For a typical homeowner in the county the tax increase would translate to between $300 and $400 a year.

The cost of the project for the typical homeowner is about $15 a year in taxes, he said.

The typical homeowner, however, pays only 84 cents per $100.

The project cost the couple about $135 a square foot, probably half what a typical homeowner would end up paying for similar work.

Such an increase would raise the annual tax bills of typical homeowners by $160 to $200, he said.

A typical homeowner can get an instant credit line of $5,000 to $25,000.

County officials estimated that the decision would increase a typical homeowner's $6,000 property tax bill by $133 this year.

Using a real-estate tax increase, the typical homeowner's bill might rise $55.

That would account for about $26 of the projected $300 rise in a typical homeowner's bill.

The defeated budget would have raised taxes for a typical homeowner by $1,118, to an annual total of $3,430.