{"asOf":"2026-07-10T13:59:46.506Z","block":"400-499 WIGARD AVE","blockUrl":"https://blockreport.homes/block/400-499-wigard-ave","address":"451 WIGARD AVE","parcelNumber":"212357700","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=212357700","ownerType":"owner-occupied","kind":"house","isHouse":true,"residential":true,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingClass":"DET W/D GAR 1.5 STY STONE","useLabel":"House","owner":"JOAN L CARR TRUST","coOwner":"CARR JOAN L TR","marketValue":571000,"livableArea":2371,"yearBuilt":1930,"lastSale":{"price":1,"date":"2026-05-01T04:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violations":[{"number":"1661700","date":"2010-04-27","title":"PERMP- ALTER/REPAIR/REPL PLUMB","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null}],"violationCases":[{"number":"232779","type":"CONSTRUCTION SERVICES","priority":"CONSTRUCTION SERVICES","responsibility":"DN","status":"CLOSED","createdDate":"2010-04-27","completedDate":"2010-05-28","violations":[{"number":"1661700","date":"2010-04-27","title":"PERMP- ALTER/REPAIR/REPL PLUMB","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null}]}],"violYears":[{"y":2010,"n":1,"worst":null}],"investigations":[{"caseNumber":"232779","date":"2010-04-26","type":"PP_PLUMB","status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"232779","date":"2010-05-26","type":"PP_PLUMB","status":"PASSED"}],"inspYears":[{"y":2010,"fails":1,"passes":1}],"taxOwed":0,"taxSnapshot":{"available":true,"asOf":"2022-06","matched":false},"taxDelinquencySnapshotAsOf":"2022-06","taxDelinquencySnapshotAvailable":true,"lat":40.04720069310186,"lng":-75.23731024932017,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.236881439,40.046781943],[-75.237035004,40.046711874],[-75.237739087,40.047619475],[-75.237585477,40.047689485],[-75.236881439,40.046781943]]]},"liDistrict":"NORTH","certifications":[],"cityRecordAvailability":{"violations":true,"investigations":true,"appeals":true,"certifications":true,"permits":true,"licenses":true},"zip":"19128","beds":4,"baths":null,"stories":1,"lotArea":21000,"zoning":"RSD3","grade":"C","basement":"J","heater":"B","centralAir":false,"extCond":"4","intCond":"4","garage":2,"homestead":true,"mail":"451 WIGARD AVE, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19128","mailOut":false,"appeals":[],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":0,"abated":false,"assessmentExemption":false,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":289600,"taxable":259600},{"y":2017,"v":289600,"taxable":259600},{"y":2018,"v":289600,"taxable":259600},{"y":2019,"v":272600,"taxable":232600},{"y":2020,"v":277300,"taxable":232300},{"y":2021,"v":277300,"taxable":232300},{"y":2022,"v":277300,"taxable":232300},{"y":2023,"v":416100,"taxable":336100},{"y":2024,"v":416100,"taxable":336100},{"y":2025,"v":489100,"taxable":389100},{"y":2026,"v":489100,"taxable":389100},{"y":2027,"v":571000,"taxable":471000}],"taxNow":5447,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":true,"permits":[{"number":"226723","date":"2009-09-01","work":"Zoning","type":"ZP_ZONING","description":"ZONING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2009-09-01","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF A 2ND FLOOR ADDITION. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON PLAN"},{"number":"226724","date":"2009-09-01","work":"Addition","type":"BP_ADDITON","description":"ADDITION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2012-07-09","scope":"REMOVE ROOF ADD 2ND FL ADDITION FOR A SFD."},{"number":"240973","date":"2009-10-15","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2012-07-25","scope":"WIRE TWO NEW BEDROOMS ADDED TO SECOND FLOOR: RECEPTACLES AND LIGHTING..... IN ACCORDANCE WITH 2005 NEC"},{"number":"277433","date":"2010-05-06","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2012-04-09","scope":"ROUGH AND SET FIXTURES FOR A THREE PIECE BATHROOM"},{"number":"656788","date":"2016-01-22","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":null,"scope":"INSTALL 4.42KW PHOTOVALTAIC (PV SYSTEM (PER CAD DRAWING WITH 17 ROOF-MOUNTED SOLAR PANELS NET METER INSTALLATION AS PER NEC 2008 NORTHDISTRICT"},{"number":"EP-2020-005395","date":"2020-08-17","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2023-12-05","scope":"Installation of f17 roof-mounted solar modules 5.525kW DC | 7.600kW AC."}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2009,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning"},{"y":2009,"k":"permit","w":"Addition"},{"y":2009,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2010,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2010,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2010,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"signals":[{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 50% in 2023, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $277,300 to $416,100","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":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"1 permit not marked completed: EP-2020-005395 (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":"1 failed, 1 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on May 26, 2010.","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.","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":"homestead","level":"verify","title":"Homestead is tied to owner occupancy and the deed","finding":"OPA shows the Homestead Exemption.","why":"Philadelphia limits Homestead to an owner’s primary residence. The City says a deed change can require a new application or update.","action":"A buyer should apply in their own name and not assume the seller’s benefit continues.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/documents/homestead-exemption-application/"},{"id":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 1 historical violation 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"}]}