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6829 S Emerald Ave

Englewood, Chicago IL 60621 20213070110000 2 units · 1909

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 Englewood — not a forecast
Above average
avg 2.9
10
FewerMore

This building has 10 building violations (7y), above the Englewood average of 2.9.

Building characteristics
Units2
Year built1909
Stories
Building area3,235 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)20213070110000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
6829 S Emerald Ave

Landlord portfolio

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Initial analysis

The two-unit building located at 6829 S Emerald Ave in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood is a 1909 structure currently owned by Jarvis Sanford. Over the past seven years, the property has accumulated a total of 23 building violations, with the most recent being an unresolved permit-related inspection from July 2024. The building has faced multiple complaint-driven inspections, particularly notable in April 2021 and August 2019, though all those violations have been resolved. In addition to building violations, there have been 20 service requests made under the owner's name, including two recent fly dumping complaints in August and September 2024, both of which have been closed. The property has had three building permits issued in the past seven years, though it's worth noting that the total number of violations and service requests under the current ownership (23 violations and 20 service requests) significantly exceeds the building's own records over the same period (10 violations and 2 service requests), suggesting that a substantial number of these issues may be related to properties under the same ownership group or parcel cluster.

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Risk rating

How 6829 S Emerald Ave'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
9thpercentile

Out of 4934 buildings in this neighborhood, 4490 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
32%
No code
violation
68%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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Location

Precise location is a proxy for area-level risk — some Chicago zip codes have systematically higher code-enforcement activity.

Code violations, owner's portfolio

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

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.

12-Month risk forecast
High failure risk 68%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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6829 S Emerald Ave event timeline

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2024
Building Violation Jul 23 Serious
PERMIT
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