House report
3 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 960 sqft · RSA5 · built 1920
Owner-occupied · assessed $327K. On the 1300 block of E Columbia Ave.
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L&I violation (2008); 2 L&I violations (2011); Inspection failed ×2 (2011); L&I: 4 failed, 1 passed (2012); 4 L&I violations (2016); L&I: 2 failed, 2 passed (2016); L&I violation (2017); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2017).
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The assessment jumped 71% in 2020, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.
Evidence: assessment moved from $127,700 to $218,100 · no permit shown in 2019-2021
Limit: Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it.
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The record, translated into moves — what a buyer, the owner, and a landlord would each want to check next under Philadelphia's actual rules.
Federal law requires a lead-paint disclosure at sale for any pre-1978 home. If it will be rented, Philadelphia also requires a lead-safe or lead-free certificate before a rental license can issue.
Single-family rowhouse (the classic Philly row). Converting to a duplex or apartments needs a use variance the zoning board rarely grants — Pennsylvania courts require a physical hardship of the lot itself, and economics alone do not qualify.
The most recent recorded deed moved for nominal consideration, within one family. That is where tangled-title problems live — budget a real title search. (Occupants untangling an inherited deed can get help from the city's Tangled Title Fund.)
This home reads owner-occupied but shows no Homestead Exemption, which removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment (worth up to $1,399/yr). Applying through the City is free and takes minutes.
Derived from this house's public records and the city's rules as of 2026 (abatement ordinance, Homestead, rental licensing, lead certification, L&I process, excavation protections). Informational only — not legal, tax, or investment advice.
How this house has moved and where it's pointed: the city's assessed value (not a listing price) over 12 years, charted against its block; appreciation is that history's pace, and the 5-year figure simply extends it. Yield estimates rent-vs-price from area rents. Ask the record to dig into any number.
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
L&I violation (2008); 2 L&I violations (2011); Inspection failed ×2 (2011); L&I: 4 failed, 1 passed (2012); 4 L&I violations (2016); L&I: 2 failed, 2 passed (2016); L&I violation (2017); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2017).
Flags: long-held within one family. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).
The city assessor's field record — the physical spec sheet behind the assessed number.
OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.
What owning 1352 E Columbia Ave takes, at your price and your rate. Taxes start with an annual estimate from the City’s taxable assessment, not a current bill or balance; rent starts at the area median. Assessed value is not an asking price — set the price slider to the real one.
Estimates for orientation, not advice. Assumes a 30-year fixed loan, $1,400/yr insurance, 1% of price/yr maintenance; taxes from this parcel's record.
1352 E Columbia Ave sits on the 1300 block of E Columbia Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 1350 E Columbia Ave · 1354 E Columbia Ave
Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com), then reports are cached and refreshed on a rolling schedule. Source dates vary: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. Other dossiers re-pull on view once stale, and citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.
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