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CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING WITH OFF STREET PARKING."},{"number":"452797","date":"2013-03-05","work":"Zoning/use","type":"ZP_ZON/USE","description":"ZONING/USE PERMIT","status":"CLOSED","completedDate":null,"scope":"REMOVE ROOF ACCESS AND DECK ADD NEW 9'X 23' SECOND STORY ROOF DECK AS SHOWN ON SUBMITTED PLAN."},{"number":"453370","date":"2013-03-08","work":"Administrative","type":"BP_ADMINST","description":"ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2014-11-17","scope":"REMOVE ROOF ACCESS AND DECK FROM NEW CONSTRUCTION PERMIT # 396680. DECREASE THE LENGTH OF THE THIRD FLOOR BY 10 FEET. ADD NEW ROOF DECK TO THE REAR AT THE THIRD FLOOR LEVEL, OVER THE SECOND STORY, ACCESSED FROM THE THIRD FLOOR. REVISE FLOOR PLAN AT SECOND STORY TO INFILL PREVIOUS CLEAR SPAN AREA. REVISION TO FLOOR PLAN AT THIRD STORY TO REFLECT DECK AND ACCESS."},{"number":"498183","date":"2013-11-19","work":"Zoning admin review","type":"ZP_ADMIN","description":"ZONING ADMIN REVIEW","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-11-19","scope":"AMEND PERMIT NUMBER 452797"},{"number":"498187","date":"2014-01-21","work":"Administrative","type":"BP_ADMINST","description":"ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2014-11-17","scope":"AMEND PERMIT NUMBER # 396680 FOR CHANGES AS PER ATTACHED PLANS. ADDITION OF SECOND FLOOR ABOVE GARAGE. ELIMINATION OF ROOF DECK AND PILOT HOUSE OVER 3 STORY PORTION OF HOUSE. AND A NEW ROOF DECK ABOVE SECOND FLOOR OVER GARAGE, ACCESSED FROM THIRD FLOOR."},{"number":"515144","date":"2014-01-24","work":"Suppression","type":"BP_FIRESUP","description":"SUPPRESSION PERMIT","status":"EXPIRED","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM WITH NEW WATER METER VALVE IN CONFORMANCE WITH NFPA 2007, STANDARD 13D, WITH COMBINED FIRE & SERVICE LINE DIAMETER OF 2-IN AS PER APPROVED PLANS. SEPARATE MECHANICAL PERMIT REQUIRED FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SPRINKLER PIPING HEATING ELEMENTS AT GARAGE CEILING/FLOOR ASSEMBLY."},{"number":"522950","date":"2014-03-06","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2016-03-10","scope":"6\"COMBINED LATERAL & 2\" RFSS WATER ON WEBSTER ST, EJECTOR PUMP & WC, LAV, KS, WM & 2\" IDW ROUGHIN BASEMENT SLAB (SFD) PA20140501938"},{"number":"523076","date":"2014-03-07","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"EXPIRED","completedDate":null,"scope":"10 FIXTURES WITH PIPING FOR NEW ONE FAMILY DWELLING"},{"number":"529501","date":"2014-04-10","work":"Alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2014-10-31","scope":"INSTALL NEW MOD ROOFING SYSTEM-SFD"},{"number":"534771","date":"2014-05-06","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-03-24","scope":"INSTALL 350AMP SINGLE PHASE SERVICE AND WIRING RESIDENTIAL BLDG PER 2008 NEC (SFD)"},{"number":"539257","date":"2014-05-29","work":"Mechanical","type":"BP_MECH","description":"MECHANICAL PERMIT","status":"EXPIRED","completedDate":null,"scope":"INSTALL THREE HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING UNITS WITH DUCTWORK-"}],"storyTag":"Torn down & rebuilt","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2012,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2012,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Administrative"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning admin review"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Administrative"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Suppression"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Alteration"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Mechanical"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"signals":[{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 31% in 2023, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $1,125,000 to $1,468,700","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":"Appeal #17045: CLOSED · Granted; related permit 373512. Use permit #358189: 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":"4 permits not marked completed: 452797 (CLOSED), 515144 (EXPIRED), 523076 (EXPIRED), 539257 (EXPIRED).","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":"2 failed, 0 passed, and 1 CLOSED investigation outcome are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was CLOSED on Aug 21, 2012.","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 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.","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"}]}