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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>A Johannesburg councillor shared a list of pointers for confused residents on how to determine the new value of their properties.<\/p>\n

There was a valuation increase on the General Valuation Roll of 2023 (GVR23) and a 2% property rate increase, a double-edged sword for residents to navigate.<\/p>\n

The GVR23 is a document containing the information of all properties liable for rates within the boundaries of Johannesburg.<\/p>\n

Residents had 80 days to object at the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n

The City received 40 000 objections, around 6% of the 934 652 properties.<\/p>\n

According to Finance MMC Dada Morero, the City will have finalised the objections by mid-September.<\/p>\n

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse is conducting a survey, which asks residents to reveal any issues with the valuation increases.<\/p>\n

The Ward 117 councillor, Tim Truluck, is working with residents regarding the value of their properties.<\/p>\n

“This is my third Valuation Roll since becoming a councillor in 2011, and I have never seen so many rejections by the valuer,” Truluck said in a newsletter this month.”<\/p>\n

He added:<\/p>\n

Residents can receive a “Written Reasons of the Municipal Valuer’s Decision”, which comes at a price.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Truluck said he had received his “written reasons” outcome last week, after paying the R498 fee.<\/p>\n

“Initially, it seems to contain little useful info. But, on a closer reading, and some digging into what they were saying, I gleaned the following information.<\/p>\n

“They note that: ‘Kindly be advised that our valuation…is based on comparable sales method and these sales are in the vicinity of the subject property and are similar to the subject property’.”<\/p>\n

The City quantifies improvements to a stand by allocating weights and scores for the property, which are then compared to similar properties.<\/p>\n

This is called a “Weighted Gross Building Area (WGBA)”.<\/p>\n

The weight for the main house is 100%, a granny flat and garage 70%, domestic quarters 30% and a carport 15%.<\/p>\n

The area is calculated in square metres for the structures and multiplied by the weight for each to get the total.<\/p>\n

Truluck gave his WGBA as an example:<\/p>\n

Main Dwelling: 153m2 x 1 (100%) = 153<\/p>\n

Car Port: 100m2 x 0.15 = 15<\/p>\n

Granny Flat: 40m2 x 0.7 = 28<\/p>\n

Total: 196<\/p>\n

“The valuer then looked for sales of properties in Parkhurst [where Truluck lives] in the three years before 1 July 22 with a similar WGBA. There were 14 with a WGBA ranging from 153-200. They then calculated the average price of the 14 properties to get R3.14 million as my new valuation.”<\/p>\n

According to the councillor, the issue with the valuation is that the resident does not know the data for the 14 properties they used \u2013 “these could be incorrect”.<\/p>\n

He said it would be hard for a resident to argue for a reduction based on “things they cannot know about or see”, without professional help from a registered valuer.<\/p>\n

Truluck shared seven tips which he got from a professional valuer:<\/p>\n

The deputy director for the City’s rates policy department, Veli Hlophe, said the objection process had closed, but residents could lodge a Section 78 query, if they had issues.<\/p>\n

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