House report

3317 Elliston Cir

1 story · 897 sqft · RSA4 · built 1967

Owner-occupied · assessed $279K · sold 1×. On the 3300 block of Elliston Cir.

Street view of 3317 Elliston Cir
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

What stands out

From the public record
Finding

History

Why it matters

3 L&I violations (2023); L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed (2023); L&I violation (2024); Inspection failed ×2 (2024); sold $200K (2025); 2 L&I violations (2025); L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed (2025); 2 L&I violations (2026); Inspection failed (2026).

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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 1967: 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.

Zoned RSA4: one household by right

Single-family rowhouse. Converting to a duplex or apartments needs a use variance the zoning board rarely grants — Pennsylvania courts require a physical hardship of the lot itself, and economics alone do not qualify.

If you own it

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.

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 house 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
$279K
built 1967
Price / sq ft
$311
block $315 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+82%
+6%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$279K
+6%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$3K
0.9% effective
Gross yield
6.4%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
1
kept in the family

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

$0$250K$500K2023: 3 L&I violations 2023: L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed2024: L&I violation 2024: Inspection failed ×22025: Sold $200K 2025: 2 L&I violations 2025: L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed2026: 2 L&I violations 2026: Inspection failed$279K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violation

The paper trail

3 L&I violations (2023); L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed (2023); L&I violation (2024); Inspection failed ×2 (2024); sold $200K (2025); 2 L&I violations (2025); L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed (2025); 2 L&I violations (2026); Inspection failed (2026).

  1. 2023 3 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 3 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  2. 2024 L&I violationL&IInspection failed ×2L&I visit
  3. 2025 $200KSold2 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 3 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  4. 2026 2 L&I violationsL&IInspection failedL&I visit

Flags: 2 open L&I violations · long-held within one family. 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.

Stories
1
Interior
897 sqft
livable area
Lot
2,030 sqft
Basement
Partial, semi-finished
city code F
Garage
1 space
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA4
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 3317 Elliston Cir takes, at your price and your rate. Taxes are this house's actual bill from the city record; rent starts at the area median. Assessed value is not an asking price — set the price slider to the real one.

$200K
20%
6.875%
$2K/mo

When this house last sold (2025) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.6% — 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

3317 Elliston Cir sits on the 3300 block of Elliston Cir. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 3315 Elliston Cir  ·  3319 Elliston Cir

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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