{"asOf":"2026-07-10T18:22:30.243Z","block":"1100-1199 S 13TH ST","blockUrl":"https://blockreport.homes/block/1100-1199-s-13th-st","address":"1141 S 13TH ST","parcelNumber":"871041100","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=871041100","ownerType":"absentee","kind":"mixed-use","isHouse":false,"residential":true,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingClass":"STR/OFF+APT 3 STY MASONRY","useLabel":"Apartment building","owner":"SENKOW BOHDAN","coOwner":"SENKOW KATHLEEN COLL H/W","marketValue":612300,"livableArea":3827,"yearBuilt":1915,"lastSale":{"price":1,"date":"1986-12-12T05:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violations":[{"number":"2496211","date":"2012-04-25","code":"A-302.8/30","title":"PERM - MUST POST","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null}],"violationCases":[{"number":"325270","type":"CONSTRUCTION SERVICES","priority":"CONSTRUCTION SERVICES","responsibility":"DS","status":"CLOSED","createdDate":"2012-04-26","completedDate":"2012-07-30","violations":[{"number":"2496211","date":"2012-04-25","code":"A-302.8/30","title":"PERM - MUST POST","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null}]}],"violYears":[{"y":2012,"n":1,"worst":null}],"investigations":[{"caseNumber":"97349","date":"2006-12-07","type":"CSUINITIAL","status":"CLOSED"},{"caseNumber":"97349","date":"2006-12-07","type":"CSUINITIAL","status":"CLOSED"},{"caseNumber":"325270","date":"2012-04-25","type":"BP_BLDG","status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"325270","date":"2012-05-30","type":"BP_BLDG","status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"325270","date":"2012-07-06","type":"BP_BLDG","status":"PASSED"},{"caseNumber":"325270","date":"2012-07-30","type":"BP_BLDG","status":"PASSED"}],"inspYears":[{"y":2012,"fails":2,"passes":2}],"taxOwed":0,"taxSnapshot":{"available":true,"asOf":"2022-06","matched":false},"taxDelinquencySnapshotAsOf":"2022-06","taxDelinquencySnapshotAvailable":true,"lat":39.93643937968887,"lng":-75.1646440506851,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.164519324,39.936453221],[-75.164532454,39.936389892],[-75.164774425,39.936432165],[-75.164766196,39.93648445],[-75.164519324,39.936453221]]]},"liDistrict":"CENTRAL EAST","certifications":[{"number":"BC-2025-030123","type":"Fire Alarm Certification","inspectionDate":"2025-11-03","result":"Certified","expirationDate":"2026-11-03","buildingId":"1455103"}],"cityRecordAvailability":{"violations":true,"investigations":true,"appeals":true,"certifications":true,"permits":true,"licenses":true},"zip":"19147","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":null,"lotArea":1353,"zoning":"RSA5","grade":"C","basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":"4","intCond":"4","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"209 E BROADWAY AVE, CLIFTON HEIGHTS PA, 19018","mailOut":true,"appeals":[{"type":"Zoning board appeal","grounds":"PERMIT FOR THE ERECTION OF A 4TH STORY ADDITION (STAIR-TOWER) AND TWO DECKS AT THE ROOF LEVEL  OF EXISTING THREE STORY STRUCTURE WITH A EAT-IN TAKE-OUT RESTAURANT(FOOD SERVED ON DISPOSABLE CONTAINERS)  1st FLOOR WITH RETAIL SALES OF COLD FO","status":"CLOSED","outcome":"Granted with conditions","date":"2009-09-09","number":"9626","relatedPermit":"224855"},{"type":"ZBA Permit Denial - Variance","grounds":"Permit for the proposed uses, Solo Medical Dental and Health Practitioner (two separate practices) and Group Medical Dental and Health Practitioner, within an existing structure.\n\nNo change to previously approved uses.","status":"Completed","outcome":"Granted with conditions","date":"2025-03-22","number":"ZP-2024-009041","relatedPermit":"ZP-2024-009041"}],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":1,"abated":false,"assessmentExemption":false,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":382700,"taxable":382700},{"y":2017,"v":382700,"taxable":382700},{"y":2018,"v":538000,"taxable":538000},{"y":2019,"v":492300,"taxable":492300},{"y":2020,"v":497200,"taxable":497200},{"y":2021,"v":497200,"taxable":497200},{"y":2022,"v":497200,"taxable":497200},{"y":2023,"v":475700,"taxable":475700},{"y":2024,"v":475700,"taxable":475700},{"y":2025,"v":581600,"taxable":581600},{"y":2026,"v":581600,"taxable":581600},{"y":2027,"v":612300,"taxable":612300}],"taxNow":8141,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":false,"permits":[{"number":"224855","date":"2009-09-21","work":"Zoning/use","type":"ZP_ZON/USE","description":"ZONING/USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2009-09-21","scope":"DEMOLISH EXISTING 2-STORY ADDITION (NON-CONFORMING). CONSTRUCT NEW 3-STORY ADDITION. (2) ROOF TOP DECKS. ROOF STAIR TOWER 2 SINGLE FAMILY APARTMENTS 2ND & 3RD FLOOR."},{"number":"290533","date":"2010-08-10","work":"Addition","type":"BP_ADDITON","description":"ADDITION PERMIT","status":"EXPIRED","completedDate":"2013-01-18","scope":"DEMOLISH EXISTING 3 STORY ADDITION(REAR). REBUILD REAR ADDITION WITH INTERIOR RENOVATIONS. NEW ROOF TOP DECK AND STAIR TOWER AT EXISTING ROOF ACCESS."},{"number":"309083","date":"2010-12-02","work":"Administrative","type":"BP_ADMINST","description":"ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2011-08-08","scope":"AMENDING BLDG PERMIT#290533 TO REFLECT SPRINKLER SYSTEM OMMISSION AND REVISED PLANS FOR COMMERCIAL/APTS."