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720 Castro Street

Eureka Valley · San Francisco, CA 94114

  • Built 1901
  • Single-family house
  • 2 stories
  • Zoned RH-2
  • District 8
  • Historic status: unevaluated
37.7570, −122.4350 Street View appears here once a Google Maps embed key is configured.

Sold in December 2024 — the most recent transfer among the buildings documented on this block, and the reason its assessed value sits far above neighbours that have not changed hands in decades.

2,020 sq ftBuilding area
3,123 sq ftLot area
6Rooms · 2 baths

Permit history

Six permits on file with the Department of Building Inspection, four of them substantive and all complete. Estimated cost is marked $$$ under $5k, $$$ $5k–$25k, $$$ over $25k.

  1. Feb 2012

    Front stairway partially replaced in kind because of dry rot.

    Complete Permit 201202083778 $$$ $12,500
  2. Jan 2008

    Termite report 9284-07, items 2b, 2c, 3c and 5b.

    Complete Permit 200801172731 $$$ $4,900
  3. Dec 2007

    One second-floor bathroom converted into two, with new plumbing and electrical roughed in.

    Complete Permit 200712170647 $$$ $25,500
  4. Feb 2005

    Reroofing.

    Complete Permit 200502034763 $$$ $13,500

Two $1 street-space and sidewalk permits are omitted.

Not yet documented: the architect and builder, and any work predating the 2005 permit. Know any of it? Tell us — just describe it in plain words.