ASSESSMENT COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 65, 18 March 1925, Page 8

ASSESSMENT COURT.

i ■* CITY OBJECTIONS HSaBD. VALUATIONS MOSTLY SUSTAjj^ A sitting of the Auckland r,v Assessment Court was held % the Municipal Buildings Ifrf y *' Poynton, S.M., being ju dE T' £*• F. Notley, city valuer, behalf of the Council/ TJ &U were present, Mr. Povn+nr, i hear their objections *«* * I Rosa Pollescheck objected to ' ■«. 1 valuation of £46 for a seven? th < I brick house in Crummer 1 Lynn. Mr. Notley said tfcJnS* 1 was on a rental of 22/6 ncr » i Ol < i objector said she let I at £3 per week. The vSS> I sustained. The house was vaC/* I a basis of £920, and the ow ner 1? I ted having paid £1250 for it I Sarah Lenahan objected to' th» S I ation of £20 for her wooden I Arch Hill. The valuation was Lft I Mrs. D. Willde objected to I ation of £78 on a house and I Portland Road. She stated ffj * I was about an acre and a-quarwi I land. Mrs. Wilkie admitted*tfi t? I property was well worth £1600 S , I said the lower portion of the lan d * I often under water. Sometimes 2 I daughter had to take off her *Z! er I stockings to get home. £ I was sustained. va «atio tt | Mrs. L. Stewart, Richmond Ar. I objected to the valuation of £79?' I a shop she leased. Mr. Poynton ,1 i the rent might be too high I but the rates were not bated frfr f James Lindsay, £78 ratable rat I was objected to. He said he had l≥ 1 in the shop seven years. It was JJ I on lease and m the same block as Mr' I ■T. W. McLean, same block val,, tion £96, was also objected to All three valuations were sustained as the rating was on less than £ actual rent being paid. Ue f D /- p. nde F Ejected to the valuation of £16S tor his brick house and land l St. George s Bay Road. He said Z house was built in 1912 and cost i>2 Evidence was given that the house Z, worth £2400 and the land £1200" Tb house would cost more than £2400 build now. Dr. Kinder said hi ß tion had gone up £18 in one year . Mr. Poynton said it was rather high and reduced the valuation to 1160. A City Leasehold. G. Roberts objected to the valuation of his property at £200. The Government valuation of the property was £4000 The ground rent was £50 a year. Mr. Notley said the land was in Weilesley Street, right opposite the Public Library, a city leasehold. He valued it at £4150, and took 5 per cent, as the value of the fee simple. I The valuation was reduced to £190. I A Church Vicarage. I M. J. Bennett on behalf of All Saints' i Church vicarage, Ponsonby Road, oh- I jected to a valuation of £100. He said I the house was built for £650 to ffOO 1 about 43 years ago. The trustees could § not sell the 'property, as it had to be H kept as a home for the vicar. There I 'had been a £40 jump in the valuation, and the trustees neglected to object last time. Mr. Notley said he valued the kni for 100 feet .allowed the vicarage, at £25 per foot, and the building at £600. The valuation Avas reduced to £70. Alfred Coyle objected to the rates having been raised from £30 to £4* it Finley Street, Remuera. Mr. Notley said the rates had tea | raised because a new building had been | put up. The land cost £320 and tie building £720. The valuation was m tamed. Customs Street Premises. Duthie Bridson and Co., objected to a valuation of £700 for their five-storey premises in Customs Street. The property is leasehold with 26 years to run. and the buildings were insured lor £SOOO. Mr. Notley said the land was a Harbour Board leasehold 33 x 100 feet. He estimated the rateable value the same as last year. He held it was a reasonable valuation for the property) The valuation was sustained. ✓ Mr. J. Donald on behalf of the estate of the late E. Porter, objected to the valuation of a property in Kitchener Street with a frontage of 50 feet being raised from £350 to £730. After the questions had been argued, the Valuer agreed to a reduction. The valuation was reduced to £500. W. Bardwell objected to a valuation of £78 on his property. He said he was a returned soldier. * Mr. Poynton reduced the valuation to £74, on the suggestion of Mr. Notley. E A. Collins objected to a valuation of 1 £120 on his property in Freeman's Bajj j| This was a Harbour Board leasehold. | The Valuer said the property backed | on to Victoria Park and fronted Patte- | son Street. He valued the property at B £2480. I Mr. Collins said the valuation V | been increased from &S6 to £120. j> , Mr. Paynton reduced the valuation to j £110, remarking that the increase M L: been pretty steep. I I Grand Theatre. , p Grand Theatre Co. objected to the rate- 1 able value being raised to £800 fron !| £700. The theatre was not | more revenue than it did last year. || Mr. Notley said the property wou» g let for £20 'per week easily. He W g ■assessed on a basis of £19 per week. The valuation was reduced to £730.