Denver cost segregation examples

5 representative Denver-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
LoHi Bungalow Flip
LoHi / Highlands (Northwest Denver) · SFR
$825,000 15.9% $34,750 28.6% B
Park Hill SFR Investor
Park Hill / Stapleton (Central Park) · SFR
$685,000 15.5% $28,089 28.6% A
Berkeley SFR + Detached ADU
Berkeley / Sloan's Lake · SFR
$745,000 16.4% $32,203 28.6% B
Cherry Creek Condo
Cherry Creek / Glendale · CONDO
$985,000 13.7% $35,839 28.0% D
Lakewood Jeff County STR
Suburban Jefferson County (Lakewood / Wheat Ridge) · SFR · STR
$545,000 31.1% $47,289 24.5% A_low

"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.

LoHi Bungalow Flip

LoHi / Highlands (Northwest Denver) · SFR (long-term rental) · Built 1923 · 1850 sqft

$34,750
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
15.9%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$589,380
Depreciable basis (28.6% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$35,9556.1%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$57,9639.8%
Total accelerated$93,91815.9%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$495,46284.1%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 28.6% 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 1.342 (B band). Geographic factor: 1.02 (metro_calibrated resolver).

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Park Hill SFR Investor

Park Hill / Stapleton (Central Park) · SFR (long-term rental) · Built 1948 · 1950 sqft

$28,089
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
15.5%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$489,364
Depreciable basis (28.6% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$30,3646.2%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$45,5529.3%
Total accelerated$75,91615.5%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$413,44884.5%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 28.6% 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 1.0213 (A band). Geographic factor: 1.02 (metro_calibrated resolver).

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Berkeley SFR + Detached ADU

Berkeley / Sloan's Lake · SFR (long-term rental) · Built 1952 · 1700 sqft

$32,203
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
16.4%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$532,228
Depreciable basis (28.6% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$33,0686.2%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$53,96710.1%
Total accelerated$87,03516.4%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$445,19383.6%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 28.6% 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 1.3363 (B band). Geographic factor: 1.02 (metro_calibrated resolver).

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Cherry Creek Condo

Cherry Creek / Glendale · CONDO (long-term rental) · Built 2009 · 1700 sqft

$35,839
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
13.7%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$709,200
Depreciable basis (28.0% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$89,98312.7%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$6,8791.0%
Total accelerated$96,86213.7%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$612,33886.3%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 28.0% 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 2.2491 (D band). Geographic factor: 1.02 (metro_calibrated resolver).

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Lakewood Jeff County STR

Suburban Jefferson County (Lakewood / Wheat Ridge) · SFR (short-term rental) · Built 1968 · 1800 sqft

$47,289
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
31.1%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$411,584
Depreciable basis (24.5% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$83,99720.4%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$1,4490.4%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$42,36110.3%
Total accelerated$127,80731.1%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$283,77768.9%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 24.5% 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 0.8485 (A_low band). Geographic factor: 1.04 (state resolver).

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