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2811 W Girard Ave

3,659 sqft · CMX2.5 · built 1915

Owner-occupied · assessed $714K · 2 licensed units · sold 4×. On the 2800 block of W Girard Ave.

Street view of 2811 W Girard Ave
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

Assessment$714KCity assessed value Last sale$360KRecorded 2012 Est. taxes$10K/yearAnnual city record Permits6Shown in this report Violations2Open L&I cases

What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Renovated & sold on

Why it matters

Bought for $94K in 2002, demolition permit in 2008, sold for $360K in 2012 (+283%).

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What to do with this

The record, translated into moves — what a buyer, the owner, and a landlord would each want to check next under Philadelphia's actual rules.

If you’re buying

Built 1915: lead rules apply

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.

If you own it

$1,399/yr may be unclaimed

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.

2 open violations: the clock matters

L&I appeals must be filed within 30 days — just 6 days if a property is designated UNSAFE or IMMINENTLY DANGEROUS. Left unresolved, the city can do the work itself, bill the owner (routinely $50,000+ on a rowhouse), lien the property, and add court fines of $300+/day.

If you’re the landlord

Lead certificate is not optional

Built 1915: every rental unit needs a lead-safe or lead-free certificate on file with the City. Without one: fines up to $2,000/day per unit, tenants may withhold rent, courts can order rent refunded — and no eviction will stand.

Licensed rental — keep it that way

Renewal requires city tax clearance and zero open L&I violations on the property. A lapsed license suspends the right to collect rent or evict.

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.

The investment read

How this building 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.

Assessed value
$714K
built 1915
Price / sq ft
$195
block $195 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+298%
+13%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$718K
+13%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$10K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
2.7%
≈$2K/mo rent
Times sold
4
licensed rental

Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line

$0$500K$1.0MBefore this chart — 2002: Sold $94K 2006: Sold $195K 2008: Sold $170K 2008: Demolition 2008: Use 2008: Plumbing 2008: Major alteration 2009: Mechanical 2009: Electrical 2012: Sold $360K2026: 2 L&I violations 2026: Inspection failed ×2$714K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermit

The paper trail

Renovated & sold on

Bought for $94K in 2002, demolition permit in 2008, sold for $360K in 2012 (+283%).

  1. 2002 $94KSold
  2. 2006 $195KSold
  3. 2008 $170KSoldDemolitionPermitUsePermitPlumbingPermitMajor alterationPermit
  4. 2009 MechanicalPermitElectricalPermit
  5. 2012 $360KSold
  6. 2026 2 L&I violationsL&IInspection failed ×2L&I visit

Flags: active rental license · 2 open L&I violations. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The house, on paper

The city assessor's field record — the physical spec sheet behind the assessed number.

Interior
3,659 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,872 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
CMX2.5
city zoning code

OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.

Run the numbers

What owning 2811 W Girard Ave takes, at your price and your rate. Taxes are this building's actual bill from the city record; rent starts at 2 licensed units × ~85% of the area's median unit rent — the whole building's income, not one unit's. Assessed value is not an asking price — set the price slider to the real one.

$714K
20%
6.875%
$3K/mo

When this house last sold (2012) a 30-year mortgage ran about 3.66% — Freddie Mac's average that year.

Mortgage
—
P&I · 30-yr fixed
All-in monthly
—
+ taxes & insurance
Cash to close
—
down + ~4% costs
Cash flow
—
rent − all costs · /mo
Cap rate
—
NOI ÷ price
Cash-on-cash
—
year-1 return on cash in

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.

Block context

2811 W Girard Ave sits on the 2800 block of W Girard Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 2809 W Girard Ave  ·  2813 W Girard Ave

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. Dossiers re-pull automatically — on view once they're a few weeks old, plus a nightly rolling sweep — 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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