CATEGORY ARCHIVE: Coming Soon
April 24, 2008
Officially "Coming Soon" (As In This Afternoon): 1226 2nd Avenue
Alternative (but rejected) headline: “Interactive Floor Plan Porn, Simple But Not Plain.”
∙ Listing: 1226 2nd Avenue - $1,879,000 [1226-2ndavenue.com] [Interactive Floor Plans]
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April 11, 2008
Holy Hotness, History, And Home: Engine Company No. 44 Returns
Built by the McSheehy Brothers in 1909, 3816 22nd Street served as home to San Francisco’s Engine Company No. 44 (and their horses) for fifty years.
In 1959 the firehouse was sold to Mark and Beth Adams who maintained the firehouse in relatively original condition but employed the space as a private residence and artists’ studio for the next forty.
Purchased in February of 2006 for $2,100,000 (while listed for $2,695,000), the firehouse will soon return to the market after a multi-year renovation and expansion (think new second floor) of what was roughly 3,700 square feet of living space (original floor plans).
We have yet to see the new interior, but it promises to be a “clever mix of modern and original details" including a glass and reclaimed lumber staircase; original spiral staircase, copper and zinc doors; gourmet “loft” kitchen; and observatory tower with 360 degree views. Pricing? It's currently “upon request," but according to a plugged-in tipster:
I spoke to the developer…probably 10 months ago and he said it could possibly set a record price for a SFH in Noe Valley (who knows what has transpired [since] then, but for what it's worth).
And yes, we're fired up (ba-dump-bump) with fingers crossed to see what they've done with the space.
∙ Engine House 44 [New Website] [Last Listing] [Original Detail] [Original Floor Plan]
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March 21, 2008
Faults: It's Not Exactly Good Friday Fun (Sorry, We Couldn't Resist)
It's not exactly one of those feel-good Friday topics, but it is a reality of living in the Bay Area: earthquakes. And with the 140th anniversary of the 1868 Hayward Fault quake seven months away, and a recent history of major Hayward quakes every 140 years, the seismologists are out spreading the word.
A few precentages for Bay Area homes:
∙ Percent without earthquake insurance: >95
∙ Percent retrofitted to resist quake damage: <40
∙ Percent strengthened enough to remain habitable following "violent damage": <10
And of course, a few of the requisite quotes:
"The biggest small-building hazard, all the experts agreed, will be from what they term "soft story buildings" - the kind where garages or storefronts occupy most of the ground floor and the heavier floors lie above, raising the odds of collapse. Houses like those, whose fragile underpinnings collapsed throughout San Francisco's Marina district when the Loma Prieta quake hit just over 18 years ago, should be a warning sign for every building owner to retrofit, Brocher said. Unreinforced corner buildings, he said, are the most dangerous."
"In San Francisco, said Keith Knudsen of the national nonprofit Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, the downtown area south of Market, where well-engineered high-rises are rapidly filling the neighborhoods, would be particularly dangerous in a major quake because the low-lying filled land there is subject to liquefaction.
Those new buildings might well remain standing in the coming Hayward quake, he said, "but if the streets there settle by a couple of feet, those buildings will be isolated.""
And as much as we couldn’t resist the headline, we equally couldn’t resist the categorization.
∙ Next big quake could be worse than 1906 [SFGate]
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January 28, 2008
Update: Complete Inventory Index And Stimulus Package Follow-Up
Our apologies to all those who plugged in today looking for either our Q1 2008 Complete Inventory Index (Cii) or our follow up discussion regarding the proposed stimulus package and increase in conforming loan limits. While our thoughts on the stimulus package will posted tomorrow Wednesday, the publishing of our Inventory Index has been delayed a week and will be posted next Monday (2/4/08). Again, our apologies and thank you for plugging in.
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January 7, 2008
David Ireland's 500 Capp Street: Inside And Soon To Be On The Market
The inside of San Francisco artist David Ireland’s 500 Capp Street home has been chronicled in both print and video by Cal’s Regional Oral History Office. And according to the Chronicle, the living gallery will soon be up for sale.
To its neighbors, the shabby-looking 1886 Victorian on the corner of 20th Street probably looks like a holdout in the area's slow march to gentrification. But the contemporary art world knows 500 Capp St. as the lodestar of David Ireland's quirky, lyrical art, which has won him an international, though somewhat esoteric, reputation.
