Jefferson County Board of Equalization Data Used

B/CD DESC

 This field will say "Residence and have an associated type code

ERECTED

 Year structure was erected

EFF YEAR

 Effective age of the house, and is an indicator of its condition (could be affected by remodeling, for instance).

ROOM & UNITS

This variable has 6 parts: (Note: if this were an apartment instead of a house, there would be some number indicating number of apartments in the structure. If it were a boarding house, there would be an indication of number of efficiency apartments or rooms available.

     Total Rooms/UNITS

     Number of Bed Rooms

     Number of Effeciency Apartments

     Number of Rooms/Apartments

     Number of Rooms/Apartments

     Number of Rooms/Apartments

Exterior Walls

Exterior Walls (also in Field survey)

Roof Type

Roof Type (also in Field survey)

PLBG SPEC FEAT

All houses are assumeed to have one bathroom - this area counts ADDITIIONAL bathrooms

     CD 03 3X-BA QTY 2 : this is a 3-fixture bathroom (sink, toilet, tub/shower)

     CD 04 4FX-BA QTY 1 : this is a 4-fixture bathroom

BASE AREA (3734) and UPPPER FLOOR ADJ ()

These are two separate fields; we are interested in the SUM of these two fields.  Their SUM indicates total liveable floor space in sq. ft. in the home [Question: are we going to be interested in anything like average room size = square footage/number of rooms?]

TOTAL REPL COST

Total Cost to replace the house

BLD MKT VALUE

Market Value as of most recent assessment

PROPERTY ADDRESS

Property Address

DEPRECIATION ADS

Factors influencing value: depreciation

     EFF (AGE/NOR (-.20) - effective age

     OBSERVED PHY (-.10) - observed physical condition

     FUNCTIONAL (00) - observed functional utility

     TOTAL DEPRECIATION (-.10)

EQUALIZATION SALES DATA

Information about most recent sales activity on the home (MO/YR) (T PRICE) (S) (V) (VOL/PAGE) (RATIO)

LAND COMPUTATIONS

This is the total value of the propery land (minus buildings)

INFLUENCING FACTORS

When this field exists:

     ROAD ACC - access by road

     TOPO - topology

     WATER - flood plain

     SEWER (public/private) - has sewer yes/no

     GAS (natural) - has gas yes/no

     AMENITY

     NUISANCE