Florida condo owners: you can appeal your property tax assessment just like homeowners. Learn how the VAB petition process works for condos in 2027, and why over-assessment is especially common for units.
Florida's county property appraisers use mass appraisal models that assign values based on building-level characteristics applied to individual units with adjustments for floor, square footage, and view tier. These models work reasonably well when all units in a building are similar in condition and finish level. They fail when there is significant variation — which is true of most Florida condo buildings. A fully renovated top-floor unit with Gulf views is worth far more than an original-finish mid-floor unit with parking lot views, but the mass appraisal model applies the same underlying value to both with only modest adjustments.
The most effective condo VAB petition focuses on comparables from within the same building or complex, adjusted for the specific characteristics of your unit vs. the comparables. Same building comparables are far stronger than comparables from similar buildings elsewhere — they eliminate location as a variable and isolate unit-specific differences.
Beyond comparable sales, several condo-specific factors can support an assessed value reduction. A pending or recently levied special assessment reduces the unit's market value — buyers discount for the out-of-pocket obligation. High HOA reserves requirements, aging building systems, deferred maintenance visible in common areas, and insurance cost increases following Florida's property insurance crisis all affect condo market values in ways mass appraisal models fail to capture.
TaxAppeal USA prepares VAB petitions for Florida condo owners with the same flat $89 fee as single-family homeowners. First we check whether a petition will lower your bill after Save Our Homes and your exemptions, and won't sell you one if it won't. If it will, we pull your unit's assessment data from the county property appraiser, identify comparable unit sales within your building or complex, fill in Form DR-486, and mail you a ready-to-sign kit with a return envelope addressed to your county's VAB. You sign it, add a cheque for the county's filing fee (paid by you, to the county), and mail it the day it arrives.
We check first. If an appeal will lower your bill, we mail you a ready-to-sign kit for $89 flat. You sign it and mail it, and you keep 100% of your savings.
TaxAppeal USA is a self-service document-preparation service. We prepare a ready-to-sign appeal kit and mail it to you; you sign it and mail it to the county yourself. In every state we serve, including Florida, we are not property tax consultants, agents, or representatives, we do not provide tax or legal advice, and we do not file appeals or represent customers before any appraisal district, board of assessors, board of equalization, value adjustment board, or review board. Every appeal, protest and petition is prepared for the property owner, signed by the owner, and mailed by the owner in the owner’s name. In Florida your petition is signed by you as the property owner under section 194.011(3), Florida Statutes, and the county’s Value Adjustment Board filing fee is paid by you directly to the county. TaxAppeal USA does not sign as your representative, does not appear before the Board, and does not present evidence or argument at a hearing.