A DUM Remodeling “Mistake” That Could Be Rather Costly
Purchased as a vacant two-unit building for $690,000 in September of 2001, a permit to remodel the kitchen on the main/second floor of the rather lovely Victorian at 1016 Pierce…
A Creative Cow Hollow Transformation and Pesky Complaint
Purchased as a 3,260-square-foot, two-unit building for $3.2 million in June of 2017, plans to remodel 2742-2744 Baker Street were approved in early 2018. As approved and subsequently permitted, the…
San Francisco Sues Developer with History of Under-Permitted Work
City Attorney Dennis Herrera has just filed suit in San Francisco Superior Court against Ashok Gujral, a local real estate developer and investor accused of routinely engaging in under-permitted construction…
Merged Millennium Tower City Residence Fetches $4.66M
Two adjacent units on the fourth floor of the eleven-story mid-rise component of San Francisco’s leaning Millennium Tower development (a.k.a. the City Residences) were legally merged back in 2013 to…
A Hedge Fund Manager’s Plan for Doubling up in Presidio Heights
When the hedge fund manager who lives in the 4,400-square-foot Presidio Heights home at the corner of Walnut and Jackson learned that the home next door at 3311 Jackson, a…
Bay Buildings
City Planning
Design & Architecture
Industry Stuff
Real Estate Legislation
RealRecentReductions
Remodeling and Renovation
How to Play Planning and Mint a Few Million Bucks
Purchased as two adjacent but completely separate units in the Royal Towers building at 1750 Taylor Street for a combined $4.6 million back in January of 2014, an application to…
A Mega Merger and New Mansion in Pacific Heights
Purchased as a vacant 7-unit building for $4.95 million in 2009, the 14,000-square-foot structure at 104 Presidio Avenue, which sits on the border of Pacific and Presidio Heights, was effectively…
Gutted Four Seasons Condo Fetches $3.3 Million
Purchased for $3.42 million in 2006, the 2,757-square-foot unit #22A on the twenty-second floor of the Four Seasons Residences at 765 Market Street returned to the market listed for $5.95…
Pac Heights Compound Fetches $18.1 Million
Purchased as a legal three-unit building for $7.3 million in early 2014 and then gutted, merged, expanded and “restored,” 2476 Broadway returned to the market listed as a “Stately Pacific…
A $2.5 Million Price Cut for that Stately Pacific Heights Compound
With the asking price for the remodeled view-home next door having been reduced by $2 million (13 percent) last month, the asking price for the “Stately Pacific Heights Compound” at…