House report

1204 S 5th St

4 bd1 ba3 stories1,696 sqftRSA5built 1920

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$383K OPA value, not a listing price
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Assessment and City record timeline

Published City assessments for this house against its block and ZIP. Dated City filings are marked on the same line. Select one to read it. Assessments are tax-roll values, not sale prices or appraisals.

$0$500K$1.0MZIP 19147 (Queen Village · East Passyunk) median$365K2003200720112015201920232027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19147 (Queen Village · East Passyunk) medianAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationPermitInspection

Scroll horizontally to move through the years. Each icon sits on its recorded date; records without a day are labeled and centered within their year. Select one to explain the filing.

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Every dated record14 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  2. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  3. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  4. L&I violationUNLAWFUL STRUCTURE
  5. L&I violationMULTI FAMILY (R2)
  6. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  7. PermitMajor alteration
  8. InspectionBP_BLDG
  9. L&I violationPERMB- ALTER REPAIR INT PART (Building permit required for interior alteration or repair)
  10. L&I violationSWO- CONSTR W/O BLDG PERMIT (Stop-work order for construction without a building permit)
  11. InspectionBP_BLDG
  12. PermitElectrical
  13. Deed / saleDeed / sale $145K
  14. InspectionL_INITIAL

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$3,959/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $282,800 × 1.3998%. This is an estimate, not a bill or account balance. The City maintains payments, credits, interest, and the current amount due.

OPA has published a 2027 assessment of $364,800. It is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Current City balanceCheck Tax Center

Payments, credits, interest, and the current amount due are maintained by the City.

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Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

2026 OPA removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment through the owner-occupant exemption.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.

For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”

The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
1
Stories
3
Interior
1,696 sqft livable area
Lot
1,056 sqft
Basement
Full city code D
Heat
Hot water / radiators city code B
Central air
No
Exterior condition
Average city code 4
Interior condition
Average city code 4
Quality grade
C assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA5 city zoning code

OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.

Block context

1200 block of S 5th St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 1202 S 5th St  ·  1206 S 5th St

No business or residential license records

No business license or residential registration matched this OPA parcel in the latest City data.

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Open every source row 14 dated rows
  1. InvestigationPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)

    Case 503377 · PASSED

    A follow-up before or during enforcement escalation; confirm the case sequence in the City file. The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  2. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 503377 · CLOSED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  3. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 503377 · FAILED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  4. ViolationUNLAWFUL STRUCTURE

    Case 503377 · Violation 3805012 · Code PM15-108.1.4 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  5. ViolationMULTI FAMILY (R2)

    Case 503377 · Violation 3805011 · Code 9-3902 (2) · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  6. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 503377 · FAILED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  7. PermitMajor alteration

    Permit 304428 · COMPLETED

    "APPLICANT AGREES TO LIMIT THE CONSTRUCTION TO COMPLY WITH EZ PERMIT STANDARD FOR INTERIOR ALTERATIONS, DATED FEBRUARY, 2007. DEVIATIONS FROM THIS STANDARD WILL RESULT IN THE REVOCATION OF THIS PERMIT AND IMPOSITION OF FURTHER PENALTIES." SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL WORK

  8. InvestigationBP_BLDG

    Case 253693 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  9. ViolationPERMB- ALTER REPAIR INT PART (Building permit required for interior alteration or repair)

    Case 253693 · Violation 1838145 · Code A-301.1/4 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  10. ViolationSWO- CONSTR W/O BLDG PERMIT (Stop-work order for construction without a building permit)

    Case 253693 · Violation 1838144 · Code A-504.1/3 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  11. InvestigationBP_BLDG

    Case 253693 · FAILED

    The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  12. PermitElectrical

    Permit 286525 · COMPLETED

    UPGRADE TO 200 AMP SERVICE, ADD ONE METER FOR 2ND APARTMENT ON 2ND AND 3RD FLOOR AS PER 2008 NEC (SOUTH DIST)

  13. Recorded transfer$145K transfer

    2010

  14. InvestigationL_INITIAL

    Case 6338 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 27, 2026, 8:38 PM 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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