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DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE REASON ANOTHER OR DIFFERENT PERMIT IS NECESSARY.","status":"Closed","outcome":"Complete","date":"2022-10-05","number":"HA-2021-000077"},{"type":"LIRB Violation Appeal","grounds":"Violations are due to the lack of police presence in the area. We make the corrections and criminals break in and damage the property over and over again.","status":"Closed","outcome":"Complete","date":"2024-12-04","number":"HA-2023-005225"}],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"timesSold":0,"abated":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":329600,"taxable":0},{"y":2017,"v":329600,"taxable":0},{"y":2018,"v":351300,"taxable":351300},{"y":2019,"v":351300,"taxable":351300},{"y":2020,"v":351300,"taxable":351300},{"y":2021,"v":351300,"taxable":351300},{"y":2022,"v":351300,"taxable":351300},{"y":2023,"v":351300,"taxable":351300},{"y":2024,"v":351300,"taxable":351300},{"y":2025,"v":351300,"taxable":351300},{"y":2026,"v":351300,"taxable":351300},{"y":2027,"v":351300,"taxable":351300}],"taxNow":4917,"familyHeld":false,"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Use"},{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2020,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2021,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2022,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2022,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal complete"},{"y":2023,"k":"viol","w":"13 L&I violations"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2024,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal complete"}],"rented":false,"signals":[{"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":["1 permit event since 2023","1 zoning/board appeal since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"commercial-trash","level":"verify","title":"A separate Commercial Trash account may apply","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as commercial. 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/"}]}