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REMOVE AND RELOCATE INTERIOR STAIRS, WINDOWS, PARTITIONS, DRYWALL, INSULATION AND FLOORING. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL."},{"number":"492043","date":"2013-08-29","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2014-06-02","scope":"INSTALLING 3 TOILETS, 3 LAVS, 2 TUBS, 1 KITCHEN SINK, 1 WASHER (SFD)"},{"number":"497763","date":"2013-09-30","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2014-12-16","scope":"100AMP SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT WIRING THROUGHOUT PER 2008 NEC (SFD)"},{"number":"496654","date":"2013-10-03","work":"Administrative","type":"BP_ADMINST","description":"ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2014-06-02","scope":"ADMINSTRATIVE PERMIT TO AMEND A/P# 484685 FOR PARTITION LAYOUT TO THE FIRST FLOOR REAR AND SECOND FLOOR FRONT BEDROOM. RE USE EXISTING REAR BASEMENT STAIRS PER SUBMITTED PLAN. 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NO OTHER WORK PERMITTED ON THIS PERMIT."},{"number":"952135","date":"2019-03-01","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2019-06-04","scope":"INSTALLING A NEW 60AMP FEED TO THE GARAGE,INSTALLING A NEW SUBPANEL AS PER 2008 NEC (EAST DISTRICT)"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2013,"k":"sale","p":110000},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Administrative"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Mechanical"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Alteration"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-30","signals":[],"legalChecks":[{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"1 permit not marked completed: 942720 (EXPIRED). 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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/"}],"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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