The Sedgwick County appraiser is calling for some northeast Wichita homeowners to appeal their property valuations after the county failed to consider the giant metal power poles Evergy planted in their yards.
The recommendation to appeal came after The Wichita Eagle found two properties in the neighborhood had increased in value after 105-foot-tall steel poles were put in their yards. One of the homes jumped 40% in appraised value.
An oft-photographed, two-floor home at 1147 N. Green increased in value after a pole was installed, from $11,640 to $16,300, according to appraisal records.
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