2640 Steiner Street
Pacific Heights · San Francisco, CA 94115
A Pacific Heights house of 1906, known from published guides as the exterior used in the 1993 film Mrs. Doubtfire — a filming-location claim about the building, not about who has lived in it.
Permit history
Seventeen permits, 1984–2021, six of them street-space filings omitted here. The 1990s are a run of expired permits; the substantial work is three remodels in the 2000s and 2010s, ending with the basement conversion of 2021.
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May 2021
Convert the basement beside the garage into a bedroom, bath, laundry and family room; lower the floor for ceiling height; replace an exterior door and three windows.
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Apr 2017
Partial second-floor remodel; add a half bath; replace the basement furnace and add an attic furnace; replace selected single-glazed windows in kind.
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Feb 2005
Kitchen remodel; add a half bath in the kitchen pantry.
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Aug 1998
Reroofing.
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Jun 1991
Repair a damaged wall at the front of the basement.
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Sep 1990
Window seat, kitchen window, counter tops, closets and a skylight.
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Sep 1984
Remove wood and concrete steps.
Not yet documented: the architect, builder and original permit, and confirmation of the filming-location claim from a production or archival source. Know any of it? Tell us — just describe it in plain words.