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AMENDMENT: REDUCING THE SIZE OF THE PV SYSTEM FROM 15.2 KW TO 15.12 KW. 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WORK TO BE PERFORMED PER APPROVED PLANS.**SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR ANY ELECTRICAL WORK**AMENDED AS OF 8/9/2025 FOR AN INSTALLATION LAYOUT MODIFICATION AS PER APPROVED PLANS.**"},{"number":"EP-2025-005755","date":"2025-08-20","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-09-12","scope":"INSTALLATION OF ROOFTOP MOUNTED 15.12 KW SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PV SYSTEM ACCORDING TO THE 2017 NEC AND PER PLANS."}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":0.88,"timeline":[{"y":1999,"k":"sale","p":640000},{"y":2023,"k":"sale","p":1200000},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Solar Panels and Structure"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Solar Panels and Structure"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-23","signals":[{"kind":"post-purchase-work","level":"elevated","title":"Post-purchase work pattern","summary":"A recorded purchase followed by 10 permit events matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.","evidence":["purchase recorded in 2023","permit activity in 2023, 2024, 2025"],"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":"2 permits not marked completed: GP-2023-009887 (Expired), EP-2023-010622 (Issued). 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 L&I uses final inspections and required certifications to close construction permits; expired, withdrawn, and completed are different City statuses.","action":"Open the permit file and confirm final inspections, holds, and any resulting occupancy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":"homestead","level":"verify","title":"Homestead is tied to owner occupancy and the deed","finding":"OPA shows the Homestead Exemption.","why":"Philadelphia limits Homestead to an owner’s primary residence. 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