Supported By Neighbors But Opposed By Planning In Pacific Heights
The 6,249 square foot brick home at 2300 Vallejo Street was built in 1899. In 1956, a 1,384 square foot two-story duplex was built in 2300 Vallejo’s backyard. And in…
San Francisco Home Prices Gain In July, Condos Up 8.1 Percent YOY
According to the July 2012 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA increased 1.9% from June 2012 to July 2012, up 4.8% year-over-year but 35.1%…
A Big Vote For Micro-Units In San Francisco
As we first reported this past March: Per San Francisco Building Code Section 1208.4, the smallest legal dwelling unit in San Francisco must have living room of at least 220…
Building Upon A Bungalow’s Arts & Crafts Bones
Built as a one story Arts & Crafts bungalow with two bedrooms in 1916, and purchased for $362,000 in 1993, in 1999 the owners of 4031 21st Street hired an…
Now Noe But Otherwise Apples-To-Apples And Up 7 Percent On Ames
As we reported in July: Having hit the market in early 2010 as new construction listed for $1,495,000, the list price for 155 Ames was reduced to $1,395,000 that June…
Transbay Tower Tweaks, Cuts And Timing
Shrunken 130 feet earlier this year, the revised design for the proposed 1,070 foot Transbay Tower has added “a deep vertical slit…up each side of the crown, backed by perforated…
Mid-Century Modern With Contemporary Flair
Purchased for $2,700,000 in May 2008 then remodeled in 2009, the Mid-Century Modern home at 125 Mountain Spring Avenue features light and airy rooms throughout. The Mid-Century aesthetic has survived…
San Francisco Employment Up By 200 In August, Up 22,100 YOY
Preliminary August labor force counts for San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties peg the unemployment rates at 7.4%, 6.3% and 6.8% respectively, down 0.3 points in San Francisco, down…
Before And After For A Little (At Least Then) Lower Pac Heights Home
Billed as a “Quaint Italiante (sic) Victorian Single Family Home in need of TLC” with one bedroom and one bath, the 864 square foot single-family Lower Pacific Heights home at…
The Big Plans And Prices For Three Übermodern San Francisco Homes
The smallest of three modern glass, steel and timber “Block 3900” homes that have yet to be built but are being marketed for sale pre-construction, 3927 19th Street has just…