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No excavation proposed below 5ft in depth. 4th floor addition on existing three story. **SEE PCPC APPROVAL-STAMP**"},{"number":"EP-2026-001416","date":"2026-04-23","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Lighting Install: • 20 CM lights throughout the house • 19- WM lights throughout the house • 19- RF lights throughout the house(radio frequency) • 3- Vanity lights throughout the house • 3- Pendant lights throughout the house • 2- Linear LED lights in 2 locations in kitchen • 1- Kitchen pendant lighting • 2- Ceiling Fans • 6- Ceiling Fan/Light combo • 2- OS Closet lights • 56- LED recessed lights • 17- SP decora switche s • 4- Wire 4 bathroom fans • F&I 9 smoke detectors • F&I 4 combo smoke/carbon monoxide detectors • 19- F&I 19 LED dimmer switches • 22- F&I 22 S3 switches • 2- Wall Mount OS switche s • 5 CM/OS lights • 2- UC lights in 2 locations • 2- Chandalier lights • 4- Switches with RF lights below • F&I 9- S3 decora switches Power • Install an EV charger receptacle (40A/240V) • Provide power for wine refrigerator F&I: • 50- 20A/120V convenience decora receptacles throughout the house • 9- 20A/120V GFI receptacles throughout the house • 5- 20A/120V Countertop+Island GFI receptacles • 6- 20A/120V dedicated circuits for kitchen equipment (DW,GD,Refrigerator, UC Fridge, Ice Machine) • 8- WP GFI receptacles • Provide power (30A/240V) and a disconnect for electric W/D • Provide power(30A/240V) for 2 roof condensers • Provide power(40A/240V) for electric oven • Provide power(40A/240V) for induction oven • Provide an undercounter plugmold (20A/120V) strip in 2 locations • F&I a new 200A service o New 200A Meter o New 200A/240V/40 circuits panel o Power line from Peco connection to the meter and panel inside • Provide power for elevator"},{"number":"SP-2026-000870","date":"2026-07-21","work":"Excavation","type":"Site / Utility Permit","description":"Site / Utility Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR EXCAVATION ONLY PER APPROVED PLAN."}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2025,"k":"sale","p":879000},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Excavation"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[{"kind":"post-purchase-work","level":"elevated","title":"Post-purchase work pattern","summary":"A recorded purchase followed by 4 permit events matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.","evidence":["purchase recorded in 2025","permit activity in 2025, 2026"],"caveat":"This does not show that the property is listed or that a sale is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"3 permits not marked completed: RP-2025-012122 (Amendment Review), EP-2026-001416 (Issued), SP-2026-000870 (Issued).","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/"}],"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. 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