2026 taxable assessment $108,800 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.
OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $123,100; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.
Mixed-use report
830 E Chelten Ave
2,100 sqft · CMX2 · built 1915
Absentee individual · assessed $109K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $123K · sold 3×. On the 800 block of E Chelten Ave.
Property summary
Assessment$108,8002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $123,100
Last sale$115KRecorded 2024
Est. tax bill$1,523/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998%
Tax delinquency$3KCity snapshot · Jun 2022
Permits1Every fetched City permit
Violations0 open8 historical across 6 cases
“Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled
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Property tax
The estimate, live balance, and back-tax record are different.
BlockReport can calculate the annual tax from the City’s taxable assessment. Payments, credits, interest, and a current amount due live separately in Philadelphia Tax Center.
A Tax Center balance is net of bills, payments, credits, interest, and adjustments. A credit—or an amount due—is not automatically “back taxes.”
OPA 8715172402026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.
Historical delinquency sources Record found
$3,043.03 was recorded for this parcel in Philadelphia's June 2022 delinquency snapshot for 2019–2021. That amount may have been paid, reduced, or increased since; it is not a current payoff figure.
$1,609.54 principal$354.64 interest$332.90 penalty$745.95 other charges
The snapshot’s 2022 context used $116,800 total assessment, $116,800 taxable, and $0 exempt/abated. Those historical fields can differ from today’s OPA exemption status.
A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $7,105.76 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.
2014$2,436.42 total · $1,510.28 principal · $337.21 interest · $130.63 penalty2015$2,689.73 total · $1,866.15 principal · $195.95 interest · $130.63 penalty2016$1,979.61 total · $1,737.43 principal · $26.06 interest · $17.37 penalty
For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”
What stands out
From the public recordRenovated & sold on
Why it mattersBought for $50K in 2006, use permit in 2017, sold for $115K in 2024 (+130%).
View supporting records →Marked vacant, but it just sold
Why it mattersThe assessor's condition code says vacant, yet a $115,000 sale was recorded in 2024. One side of the record is stale — condition codes come from drive-by field visits that can lag years behind.
View supporting records →City Property History
Fetched L&I and zoning records
Every row successfully fetched for this report is counted below. Dataset availability and matching can differ from the City's interactive file; use the official link for current detail.
- Recorded owner
- Olivo Jose Arismendi
- Tax mailing address
- 612 SPRING AVE, RIDGEWOOD NJ, 07450
- L&I district
- NORTH
- Building ID (BIN)
- 1152270
- OPA account
- 871517240
Permits1Every dated permit
Violation cases68 violation records · 0 open
Investigations159 failed · 3 passed · 2 closed
Building certifications1Latest result: Certified
Business licenses51 active
Appeals0No match
PermitsPermit number, issued date, work and City status1
UsePermit 828829
Nov 2, 2017 COMPLETED Completed Nov 2, 2017
LEGALIZE EXISTING RETAIL SALES OF APPLIANCES IN THE FIRST FLOOR
Violation cases8 individual violation records; resolved history remains visible6
Case 241222CLOSED
STANDARD · Opened Jun 29, 2010 · completed Jun 29, 2010
- VIOL BC MESSAGEViolation 1732981Jun 28, 2010 COMPLIED
Case 462364CLOSED
