{"asOf":"2026-07-10T17:48:10.353Z","block":"100-199 W WALNUT LN","blockUrl":"https://blockreport.homes/block/100-199-w-walnut-ln","address":"154 W WALNUT LN","parcelNumber":"593060800","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=593060800","ownerType":"absentee","kind":"house","isHouse":true,"residential":true,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingClass":"DET 3 STY STONE","useLabel":"House","owner":"WINTERS ROBERT M","coOwner":"CONSTANCE CAPP H/W","marketValue":746000,"livableArea":5686,"yearBuilt":1900,"lastSale":{"price":245000,"date":"1986-10-20T04:00:00Z"},"openViolations":1,"violations":[{"number":"VI-2021-085661","date":"2021-12-13","code":"A-301.1/24","title":"EXTERIOR WALL FINISHES","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-09-18","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"}],"violationCases":[{"number":"CF-2021-117101","type":"NOTICE OF VIOLATION","priority":"STANDARD","responsibility":"BUILDING COURTS","status":"IN VIOLATION","createdDate":"2021-12-10","completedDate":null,"violations":[{"number":"VI-2021-085661","date":"2021-12-13","code":"A-301.1/24","title":"EXTERIOR WALL FINISHES","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-09-18","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"}]}],"violYears":[{"y":2021,"n":1,"worst":null}],"investigations":[{"caseNumber":"CF-2021-117101","date":"2021-12-13","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2021-117101","date":"2022-01-18","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2021-117101","date":"2022-08-04","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2021-117101","date":"2023-06-05","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2021-117101","date":"2023-09-25","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2021-117101","date":"2023-09-28","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2021-117101","date":"2024-01-17","type":null,"status":"FAILED"}],"inspYears":[{"y":2021,"fails":1,"passes":0},{"y":2022,"fails":2,"passes":0},{"y":2023,"fails":3,"passes":0},{"y":2024,"fails":1,"passes":0}],"taxOwed":0,"taxSnapshot":{"available":true,"asOf":"2022-06","matched":false},"taxDelinquencySnapshotAsOf":"2022-06","taxDelinquencySnapshotAvailable":true,"lat":40.0374663126527,"lng":-75.18129195059103,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.180902293,40.037493172],[-75.181251581,40.037170562],[-75.181675686,40.03743872],[-75.181343913,40.037761819],[-75.180902293,40.037493172]]]},"liDistrict":"NORTH","certifications":[],"cityRecordAvailability":{"violations":true,"investigations":true,"appeals":true,"certifications":true,"permits":true,"licenses":true},"zip":"19144","beds":5,"baths":3,"stories":3,"lotArea":23550,"zoning":"RSD1","grade":"A+","basement":"D","heater":"A","centralAir":false,"extCond":"4","intCond":"4","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"150 W WALNUT LN, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19144","mailOut":false,"appeals":[{"type":"ZBA Permit Denial - Variance","grounds":"PERMIT FOR USE AS THREE (3) FAMILY HOUSEHOLD LIVING UNITS IN AN EXISTING STRUCTURE.","status":"In Process","outcome":"Granted","date":"2020-01-13","number":"39638","relatedPermit":null}],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":0,"abated":false,"assessmentExemption":false,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":438100,"taxable":438100},{"y":2017,"v":438100,"taxable":438100},{"y":2018,"v":438100,"taxable":438100},{"y":2019,"v":540000,"taxable":540000},{"y":2020,"v":517400,"taxable":517400},{"y":2021,"v":517400,"taxable":517400},{"y":2022,"v":517400,"taxable":517400},{"y":2023,"v":642700,"taxable":642700},{"y":2024,"v":642700,"taxable":642700},{"y":2025,"v":834500,"taxable":834500},{"y":2026,"v":834500,"taxable":834500},{"y":2027,"v":746000,"taxable":746000}],"taxNow":11681,"familyHeld":true,"lastTransferNominal":true,"permits":[{"number":"GM-2023-005391","date":"2023-06-29","work":"Roof Covering Replacement","type":"General Permit Minor","description":"General Permit Minor","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-10-12","scope":"EZ PERMIT RE-ROOFING- For the Installation of New Roof Coverings on Exiting Roofs as per attached standard. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. Remove and dispose of existing fiberglass roofing & replace with copper base step and counter flashing and slate roof."},{"number":"GM-2023-005828","date":"2023-06-29","work":"Masonry Facade Replacement","type":"General Permit Minor","description":"General Permit Minor","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2024-04-22","scope":"EZ EXTERIOR WALL COVERINGS- For the Applications of Exterior Wall Coverings as per attached standards. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. Remove poorly matched mortar, match existing after Historical has approved sample, and replace with new mortar of approved sample."},{"number":"GM-2024-004644","date":"2024-06-10","work":"Masonry Facade Replacement","type":"General Permit Minor","description":"General Permit Minor","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2025-08-26","scope":"THIS IS FOR REPOINTING ONLY ON THIS PHILADELPHIA HISTORICAL STRUCTURE FRONT BRICK FACADE. . AS PER PHC APPROVAL- Applicant to submit exterior pointing specifications and on-site sample to Historical Commission staff for final approval. Please email to preservation@phila.gov."}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2020,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted"},{"y":2021,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2021,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2022,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Roof Covering Replacement"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Masonry Facade Replacement"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×3"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Masonry Facade Replacement"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"watch","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["1 open L&I violation","failed L&I inspection activity in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."},{"kind":"transition-activity","level":"watch","title":"Recent transition activity","summary":"The property has an unusually active paper trail worth monitoring for the next permit, inspection, deed, or listing.","evidence":["3 permit events since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #39638: In Process · Granted.","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":"2 permits not marked completed: GM-2023-005828 (Expired), GM-2024-004644 (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":"violations","level":"attention","title":"1 open L&I violation","finding":"1 violation row 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":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"7 failed, 0 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on Jan 17, 2024.","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/"}],"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"}]}