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FULL SIDEWALK AND STREET CLOSURE REQUIRED AS REFLECTED ON APPROVED SITE PLAN AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3306 OF THE IBC. SEPARATE STREET CLOSURE PERMIT REQUIRED PRIOR TO START OF WORK. ANY DEVIATION WILL REQUIRE AN AMENDED BUILDING PERMIT."},{"number":"740255","date":"2016-12-07","work":"Suppression","type":"BP_FIRESUP","description":"SUPPRESSION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-11-16","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF AN AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM WITH A 1\" COMBINED FIRE & DOMESTIC SERVICE LINE AND A PRESSURE BOOSTER PUMP FOR A THREE (3) STORY STRUCTURE WITH A PILOTHOUSE. 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SELF CERTIFICATIONS ARE NO LONGER PERMITTED\",\"ALL EXCAVATIONS AND PLUMBING TRENCHES IN EXCESS OF 5 FT IN DEPTH MUST HAVE APPROVED SHORING IN PLACE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION\"."},{"number":"781074","date":"2017-05-08","work":"Mechanical","type":"BP_MECH","description":"MECHANICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-11-17","scope":"INSTALLATION OF (1) HVAC UNIT (INCLUDING DUCTWORK AND ALL ASSOCIATED ACCESSORIES)."}],"storyTag":"Torn down & rebuilt","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"New construction"},{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"Demolition"},{"y":2016,"k":"demo"},{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"Suppression"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Mechanical"},{"y":2017,"k":"sale","p":570000},{"y":2018,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2018,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2019,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"934012","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"BLAIR LIVING TR","legalName":"BLAIR LIVING TR","address":"1828 WHARTON ST","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":1,"issuedDate":"2023-09-25","latestIssueDate":"2024-10-17","expirationDate":"2025-09-24","inactiveDate":"2025-11-23"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"934012","type":"Rental","businessName":"BLAIR LIVING TR","legalName":"BLAIR LIVING TR","issuedDate":"2023-09-25","latestIssueDate":"2024-10-17","closureDate":"2025-11-23","expirationDate":"2025-09-24","inactiveDate":"2025-11-23","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-24","signals":[],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Use permit #692668: COMPLETED. 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It does not establish a sale price, clear title, or by itself prove a tangled title.","action":"Read the recorded deed and have the title search confirm every grantor, grantee, estate/probate step, lien, and authority to sell.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/property-lots-housing/get-a-copy-of-a-deed-or-other-recorded-document/"},{"id":"abatement","level":"verify","title":"A reduced taxable assessment is not a verified abatement","finding":"OPA’s numeric assessment fields show a reduced taxable assessment; BlockReport has no official program determination for this parcel.","why":"The numeric treatment can reflect an improvement abatement or another exemption. It does not identify the ordinance, approval, start or end date, or continuation requirements after a transfer. Once OPA verifies a specific active abatement, many common programs attach the benefit to the property for the remaining term rather than ending automatically at sale, but some require a new-owner filing and continued qualifying use or tax compliance.","action":"Obtain the OPA exemption/abatement determination and history, then underwrite the buyer’s bill from the verified program terms.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/taxes/property-and-real-estate-taxes/get-real-estate-tax-relief/get-a-property-tax-abatement/"},{"id":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 2 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. 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