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REAR SECOND FLOOR ADDITION ON TOP OF EXISTING ONE-STORY PORTION. NO WORK IN THE BASEMENT AND NO DIGGING OR UNDERPINNING ON THIS PERMIT."},{"number":"MP-2024-002425","date":"2024-06-21","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Amendment Applicant Revisions","completedDate":null,"scope":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit for combo RP-2024-004208"},{"number":"EP-2024-005181","date":"2024-06-21","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-09-13","scope":"Electrical Permit for combo RP-2024-004208"}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":1.43,"timeline":[{"y":2007,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning"},{"y":2007,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2007,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2017,"k":"viol","w":"3 L&I violations"},{"y":2017,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 4 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2018,"k":"sale","p":540000},{"y":2018,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"},{"y":2019,"k":"sale","p":630500},{"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 Alterations"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"766433","type":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot","status":"Inactive","businessName":"JOHN W & TERESA M BROWN","legalName":"JOHN W & TERESA M BROWN","address":"865 N 27TH ST","revenueCode":"3219","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2018-02-20","latestIssueDate":"2018-02-20","expirationDate":"2019-02-19","inactiveDate":"2019-04-20"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"766433","type":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot","businessName":"JOHN W & TERESA M BROWN","legalName":"JOHN W & TERESA M BROWN","issuedDate":"2018-02-20","latestIssueDate":"2018-02-20","closureDate":"2019-04-20","expirationDate":"2019-02-19","inactiveDate":"2019-04-20","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[{"kind":"transition-activity","level":"watch","title":"Recent transition activity","summary":"The property has an unusually active paper trail worth monitoring for the next permit, inspection, deed, or listing.","evidence":["4 permit events since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"2 permits not marked completed: RP-2024-004208 (Issued), MP-2024-002425 (Amendment Applicant Revisions).","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":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"4 failed, 2 passed, and 2 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Feb 20, 2018.","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":"business-license","level":"verify","title":"A historical business license is not current operating authority","finding":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot #766433: Inactive since Apr 20, 2019","why":"A license record proves the licensed activity existed at that time. 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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. 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