{"asOf":"2026-07-29T09:36:35.470Z","block":"1800-1899 GRANT AVE","blockUrl":"https://philadelphia.blockreport.homes/block/1800-1899-grant-ave","address":"1828 GRANT AVE","parcelNumber":"882926700","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=882926700","ownerType":"absentee","kind":"commercial","isHouse":false,"home":false,"commercial":true,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingCode":"BB0","buildingCodeNew":null,"buildingClass":"STR/OFF 2 STY MASONRY","buildingClassNew":null,"useLabel":"Commercial","owner":"KUNNEL JOSEPH","coOwner":"KUNNEL VALSA","marketValue":365000,"landAssessment":73000,"improvementAssessment":292000,"livableArea":1860,"yearBuilt":1953,"lastSale":{"price":287500,"date":"2012-11-20T05:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violations":[{"number":"2154020","date":"2011-07-25","code":"A-000.0/11","title":"VIOL BC MESSAGE","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null}],"violationCases":[{"number":"288405","type":"STANDARD","priority":"STANDARD","responsibility":"BU","status":"CLOSED","createdDate":"2011-07-26","completedDate":"2011-07-26","violations":[{"number":"2154020","date":"2011-07-25","code":"A-000.0/11","title":"VIOL BC MESSAGE","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null}]}],"violYears":[{"y":2011,"n":1,"worst":null}],"investigations":[{"caseNumber":"80909","date":"2006-09-22","type":"BC INSP","status":"CLOSED"},{"caseNumber":"288405","date":"2011-07-25","type":"BC INSP","status":"PASSED"}],"inspYears":[{"y":2011,"fails":0,"passes":1}],"taxOwed":0,"taxSnapshot":{"available":true,"asOf":"2022-06","matched":false},"taxDelinquencySnapshotAsOf":"2022-06","taxDelinquencySnapshotAvailable":true,"lat":40.08468166952219,"lng":-75.03659817363253,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.036393469,40.084780146],[-75.03665405,40.084507268],[-75.036802894,40.084583759],[-75.036542215,40.084855925],[-75.036393469,40.084780146]]]},"liDistrict":"EAST","certifications":[],"cityRecordAvailability":{"violations":true,"investigations":true,"appeals":true,"certifications":true,"permits":true,"licenses":true},"zip":"19115","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":2,"lotArea":6046,"zoning":"CA1","grade":"C+","basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":"4","intCond":"4","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"37 BROWN DR, HOLLAND PA, 18966","mailOut":true,"appeals":[],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":3,"abated":false,"assessmentExemption":false,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":150100,"taxable":150100,"land":90700,"improvement":59400,"taxableLand":90700,"taxableImprovement":59400,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2017,"v":150100,"taxable":150100,"land":90700,"improvement":59400,"taxableLand":90700,"taxableImprovement":59400,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2018,"v":263300,"taxable":263300,"land":52619,"improvement":210681,"taxableLand":52619,"taxableImprovement":210681,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2019,"v":239700,"taxable":239700,"land":47940,"improvement":191760,"taxableLand":47940,"taxableImprovement":191760,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2020,"v":241400,"taxable":241400,"land":48280,"improvement":193120,"taxableLand":48280,"taxableImprovement":193120,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2021,"v":241400,"taxable":241400,"land":48280,"improvement":193120,"taxableLand":48280,"taxableImprovement":193120,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2022,"v":241400,"taxable":241400,"land":48280,"improvement":193120,"taxableLand":48280,"taxableImprovement":193120,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2023,"v":263800,"taxable":263800,"land":52757,"improvement":211043,"taxableLand":52757,"taxableImprovement":211043,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2024,"v":263800,"taxable":263800,"land":52757,"improvement":211043,"taxableLand":52757,"taxableImprovement":211043,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2025,"v":295300,"taxable":295300,"land":59060,"improvement":236240,"taxableLand":59060,"taxableImprovement":236240,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2026,"v":295300,"taxable":295300,"land":59060,"improvement":236240,"taxableLand":59060,"taxableImprovement":236240,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2027,"v":365000,"taxable":365000,"land":73000,"improvement":292000,"taxableLand":73000,"taxableImprovement":292000,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0}],"taxNow":4134,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":false,"permits":[{"number":"426205","date":"2012-10-05","work":"Zoning/use","type":"ZP_ZON/USE","description":"ZONING/USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2012-10-05","scope":"REFACE EXISTING FLAT WALL SIGNS AND FREE STANDING SIGN."},{"number":"PP-2024-005091","date":"2024-04-09","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2025-12-19","scope":"REPLACE 3/4\" BACKFLOW DEVICE."}],"storyTag":"Renovated & sold on","storyDelta":0.55,"timeline":[{"y":2003,"k":"sale","p":185000},{"y":2011,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2011,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"},{"y":2012,"k":"sale","p":287500},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2012,"k":"sale","p":287500},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"238843","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"MARY DAVIS MEALEY (C/O CENTURY 21 HEYER KEMNER)","legalName":"MARY DAVIS MEALEY","address":"1828 GRANT AVE","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":1,"issuedDate":"2003-04-16","latestIssueDate":"2003-04-16","expirationDate":"2004-02-29","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"238843","type":"Rental","businessName":"MARY DAVIS MEALEY (C/O CENTURY 21 HEYER KEMNER)","legalName":"MARY DAVIS MEALEY","issuedDate":"2003-04-16","latestIssueDate":"2003-04-16","closureDate":"2004-02-29","expirationDate":"2004-02-29","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-28","signals":[],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Use permit #426205: COMPLETED.","why":"Philadelphia says a zoning approval or Property Sales Certification can identify a use without proving that it was established under the Building Code. A change of use, unit count, exits, or fire rating can require a Building Permit and Certificate of Occupancy.","action":"Verify the lawful use, unit count, associated construction permits, and Certificate of Occupancy with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-certificate-of-occupancy/"},{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"1 permit not marked completed: PP-2024-005091 (Expired). At least one row also carries a completion date, so the City fields conflict.","why":"Issued work is not the same as approved final work. L&I uses final inspections and required certifications to close construction permits; expired, withdrawn, and completed are different City statuses.","action":"Open the permit file and confirm final inspections, holds, and any resulting occupancy certificate.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections-by-permit-type/"},{"id":"commercial-trash","level":"verify","title":"A separate Commercial Trash account may apply","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as commercial. BlockReport does not receive a current Commercial Trash account balance.","why":"Philadelphia charges qualifying small commercial, mixed-use, and multi-unit properties that use City collection; exemptions and private collection can change applicability. A use category alone does not prove a fee is due.","action":"Check the Commercial Trash account inside the date-effective Property Payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-06-09-pay-your-trash-fee-bill-by-june-30/"},{"id":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 1 historical violation across 1 case.","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/"}]}