700 Castro Street
Eureka Valley · San Francisco, CA 94114
The largest building on the 700 block and the only apartment house among its Victorian and Edwardian neighbors, built in 1927 and seismically retrofitted in 2016 under the city's mandatory soft-story program.
Permit history
Eleven permits on file with the Department of Building Inspection. The 2016 soft-story retrofit was carried out under San Francisco's mandatory seismic program, which requires wood-frame buildings of three or more stories with five or more units to strengthen weak ground floors. Estimated cost is marked $$$ under $5k, $$$ $5k–$25k, $$$ over $25k.
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Apr 2025
Fire alarm system replacement, to meet SF/CA code.
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Apr 2025
Reroof, no hot work.
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Aug 2017
Nine garage doors replaced in kind, correcting a notice of violation arising from the soft-story retrofit.
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Dec 2016
Dwelling unit addition under ordinance 162-16 — filed, never issued.
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Sep 2016
Soft story retrofit per IEBC appendix A4 — the mandatory seismic strengthening.
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Aug 2016
Interior kitchen remodel in one unit, no exterior work.
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Jul 2010
Kitchen cabinets, counters and appliance locations changed in one unit.
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Nov 2003
Deck, garbage chute deck and egress stairs repaired and upgraded.
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May 2002
Kitchen remodel in two units.
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Jun 1993
Reroofing.
One $1 administrative revision is omitted.
Not yet documented: the architect and builder, the original unit configuration, and whether the 1927 building replaced an earlier structure on the parcel. Know any of it? Tell us — just describe it in plain words.