},{"number":"375990","date":"2011-11-29","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"EXPIRED","completedDate":null,"scope":"REROUGH OF 2ND AND 3RD FLOOR APARTMENTS, NEW STACKS, DOMESTIC WATER PIPING AND FIXTURES. BLDG PERMIT #309083 (MIXED USE)"},{"number":"414257","date":"2012-07-02","work":"Mechanical","type":"BP_MECH","description":"MECHANICAL PERMIT","status":"EXPIRED","completedDate":null,"scope":"INSTALL 2 HVAC UNITS (70,000 BTU) - 2ND AND 3RD FLOOR APARTMENTS"},{"number":"634678","date":"2015-08-26","work":"Administrative","type":"BP_ADMINST","description":"ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT","status":"EXPIRED","completedDate":null,"scope":"EXTEND PERMIT #290533(ADDITION) & #309083 (ADMINISTRATIVE) PURSUANT TO PA ACT 46 & 87. THIS EXTENSION TO EXPIRE ON JULY 1, 2016 UNLESS EXTENDED BY OTHER PORTIONS OF THE PHILADELPHIA CODE. CONTACT DISTRICT OFFICE TO INSTITUTE THE REQUIRED INSPECTIONS. CALL BUILDING INSPECTOR FOR AN INITIAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO THE START OF WORK. CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPPANCY WILL BE ISSUED ON PERMIT #309083."},{"number":"ZP-2024-007343","date":"2024-07-22","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Office - Business and Professional"},{"number":"CP-2024-003931","date":"2024-07-28","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-11-25","scope":"FOR LEVEL II ALTERATIONS (NO CHANGE IN OCCUPANCY) AT FIRST FLOOR PER APPROVED PLANS. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING. *AMEND 4/7/2025; REVISED FLOOR PLAN PER AMENDED CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS*"},{"number":"ZP-2024-009041","date":"2025-01-29","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Medical, Dental, and Health Practitioner - Sole Medical, Dental, and Health Practitioner; Medical, Dental, and Health Practitioner - Group Medical, Dental, and Health Practitioner"},{"number":"PP-2025-004077","date":"2025-05-26","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-11-25","scope":"Rough in plumbing for new medical office according to drawings."},{"number":"MP-2025-001929","date":"2025-05-27","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-11-25","scope":"Install new duct work and HVAC system for first floor medical office as per approved plans."},{"number":"EP-2025-006094","date":"2025-06-25","work":"Rough-In","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-09-02","scope":"Rough-In Permit for EP-2025-003005 Rough-in electric for new medical office according to drawings"},{"number":"EP-2025-003005","date":"2025-07-13","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-11-21","scope":"INSTALL WIRING, LIGHTING, SWITCHES EXIT SIGN, EMERGENCY LIGHTING AND RECEPTACLES OUTLETS. ALL WORK TO BE DONE ACCORDING TO THE 2017 NEC AND PER PLANS."},{"number":"EP-2025-009730","date":"2025-10-23","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-11-14","scope":"Provide and install automatic fire alarm system throughout as per 2016 NFPA 72 and approved plans"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2012,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 2 failed, 2 passed"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Administrative"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2024,"k":"sale","p":650000},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2025,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted with conditions"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Rough-In"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"675595","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"BOHDAN & KATHLEEN SENKOW","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":2,"issuedDate":"2015-08-26","latestIssueDate":"2016-09-21","expirationDate":"2017-08-31","inactiveDate":"2017-10-30"}],"signals":[{"kind":"post-purchase-work","level":"elevated","title":"Post-purchase work pattern","summary":"A recorded purchase followed by 8 permit events matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.","evidence":["purchase recorded in 2024","permit activity in 2024, 2025"],"caveat":"This does not show that the property is listed or that a sale is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #ZP-2024-009041: Completed · Granted with conditions; related permit ZP-2024-009041. Use permit #224855: 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: 290533 (EXPIRED), 375990 (EXPIRED), 414257 (EXPIRED), 634678 (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":"mixed-use","level":"verify","title":"Residential and business space run on separate compliance tracks","finding":"OPA classifies this parcel as mixed-use.","why":"The 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.","action":"Match every dwelling and business use to the zoning permit, CO, current operator licenses, and life-safety filings.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-certificate-of-occupancy/"},{"id":"rental-status","level":"verify","title":"Residential form does not establish rental use","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as mixed-use; no active Rental License row matched.","why":"A 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.","action":"Confirm actual occupancy first; if any unit is rented, verify the license and legal unit count with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/rent-or-sell-property/get-a-rental-license/"},{"id":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"2 failed, 2 passed, and 2 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Jul 30, 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":"commercial-trash","level":"verify","title":"A separate Commercial Trash account may apply","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as mixed-use. 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/"},{"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/"},{"id":"building-certifications","level":"clear","title":"Filed system certifications are current in this dataset","finding":"Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Nov 3, 2026","why":"Fire-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.","action":"Confirm the certificate covers every applicable system and remains accepted by L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/maintenance-certifications/fire-protection-certifications/"}],"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"}]}