Over this past Labor Day Weekend I had receive an inquiry from a person wanting to know if the information when a home was constructed as listed per Zillow was correct.
This got me interested in what other erroneous material realtors have in their listings. According to the online listings 1940 was a banner year for both commercial and residential construction. In 2015, the listing for 506 Cottage Street, the real estate listing states it was built in 1940. However, it was built in 1889 for A.E. DeForest. It should be noted that this property is now on the market again. In that same year, further down Cottage Street at 705, the current home of Woodies Goodies the real estate listing stated that it was built in 1965. For many a seasoned resident can clearly dispute that, as it was built in 1946 for Williams Furniture.
The list goes on and there are some real extreme ones out there. As the old saying goes, “buyer beware.”
Tim
The 1940 date often comes from the county assessor. They assign it an arbitrary date such as this one if the house is old and they don’t know when it was built.