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It feels good to be Home!

After a two month stint following the Cortland/Bennington flood of ‘07, Home San Francisco’s doors are re-opened and the directors are calling “take 2.”

How it happened:

February 1: Home San Francisco opens its doors at 399 Cortland Ave.
September 8: A water main erupts in Bernal Heights flooding 3 businesses at the Cortland/Bennington intersection
September 9: The city sends an emergency drying crew in to gut the office and set up massive industrial dryers.
September 9-23: The cleanup continued which included opening all of our walls, removing all carpet and furniture, power-washing, mold tests, etc.
September 24: Another “flood aftershock” takes place as the city realizes that a swath of pipe below the intersection is filled solid with concrete!!
September 26: The floor in our office is dug out 6 feet down while a pile of mud sat in the middle of our space for 5 days
September 30: Clean-up/dry out completes.
October 1: rebuild begins
November 1: We’re BACK!

It’s been a slightly agonizing and challenging time. Running a small business in San Francisco is never easy, then throw a flood in the mix, things get infinitely more challenging. We’ve now built our office two times in 2007 (practice makes perfect) which is our first year in business.

Here is to a drier 2008!