House report

5101 Cottage St

3 bd1 ba2 stories1,366 sqftRSA5built 1925

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$141K 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 19124 (Frankford · Juniata) median$155K2005200920132017202120252027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19124 (Frankford · Juniata) 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 record17 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. PermitAlterations
  2. Deed / saleDeed / sale $56K
  3. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  4. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  5. L&I violationMECH - MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT
  6. L&I violationUNFIT STRUCTURE
  7. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  8. InspectionADMIN INSP (likely: administrative inspection)
  9. InspectionADMIN INSP (likely: administrative inspection)
  10. L&I violationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
  11. L&I violationANIMAL DROPPINGS
  12. L&I violationANIMAL DROPPINGS
  13. L&I violationHIGH WEEDS-CUT
  14. L&I violationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
  15. Deed / saleDeed / sale $55K
  16. InspectionL_CLIP
  17. InspectionL_CLIP

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$570/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $40,700 × 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 $155,300. 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 622381300
Open Philadelphia Tax Center →Use “View period balance” to inspect each tax year.
Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

2026 OPA removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment through the owner-occupant exemption.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.

For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”

Where the record looks off

Conflicts in City paperwork. Flags on the data, not the property.

Homestead exemption, mail goes elsewhere

The parcel claims the homestead exemption (owner lives here) while the tax bill mails to 409 Linton Ave, Croydon Pa, 19021. Those two facts sit in tension on the record — there can be innocent reasons, but one of them is usually out of date.

The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,366 sqft livable area
Lot
1,336 sqft
Basement
Basement city code J
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
RSA5 city zoning code

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

Block context

5100 block of Cottage St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 5103 Cottage St  ·  5105 Cottage St

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 17 dated rows
  1. PermitAlterations

    Permit PP-2024-008793 · Completed

    Replace/Install 3/4” water service

  2. Recorded transfer$56K transfer

    2021

  3. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 664652 · 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.

  4. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 664652 · 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.

  5. ViolationMECH - MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT

    Case 664652 · Violation 4889391 · Code PM15-603.1 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  6. ViolationUNFIT STRUCTURE

    Case 664652 · Violation 4889390 · Code PM15-109.1 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  7. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 664652 · 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. InvestigationADMIN INSP (likely: administrative inspection)

    Case 616952 · PASSED

    Legacy inspection shorthand; the title alone does not state what condition was examined. The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  9. InvestigationADMIN INSP (likely: administrative inspection)

    Case 616952 · FAILED

    Legacy inspection shorthand; the title alone does not state what condition was examined. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  10. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 616952 · Violation 4634715 · Code CP-01 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  11. ViolationANIMAL DROPPINGS

    Case 616952 · Violation 4634716 · Code CP-311 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  12. ViolationANIMAL DROPPINGS

    Case 250649 · Violation 1811253 · Code CP-311 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  13. ViolationHIGH WEEDS-CUT

    Case 250649 · Violation 1811254 · Code CP-312A · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  14. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 250649 · Violation 1811252 · Code CP-01 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  15. Recorded transfer$55K transfer

    2006

  16. InvestigationL_CLIP

    Case 39221 · CLOSED

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

  17. InvestigationL_CLIP

    Case 39221 · FAILED

    The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 25, 2026, 1:03 AM 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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