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REPLACE ALL DECKING. INSTALL NEW INSULATION BOARD. INSTALL NEW FIRESTONE APP MODIFIED BITUMEN FLAT ROOFING MATERIAL AS PER DETAILS SHOWN ON THE PLAN AND NO OTHER WORK INCLUDED ON THIS APPLICAITON. CONTRACTOR IS LICENSED WITH THE STATE OF PA."},{"number":"997219","date":"2019-07-26","work":"Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.","type":"General Permit Minor","description":"General Permit Minor","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2022-10-31","scope":"EZ PERMIT STANDARDS ALTERATIONS - For alterations to an Existing One Family Dwelling as per attached standard. Deviations from this standard will result in permit revocation and require submission of construction plans. STRUCTURAL ALTERATION OR REPAIR IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED UNDER THIS PERMIT. PROHIBITED STRUCTURAL WORK INCLUDES ANY MODIFICATION TO EXTERIOR WALLS, PARTY WALLS, FLOOR/ROOF FRAMING OR FOUNDATIONS; INCLUDING UNDERPINNING, EXCAVATION, AND REMOVAL OF FOUNDATION SLAB. NO WORK MAY BE PEFORMED IN THE BASEMENT OR CELLAR. WORK INCLUDES REPAIRING AREA OF EXISTING STUCCO PER THE EZ STUCCO WALL COVERING STANDARD"}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":0.05,"timeline":[{"y":2007,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2007,"k":"sale","p":270000},{"y":2015,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2017,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo."},{"y":2020,"k":"sale","p":283147},{"y":2022,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2022,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×4"},{"y":2025,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"watch","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["1 open L&I violation","failed L&I inspection activity in 2022, 2023"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. 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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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