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5261 Chestnut St

3 bd1 ba2 stories1,350 sqftRSA5built 1925

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$152K OPA value, not a listing price
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2 violation rows marked OPEN in 1 active case

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Case CF-2026-077189

Notice Of Violation

IN VIOLATION

Opened Jun 26, 2026 · Latest inspection FAILED · Jun 26, 2026

  • Exterior Area WeedsPM15-302.4
  • Rubbish & GarbagePM15-308.1

OPEN is the status in the fetched L&I file, not a new inspection by BlockReport. Read the notice for the cited condition and required correction, then verify the live case with L&I.

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$250K$500KZIP 19139 (Walnut Hill · Haddington) median$160K2009201220152018202120242027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19139 (Walnut Hill · Haddington) medianAssessmentL&I violationAppealPermitInspection

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Every dated record7 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. L&I violationEXTERIOR AREA WEEDS
  2. L&I violationRUBBISH & GARBAGE
  3. InspectionL&I investigation
  4. PermitAlteration
  5. PermitAlteration
  6. PermitPlumbing
  7. AppealRB_LIRB

Flags: 2 L&I violation rows marked OPEN · 1 zoning/board appeal on record. Informational only. Not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

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$726/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $51,900 × 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 $160,000. 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 602028400
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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.

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The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,350 sqft livable area
Lot
1,088 sqft
Exterior condition
Average city code 4
Interior condition
Average city code 4
Quality grade
C assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA5 city zoning code
Zoning appeals
1 OPEN · City affirmed · 2009

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

Block context

5200 block of Chestnut St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 5259 Chestnut St  ·  5263 Chestnut 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 7 dated rows
  1. ViolationEXTERIOR AREA WEEDS

    Case CF-2026-077189 · Violation VI-2026-047602 · Code PM15-302.4 · OPEN

    The individual violation row was marked open in the assembled City file; verify the live notice and any later inspection.

  2. ViolationRUBBISH & GARBAGE

    Case CF-2026-077189 · Violation VI-2026-047603 · Code PM15-308.1 · OPEN

    The individual violation row was marked open in the assembled City file; verify the live notice and any later inspection.

  3. InvestigationL&I investigation

    Case CF-2026-077189 · FAILED

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

  4. PermitAlteration

    Permit 831338 · COMPLETED

    EZ EXTERIOR WALL COVERINGS - FOR THE APPLICATIONS OF EXTERIOR WALL COVERINGS AS PER ATTACHED STANDARDS. DEVIATIONS FROM THESE STANDARDS REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF CONSTRUCTION AND SITE PLANS. WORK - INSTALL 3.5" VENTURE VINYL SIDING, SOFFIT & FASCIA. REPLACE ROTTED WOOD AS NEEDED. WRAP PORCH BEAMS. NO OTHER WORK ON THIS PERMIT.

  5. PermitAlteration

    Permit 564868 · COMPLETED

    EXTERIOR WALL COVERING (VINYL SIDING).

  6. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 212016 · COMPLETED

    REPLACE HOUSE DRAIN AND TRAP

  7. AppealRB_LIRB

    Appeal 8036 · OPEN · City affirmed

    DURING INSPECTION DUAL CONNECTIONS WERE DISCOVERED, BEFORE ANY DIGGING IS DONE, I WOULD LIKE TO BE SURE THIS IS THE ACTUAL PROBLEM.

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 23, 2026, 2:56 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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