Savannah cost segregation examples

5 representative Savannah-area properties run through the Cost Seg Smart engine. These aren't hypothetical, every number below comes from the same engine that produces real customer studies.

Summary table

Example Price Reclass % Y1 fed savings @ 37% Land % Recon band
Historic District Townhome STR
Historic District (square-anchored) · SFR · STR
$985,000 23.3% $70,504 17.0% B
Victorian District Renovated SFR
Victorian District / Thomas Square · SFR · STR
$685,000 22.6% $47,117 17.6% A
Starland District SFR STR
Starland District · SFR · STR
$585,000 22.3% $39,374 18.6% A
Ardsley Park Bungalow
Ardsley Park / Chatham Crescent · SFR
$525,000 15.5% $24,980 17.1% A
Tybee Island Beach Cottage STR
Tybee Island (Chatham County coastal) · SFR · STR
$685,000 24.7% $50,167 20.0% A

"Recon band" reflects the engine's reconciliation factor (rf_raw): A = clean fit between component-bottom-up sum and depreciable basis; D = high cost-of-construction-vs-purchase ratio, premium land floor applied.

Historic District Townhome STR

Historic District (square-anchored) · SFR (short-term rental) · Built 1872 · 2400 sqft

$70,504
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
23.3%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$817,747
Depreciable basis (17.0% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$131,16416.0%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$3,3310.4%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$56,0576.9%
Total accelerated$190,55323.3%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$627,19476.7%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 17.0% land allocation from source: statistical. This is the statistical fallback when reliable county assessor data wasn't available or didn't pass the reliability gate. Estimate comes from the metro → state → national land-ratio hierarchy.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 1.4384 (B band). Geographic factor: 0.91 (state resolver).

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Victorian District Renovated SFR

Victorian District / Thomas Square · SFR (short-term rental) · Built 1892 · 2200 sqft

$47,117
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
22.6%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$564,303
Depreciable basis (17.6% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$87,82415.6%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$2,0610.4%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$37,4606.6%
Total accelerated$127,34422.6%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$436,95977.4%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 17.6% land allocation from source: statistical. This is the statistical fallback when reliable county assessor data wasn't available or didn't pass the reliability gate. Estimate comes from the metro → state → national land-ratio hierarchy.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 1.0851 (A band). Geographic factor: 0.91 (state resolver).

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Starland District SFR STR

Starland District · SFR (short-term rental) · Built 1925 · 1850 sqft

$39,374
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
22.3%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$476,307
Depreciable basis (18.6% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$73,02815.3%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$1,6780.4%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$31,7106.7%
Total accelerated$106,41522.3%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$369,89277.7%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 18.6% land allocation from source: statistical. This is the statistical fallback when reliable county assessor data wasn't available or didn't pass the reliability gate. Estimate comes from the metro → state → national land-ratio hierarchy.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 1.1182 (A band). Geographic factor: 0.91 (state resolver).

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Ardsley Park Bungalow

Ardsley Park / Chatham Crescent · SFR (long-term rental) · Built 1932 · 1700 sqft

$24,980
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
15.5%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$435,435
Depreciable basis (17.1% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$36,5818.4%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$30,9327.1%
Total accelerated$67,51315.5%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$367,92284.5%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 17.1% land allocation from source: statistical. This is the statistical fallback when reliable county assessor data wasn't available or didn't pass the reliability gate. Estimate comes from the metro → state → national land-ratio hierarchy.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 1.2197 (A band). Geographic factor: 0.91 (state resolver).

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Tybee Island Beach Cottage STR

Tybee Island (Chatham County coastal) · SFR (short-term rental) · Built 1998 · 1800 sqft

$50,167
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
24.7%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$548,206
Depreciable basis (20.0% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$97,83617.8%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$2,4000.4%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$35,3526.4%
Total accelerated$135,58724.7%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$412,61875.3%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 20.0% land allocation from source: statistical. This is the statistical fallback when reliable county assessor data wasn't available or didn't pass the reliability gate. Estimate comes from the metro → state → national land-ratio hierarchy.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 1.2486 (A band). Geographic factor: 0.91 (state resolver).

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