Glen Ellyn
Real Estate
Suburban woman says she's paid thousands in extra Cook Co. property taxes from square footage error
What if you were being assessed for the wrong home and being told it had more square footage than it actually does? One woman, and local Barrington Township officials, say the Cook County Assessor's Office made the square footage error costing the homeowner thousands of dollars in extra taxes.Soon after moving into her new South Barrington gated community in 2017, Sherry Schnell realized that homes the same model and about the same size as hers had lower assessments and that even some larger homes have lower assessments."In talking to my neighbors, I found out I was paying more," she...
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