Up the Assessment Asshole

One of the household activities Val and I have been busy with is working on our assessment challenge here in the City of Buffalo.
If you take the reassessment we received three years ago and add it to the increased reassessment the city is seeking this year, if approved, our house and property will have increased in value, according to the City of Buffalo, by exactly 50 percent. We realize that living on Norwood Avenue in the Elmwood Village means that we are living in what is possibly the best area in Buffalo for increasing real estate values, particularly resale, but we have not been able to do much work around the house these last few years for various reasons, mainly economic.
We are getting estimates on several projects for next spring, but the most recent projects are the painting of our garage door and frame 1 1/2 years ago and work on our sun room about 3 years ago, some of which did not satisfy us. We will be presenting as much evidence (especially photos) and opposition to our reassessment as possible, and no doubt you'll read more about it here.