theFrontSteps – San Francisco

What was… Is now… But not yet… Look for this to hit MLS any day, unless someone goes and knocks the seller’s socks off with a big time offer between now and this weekend. Sold in May of 2012 for $489,000 as a “Great opportunity for a developer to build a stunning 4 bedroom, 3.5 [...]

[Update: This property is Sold. Was sold in 5 days, CASH, for $2,600,000. Wow...] The Living Room was: The Living Room is: The Kitchen was: The Kitchen is: Bathroom was: Bathroom is: (Note: There are now 4.5 Baths, this is just one of them.) Lower Level was: Lower Level is: Rear Cottage was: Rear Cottage [...]

Thirty Two Hidalgo Terrace is currently on MLS. No, it’s not the Fixer of Epic Proportions I brought to your attention here, and recently featured on Yahoo! In fact, it’s no longer a fixer, but this is what it looked like a few short months ago: Lovely Kitchen: Before… After… Lovely Bath: Before… After… Don’t [...]

[Update: Property is now on MLS. Keep your eyes on PocketListings.net for your chance at many other off market opportunities, as this one was first posted there several weeks ago.] This is one of those properties where every step you take inside the building you wonder if you’ll end up one floor below, like in [...]

The last recorded sale of 3577 Pacific (2 bed, 1.5 baths, on the Presidio wall right across from Julias Kahn Playground) was August 31, 2005 for $2,225,000 and she was definitely a mid-century diamond in the rough. Well…she’s back and she’s looking sweet. She did get a bit bigger, and more modern though. She’s been [...]

We think this would qualify as a “flip” in every sense of the word. From this 4 bed, 2.5 bath home in March 2008, which sold for $1,605,000 (asking $1,500,000): – To this 5 bed, 4.5 bath home six months later asking $2,398,000: – Very interesting to say the least. We’ll see how this goes. [...]

From our reader: Is any house in the central sunset worth 1.4 million? The average price in the central sunset 800k -900k. Please take a look at 2960 22nd Ave, San Francisco which just came on the market. …and the kitchen: We must first say that this home is technically located in the Parkside, near [...]

In case you don’t get sfnewsletter: All it takes is to remove the clutter (before shots)… adjust the price (sold in Dec ’07 for $2,580,000 after some massive price reductions) to get it sold, call in the contractors and voila…the after: 2801 Lake Street (after shots), a 5 bed, 4 bath remodeled home in Sea [...]

Hats off to the developer for a job well done and having the cajones to see this project at 2542 Fillmore through. Had you seen the before, you’d realize how great is the after. Oh…we have the before: …and the after …and even more. The before price of $2,675,000 (August 2005), the after price of [...]

This tip comes to us all the way from Oregon, via telephone no less (what is that!), and is about “one of the country’s first LEED certified homes” (LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) that happens to be across the pond (Oakland). Rather than ramble on, we thought we’d just leave you [...]