No assessments for grading, paving, curbing, macadamizing, or other improvement, under the provisions of this act, shall be a lien on real estate for more than six months from the time of the completion of such work, unless a claim for the same shall be filed in the office of the prothonotary of the proper county within that time; nor shall the same continue a lien longer than five years from the time of filing the claim, unless revived by scire facias in the manner provided by law in the case of mechanics' claims.
53 P.S. § 53403