After a failed attempt by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to acquire the Capp Street house, arrange for its conservation and provide a lifetime income for Ireland, it is to go on the market this month.
The artist's sister, San Francisco Realtor Judy Ireland, said she plans to offer the property at around $900,000. The rush to sell, she said, concerns a law expiring April 1* that would exempt the artist from tax on $250,000 of the considerable capital gain from the sale.
To quote John Elderfield (chief curator of painting and sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York): "It would be great if some white knight rode in and took it over." And bar that, all we ask is that they resist any recommendations to “stage.”
[*Editor's Note: Don't panic, as far as we know it's not "the law" that's expiring April 1 but rather Mr. Ireland's ability to qualify for the primary residence capital gains tax exemption (he hasn't lived at 500 Capp Street for going on three years).]
∙ Little-known S.F. gem may be lost [SFGate]
∙ Inside 500 Capp Street: An Oral History of David Ireland's House (pdf) [berkeley.edu]
∙ David Ireland at 500 Capp Street: Real Player Video [berkeley.edu]
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December 11, 2007
Coming (Not So) Soon To An Empty Lot (3119 Harrison) Next Year
Okay, we’re giving you the big jump on this one (as in “[c]onstruction is due to start by Spring 2008…[and] both houses will go on the market as the project gets closer to completion”). From the developers behind 1440 Jackson Street comes 3119 Harrison, two contemporary 2,700 square foot homes on a currently (relatively) empty lot.
The project involves excavating the entire lot 12 feet below grade to make room for a shared six car underground garage, two subterranean studios and two outdoor courtyards. It will feature numerous environmental amenities and may possibly be [their] first LEED certified project.
Rough plans (and a few more renderings) available online. Details in a year (assuming it gets built).
∙ Dawson&Clinton General Contractors [dawson-clinton.com]
∙ Coming Soon Three Quarters In Contract: 1440 Jackson Street [SocketSite]
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December 10, 2007
Coming Soon Three Quarters In Contract: 1440 Jackson Street
A reader wonders if we know anything about the four modern units coming soon [see UPDATE below] at 1440 Jackson. And to be honest, beyond what’s available on the 1440 Jackson website, we don’t (but perhaps a plugged-in reader or two will be able to fill in the gaps).
The basics: Bulthaup kitchen with Subzero, Wolf and Gaggenau appliances; Dorn Bracht/Lefroy Brooks fixtures and WET bathtubs in the bathrooms; commercial grade supreme Bonelli windows; two private roof-top terraces with outdoor kitchens and spas; and one parking space per unit.
The units: 1440 Jackson #1 (1/1) 683 sqft + 60 sqft terrace; #2 (4/3) 2,274 sqft + 960 sqft terrace; #3 (3/2.5) 1,227 sqft + garden; and #4 (3/2.5) 1,457 sqft + 749 sqft terrace.
The rendered (and quite agressive) open master suite of unit number two:
And the full floor plan (for the same):
UPDATE: Well, while it never hit the MLS three of the four units are already in contract and only unit #1 remains available at $700,000. Sorry about that folks and we'll try not to let it happen again (seriously). And the quote of the day (from the sales agent), “I was wondering if the developer had put up a billboard or something because I was flooded with calls this morning.”
∙ Property Website: 1440 Jackson Street [1440Jackson.com]
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November 19, 2007
Coming Soon: At Least Half Of The Two Family At 3973 19th Street
If you were wondering what was being built up at 3973 19th Street (between Noe and Sanchez), here’s your partial answer: It’s a two family residence, at least half of which (three bedrooms/two baths should be on the market at the end of the month (floor plans (pdf) available online and price TBD); and design by Andy Rogers Design Studio.
UPDATE: And if you’re not interested in the listing, but you are interested in how the exterior is finished, you might want to peruse the readers’ comments.
∙ Coming Soon: 3973 19th Street #A (3/2) – Price TBD [Tal Klein]
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November 1, 2007
Two New Modern Homes On Miguel Coming Soon (Prices Unknown)
They’re two new modern view homes "situated on the southern rim of Noe Valley" that are obviously coming soon, should offer some fantastic views, and sound to be luxuriously finished (that’s only a rendering of the interior above). Other than that, there’s little we know about these two. Any plugged-in readers care to share the inside scoop/story?
∙ Coming Soon: 71-73 Miguel (4/3.5 each) [71-73miguel.com]
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