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SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN APPLICATION/PLANS."},{"number":"RP-2022-001477","date":"2022-07-15","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Residential Building","description":"Residential Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-09-26","scope":"FOR ADDITIONS TO AN EXISTING ATTACHED STRUCTURE AND FOR A LEVEL II INTERIOR ALTERATIONS (NO CHANGE IN OCCUPANCY ). ALTERATIONS TO INCLUDE THE ERECTION ON A ROOF DECK WITH A ROOF DECK ACCESS STRUCTURE, INSTALLATION OF NEW WALL PARTITIONS, PROVIDE FINISHES AND FURNISHINGS THROUGHOUT. EXTERIOR WORK ALSO INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE OF WORK AS PER APPROVED PLANS. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS.** IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY, CONTACT DESIGN ENGINEER PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK**IRC 2015** SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ALL OTHER WORK**"},{"number":"PP-2022-015464","date":"2022-11-23","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-09-26","scope":"5 toilets, 5 bathroom vanities, 3 showers, 1 tub, 1 kitchen sink. Installing 1 hot water heater"},{"number":"MP-2022-005925","date":"2022-11-27","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-09-26","scope":"EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES - For the installation of New Ductwork, Registers/Grilles/Diffusers, and Warm-Air Appliances as per attached standards. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. EACH HVAC UNIT TO BE SELF-CONTAINED WITHIN EACH DWELLING UNIT. NO PENETRATIONS OF RATED ASSEMBLIES. (Air Masters hvac will install new duct work with two furnaces and two ac condensers. condensers located in back yard)."},{"number":"EP-2023-000095","date":"2023-01-09","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-07-26","scope":"• 200A incoming service. • 4” Disc lights throughout • Decora Switches and outlets. • Hardwire smoke detectors. • All gas appliances. • Builder grade bath fans installed and supplied. • All decorative light fixtures to be supplied by builder. • Permits and inspections by us. As per 2017 nec"}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":1.58,"timeline":[{"y":2003,"k":"sale","p":300000},{"y":2018,"k":"sale","p":505000},{"y":2019,"k":"sale","p":600000},{"y":2021,"k":"sale","p":775000},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-24","signals":[{"kind":"post-purchase-work","level":"elevated","title":"Post-purchase work pattern","summary":"A recorded purchase followed by 5 permit events matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.","evidence":["purchase recorded in 2021","permit activity in 2021, 2022, 2023"],"caveat":"This does not show that the property is listed or that a sale is planned."},{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 67% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $473,900 to $792,300","no permit shown in 2026-2028"],"caveat":"Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it."}],"legalChecks":[],"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/"}]}