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8119 S Cottage Grove

Chatham, Chicago IL 60619 20351140080000

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 Chatham — not a forecast
Above average
avg 4.2
15
FewerMore

This building has 15 building violations (7y), above the Chatham average of 4.2.

Building characteristics
Units
Year built1930
Stories3.0
Building area19,638 sq ft
Property class318
PIN (Cook County parcel)20351140080000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Mailing address
6754 N Wildwood Ave

Landlord portfolio

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Initial analysis

The three-story, 1930 vintage building at 8119 S Cottage Grove in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood, currently owned by Jeremy Todd Prod, presents a concerning pattern of unresolved issues. As of October 2023, there are six open complaint-driven inspection violations from May 2023 and two additional violations from September 2025 that remain unresolved. While the building has had relatively few service requests over the past seven years—only two recorded incidents—these were primarily related to external concerns: a fly dumping incident in July 2025 and a street pothole complaint in June 2024, both of which have since been resolved. The concentration of open violations, particularly from 2023 and 2025, suggests ongoing compliance issues that have yet to be addressed, though it should be noted that the majority of these violations were recorded in 2023 and 2025, with no documented violations between 2018-2022 or prior to these dates.

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Risk rating

How 8119 S Cottage Grove'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 1901 buildings in this neighborhood, 1730 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
14%
No code
violation
86%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

What's driving this score

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Building size

Total building square footage is a proxy for property scale and management complexity.

Code violations, owner's portfolio

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

Location

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

12-Month risk forecast
High failure risk 86%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

8119 S Cottage Grove event timeline

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

2025
Building Violation Sep 29 Serious
COMPLAINT
OPEN
Building ViolationSep 29
COMPLAINT

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