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(install all new ductwork through entire house with new hvac mechanicals. install 92% 60,000 BTU furnace with a matching 3 ton a-coil. we will install a 13 seer 3 ton condenser on the ground in the back yard. there will be 10 diffusers total)."}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2011,"k":"viol","w":"3 L&I violations"},{"y":2011,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2014,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2014,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2020,"k":"viol","w":"4 L&I violations"},{"y":2020,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×3"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2022,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-24","signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"elevated","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["4 open L&I violations","failed L&I inspection activity in 2022"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. 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