How to deal with increasing property tax burden?

On Saturday, the letter from the municipality was in our mailbox.
Property tax increases for us from €240 to €360 per year.
Well then...

Well, then I was lucky – the municipality where one of our rented apartments is located is now lowering it from €250 to €190...

Well, then I was lucky - the municipality where one of our rental apartments is located is now lowering from 250 to 190 euros...

Well then, go ahead and open a nice bottle of champagne paid for by us. We like to be generous sometimes!

Anyone who still has a really large plot may need to consider allowing densification, as this will reduce the property tax again.

If only that were possible everywhere. My son has a large plot, just under 7000 sqm. But "only" about 1700 sqm is building land, which cannot be additionally built on due to the house and barn. Nevertheless, the entire plot was assessed at the current land value because the whole village was rated this way. The pending objection has been sat out by the tax office for 1.5 years…

Nevertheless, the entire property was valued according to the current standard land value,

But you had to specify the areas along with the rate - at least in NRW. I also zoned my property into "building land" and "backland" - and valued the backland accordingly low. The tax office followed this without any problems (with the neighbors too).

But you had to specify the areas including the basis - at least in NRW. I also zoned my property according to "building land" and "hinterland" - and valued the hinterland accordingly low. The tax office followed that without any problems (also for the neighbors).

Not in our case. Of course, we had also specified it that way. They didn't care.

But you had to specify the areas including the connection - at least in NRW. I also zoned my property into "building land" and "hinterland" - and valued the hinterland accordingly low. The tax office followed this without problems (also for the neighbors).

Our friends around the corner were not allowed to do that. Reason: The hinterland was once an independent property back then. It was merged in the early 1970s because people wanted the huge gardens at the time. Today, you can neither build on it nor develop it, but it still didn't pass. Also NRW/Ruhr area. If the rule were, say, clear, there wouldn't be this hassle.