House report

226 Sumac St

6 bd2 ba3 stories2,942 sqftRSA3built 1900

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$538K 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 19128 (Roxborough) median$578K2006201020142018202220262027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19128 (Roxborough) medianAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationAppealPermitInspection

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Every dated record17 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. InspectionL&I investigation
  2. PermitAddition and/or Alteration
  3. InspectionL&I investigation
  4. Deed / saleDeed / sale $450K
  5. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  6. AppealRB_LIRB
  7. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  8. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  9. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  10. L&I violationEXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 7
  11. L&I violationUNSAFE STRUCTURE
  12. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  13. Deed / saleDeed / sale $165K
  14. PermitUse
  15. AppealZoning board appeal
  16. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  17. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

Flags: 2 zoning/board appeals on record. Informational only. Not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

Verify the public record

$7,535/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $538,300 × 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 $578,200. 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.

OPA 213021100
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

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.”

Where the record looks off

Conflicts in City paperwork. Flags on the data, not the property.

"Built 1900" is usually a placeholder

Philadelphia records use 1900 as a stand-in when the real construction year was never documented. Treat the age as unknown, not as 120+ years.

The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Bedrooms
6
Bathrooms
2
Stories
3
Interior
2,942 sqft livable area
Lot
5,320 sqft
Basement
Full, unfinished city code C
Heat
Hot water / radiators city code B
Central air
No
Exterior condition
Average city code 4
Interior condition
Above average city code 3
Quality grade
C+ assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA3 city zoning code
Zoning appeals
2 OPEN · City affirmed · 2019

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

Block context

200 block of Sumac St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 224 Sumac St  ·  228 Sumac St

No business or residential license records

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

Verify with the City ↗
Open every source row 17 dated rows
  1. InvestigationL&I investigation

    Case 650895 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  2. PermitAddition and/or Alteration

    Permit RP-2022-000550 · Completed

    Make Safe Permit to address L&I Unsafe case 650895 for collapsed retaining wall shared with 226 Sumac Street by demolishing and replacing the retaining wall, as per plans, Engineer's Letter dated 07/09/2021, and L&I Code Bulletin No. PM-1801; no other work on this permit that does not specifically address case 650895; see RP-2022-000553 for work at 245 Rochelle Avenue side of retaining wall; see RP-2022-003126 for work to 243 Rochelle Avenue.

  3. InvestigationL&I investigation

    Case 650895 · FAILED

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

  4. Recorded transfer$450K transfer

    2021

  5. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 650895 · FAILED

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

  6. AppealRB_LIRB

    Appeal 35204 · OPEN · City affirmed

    Related permit 650895 · AFTER TAKING MEASUREMENTS BASED ON OUR PROPERTY INFORMATION FROM OUR DEED. WE DO NOT OWN THIS WALL.

  7. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 650895 · FAILED

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

  8. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 650895 · FAILED

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

  9. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 650895 · FAILED

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

  10. ViolationEXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 7

    Case 650895 · Violation 211951400 · Code PM15-304.1G · COMPLIED

    Resolution: COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  11. ViolationUNSAFE STRUCTURE

    Case 650895 · Violation 211951399 · Code PM15-108.1 · COMPLIED

    Resolution: COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  12. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 650895 · FAILED

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

  13. Recorded transfer$165K transfer

    2012

  14. PermitUse

    Permit 349565 · COMPLETED

    LEGALIZE 2FD

  15. AppealZoning board appeal

    Appeal 15758 · CLOSED · Granted with conditions

    Related permit 349565 · PERMIT FOR THE LEGALIZATION OF A TWO FAMILY DWELLING IN AN EXISTING TWO STORY STRUCTURE.

  16. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 81945 · PASSED

    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 passed.

  17. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 81945 · 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.

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 23, 2026, 11:10 AM 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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