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1657 S Paulina St

Englewood, Chicago IL None 20302060010000 5 units · 1925

This building has more problems than most buildings in this neighborhood. A handful of unresolved issues. Worth a careful walk-through and pointed questions.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Compared to a typical building in Englewood
At or below average
avg 3.0
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the Englewood average of 3.0.

Building characteristics
Units5
Year built1925
Stories
Building area2,600 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)20302060010000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Ceasarene Gulley
Mailing address
1657 W 71St St

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Initial analysis

The 5-unit residential building at 1657 S Paulina Street in the Englewood neighborhood, built in 1925 and currently owned by Ceasarene Gulley, has generated a total of 11 service requests through the city's 311 system over the past seven years. The most recent activity was a tree debris clean-up request filed in April 2026 that remains open, while the second recent request in April 2026 regarding garbage cart maintenance has been closed. The building's service requests have primarily centered around external maintenance issues, including two tree debris clean-up requests (one currently open and one closed in April 2025), a street water issue (April 2025), and a pothole complaint (June 2025). In August 2024, there was one clean vacant lot request, which was successfully resolved. The property's service request record shows a consistent pattern of maintenance needs primarily related to outdoor spaces and street conditions, with very few internal building-related complaints recorded in the available data.

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Risk rating

How 1657 S Paulina 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

Grade A–B — Low risk

City inspectors rarely find 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. City inspectors have found issues here before and are statistically likely to again.

Neighborhood percentile
25thpercentile

Out of 4926 buildings in this neighborhood, 3694 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
43%
No code
violation
57%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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Location

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Number of rooms

Total room count is a proxy for property scale.

Lot size

Total lot square footage is a proxy for property scale.

12-Month severity forecast
No violation 31.8%
Moderate concern 43.4%
Severe concern 24.8%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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The story over time

1657 S Paulina St event timeline

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

2026
311 Request Apr 29
Tree Debris Clean-Up Request
Streets and Sanitation
311 RequestApr 24
Garbage Cart Maintenance

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