The Rindge Select Board is set to begin reviewing finalized property assessments from a flood of requested abatements this week.

Last year, the community saw several packed Select Board meetings, which had to be held in the Recreation Department due to the numbers of attendees, about the town’s new propery assessments, conducted by Avitar Associates. In some cases, residents saw their property values double or triple, and many residents contested their evaluation, leading to the town receiving an unprecidented amount of abatement requests this year.

Town Administrator Max Vandervliet said that the abatement requests fall into two categories. The first, he said, are those where the homeowner claimed a factual error — that the assessment claimed the wrong number of bedrooms or bathrooms, or amenities like a paved driveway, when it was actually gravel. Those errors that were reported have been addressed at this point in the process, Vandervliet said.

The second were abatements that challenged Avitar’s methodology, and it is these ones that the town will be looking at starting this week. There were several groupings of residents who contested their assessments, including the Monadnock Park Tenants Co-Op mobile home park and waterfront properties on the town’s various lakes.

The Select Board is expected to begin reviewing those groupings, starting with the Monadnock Co-Op, this week.

Vandervliet spoke with the Select Board on Wednesday about the process, and what the next steps for residents would be if the board accepts Avitar’s final evaluation. Vandervliet said if the board accepts Avitar’s evaluations, that is the end of the process with the town, though homeowners will still have an avenue for appeal, through either the Board of Tax and Land Appeals, the Superior Court, or both. Those whose abatement request are rejected will receive a letter outlining the reason for rejection and the appeal process.

Those abatement requests that are not addressed by the board by July 1 are considered rejected and are available for appeal.