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DUCT WORK TO BE CONTAINED ENTIRELY WITHIN EACH TENANT SPACE. NO COMMUNICATING DUCTWORK."},{"number":"412178","date":"2012-08-21","work":"Suppression","type":"BP_FIRESUP","description":"SUPPRESSION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2012-08-23","scope":"INSTALLATION OF FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 13R THROUGHOUT THE THREE STORY BUILDING AND A NEW BACKFLOW SYSTEM AS PER PLAN."},{"number":"945331","date":"2019-01-31","work":"Use","type":"ZP_USE","description":"USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2019-01-31","scope":"CONVERSION OF EXISTING BLDG WITH 2 FAMILY UNITS INTO 4 MULTI FAMILY DWELLING UNITS"},{"number":"952738","date":"2019-04-23","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"LEVEL II ALTERATIONS WITH CHANGE OF OCCUPANY CLASSIFICATION OF EXISTING THREE STORY STRUCTURE TO CREATE THREE DWELLING UNITS FROM THE EXISTING LOWER UNIT. THE TOP UNIT TO REMAIN AS ONE DWELLING UNIT. A TOTAL OF 4 DWELLING UNIT WITHIN THE EXISTING STRUCTURE. BUILDING TO BE FULLY SPRINKLERED. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR M.E.P.F WORK.*IEBC 18*"},{"number":"976574","date":"2019-05-15","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2022-10-20","scope":"ROUGH IN NEW ONLY 8 FIXTURES AS PER 2004 PPC"},{"number":"EP-2024-010081","date":"2025-03-31","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-04-11","scope":"Upgrade main electrical service from 200A to 400A and replace meter bank from 3-gang meter bank to 5-gang meter bank as per 2017 NEC. Supply and install new grounding electrode conductor as per Table 250.66 2017 NEC, and new main bonding jumper as per Table 250.102(C)(1) 2017 NEC."}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Mechanical"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Suppression"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Use"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2020,"k":"viol","w":"3 L&I violations"},{"y":2020,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×3"},{"y":2022,"k":"sale","p":425000},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"572689","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"1849 HOLDINGS LLC (BLACKSTONE DEVELOPMENT AGT)","legalName":"1849 HOLDINGS LLC","address":"1849 N 18TH ST","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":2,"issuedDate":"2012-08-31","latestIssueDate":"2019-02-27","expirationDate":"2020-02-29","inactiveDate":"2020-04-29"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"572689","type":"Rental","businessName":"1849 HOLDINGS LLC (BLACKSTONE DEVELOPMENT AGT)","legalName":"1849 HOLDINGS LLC","issuedDate":"2012-08-31","latestIssueDate":"2019-02-27","closureDate":"2020-04-29","expirationDate":"2020-02-29","inactiveDate":"2020-04-29","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[{"kind":"post-purchase-work","level":"watch","title":"Post-purchase work pattern","summary":"A recorded purchase followed by 1 permit event matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.","evidence":["purchase recorded in 2022","permit activity in 2025"],"caveat":"This does not show that the property is listed or that a sale is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Use permit #389366: COMPLETED.","why":"Philadelphia says a zoning approval or Property Sales Certification can identify a use without proving that it was established under the Building Code. A change of use, unit count, exits, or fire rating can require a Building Permit and Certificate of Occupancy.","action":"Verify the lawful use, unit count, associated construction permits, and Certificate of Occupancy with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-certificate-of-occupancy/"},{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"2 permits not marked completed: 952738 (Issued), 976574 (Expired). At least one row also carries a completion date, so the City fields conflict.","why":"Issued work is not the same as approved final work. L&I uses final inspections and required certifications to close construction permits; expired, withdrawn, and completed are different City statuses.","action":"Open the permit file and confirm final inspections, holds, and any resulting occupancy certificate.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections-by-permit-type/"},{"id":"building-certifications","level":"attention","title":"A life-safety certification appears expired","finding":"Sprinkler Certification: Certified through Sep 16, 2025","why":"Fire-protection certifications apply to the named system and inspection period only; they are not a whole-building safety certificate. Philadelphia generally requires annual sprinkler, standpipe, fire-alarm, special-hazard, and emergency-power inspections where those systems exist.","action":"Request the correction/reinspection and current filed certificate.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/maintenance-certifications/fire-protection-certifications/"},{"id":"rental-status","level":"verify","title":"Residential form does not establish rental use","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as multi-family; no active Rental License row matched.","why":"A multi-unit or mixed-use classification does not prove that space is currently rented. If dwelling space is rented, Philadelphia generally requires a current Rental License and related occupancy, tax, violation, and lead compliance.","action":"Confirm actual occupancy first; if any unit is rented, verify the license and legal unit count with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/rent-or-sell-property/get-a-rental-license/"},{"id":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"3 failed, 0 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on Jun 16, 2020.","why":"A PASSED or FAILED value applies to that inspection visit. CLOSED is a separate source status; none of the three alone proves the parent permit or violation case closed—or describes today’s condition.","action":"Open the parent case/permit for each material failure and confirm its later disposition.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections-by-permit-type/"},{"id":"commercial-trash","level":"verify","title":"A separate Commercial Trash account may apply","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as multi-family. BlockReport does not receive a current Commercial Trash account balance.","why":"Philadelphia charges qualifying small commercial, mixed-use, and multi-unit properties that use City collection; exemptions and private collection can change applicability. A use category alone does not prove a fee is due.","action":"Check the Commercial Trash account inside the date-effective Property Payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-06-09-pay-your-trash-fee-bill-by-june-30/"},{"id":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 5 historical violations across 2 cases.","why":"A closed case is materially better than an open one, but it does not by itself prove that every altered use, unit, or concealed condition matches today’s approvals.","action":"Use the closed cases to target the inspection and occupancy-file review.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/violation-and-order-types/"}],"closingChecks":[{"title":"Property Sales Certification","body":"The seller must obtain Philadelphia’s certificate showing the base zoning, last use in the zoning record, and open violations. The City warns that it does not prove Building Code occupancy or show zoning overlays.","action":"Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-property-sales-certification/"},{"title":"Date-effective City Property Payoff","body":"The Tax Center Property Payoff covers Real Estate Tax, Commercial Trash, and L&I abatement-work invoices. Philadelphia says it does not include business-tax debts or liens, water and sewer charges, or fines for code violations.","action":"Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"title":"Professional title and water-lien searches","body":"OPA ownership, deed summaries, and a zero tax balance are not clear title. 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. A separately verified property abatement often remains with the property for its remaining term, but program-specific new-owner filing, use, and tax-compliance conditions still must be confirmed—not inferred from the reduced assessment alone.","action":"Have Revenue or OPA identify every current benefit, model the buyer’s bill without seller-specific relief, and confirm any verified abatement in writing.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/payment-plans-and-assistance-programs/income-based-programs-for-residents/apply-for-the-longtime-owner-occupants-program-loop/","secondaryUrl":"https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/taxes/property-and-real-estate-taxes/get-real-estate-tax-relief/tax-freeze/"},{"title":"Seller disclosure and independent inspections","body":"For a covered Pennsylvania residential transfer, obtain the statutory seller disclosure. It reports the seller’s knowledge; it is not a warranty, title search, code review, or substitute for inspections.","action":"Have the agreement and disclosure reviewed for this transaction’s coverage and exceptions.","url":"https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dos/department-and-offices/bpoa/boards-commissions/real-estate-commission"}]}