{"asOf":"2026-07-10T10:23:32.616Z","block":"1700-1799 WATERLOO ST","blockUrl":"https://blockreport.homes/block/1700-1799-waterloo-st","address":"1771 WATERLOO ST","parcelNumber":"183076330","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=183076330","ownerType":"owner-occupied","kind":"house","isHouse":true,"residential":true,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingClass":"ROW 3 STY MASONRY","useLabel":"House","owner":"MATTIONI JEANETTE","coOwner":null,"marketValue":302200,"livableArea":1680,"yearBuilt":1915,"lastSale":{"price":1,"date":"2025-01-16T05:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violations":[{"number":"3706794","date":"2014-11-19","title":"FA-ALARM DEV DEFECTIVE","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null},{"number":"3706795","date":"2014-11-19","title":"EXT S-HANDRAIL MAINTAIN","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null}],"violationCases":[{"number":"461122","type":"STANDARD","priority":"STANDARD","responsibility":"HCEU","status":"CLOSED","createdDate":"2014-11-20","completedDate":"2016-02-16","violations":[{"number":"3706794","date":"2014-11-19","title":"FA-ALARM DEV DEFECTIVE","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null},{"number":"3706795","date":"2014-11-19","title":"EXT S-HANDRAIL MAINTAIN","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null}]}],"violYears":[{"y":2014,"n":2,"worst":null}],"investigations":[{"caseNumber":"461122","date":"2014-11-19","type":"HCEU INSP","status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"461122","date":"2014-12-30","type":"HCEU INSP","status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"461122","date":"2015-02-12","type":"HCEU INSP","status":"CLOSED"},{"caseNumber":"461122","date":"2015-05-30","type":"PRECOURT","status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"461122","date":"2015-07-17","type":"PRECOURT","status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"461122","date":"2015-09-10","type":"PRECOURT","status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"461122","date":"2015-10-08","type":"PRECOURT","status":"PASSED"}],"inspYears":[{"y":2014,"fails":2,"passes":0},{"y":2015,"fails":3,"passes":1}],"taxOwed":0,"taxSnapshot":{"available":true,"asOf":"2022-06","matched":false},"taxDelinquencySnapshotAsOf":"2022-06","taxDelinquencySnapshotAvailable":true,"lat":39.97724797548211,"lng":-75.13526943174544,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.135326406,39.977277452],[-75.13520318,39.977261837],[-75.135212458,39.977218499],[-75.135335684,39.977234114],[-75.135326406,39.977277452]]]},"liDistrict":"CENTRAL EAST","certifications":[],"cityRecordAvailability":{"violations":true,"investigations":true,"appeals":true,"certifications":true,"permits":true,"licenses":true},"zip":"19122","beds":4,"baths":1,"stories":3,"lotArea":560,"zoning":"RSA5","grade":"C","basement":"C","heater":"A","centralAir":false,"extCond":"4","intCond":"4","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"1771 WATERLOO ST, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19122","mailOut":false,"appeals":[],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":0,"abated":false,"assessmentExemption":false,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":101800,"taxable":101800},{"y":2017,"v":101800,"taxable":101800},{"y":2018,"v":101800,"taxable":101800},{"y":2019,"v":198000,"taxable":198000},{"y":2020,"v":196600,"taxable":196600},{"y":2021,"v":196600,"taxable":196600},{"y":2022,"v":196600,"taxable":196600},{"y":2023,"v":260000,"taxable":260000},{"y":2024,"v":260000,"taxable":260000},{"y":2025,"v":309800,"taxable":309800},{"y":2026,"v":309800,"taxable":309800},{"y":2027,"v":302200,"taxable":302200}],"taxNow":4337,"familyHeld":true,"lastTransferNominal":true,"permits":[{"number":"542371","date":"2014-06-11","work":"Use","type":"ZP_USE","description":"USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2014-06-11","scope":"EXISITNG STRUCTURE FOR USE AS TWO (2) FAMILY HOUSEHOLD LIVING. NO CHANGE IN HEIGHT OR AREA OF EXISITNG STRUCTURE."},{"number":"544261","date":"2014-06-19","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2015-05-04","scope":"REWIRE BUILDING TO CREATE TWO APARTMENTS, INSTALL 300AMP SERRICE 1-200AMP AND 1-100AMP PANEL, ALL OUTLETS, SWITCHES, APPLICANCES, LIGHTS ADD HARD WIRED SMOKES THROUGHOUT AS PER 2008 NEC AND THE RESIDENTAL CODE (EAST DISTRICT)TWO FAMILY DWELLING"},{"number":"551671","date":"2014-08-04","work":"Mechanical","type":"BP_MECH","description":"MECHANICAL PERMIT","status":"EXPIRED","completedDate":"2016-04-13","scope":"INSTALL 2 HEAT PUMPS WITH DUCTWORK (TWO-FAMILY DWELLING)"},{"number":"601469","date":"2015-04-27","work":"Zoning/use","type":"ZP_ZON/USE","description":"ZONING/USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2015-04-27","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF A ROOF DECK ACCESSORY TO AN EXISING ATTACHED TWO FAMILY DWELLING. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON SUBMITTED PLAN."},{"number":"609975","date":"2015-06-29","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2016-06-21","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF A THIRD STORY ROOF DECK TO AN EXISTING SECOND FLOOR ROOF ON AND EXISTING TWO FAMILY DWELLING."