<prompt> Human: I bought a large fixer upper in 2014. Taxes were high 5900 with a home value of 260k. I put 30k of hard work into the home and it was recently appraised at 379k and a new tax bill of 8500. I have no trash pickup, fire dept, town water or natural gas, road maintenance private road and the schools dropped to just mediocre. Getting married soon so its time to move or die here. Do I keep improving this house or is it time to move to a cheaper area? Nearby towns have half the taxes.  <response>: If youre not getting anything out of the house for the taxes you are paying, moving is a very real option! Be wary of the costs involved, but it looks like youre already in the money and might come out ahead if you sell around market rate. 