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4301 N Whipple St

Irving Park, Chicago IL 60618 13133030200000 2 units · 1896

This building has a substantial enforcement record over the last seven years, and our model predicts continuing maintenance failures over the next 12 months. Read the records below before you sign. Ask which issues were resolved, get repair commitments in writing, and inspect the unit yourself.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Records already on file, against a typical building in Irving Park — not a forecast
Above average
avg 0.8
10
FewerMore

This building has 10 building violations (7y), above the Irving Park average of 0.8.

Building characteristics
Units2
Year built1896
Stories
Building area2,838 sq ft
Property class212
PIN (Cook County parcel)13133030200000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
4301 N Whipple

Landlord portfolio

Other Chicago properties this owner holds, with a risk rating for each.

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Initial analysis

The two-unit residential building at 4301 N Whipple St in Chicago's Irving Park neighborhood, owned by Vickie Perales, dates back to 1896 and has experienced several concerning issues over the past several years. Most notably, there are six unresolved complaint-driven building code violations from September 2019 and one additional open violation from September 2021, representing a concerning pattern of regulatory non-compliance. While the property has consistently generated service requests to city authorities, the past seven years have seen no building or housing-related service calls among the four total 311 requests on record. These requests, all from 2024 and 2025, pertained to public infrastructure issues such as potholes and sign repairs, rather than the building's internal conditions. The only documented environmental complaints were two illegal dumping incidents from May and April 2011, which are now significantly outdated and likely irrelevant to current conditions. While the most recent municipal service requests have been resolved, the presence of multiple open building code violations, particularly from 2019, indicates ongoing regulatory challenges that remain unaddressed.

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Risk rating

How 4301 N Whipple St's risk score is calculated

We trained a model on 7 years of Chicago code enforcement data — building violations, 311 complaint history, environmental enforcement, and owner track records. It estimates the probability that the City of Chicago will find a code violation at this address in the next 12 months. Lower % = safer.

What the score means for you

Lower risk — safer than most nearby

City inspectors rarely find violations here. Strong maintenance history and a clean complaint record.

Typical — about average for the neighborhood

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

Higher risk — riskier than most nearby

Elevated violation and complaint history. City inspectors have found issues here before and are statistically likely to again.

Neighborhood percentile
5thpercentile

Out of 3731 buildings in this neighborhood, 3544 are predicted to be safer. The band is relative to this neighborhood, so a share of every neighborhood falls in each colour.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
29%
No code
violation
71%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

What's driving this score

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Code violations (past 7 years)

City of Chicago Department of Buildings violations issued at this address over the last 7 years — a direct record of enforcement activity.

Code violations, owner's portfolio

Building violations across all properties this owner is registered on — a signal of systemic maintenance issues.

Violation rate, owner's portfolio

Per-property violation rate across the owner's portfolio.

12-Month risk forecast
High failure risk 71%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

4301 N Whipple St event timeline

Building violations, environmental complaints and enforcement, permits, scofflaw listings, and 311 calls — most recent records in order.

2022
311 Request Sep 21
Rodent Baiting/Rat Complaint
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