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• V <br />April 13,2000 <br />TO: Oronb City Appraiser <br />FROM: Jim Zimmerman <br />SUBJECT: Appraisal for 2745 Shadiiwood Road <br />m 18 m <br />CU** 0<* '-'nCi\'0 <br />E <br />Per my earlier voicemail, I wanted to challenge the estimated market value of my home. The <br />market value is estimated to be $641,000, which I feel is very high for my home. <br />I’m assuming that the definition that’s used for market value is what my house would sell for if I <br />sold it today. If I were forced to sell my house it would certainly not be able to be sold for <br />$641,000 based on the current situation that I will detail below. <br />I live at the end of a point or peninsula and therefore, have only one neighbor. In order to get to <br />my house you must drive on a shared driveway right in front of my neighbor’s house. See <br />attached plot map for reference. <br />In 1999, the neighboring house was sold to an individual, Tom Randgaard, wiio resides in <br />Minneapolis. Tom does not reside in the home and uses it almost exclusively for entertainment <br />purposes. <br />This home was the site, in 1999, of approximately 10 major parties. A tjpical party' started on <br />Friday afternoon and continued until Sunday afternoon or evening. Parties were usually <br />attended by 20-50 people and many parlies had 10-20 cars parked multiple days, filling up the <br />driveway and front yard. <br />Over the course of 1999, this house became notorious, since police were called on a number of <br />occasions due to blaring music, obscenities being shouted off the docks and other problems that <br />generally occurred between midnight and the early morning hours. Because of the numerous <br />police calls and severe problems, Orono has actually cited this house as a Disorderly House. I <br />don’t know how' many homes in Orono are cited as Disorderly Houses, but I have to believe <br />there are few, if any, others. <br />The notoriety of this house is so great in the community that I have been called for comment by <br />a local newspaper reporter doing a feature story' on the situation. When I have talked to a <br />number of I.ake Minnetonka realtors and tell them where I live, their response is, “Oh, you live <br />next to the ‘party’ house.” Everyone in the immediate neighborhood knows of this house and <br />many people that I’ve talked to tliat live around the lake are also aware of this house. <br />Since no one lives in this house on a regular basis and it’s used only for parties and entertaining, <br />little or no maintenance and upkeep has been done on the house. Paint is peeling off the house, <br />weeds in the flow erbeds are 3 to 4 feet tall, and storm damage from two years ago has left part of <br />a roof hanging off the house. The house clearly has the look of a disorderly house and a house <br />whose primary purpose is large, loud parties. The furnishings of the house consist of <br />substantial electronic audio video equipment, a pool table and electronic games and a large <br />number of mattresses strewn about tlie house on the floor.