Back in 2009, the roughly 3,600 square foot penthouse unit #2101 atop The Hamilton at 631 O’Farrell Street hit the market with a $4.5 million price tag, as we first reported at the time.

Subsequently remodeled and relisted multiple times over the past nine years, including with a post-remodel list price of $5.25 million in 2013, the penthouse was most recently listed anew with an official “1” day on the market and a $3.95 million price tag this past September.

And the sale of 631 O’Farrell Street #2101 has now closed escrow with a contract price of $3.8 million and an official “82 days on the market,” and “within 3.8 percent of asking,” according to all industry stats and aggregate reports.

27 thoughts on “Trendyloin Penthouse Finally Trades after Nine Years on the Market”
    1. so $4637 HOA plus about $5,000 in property taxes for a total of say $10,000 in fixed costs each month just to own this place, without even beginning to talk about servicing the 3.8M. it’s amazing that someone wants to pay that for some airspace on a block surrounded by lunatics, drug dealers, and hobo’s.

      1. According to the Dec ’17 puff piece on SFGate, the listing agent “estimates the renovation cost the seller upward of $680,000”. The seller bought the apartment for $2.5 million in 2003, so the person probably wasn’t servicing 3.8M in debt (2008 – 2010 would have been a great period for a refinance if they didn’t pay cash). Of course there’s opportunity cost to account for.

        At least the various interior designers, trade and craftspeople that worked on this place during its remodeling got a piece of the action. The stagger probably laughed all the way to the bank.

        1. @condo boy, it doesn’t matter, then the opportunity cost of the 3.8M cash become the cost, instead of the paid interest.

  1. If this was in UES or UWS in NYC, it would be over $10M. Location, location, location. Undoubtedly bad neighborhoods depresses sale prices and result in lower property tax revenue for the government. To get prices to the level it should be, either change the neighborhood demographics/politics or design/build/renovate according to the existing neighborhood demographics.

    1. Ah, but this is not NYC, is it? it would also be worth $150,000 in ohio, or $10M in London. But this also isn’t London, is it?

  2. The market can’t be that bad if this place finally sold! J/k. The place was a beautiful place in a s***** location, perfect for someone who was a homebody and didn’t go downstairs that often. It would be hard to resist shining a Batsignal from there though.

  3. O’Farrell Street is just barely the Tenderloin. It’s not like it’s at Turk and Hyde or anything. The Hamilton is actually a nice building. Kids are such ninnies these days.

    1. Agreed. Not the right location for someone with children. But without children, the location is awesome, particularly if you work long hours in the financial district. Plus that solarium is as big as most yards in SF, but with complete privacy.

      1. Rye, Swig, Redford, Mensho Ramen (2 michelin stars), Elephant Sushi, Ryokos, August Hall, Maestro’s Ocean Club (coming soon), Liho Liho, Black Cat, Piano Fight, Matador, Pacific Cocktail Haven, Jones, Bourbon and Branch, Zombie Village (formerly tradition, now a tiki bar), Chutney, Shalimar, Borobudur, Farm:Table, Redwood Room at the Clift, are just a few places that come to mind that are within walking distance.

        It’s no picnic, especially in your area (nightcap lol), but that’s part of the charm of the Trendyloin.

  4. The tenderloin has the highest percentage of children per capita than any other neighborhood in city, what is wonderful is that if you don’t want to live here, you don’t have too……

  5. This is my favorite property in all of SF. Too bad it sold before I became a multimillionaire. Hope the buyer appreciates it as much as I would have.

  6. I’ve lived on this block for 20 years and have followed this story for years. This is far from the roughest block in the Tenderloin, you can walk to anywhere, and it commands the entire top floor of a drop dead art deco building.

    There is a backyard common space with a fountain, and deck…? There are two ENORMOUS atriums in the unit, perhaps even too large. Plus there is a huge sitting room space downstairs and a ballroom.

    This must be the most glam unit in the entire neighborhood. The layout is… fine. Personally I would keep the LIberace-esque murals in the bedroom just to respect the original owner’s berserk style sense.

    If I won the lottery this would be mine. Period.

  7. I live in the building and love it. Hoping that the new owner becomes a part of the community and not an absentee owner who swoops in for a few weekends a year and loans it to friends.

    FTR, our CC&Rs prohibit rentals of less than six months, so no Airbnb! : }

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