House report

236 E Phil Ellena St

3 bd1 ba1,217 sqftRSA5built 1920

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$183K 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$250K$500KZIP 19119 (Mount Airy) median$192K2015201720192021202320252027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19119 (Mount Airy) medianAssessmentPermit

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Every dated record5 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. PermitAddition and/or Alteration
  2. PermitAlterations
  3. PermitAddition and/or Alteration
  4. PermitAddition and/or Alteration
  5. PermitRoof Covering Replacement

Flags: historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $1K with a lien entry. Informational only. Not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

Verify the public record

$1,167/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $83,400 × 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 $192,000. 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 221197600
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Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

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

Historical delinquency sources Record found

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

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $1,001.02 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

2016$1,001.02 total · $836.73 principal · $12.56 interest · $8.37 penalty

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
3
Bathrooms
1
Interior
1,217 sqft livable area
Lot
1,516 sqft
Basement
Full city code D
Heat
Undetermined city code H
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

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Business licenses at this address Latest pull

What L&I has registered at this OPA parcel, newest initial license date first.

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No L&I business license is on record at this address in data through Jul 24, 2026.

A license is an L&I registration, not proof that a business is open, operating today, or located at this storefront. Dates are license dates. Events are deduped by parcel, business identity, and license type, so a renewal is not shown as another opening. Other permit and filing types remain in the full source ledger.

Open every source row 5 dated rows
  1. PermitAddition and/or Alteration

    Permit EP-2024-001186 · Completed

    INSTALLING A 100AMP SERVICE COMPLETE INSTALLING (3) 15/20 AMP CIRCUITS TO BATHROOM FOR LIGHTING,BSWITCHING,BGFCI REC, & ELECTRIC HEATER.

  2. PermitAlterations

    Permit PP-2024-001168 · Completed

    Plumbing Permit (Interior) for combo RP-2024-000757

  3. PermitAddition and/or Alteration

    Permit RP-2024-000757 · Expired

    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, underpinning and excavations (i.e., digging in basement). Any work/alterations to the basement/cellar are expressly prohibited unless documented as an existing habitable space with heights and means of egress per conditions of the EZ standard. separate permits required for mechanical, electric and plumbing, etc. *No basement alterations of any kind were proposed or approved for this permit* *No structural alterations of any kind were proposed or approved for this permit* PHDC WO 188365 attached - remodel existing three-piece bathroom - all work in accordance with EZ Alterations standards

  4. PermitAddition and/or Alteration

    Permit EP-2022-009439 · Completed

    Install one carbon/smoke basement, dryer outlet, GFIC in kitchen, second floor GFIC outlet, 14 replacement outlets, 10 switches replacement.(All wires are fished as per 2017 NEC.) *** SEPARATE ELECTRICAL PERMIT IS REQUIRE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICE.***

  5. PermitRoof Covering Replacement

    Permit GM-2022-006039 · Expired

    For minor construction work at the subject property in accordance with all applicable provisions of the Philadelphia Code, all references codes and standards, and the attached EZ Standard, where included. Deviation from this standard shall result in permit revocation. A separate permit from the Philadelphia Department of Streets is required for any sidewalk and street closures. All means of pedestrian protection required at the site in accordance with the Philadelphia Building Code Chapter 33 shall be in place prior to start of work.

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 25, 2026, 7:25 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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