STANDARD · Opened Dec 4, 2014 · completed Jan 5, 2015
- EXT A-CLEAN RUBBISH/GARBAGEViolation 3411459Nov 25, 2014 COMPLIED
- VACANT PROP STANDARDViolation 3411460Nov 25, 2014 COMPLIED
Case 571810CLOSED
STANDARD · Opened Feb 3, 2017 · completed Nov 22, 2017
- NON-REGULATED LACKS PERMITViolation 4489533Feb 2, 2017 COMPLIED
Case 645915CLOSED
UNSAFE · Opened Jul 25, 2018
- UNSAFE STRUCTUREViolation 5326503Jul 24, 2018
- EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 8Violation 5326504Jul 24, 2018
Case CF-2022-055222CLOSED
NOTICE OF VIOLATION · Opened Jun 8, 2022 · completed Nov 13, 2023
- VACANT STRUCTURE LICENSEViolation VI-2022-040411Jun 8, 2022 CLOSED
Case CF-2023-117969SVN ISSUED, BALANCE DUE
SITE VIOLATION NOTICE · Opened Nov 13, 2023
- VACANT STRUCTURE LICENSEViolation VI-2023-089168Nov 13, 2023 SVN ISSUED
InvestigationsEvery inspector visit, including CLOSED outcomes15
BC INSPCase 241222
Jun 28, 2010 CLOSED
HCEU INSPCase 462364
Nov 26, 2014 FAILED
HCEU INSPCase 462364
Jan 3, 2015 PASSED
BC INSPCase 571810
Feb 2, 2017 FAILED
BC INSPCase 571810
Mar 9, 2017 FAILED
BC INSPCase 571810
Oct 23, 2017 CLOSED
CEASE INSPCase 571810
Nov 22, 2017 PASSED
CSUINITIALCase 645915
Jul 24, 2018 FAILED
CSUINITIALCase 645915
Sep 19, 2018 FAILED
CSUINITIALCase 645915
Jun 25, 2019 FAILED
CSUINITIALCase 645915
Nov 21, 2019 FAILED
CSUINITIALCase 645915
Feb 27, 2020 FAILED
L&I investigationCase CF-2022-055222
Jun 8, 2022 FAILED
L&I investigationCase CF-2022-055222
Nov 13, 2023 PASSED
L&I investigationCase CF-2023-117969
Nov 13, 2023
Building certificationsInspection result and filed expiration date by L&I building ID1
Fire Alarm CertificationCertification BC-2024-016844
Inspected Jun 5, 2024 Certified Expires Jun 5, 2025
Business licensesHistorical and active licenses are both retained5
Dumpster License - Private PropertyLicense 282919
GREGORY & NORRIS BLACKWOOD
Revenue code 3230 · First issued Oct 16, 2001 Inactive Expiration Jul 31, 2010
Dumpster License - Private PropertyLicense 280343
JOSE M VASQUEZ
Revenue code 3230 · First issued Mar 13, 2003 Inactive Expiration Jul 31, 2010
Food Preparing and ServingLicense 206665
JOSE M VASQUEZ
Revenue code 3120 · First issued Jul 7, 2004 Inactive Expiration Apr 30, 2007 Inactive Dec 22, 2012
Food Preparing and ServingLicense 420962
FELIX M TEJADA (J & B FOOD MARKET)
Revenue code 3120 · First issued Aug 21, 2007 Inactive Expiration Apr 30, 2008 Inactive Dec 22, 2012
Food Preparing and ServingLicense 0958086
FRANCISCO SUPERMARKET 2 INC
Revenue code 3120 · First issued Aug 6, 2024 Active Expiration Aug 5, 2026
AppealsApplication status and decision are separate City fields0
No appeals matched this parcel in the fetched City dataset.
City of Philadelphia OPA, L&I and Zoning Board records, shown as filed. A CLOSED investigation is an outcome label, not a missing visit; an appeal's application status and decision may differ.
Legal due diligence
What this record proves—and what it does not.
These checks are triggered by this property’s actual City rows. They identify the controlling document to verify; they do not declare a use legal, a building safe, or title clear.
4 resolve before relying
5 verify
Resolve before relyingZoning approval is not the occupancy fileUse permit #828829: COMPLETED.
Why it mattersPhiladelphia 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.
Verify nextVerify the lawful use, unit count, associated construction permits, and Certificate of Occupancy with L&I.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Resolve before relyingAn unsafe-building history still deserves the repair fileThe fetched record shows 0 open and 8 historical violations across 6 cases.
