A Gut Job Indeed As 444 Roosevelt Closes Down $800,000
Purchased for $2,100,000 in February 2008 and with permits to excavate, expand, and remodel issued in 2010, the “A+ property” at 444 Roosevelt Way returned to the market as a…
Smitten For The Smitty (And Its Incredible Shrinking Square Feet)
Converted in the year 2000 by Bay Area architects Abrams & Milliken, the largest of three units within the former Smitty Knitting Factory building at 75 Lansing Street hit the…
And It’s…A Home Run For 3362 Jackson
As we wrote in April: It’s no April fooling as 3362 Jackson which was purchased out of probate for $2,500,000 in July 2009 has just returned to the market completely…
From A Pair To Avec “Au-Pair” At 179 14th Avenue
Purchased as a vacant two-unit fixer of 2,303 square feet for $1,150,000 in April 2010, 179 14th Avenue returned to the market three weeks ago as a redone Lake District…
A Gut Check For 444 Roosevelt Way
From the listing for 444 Roosevelt Way up in Corona Heights circa 2008: This is a Gem, amazing street appeal. in the Monterey Style with sweeping views in best location.…
462 Sanchez Strives To Be A Contemporary At $907 Per Square Foot
Purchased as an 1,138 square foot two-bedroom, one-bath home without a garage for $850,000 in March of 2007, 462 Sanchez has returned as a “contemporary” four-bedroom with three and one-half…
Which Is Worse, Unpermitted Work Or The Hells Angels?
A plugged-in reader’s story and perspective on unpermitted work: Well, I’m neither a buyer, seller, planner, architect, nor nimby, and have never filed a . I’ve lived in my home…
More Than Meets The Eye Permits At 674 15th Avenue
Building permits would suggest only the kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanity have been replaced at an “estimated cost of $10,000” since purchased for $935,000 in August 2005. The listing photos,…
1001 California #3 Take Two: No Apples Just Envy
As we first wrote in August 2009 about the third floor at 1001 California, the Beaux Arts building over which Vincent Friia once presided: It’s the first resale of the…
An Architect’s Nightmare And Discretionary Review Irony
From one of two sisters living at 309-311 Eureka, a two-unit building that has been in their family since 1964 and which the sisters would like to raze, rebuild and…