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REPLACE ALL CONVENTIONAL DETECTORS AND PULL STATIONS WITH NEW ADDRESSABLE DEVICES. EXISTING HORNS TO BE REPLACED BY NEW HORN/STROBES. INSTALL NEW HORN/STROBES AS PER NFPA-72"},{"number":"422608","date":"2012-08-17","work":"Use","type":"ZP_USE","description":"USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2012-08-17","scope":"USE TO 2FD"},{"number":"422633","date":"2012-08-30","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-08-02","scope":"INT/EXT RENOVATIONS TO AN EXISTING 3 STORY 2FD AS PER PLANS. EACH DWELLING SHALL NOT BE OCCUPIED BY MORE THAN 3 PERSONS NOT RELATED BY MARRIAGE, ADOPTION OR BLOOD. WORK TO BE PERFORMED BY OWNER /OCCUPANT, OTHERWISE A CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE WILL BE REQUIRED."},{"number":"438436","date":"2012-11-16","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-08-02","scope":"MAIN DRAIN IN BASEMENT,ROUGH IN BATHROOM X 2,KS(ROUGH)X 2,HWH X 2.(2FD)"},{"number":"441684","date":"2012-12-11","work":"Mechanical","type":"BP_MECH","description":"MECHANICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-08-02","scope":"PERMIT TO INSTALL TWO GAS FIRED, DIRECT VENT, 90 PLUS EFFICIENCY WARM AIR FURNACES AND A/C SYSTEMS WITHIN A TWO FAMILY DWELLING. PERMIT TO INCLUDE RELATED DUCTWORK. NO PENETRATION OF ANY FIRE RATED ASSEMBLIES ALLOWED UNDER THIS PERMIT. OUTSIDE CONDENSERS SHALL NOT BE VISIBLE FROM THE STREET AS PER DIRECTION FROM THE PHILADELPHIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION."},{"number":"442865","date":"2012-12-11","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2012-12-14","scope":"WATER SERVICE(SFD)"},{"number":"444381","date":"2012-12-20","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-08-17","scope":"REWIRE OF EXISTING DUPLEX, RELOCATE EXISTING SERVICE AS PER 2008 NEC (TWO FAMILY)"},{"number":"516529","date":"2014-01-24","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2014-02-12","scope":"CURB TRAP PA20140210391 (SFD)"}],"storyTag":"Renovated & sold on","storyDelta":13.56,"timeline":[{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Use"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Mechanical"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2017,"k":"sale","p":5460000},{"y":2023,"k":"viol","w":"3 L&I violations"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"3 L&I violations"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"454521","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"WEST VILLAGE LTD","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":2,"issuedDate":"2008-08-20","latestIssueDate":"2017-03-23","expirationDate":"2018-02-28","inactiveDate":"2018-04-29"},{"number":"774120","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"MMP Powelton Village Housing Partners LLC","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":2,"issuedDate":"2018-04-25","latestIssueDate":"2021-05-24","expirationDate":"2021-04-24","inactiveDate":"2020-06-23"}],"signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"elevated","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["3 open L&I violations","$451 appeared in the City's June 2022 delinquency snapshot","failed L&I inspection activity in 2023, 2025"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Use permit #422608: 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":"violations","level":"attention","title":"3 open L&I violations","finding":"6 violation rows are retained in the City ledger.","why":"Open notices can accrue fees, block permits or license renewal, and move to court or collection. Standard initial notices generally have a 30-day appeal window; unsafe or imminently-dangerous notices have a much shorter window.","action":"Read the notice—not only the summary status—and confirm reinspection, fees, and appeal posture with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/violation-and-order-types/"},{"id":"building-certifications","level":"attention","title":"A life-safety certification appears expired","finding":"Facade Report: Safe through Jun 6, 2027; Sprinkler Certification: Certified through Jul 1, 2025","why":"Fire-protection certifications apply to the named system and inspection period only; they are not a whole-building safety certificate. Philadelphia generally requires annual sprinkler, standpipe, fire-alarm, special-hazard, and emergency-power inspections where those systems exist.","action":"Request the correction/reinspection and current filed certificate.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/maintenance-certifications/fire-protection-certifications/"},{"id":"dated-tax-balance","level":"attention","title":"A dated tax balance needs a current payoff","finding":"$450.84 was recorded in the City’s 2022-06 delinquency snapshot for 2021.","why":"That is historical evidence, not today’s amount due. A current exemption, payment, credit, or assistance agreement can coexist with an older snapshot row.","action":"Check period balances and request a dated Property Payoff statement for settlement.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"id":"rental-status","level":"verify","title":"Residential form does not establish rental use","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as multi-family; no active Rental License row matched.","why":"A multi-unit or mixed-use classification does not prove that space is currently rented. If dwelling space is rented, Philadelphia generally requires a current Rental License and related occupancy, tax, violation, and lead compliance.","action":"Confirm actual occupancy first; if any unit is rented, verify the license and legal unit count with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/rent-or-sell-property/get-a-rental-license/"},{"id":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"4 failed, 1 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on Oct 16, 2025.","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":"commercial-trash","level":"verify","title":"A separate Commercial Trash account may apply","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as multi-family. BlockReport does not receive a current Commercial Trash account balance.","why":"Philadelphia charges qualifying small commercial, mixed-use, and multi-unit properties that use City collection; exemptions and private collection can change applicability. A use category alone does not prove a fee is due.","action":"Check the Commercial Trash account inside the date-effective Property Payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-06-09-pay-your-trash-fee-bill-by-june-30/"}],"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"}]}