Why it mattersThe aggregate currently shows zero open violations, so a historical unsafe/imminently-dangerous row is not a current hazard finding. The repair or demolition permit, final inspection, and case closure are the evidence that resolves the former designation.
Verify nextReview the Make Safe/repair permit, final inspection, and case closure.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Resolve before relyingA life-safety certification appears expiredFire Alarm Certification: Certified through Jun 5, 2025
Why it mattersFire-protection certifications apply to the named system and inspection period only; they are not a whole-building safety certificate. Philadelphia generally requires annual sprinkler, standpipe, fire-alarm, special-hazard, and emergency-power inspections where those systems exist.
Verify nextRequest the correction/reinspection and current filed certificate.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Resolve before relyingA dated tax balance needs a current payoff$3,043.03 was recorded in the City’s 2022-06 delinquency snapshot for 2019–2021.
Why it mattersThat is historical evidence, not today’s amount due. A current exemption, payment, credit, or assistance agreement can coexist with an older snapshot row.
Verify nextCheck period balances and request a dated Property Payoff statement for settlement.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗VerifyResidential and business space run on separate compliance tracksOPA classifies this parcel as mixed-use.
Why it mattersThe zoning/use and occupancy file must cover the actual residential and commercial spaces. Dwelling units can require Rental Licenses and lead compliance; the operator can separately need an Activity License and sector license; installed fire systems can require annual certification.
Verify nextMatch every dwelling and business use to the zoning permit, CO, current operator licenses, and life-safety filings.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗VerifyResidential form does not establish rental useOPA classifies the parcel as mixed-use; no active Rental License row matched.
Why it mattersA multi-unit or mixed-use classification does not prove that space is currently rented. If dwelling space is rented, Philadelphia generally requires a current Rental License and related occupancy, tax, violation, and lead compliance.
Verify nextConfirm actual occupancy first; if any unit is rented, verify the license and legal unit count with L&I.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗VerifyFailed inspections are dated events—not the current condition9 failed, 3 passed, and 2 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Nov 13, 2023.
Why it mattersA 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.
Verify nextOpen the parent case/permit for each material failure and confirm its later disposition.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗VerifyA historical business license is not current operating authorityDumpster License - Private Property #282919: Inactive; Dumpster License - Private Property #280343: Inactive; Food Preparing and Serving #206665: Inactive since Dec 22, 2012; Food Preparing and Serving #420962: Inactive since Dec 22, 2012
Why it mattersA license record proves the licensed activity existed at that time. An inactive or expired license does not establish that the business still operates—or that it may legally reopen under the same use.
Verify nextIf business income matters, verify the current tenant, use registration, and active license in eCLIPSE.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗VerifyA separate Commercial Trash account may applyOPA classifies the parcel as mixed-use. BlockReport does not receive a current Commercial Trash account balance.
Why it mattersPhiladelphia 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.
Verify nextCheck the Commercial Trash account inside the date-effective Property Payoff.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Closing file: checks no public-record summary can replace5 documents/searches to assign before settlement
Property Sales Certification
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.
Next: Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.
Official guidance ↗Date-effective City Property Payoff
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.
Next: Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.
Official guidance ↗Professional title and water-lien searches
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.
Next: Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.
Official guidance ↗Separate water-lien guidance ↗Seller-specific tax relief is not the buyer’s bill
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.
Next: Have Revenue or OPA identify every current benefit, model the buyer’s bill without seller-specific relief, and confirm any verified abatement in writing.
Official guidance ↗Separate water-lien guidance ↗Seller disclosure and independent inspections
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.
Next: Have the agreement and disclosure reviewed for this transaction’s coverage and exceptions.
Official guidance ↗Informational only—not a legal opinion, title report, code inspection, tax payoff, or substitute for a Pennsylvania lawyer, title company, inspector, or tax professional.
Records to verify together
Rule-based groupings across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows the records that belong in the same verification step and where the inference stops.
Records to verify together
More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.
