OPINION: If only there were means to improve the supply of homes in San Francisco and to reduce bottlenecks and delays for doing remodels.
This week, a friend sent me a property listing of a two-unit building in Russian Hill owned by Alison Collins, the former San Francisco school board member who unsuccessfully sued the district for $87 million and was recalled from her position in February. I shared information about the listing on Twitter in a straightforward manner, writing:
But the story of Collins’ property also reveals much about San Francisco building permits and housing stock and the usual bilious atmosphere of Twitter. The unique features were highlighted, in the text and staged photographs. “The upper level includes a gracious primary suite with sweeping city views, walk-in rain shower and freestanding slipper tub, a hallway wet bar that serves as coffee station and curated pantry.”
The author of the 103-page Department of Building Inspection complaint on the property clearly has more observational skills than me. Comparing the differences in the property listings in 2004 and 2019, the anonymous author wrote, “There is no separate kitchen on the second level. Instead a bar- or efficiency-style kitchen has been located in the hallway.” The Planning Department violation complaint, dated April 4, 2021, alleged, “Combining two units into one.
Collins did not provide comment to Roland Li in his recent San Francisco Chronicle article about her home, but DBI's Building Inspections & Planning division did. Planning Department Chief Dan Sider explained to Li that the owners were issued a permit for a second kitchen to get the two units up to code. An inspection is scheduled for next week, notably after the property listing was posted.
But is it all so strange or wrong? Alison and Chis Collins have every right to sell their home. Perhaps they are tired of the building’s permits issues, and the lengthy paperwork required to bring their property up to code. Perhaps the financial burden of the unexpected work on their home was too much. With a listing at roughly $1,000 per square foot, lower than the $1,400 per square foot median home sale price for the neighborhood for August 2022, according to Realtor.
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