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CONTACT INSPECTOR AT DISTRICT OFFICE PRIOR TO START WORK. * SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL."},{"number":"1010259","date":"2019-09-12","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2020-12-23","scope":"INSTALL 9 FIXTURES AS PER 2004 PPC"},{"number":"1010659","date":"2019-09-13","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2020-12-28","scope":"200 amp service and rewire with outlets, lights, switches, fixtures, smoke/co detectors per 2014 NEC"},{"number":"1017769","date":"2019-10-11","work":"New Construction","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2020-12-29","scope":"Install heat pump condenser, air handler and ductwork"}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":55.2,"timeline":[{"y":2010,"k":"viol","w":"6 L&I violations"},{"y":2010,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2011,"k":"viol","w":"5 L&I violations"},{"y":2011,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 4 failed, 2 passed"},{"y":2011,"k":"permit","w":"Alteration"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2020,"k":"sale","p":281000}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"513036","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"PKP BUILDUP LLC (LEROY SMITH AGENT)","legalName":"PKP BUILDUP LLC","address":"3047 REDNER ST","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":1,"issuedDate":"2010-08-27","latestIssueDate":"2018-02-27","expirationDate":"2019-02-28","inactiveDate":"2019-04-29"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"513036","type":"Rental","businessName":"PKP BUILDUP LLC (LEROY SMITH AGENT)","legalName":"PKP BUILDUP LLC","issuedDate":"2010-08-27","latestIssueDate":"2018-02-27","closureDate":"2019-04-29","expirationDate":"2019-02-28","inactiveDate":"2019-04-29","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-23","signals":[{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 322% in 2025, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $65,900 to $277,800","no permit shown in 2024-2026"],"caveat":"Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"3 permits not marked completed: 151982 (EXPIRED), 162670 (EXPIRED), 935011 (Expired). 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