Located one block off Cortland Avenue in a prime section of Bernal Heights, this early 20th century cottage was ready for a glow-up when it landed on the market in 2022. Uniquely positioned at the rear of an underimproved corner lot, its original three-room layout measured just ±625 square feet and the full basement begged for purpose. The...
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Two Houses, Two Lots (& Garden Galore) In Western SoMa
Update 4 May 2024: Having been briefly offered for sale individually as standalone properties, and subsequently withdrawn from the market without sale, 965-967 Natoma Street is relisted at a reduced $3,850,000. Listing Details. — It's not everyday that a property like 965-967 Natoma Street comes up for sale, and certainly not in San...
Before & After: A Mission-Style Stunner Above The Castro
Update 2 May 2024: Having been withdrawn from the market in February 2024, 827 Duboce Avenue is now relisted at $4,950,000. Listing Details — A stone's throw from the lush grounds of...
Before & After: Sunnyside Single-Family Gets A Swanky Reboot
Who would've thought we'd see the day that a single-family house is sitting on the market 100 days, comparably priced to what a tenancy-in-common fetched just five years ago? Alas, the times have...
Before & After: Mid-Century Goes Modern Luxury In Golden Gate Heights
Fresh off 2023 SFAIA Home Tours, this reconceptualized single-family home (plus guesthouse) by renowned architect John Lum is a masterpiece of Japanese-inspired design. Following a multi-year and...
SF’s Infamous Mummy House Returns, Renovated & Asking $4.95 Million
Update 12 April 2024: 152 4th Avenue has been relisted by Bunker Group, Inc. at a reduced price of $4,500,000. Listing Details — Just in time for spooky season, 152 4th Avenue has...
Before & After: Marina District Mediterranean Gets Luxury Makeover
Purchased last year for $2,528,000 all cash, 3150 Baker Street has returned to the market and is a fixer no more! Before its top-to-bottom transformation, this nearly 100 year old single-family home...
Before & After: Mid-Century Fixer Goes From Cringe To California Cool
Originally constructed in 1951, 1 Twin Peaks Boulevard had been in the same family for more than six decades — and was looking worse for wear — when it landed on the market just a couple years ago....
Before & After: Doubling In Size, Gaining An Ocean View In Parkside
Purchased in September 2022 after having been owned by the seller for more than 40 years, 1331 Vicente Street is back on the market — freshly flipped with a dramatic glow-up. The so-called Sunset...
Before & After: Flipped Victorian In Bayview Lists For $995K
When the one-bedroom cottage at 1729 Revere Avenue in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood appeared on the market in April 2022, it looked the part of a property that has seen better days. From...
Before & After: A Transformed Castro Compound Seeks $3,195,000
This unique property with two standalone dwellings had been owned by the same family for over four decades before falling into the hands of one of the city's more notorious real estate collectors in...
Property Flippers Behaving Badly: Unpermitted Improvements
In this era of property flipping, investors are well served upon resale to bring any legally...
2950 Pacific Ave: The Home, The Dream & The $17 Million Sale
The Gold Coast mansion once owned by Zynga billionaire Mark Pincus and his then-wife Alison Gelb,...
Before & After: Bernal Heights Flip Takes A Gamble On Downsizing
Here's something you don't see everyday: a newly renovated home returning to the market with a...
Before & After: A Potrero Hill Flip Lists For $1,895,000
It was one year ago this month that 896 Rhode Island Street appeared on the market, offering a...
Dueling Grande Dames in Pacific Heights
It's not all that uncommon to come across grand Victorian mansions for sale in ritzy Pacific...
Buy A Murder House, Make A Killing
Could you walk through your front door knowing it's where someone took their final joyful steps...
Making The Case For As-Is Sales
Too many well-meaning real estate agents push the one-size-fits-all idea that preparing a home for...
SF Real Estate Renovation & Building 101
In our article In It To Win-Win It, we discussed opportunities to add value to existing multi-unit...
Wanted: Single-Family Homes
Does your single-family house meet most or all of the criteria below? If so, we may have a buyer...
In It To Win-Win It
We're a fan of more housing being created — all types: apartments, condos, houses, affordable and...
SF’s Mummy House (The Second Coming)
Update 24 September 2023: 152 4th Avenue has returned to the market, extensively renovated and...
Hayes Valley Flopped Flip Returns
Second time is the charm? Listed for sale for the second time in a year, the renovated and stately...