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District 3 · Block 0048, Lot 016 · ZIP 94109

970 Chestnut Street

13-unit apartment building

  • 3 stories
  • 17,782 ft2
  • 9,278 ft2 lot area
  • 62 rooms
  • 25 bedrooms
  • 19 bathrooms
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned RH-1(D)
  • Sold January 4, 2019
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  1. 1914

    Built.

  2. February 10, 1972

    The building was a twelve-unit apartment building with no garage.

    San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
  3. Jan 1982
    Permit 8200200 $$$ $9,000

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  4. Oct 1989
    Permit 8920311 $$$ $20,000

    Horizontal addition.

  5. Apr 1990
    Permit 9006846 $$$ $50,000

    Horizontal addition.

  6. Aug 2006
    Permit 200608038425 $$$ $50,000

    Kitchen remodel & add 1 full bath on 1/f one unit per plan.

  7. Nov 2007
    Permit 200711017079 $$$ $18,000

    3rd floor-one unit only - demolish existing non-conforming service stair. fill in partial area of lightwell by adding 24.5 sq ft to the existing kitchen, remodel kitchen & add new bath to existing bedroom.

  8. Nov 2011
    Permit 201111148801 $$$ $30,000

    Work @ one unit only. kitchen remodel & addition & add full bathroom & deck over basement.

  9. Sep 2017
    Permit 201709137957 $$$ $70,000

    Soft story retrofit per sfebc chapter 4d engineering criteria 2016 cebc appendix a-4.

  10. Oct 2019
    Permit 201910235391 $$$ $240,000

    Add 4 adu's on ground floor per ordinance# 162-16. (3) 1- bedrooms & (1) 2-bedroom.

  11. Jan 2020
    Permit 202001272838 $$$ $100,000

    Mod & legalization of existing non-conforming roof deck and life-safety improvements (extension of existing stair penthouse, installation of new fire sprinkler heads at select locations, installation of new magnetic on-hold doors).improvements to existing fire escape & installation of fire alarm system at all level.

  12. Jul 2020
    Permit 202007220623 $$$ $30,000

    Discovery & remodel of all sheetrock, to be replace under a separate permit.

  13. Jun 2021
    Permit 202106253201 $$$ $100,000

    4 kitchen and 8 bathrooms to be replaced in kind. remove and replace all sheetrock in the 4 units (#1, 4, 8, 12).

  14. Oct 2021
    Permit 202110120283 $$$ $60,000

    (2) kitchens and (4) bathrooms to be replaced in kind. remove and replace all sheetrock in the (2) unit's #5, 9: (2) units: 5 & 9. this work will count towards substantial change.

  15. Oct 2022
    Permit 202210194696 $$$ $208,000

    Remodel of upper 12 units: kitchen & bath remodel. remove all int existing lath & plaster, all fireplaces, add 1 bathrm & 1 bedrm/office. rev to bpa#20210120283 & bpa#202106253201. full seismic upgrade with plyd shearwalls o/v n&e conc. fdn. connect new seismic to completed grnd floor seismic permit application 201910235391.

  16. Jan 2023
    Permit 202301069743 $$$ $40,000

    Converting 4 existing interior lightwells into 4 new tenant storage spaces at each level, exterior fill-in wall at 2nd floor one unit, minor addition at 1st floor one unit.

  17. Jan 2023
    Permit 202301200438 $$$ $136,000

    Replace 18 front windows and restore to original french casement style. replace or enlarge all e windows of non street facing sides. add 12 rated (non-operable) windows on east side adjacent to property line; voluntary struc'l strengthening with (4) plywood shearwalls. ref pa 2022-1019-4696.

  18. Mar 2023
    Permit 202303203958 $$$ $68,000

    Revision to bpa# 201910235391(adu). reconfigure 5 ground floor unit layouts. existing one unit reduced and one unit-17 enlarged. no expansion of building envelope. adu waivers unaffected. relocate some plywood shearwall and concrete foundation.

  19. Mar 2023
    Issued Permit 202303204001 $$$ $55,000

    Reroofing.

  20. Mar 2023
    Permit 202303244320 $$$ $20,512

    2/f, 3/f & 4/f: install new f/s system to supply 2/3/4-f windows, fire scape & units entrance doors per nfpa 13, existing 4" fire service (total heads 32). ref bpa#202001272838 & 202301200438.

  21. Jul 2023
    Permit 202307252863 $$$ $45,866

    Add fire sprinkler system throughout building 1st floor new units (5) per nfpa13, connect to existing 4" fire service and riser, total sprinklers added 73. ref permit application 202303203958.

  22. Oct 2023
    Permit 202310199027 $$$ $80,789

    Upgrade existing fire alarm system to comply with sffc section 1103.7.6.1 ref pa 2023-0324-4320, 2023-0725-2863 and 2023-0106-9743 (adu).

DBI holds 45 permits for this parcel, most of them tenant improvements on individual floors. The timeline shows the 24 largest by stated cost, plus the earliest on file; the DBI query in the sources below returns all 45. 3 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 5 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.

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