}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Use"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2014,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2014,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Mechanical"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2015,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"645102","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"MICHAEL & JEANETTE MATTIONI","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":2,"issuedDate":"2014-10-21","latestIssueDate":"2025-02-05","expirationDate":"2026-02-28","inactiveDate":"2026-04-29"}],"signals":[{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 32% in 2023, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $196,600 to $260,000","no permit shown in 2022-2024"],"caveat":"Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Use permit #542371: COMPLETED.","why":"Philadelphia says a zoning approval or Property Sales Certification can identify a use without proving that it was established under the Building Code. A change of use, unit count, exits, or fire rating can require a Building Permit and Certificate of Occupancy.","action":"Verify the lawful use, unit count, associated construction permits, and Certificate of Occupancy with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-certificate-of-occupancy/"},{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"1 permit not marked completed: 551671 (EXPIRED). At least one row also carries a completion date, so the City fields conflict.","why":"Issued work is not the same as approved final work. L&I uses final inspections and required certifications to close construction permits; expired, withdrawn, and completed are different City statuses.","action":"Open the permit file and confirm final inspections, holds, and any resulting occupancy certificate.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections-by-permit-type/"},{"id":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"5 failed, 1 passed, and 1 CLOSED investigation outcome are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Oct 8, 2015.","why":"A PASSED or FAILED value applies to that inspection visit. CLOSED is a separate source status; none of the three alone proves the parent permit or violation case closed—or describes today’s condition.","action":"Open the parent case/permit for each material failure and confirm its later disposition.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections-by-permit-type/"},{"id":"deed-chain","level":"verify","title":"The latest nominal transfer is not a market sale—or a title opinion","finding":"The latest deed in the assembled record moved for nominal consideration and appears related-party/family-held.","why":"A $1 or nominal deed can be a valid family, estate, or entity transfer. It does not establish a sale price, clear title, or by itself prove a tangled title.","action":"Read the recorded deed and have the title search confirm every grantor, grantee, estate/probate step, lien, and authority to sell.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/property-lots-housing/get-a-copy-of-a-deed-or-other-recorded-document/"},{"id":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 2 historical violations across 1 case.","why":"A closed case is materially better than an open one, but it does not by itself prove that every altered use, unit, or concealed condition matches today’s approvals.","action":"Use the closed cases to target the inspection and occupancy-file review.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/violation-and-order-types/"}],"closingChecks":[{"title":"Property Sales Certification","body":"The seller must obtain Philadelphia’s certificate showing the base zoning, last use in the zoning record, and open violations. The City warns that it does not prove Building Code occupancy or show zoning overlays.","action":"Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-property-sales-certification/"},{"title":"Date-effective City Property Payoff","body":"The Tax Center Property Payoff covers Real Estate Tax, Commercial Trash, and L&I abatement-work invoices. Philadelphia says it does not include business-tax debts or liens, water and sewer charges, or fines for code violations.","action":"Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"title":"Professional title and water-lien searches","body":"OPA ownership, deed summaries, and a zero tax balance are not clear title. Mortgages, judgments, municipal claims, water liens, easements, heirs, and other encumbrances require separate searches.","action":"Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-04-07-why-title-insurance-is-your-best-friend-when-buying-a-home-in-philadelphia/","secondaryUrl":"https://www.phila.gov/services/water-gas-utilities/pay-or-dispute-a-water-bill/resolve-water-liens-judgments/"},{"title":"Seller-specific tax relief is not the buyer’s bill","body":"LOOP and low-income or senior Real Estate Tax freezes depend on the qualifying owner and continued program eligibility; a buyer cannot assume the seller’s capped or frozen bill continues. A separately verified property abatement often remains with the property for its remaining term, but program-specific new-owner filing, use, and tax-compliance conditions still must be confirmed—not inferred from the reduced assessment alone.","action":"Have Revenue or OPA identify every current benefit, model the buyer’s bill without seller-specific relief, and confirm any verified abatement in writing.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/payment-plans-and-assistance-programs/income-based-programs-for-residents/apply-for-the-longtime-owner-occupants-program-loop/","secondaryUrl":"https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/taxes/property-and-real-estate-taxes/get-real-estate-tax-relief/tax-freeze/"},{"title":"Seller disclosure and independent inspections","body":"For a covered Pennsylvania residential transfer, obtain the statutory seller disclosure. It reports the seller’s knowledge; it is not a warranty, title search, code review, or substitute for inspections. Because OPA dates this building before 1978, separately obtain the required federal/City lead disclosures and any test results.","action":"Have the agreement and disclosure reviewed for this transaction’s coverage and exceptions.","url":"https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dos/department-and-offices/bpoa/boards-commissions/real-estate-commission"}]}