House report

3543 Ella St

3 bd1 ba2 stories1,160 sqftRM1built 1935

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$84K 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$100K$200KZIP 19134 (Port Richmond · Kensington) median$95K2005200920132017202120252027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19134 (Port Richmond · Kensington) medianAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationPermitInspection

Scroll horizontally to move through the years. Each icon sits on its recorded date; records without a day are labeled and centered within their year. Select one to explain the filing.

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Every dated record16 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. PermitRoof Covering Replacement
  2. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  3. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  4. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  5. L&I violationLICENSE-NO LIC/NO RENT
  6. L&I violationLICENSE-RES GENERAL
  7. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  8. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  9. L&I violationLICENSE-RES SFD/2FD
  10. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  11. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  12. L&I violationEXT A-CLEAN/EXTERMINATE (Clean the exterior area and address pests)
  13. L&I violationLICENSE-VAC RES BLDG (vacant residential building license required)
  14. L&I violationVACANT PROP STANDARD (likely: vacant-property enforcement standard)
  15. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  16. Deed / saleDeed / sale $19K

Flags: historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $7K with a lien entry. Informational only. Not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

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$0/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $0 × 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 $95,400. 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 073082200
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Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

2026 OPA removes $83,800 from the taxable assessment through the owner-occupant exemption. The exclusion reduces this assessment-based estimate to $0.

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 $7,136.74 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

2008$251.83 total · $0.00 principal · $176.83 interest · $22.94 penalty2009$995.99 total · $480.50 principal · $309.92 interest · $33.64 penalty2010$944.96 total · $480.50 principal · $266.67 interest · $33.64 penalty2012$958.69 total · $548.41 principal · $205.65 interest · $38.39 penalty2013$931.96 total · $568.12 principal · $161.91 interest · $39.77 penalty2014$1,397.34 total · $867.58 principal · $169.18 interest · $60.73 penalty2015$1,305.21 total · $867.58 principal · $91.10 interest · $60.73 penalty2016$350.76 total · $238.25 principal · $3.58 interest · $2.38 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
Stories
2
Interior
1,160 sqft livable area
Lot
987 sqft
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
RM1 city zoning code

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

Block context

3500 block of Ella St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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No business or residential license records

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

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Open every source row 16 dated rows
  1. PermitRoof Covering Replacement

    Permit GM-2025-008032 · Completed

    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.

  2. InvestigationPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)

    Case 251278 · FAILED

    A follow-up before or during enforcement escalation; confirm the case sequence in the City file. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  3. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 251278 · 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.

  4. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 251278 · CLOSED

    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. City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  5. ViolationLICENSE-NO LIC/NO RENT

    Case 251278 · Violation 2121466 · Code PM-102.6/3 · CLOSEDCASE

    City marked the case closed; that does not mean the original condition never existed.

  6. ViolationLICENSE-RES GENERAL

    Case 251278 · Violation 2121465 · Code PM-102.0/1 · CLOSEDCASE

    City marked the case closed; that does not mean the original condition never existed.

  7. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 251278 · 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.

  8. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 251278 · 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.

  9. ViolationLICENSE-RES SFD/2FD

    Case 251278 · Violation 2121464 · Code PM-102.3/1 · CLOSEDCASE

    City marked the case closed; that does not mean the original condition never existed.

  10. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 251278 · 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.

  11. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 107451 · 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.

  12. ViolationEXT A-CLEAN/EXTERMINATE (Clean the exterior area and address pests)

    Case 107451 · Violation 532480 · Code PM-302.2/1 · COMPEXCP

  13. ViolationLICENSE-VAC RES BLDG (vacant residential building license required)

    Case 107451 · Violation 532481 · Code PM-102.4/2 · COMPEXCP

    This usually records a requirement to obtain a Vacant Structure License for an unoccupied residential building. Check later license and compliance rows because it does not establish present vacancy or an unresolved violation.

  14. ViolationVACANT PROP STANDARD (likely: vacant-property enforcement standard)

    Case 107451 · Violation 532479 · Code PM-306.0/1 · COMPEXCP

    A legacy L&I label associated with vacant-property requirements. It may concern licensing, securing, or maintaining a vacant structure; the notice and cited code control, and this row alone does not prove the property is vacant now.

  15. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 107451 · 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.

  16. Recorded transfer$19K transfer

    2005

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 24, 2026, 2:30 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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