If all the property in your town or city is being appraised this year, it’s a revaluation year. If it happened in 2025, pay attention. If you’re in Nashua, keep in mind how flaky city hall has regularly proven itself to be. The law says every 5 years, but 2024 was only two years after 2022, so don’t be surprised if it happens again this year, because it’s now 2 years later AND elections are in odd-numbered years. Furthermore, the mayor is included in the 2027 election, so he wouldn’t want it happening next year, whether or not he seeks another term.
The year is young, and the abatement deadline is March 1st. Having already filed mine at the suggestion of Daniel Richard (and I pass that suggestion on to my fellow Groksters, regardless of the year of their last/next revaluation), I had evicted that mental squatter from my mind. However, it returned just like Jason Voorhees. Lots of people already know that Vision Government Solutions’ appraisal of manufactured homes in Nashua became a personal obsession, to the point that I admit to being easily triggered. Thank you, WMUR, for the newest trigger, a video featuring 763 W Hollis St.
The story is about a recent stabbing, but what got my attention was a modular home next to a busy road with a cemetery across the street. Having canvassed Ward 5 myself on several occasions, I recognized the neighborhood but couldn’t picture the exact location. After some poking around on Google Maps and checking the property card, I was surprised to see that it was indeed part of Pitarys, a trailer park riddled with pathologically discounted home values. I was fooled all this time by the home being next to the church and facing W Hollis St. However, the property card has the LAND at zero and the BUILDING at $133,600. [Related: Granite State Live Jan 6th, 2026 – Property taxes and NH Ed Funding]
The $133,600 got my attention because it’s dated 1996, has 1144 square feet of living space with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Laurie Ortolano, the author of an abatement preparation tutorial, advised me to consider square footage, the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, and the date as the first filters when looking at property values in local trailer parks. The operative word is LOCAL, as one would certainly not compare Claremont to Hollis (They have one, believe it or not!). Then other features, like decks, porches, sheds, carports, and their condition, are considered. It’s been my observation that in both 2022 and 2024, Pitarys had/has the most undervalued properties, both in dollars below market value and number of units with low values as a percentage of the whole park. Nashua has 7 trailer parks, and Pitarys is one of the smallest, but there’s some serious tax evasion going on, either deliberate or unbeknownst, that nobody wants to discuss, no matter how much noise is made about it.
Having described the above situation, doesn’t it stand to reason that such shenanigans are not limited to Nashua or limited to manufactured homes? If your community was appraised in 2025 and especially if the contractor was Vision Government Solutions, you might consider investing a few minutes(or hours) into checking out the values of similar local properties. File that abatement if you have a good chance of knocking down that number by a few tens of thousands. Consult Laurie’s tutorial if you want some pro tips and watch the included series of short videos. If 2026 is the year for your community, it’s not too early to start looking for properties similar to yours that are currently listed as worth less than yours and bookmark them to follow up on in the updated database. [Related: GROKTALK!: Funding Schools with Property Taxes Is Unconstitutional]
And lastly, no matter the date of the last or next town or city appraisal, you can still file an abatement for the school part of your December tax bill, as noted in this 3-minute video. In fact, I am asking you to because Daniel Richard has already done the “heavy lifting” in the form of research, litigation, and legislation (sponsored by Julius Soti). And speaking of litigation, don’t forget Regina Barnes is representing herself on Thursday at Rockingham Superior Court for another property tax issue. Please consider attending.
