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On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 00:34:49 GMT, ".Blueskies."
<nospamblueskies@ameritech1.net> wrote:
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>"Orval Fairbairn" <orfairbairn@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>news:orfairbairn-2D39C0.22334002112005@news1.east.earthlink.net...
>> In article <qweaf.4549$Y61.1447@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com>,
>> ".Blueskies." <nospamblueskies@ameritech1.net> wrote:
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>>> "Jeff" <jeffrey.letempt@us.army.mil> wrote in message
>>> news:1130958632.203561.199580@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>> >I'm trying to buy a piece of property that will allow me to have a
>>> > 3000' (or so) grass runway. We would build a house on the property
>>> > that would be our only residence. I've been looking around for some
>>> > home plans that incorporate a hangar attached to the home, but haven't
>>> > had much success. I've found a few pictures of hangar doors on
>>> > airport homes, but that is about it. Short of hiring a designer, do
>>> > you know of any resources or web site with examples of airport homes?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Jeff
>>> >
>>>
>>> Are you really sure you want the house and hangar together? Insurance can be
>>> higher and some building codes limit the
>>> size of 'garages'. You will want as big a hangar as you can afford to build
>>> and heat...
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>> Here in FL the hangar (with home) is part of your homestead and gives
>> you some major property tax advantages. Property taxes can only be
>> raised 3%/year on homestead property, while "commercial" property is
>> taxed at "full market value."
>>
>> This has hurt a lot of people who purchased hangars a few years ago and
>> now see their property taxes on their hangars exceeding the taxes on
>> their homes!
>
>I didn't mean to build the hanger at some far away place, I meant to keep it
separate from the house but on the same
>parcel; certainly not as some commercial venture...
>
In Canada, a hangar at an airstrip for personal non-commercial
aircraft is apparently not taxable by the municipa;lity, because an
aerodrome is federal. A house built on the property for the purpose of
maintaining an airstrip is likewize non taxable, from what I have been
told.
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Re: Airport/Hangar Home
