About San Francisco's Inner Sunset

1383 6th Ave, in San Francisco had some serious upside. This is a trust sale 3 level fixer house in the middle of the block on 6th. It could easily use $200,000 if renovations but I think its still a deal. The seller is asking $869,000, but from the agent traffic at the property today I would say its going to be easily bid up. The comps support a higher price for what this house is --- a big classic home in a great neighborhood.

The MLS number is#380200, for more information please call me at 415.336.9695 today, as this will be gone by tomorrow.

If you are looking for a fixer, or have a property that needs help. Then please contact me as I'm interested in Value Added deals, both as a buyer and offering brokerage services.

Call me at 415.336.9695

Monday began our last-minute-home-shopping marathon with a tour of what could be yours in Bernal Heights. For those of you that wanted to live in the Heights, but not just Bernal Heights, we headed up to Pacific Heights on Tuesday. Today we tour a neighborhood between the two, not just geographically but perhaps metaphorically as well. That’s right, today’s gift-a-palooza looks at a neighborhood I’m pretty partial to, the Inner Sunset. Nestled up against Golden Gate park, and bounded by 19th Ave. on the west side, the Inner Sunset is a wonderful neighborhood filled with shopping and dining venues, as well as being steps from the park and convenient to public transit (if any public transit in San Francisco can be called convenient, but I digress…)

For those of you who are not quite sure what to give, how about a home that isn’t quite sure what it is? Listed as a single-family in the MLS, this home appears to be a 2 unit building with an unwarranted in-law and a cottage in back. For those keeping track, that would be four units. It’s a home with such so much shiny granite and ornate detail that even Elvis would be happy to call it home! Without further ado, please meet 1278-1280 17th Ave. listed by Charles Lu of Diamond Location Realty. Asking price is $1,799,000.

1278-80 17th Ave., listed by Charles Lu of Diamond Location Realty

If you are thinking more along the lines of a condominium, then you should definitely consider this great top-floor condo that is just steps from Golden Gate Park. Listed by Susan McLaughlin and Lawrence Garvin of Paragon Real Estate, 1244 6th Ave. is a two bedroom, one bath condominium in a four-unit building. It includes one car independent parking, but shame on you if you drive that car to Golden Gate Park! Asking price is $699,000.

1244 6th Ave., listed by Paragon Real Estate

What to do if your San Francisco dream home isn't so dreamy? Well, if you live at a former "dream home" in San Francisco, the answer is to remodel it!

Once nothing more than a modest green shack usually filled with drunken (but friendly) Irish workers, 1240 5th Ave. was rebuilt in 2008/2009 with a home in front and a guest home in rear. It was popped on the market starting at $2,389,000 and eventually withdrawn at a listing price of $2,,280,000. Then it was offered as the 2009 SF dream home in a raffle fundraiser. But the winner took the cash instead of the house, so it was put back on the market at a list price of $2,100,000. The MLS reports the sale price as confidential, but the public tax records report a sale price of $2,010,000.

So what to do with your shiny new 2.01 million dollar house?

Why, remodel it of course! Today as I walked past I noticed that the porta-potty was out front, the scaffolding was going up, and work was definitely happening.

1240 5th Ave, 2009 SF "Dream Home"

According to the DBI permit database the new owners are dropping an estimated $87,000 to:

(1) CONVERSION OF 2ND EXIT STAIR INTO STORAGE (PER CODE 1019.2) (2) CONVERSION OF 298 SF OF GARAGE INTO CONDITIONED ENTERTAINMENT ROOM (3) RELOCATE EXISTING CURB CUT & CREATE ON-SITE PARKING SPACE FOR REAR UNIT

Perhaps then it will finally be the dream they had hoped for? And I have to say (in true SF fashion, it is vitally important to have opinions about homes that aren't yours) that I'm not thrilled about the new curb cut and loss of yard for the new on-site parking space. The yard wasn't much (it was some sod that was promptly left to die), but it was more than a concrete pad...