Evidence: $3,043 appeared in the City's June 2022 delinquency snapshot · a lien number appears in the historical tax ledger through 2016 · failed L&I inspection activity in 2022
Limit: A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue.
Transparent record rules, not a score or forecast. Each flag is a prompt to verify the cited records, not a prediction or allegation.
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
$7,106 in the historical tax ledger through 2016
Historical context only, not a current payoff figure; that ledger also contains a lien entry. Verify today's balance and lien status directly with Philadelphia Revenue before relying on it.
If you’re the landlord
If it is rented, verify the Rental License
The fetched license records do not show an active Rental License. Ownership type or a tax mailing address does not prove that tenants occupy the property; if it is rented, verify the current license and legal occupancy in eCLIPSE.
Derived from the fetched property records and linked City guidance as of 2026. Assessment treatment is not a substitute for an exemption approval, live balance, title report, license, occupancy certificate, or inspection. 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
$108,800
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $123,100 · built 1915
Price / sq ft
$59
block $92 · below block
Appreciation
-10%
-1%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$123K
-1%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$1,523
1.24% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
$3K
recorded then · verify current
Gross yield
12.5%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
3
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationPermitInspection
The paper trail
Renovated & sold onBought for $50K in 2006, use permit in 2017, sold for $115K in 2024 (+130%).
- 2006 $50KSold
- 2017 L&I violationL&IUsePermit
- 2018 2 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTUREL&I
- 2019 Inspection failed ×2L&I visit
- 2020 Inspection failedL&I visit
- 2022 L&I violationL&IInspection failedL&I visit
- 2023 L&I violationL&IInspection passedL&I visit
- 2024 $80KSold$115KSold
Flags: $3K recorded in the June 2022 delinquency snapshot — verify current balance · historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $7K with a lien entry. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).
The property, on paper
The city assessor's field record — the physical spec sheet behind the assessed number.
Interior
2,100 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,520 sqft
Exterior condition
Vacant
city code 6
Vacant
Interior condition
Vacant
city code 6
Vacant
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
ABCDE
Zoning
CMX2
city zoning code
OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.
Where the record looks off
Places where the city's own paperwork disagrees with itself. These are flags on the data — not problems with the property.
Marked vacant, but it just sold
The assessor's condition code says vacant, yet a $115,000 sale was recorded in 2024. One side of the record is stale — condition codes come from drive-by field visits that can lag years behind.
Run the numbers
What owning 830 E Chelten Ave takes, at your price and your rate. Taxes start with an annual estimate from the City’s taxable assessment, not a current bill or balance; rent starts at the area median. Assessed value is not an asking price — set the price slider to the real one.
When this house last sold (2024) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.72% — Freddie Mac's average that year.
Mortgage
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P&I · 30-yr fixed
All-in monthly
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+ taxes & insurance
Cash to close
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down + ~4% costs
Cash flow
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rent − all costs · /mo
Cap rate
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NOI ÷ price
Cash-on-cash
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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 use this parcel's taxable assessment, not a live Tax Center balance.
Block context
830 E Chelten Ave sits on the 800 block of E Chelten Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 828 E Chelten Ave · 826 E Chelten Ave
Where this comes from
- Assessment, spec sheet & owner — OPA Property Assessments, Office of Property Assessment
- Sales & deed history — Realty Transfer Tax records, Recorder of Deeds
- Permits, violations & inspections — L&I Property History · Atlas
- Tax delinquency snapshot · June 2022 — Real Estate Tax Delinquencies, Dept. of Revenue
- Historical tax ledger & liens · through 2016 — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of Revenue
- Current property-tax balance — Verify with Philadelphia Revenue
- Zoning appeals — L&I & Zoning Board appeals
- Neighborhood income & rents — US Census ACS 5-year estimates
- Historical mortgage rates — Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, annual averages
- Imagery — Street photo © Google · Aerial © Esri, Maxar
Methodology & freshness
This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 6:00 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.
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