoid to call and ask the property tax institute(or whatever it is, forgive my ignorance).

I wonder if im good to plant my girls right away or am I going to get a surprise visit????:dunno:


any help especially from personal experience is GREATLY APPRECIATED FAM!!!!:help:
 
Personally if I were to build a Perm style Green house on my property and had to go through all of that,which i would legally ofcourse.But if I did tell em would be another.Im pretty secluded but,i wouldnt plant anything in it for the first year(other than veggies).unless you live in a decrimilized state ofcourse.then id start late the following year.But im over cautious like that cuz they could pop around once or twice while its fairly new to inspect and make sure your upto code n all that jazz,papers posted or whatever if its a build.i live on 10 owned acres thats all woods but a couple dozen more thats not going to be used anytime soon.
 
Thanks for responding and for the advice EOF!!

Do you know how the appraisers find out if you don't tell them about it? and are they allowed to come on my property with out notice??
 
In my dealings living out where I do,they often set an appt. and swing by over the course of building,zoning,code inspection things like that.They have been here when I wasnt home n so on.So the best advise I can give is to use it for your veggies only for a solid year,zone it get all legal and wait for time to pass if your worried about it.Because not having the info on your greenhouse in all the legal areas could lead to a larger host of issues if you ever ran into any issues growing our fun friends.Let them all know ya have one and just wait.that is hands down your best weapon.sorry I cant give you better advise my friend.I wish you the best.Im sure you'll be perfect mid next year once you grow in it a season of your veggies.
 
sorry I cant give you better advise my friend.I wish you the best..

:Sharing One::tiphat: Very sound advice and all I really needed to hear EOF!!! I appreciate you GREATLY brotha!:hug:

That is what ill do then, always better safe than sorry!:check:
 
I assume you guys are in the US. Here in the UK we don't need any permission to build a greenhouse (or pay any tax/duty) Unless its a huge commercial type structure.
If anyone wanted to look at or appraise my greenhouse they would get short shrift. ie. told to feck off! Must be a whole different ball game over there. eP.
 
Depending on where you live you may well need a building permit. I would go to the county building department, tell them what you are thinking about and find out what all would be required. In my opinion doing things above board is much less likely to raise suspicions then the building it and find out you some sort of code violation. That way once you are done there no reason for anyone to come around. If you live somewhere that gets cold enough that you have to heat it at times the increase in utility costs won't raise any red flags. Just my opinion
 
:roflcry: Property tax institute haha.

Anyway, permanent structures require building permits, and they carry tax implications along with them (Nope, not credits or deductions lol).

You can avoid the required permits, and tax implications by building a greenhouse that would qualify as a temporary structure.

My advice would be to build a hoophouse out of PVC to use this year, and possibly next. It would be functional, and bypass the beaurocratic nonsense for the time being. Then in a year or two build a killer greenhouse out of Solexx that will stand the test of time.

Throw up no trespassing signs, and put up a shitty little gate at the vehicular access point to your property. Throw a chain on it. This is plenty of deterrent for unwanted visitors. Beaurocrats don't have the balls to ignore the 'Implications' of continuing further without express permission. If anybody did come by, I'm sure they would turn around and schedule an appointment with you. They aren't trying to get shot by some potentially dangerous recluse in the woods for a property evaluation.

I am in the planning and preparatory stages of a similar off grid project, and have a degree in Accounting. This is how I would, and AM handling my personal situation, in an unfriendly state.

Another option is to scatter your plants on your property, using natural camoflage and tall grass, combine with LST to keep the plants profile low to the ground. Some companion planting could also improve stealth. The benefits of guerilla stealth growing, minus the neglect associated with growing in a remote location.

PS how is the earthbag project coming along?
 
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Only issue you'll have if you throw up chains n a fence,the whole nine is that is draws attention.As far as everyone knows(imho ofcourse)if your 100% legal,grown in it and no worries anywhere.The next season its just about a free for all.Within limits ofcourse.These are the steps ive taken and I have close to zero visitors,no snooping,nothing.I think the only guy from the county was the meter reader dude.So keep that in mind too if you have a box out there too.UPS deleveries,think of anyone that might come by for any reason and tthink on where they'll be at and have to walk to.Line of site can at times be very critical.All in the planning my good man.And if I recall ,if you want you propery appraised after the fact,just have it done the first year so it'll all settle within the paperwork side.Some,not all will go on things as basic as building size.perm strucure or not.Things like that,but dont rely on tthatt though.Just have all your ducks in a row as it were.Ive been growing in and on my property for a few years now.No greenhouse,but i may be setting up an 8X12X8 temp greenhouse myself for veggies and things too.Best of luck dude.
 
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