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5505 Helen St

North Loop, Austin TX 78751 0223121216 5 units · 1966

This building has far more open problems than almost any other in the neighborhood. A handful of unresolved issues. Worth a careful walk-through and pointed questions.

Code Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Compared to a typical building in North Loop
At or below average
avg 0.4
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 code violations (7y), at or below the North Loop average of 0.4.

Building characteristics
Units5
Buildings on parcel1
Year built1966
Total area15,869 sq ft
Property typeAPARTMENT 5-25
Geo ID (TCAD parcel)0223121216
Ownership

Registered owner per Travis Central Appraisal District (TCAD).

Owner name
5505 Helen Llp
Mailing address
5306 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX, 78751

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Risk rating

How 5505 Helen St's risk score is calculated

We trained a model on 7 years of Austin Code enforcement data — code violations, complaint history, Repeat Offender Program activity, and owner track records. It estimates the probability that Austin Code will find a code violation at this address in the next 12 months. Lower % = safer.

What the score means for you

Grade A–B — Low risk

Austin Code rarely finds violations here. Strong maintenance history and a clean complaint record.

Grade C — Moderate risk

Some past violations or complaints on record. Worth asking the landlord about any open issues before signing.

Grade D–F — High risk

Elevated violation and complaint history. Austin Code has found issues here before and is statistically likely to again.

Neighborhood percentile
9thpercentile

Out of 290 buildings in this neighborhood, 264 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
34%
No code
violation
66%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

What's driving this score

The data points that most influenced this building's risk rating — ranked by the weight the model placed on each one.

No homestead exemption

No homestead exemption on file — a signal the property may be a rental or investment property.

311 call rate, owner's portfolio

Per-property 311 call rate across the owner's portfolio.

Building size

Total improvement square footage is a proxy for property scale and the number of systems that can need maintenance.

12-Month severity forecast
No violation 51.1%
Moderate concern 46.8%
Severe concern 2.1%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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The story over time

5505 Helen St event timeline

Code violations, complaints, Repeat Offender Program activity, permits, and 311 calls — most recent records in order.

2026
311 Request Mar 27
TPW - Construction Concerns in Right of Way
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