February 29, 2008 • 1:28 pm 0
By Coach A:
As always, if you would like a detailed list of any particular ‘hood, just ask.
District 1: Sunday 2-4pm
734 32nd Ave: $1,195,000
District 2: Sunday 1-5pm
2187 25th Ave: $1,186,000
District 3: Sunday 2-4pm
482 Bright St: $548,000
District 4: Sunday 1-4pm
321 Marietta Drive: $1,890,000
Filed under: coach a, open houses, weekend , greg angilly, open houses, real estate, weekend
• 1:24 pm 2
By Coach A:
A quick glance at Craigslist today revealed this little gem.
Schtuff:
$380K for a studio – and if one is to believe the photos, the studio must be inside City Hall. It appears you also get hardwood floors and a MUNI car – SWEET DEAL! Approximate HOA Dues, pix of a floor board and no actual unit number. Gotta love it!
988 Fulton Street [craigslist]
Filed under: coach a, listings, real estate , greg angilly, listings, real estate
• 12:05 pm 3
Unexpected and historic treasures (circa 1905) were uncovered on the corner of 25th at Church Street. This stripped building was covered in sea-foam green colored stucco up until a couple weeks ago when this charcoal sign advertising Mr. Fisher’s Rye and Bourbon was found. So cool! After speaking with a contractor on sight, we found out that Anchor Steam Brewery is in talks with the building owner to remove that part of the wall in its entirety so that they can protect it and hang it in their brewery (they distill small batch rye whiskey at the Potero Hill brewery). This building has residential units up top and is currently under a major renovation. What’s going into the commercial space? A full service restaurant!
Building sold in 2001 for $567,500 and looked like this [MLS]
1296 Church Street [MLS]
Anchor Brewing [website]
Old Potrero Single Malt Whiskey [website]
Filed under: Ggold, Noe Valley, neighborhood changes , 'hood changes, Noe Valley
• 7:52 am 0
The historic Red Vic Movie House on Haight Street will play host to four screenings of the new film, UNCOUNTED: The New Math of American Elections, on Sunday, March 2. UNCOUNTED is a feature-length documentary that exposes numerous threats to the core of our democracy – our right to vote.
UNCOUNTED, written, produced, and directed by multiple Emmy award-winner David Earnhardt, examines how the fraud that changed the outcome of the 2004 election led to even greater election fraud in 2006 and now looms as an unbridled threat in 2008. San Francisco has seen the threat to the integrity of the election process first hand having just settled a lawsuit with an electronic voting machine manufacturer. UNCOUNTED addresses the issue of electronic voting as well as other systemic problems that plague our nation’s elections and thus disenfranchise voters – Jim Crow-like voter suppression, voter intimidation, undervoting, provisional balloting, and the the privatization of the election process.
The San Francisco screenings of UNCOUNTED are sponsored by Green 960AM. Additional support comes from Voting Rights Task Force, a group committed to secure, open, and verifiable elections, and Election Defense Alliance, a democratic, participatory organization bringing together election integrity activists from across the country.
Schtuff:
When: Sunday, March 2 2:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 7:15 pm, and 9:30 pm
Where:The Red Vic, 1727 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117.
Extras: Post-film question and answer session featuring the filmmaker, David Earnhardt will follow each screening.
Uncounted [website/trailer]
Red Vic Movie House [website]
Voting Rights Task Force [website]
Election Defense Alliance [website]
Filed under: Ggold, events, haight ashbury, weekend , events, haight ashbury, weekend
February 28, 2008 • 3:33 pm 1
Though it was not easy getting potential buyers through the house, there was plenty of interest in the home that was on the market for 6 days before the 1pm offer deadline today. It’s been such a joy trying to sell this house where the agent demonstrated little interest in showing it to potential buyers because she knew that the grossly under priced home and the 7 day marketing period would cause a major bidding war (despite the doom and gloom news you read every day). Today was offer day and the lovely, face lifted agent was just as much of a pleasure to talk to in person as she was on the phone.
Me: Hi, I’m Garrett, it’s nice to meet you.
Agent: Is the disclosure package signed?
Me: Yes, it is. Are you the listing agent? What is your name?
Agent: I’m ——, the entire disclosure package is in this envelope?
Me: Yes ma’am, it is.
Agent: How did you fit it all in this envelope?
Filed under: Ggold, random, real estate , garrett goldman, random, real estate
• 1:08 pm 3
By SENSE:
I live in the Grand Ave./Lake Merritt area in Oakland and I love it. But, sometimes you just gotta get away and take a break from your life.
This weekend I am going to do that, but I’m doing in it in San Francisco. Sound weird…? Between work and other obligations, and a lack of funds, I am unable to take a proper vacation to some remote or exotic location. So… I’m going to go on vacation right across the Bay.
A good friend of mine is coming up from Santa Barbara and he is hooking up a stay at the Four Seasons Hotel on Friday night and he has access to an apartment in the Marina on Saturday.
I am familiar with the Downtown/Tenderloin/SoMa area, where the Four Seasons is located… so I think I got Friday figured out. Some sort of combination of a drink at the Four Seasons Bar when he arrives, a couple drinks at a spot I know he will like, Bourbon & Branch (check this place out if you haven’t yet) and of course we’ll end up at Foley’s (my favorite Irish Pub in the city).
The Marina however, is unchartered territory for me.
Does anyone out there have suggestions for where one can partake in vacation like activities and get appropriately inebriated on the waterfront?
Now I know what some of you might be thinking… why do I want to hang out in the Marina…? Remember… I am going to be on vacation. It might be fun to be a tourist for the weekend.
Filed under: Sense, marina, random, weekend , events, marina, random, weekend
February 27, 2008 • 2:43 am 2
| District 1 | Jan-07 | Jan-08 |
| Number of Sales | 7 | 7 |
| Median Selling Price | 1,000,000 | 1,250,000 |
| Average DOM | 47 | 66 |
| District 2 | Jan-07 | Jan-08 |
| Number of Sales | 20 | 21 |
| Median Selling Price | 788,000 | 830,000 |
| Average DOM | 54 | 56 |
| District 3 | Jan-07 | Jan-08 |
| Number of Sales | 4 | 9 |
| Median Selling Price | 774,500 | 960,000 |
| Average DOM | 58 | 60 |
| District 4 | Jan-07 | Jan-08 |
| Number of Sales | 27 | 11 |
| Median Selling Price | 871,000 | 1,155,000 |
| Average DOM | 57 | 56 |
| District 5 | Jan-07 | Jan-08 |
| Number of Sales | 13 | 17 |
| Median Selling Price | 1,180,000 | 1,530,000 |
| Average DOM | 66 | 48 |
| District 6 | Jan-07 | Jan-08 |
| Number of Sales | 2 | 3 |
| Median Selling Price | 1,250,000 | 2,050,000 |
| Average DOM | 111 | 60 |
| District 7 | Jan-07 | Jan-08 |
| Number of Sales | 7 | 9 |
| Median Selling Price | 2,647,500 | 3,350,000 |
| Average DOM | 63 | 38 |
| District 8 | Jan-07 | Jan-08 |
| Number of Sales | 2 | 0 |
| Median Selling Price | 1,241,500 | |
| Average DOM | 43 | |
| District 9 | Jan-07 | Jan-08 |
| Number of Sales | 13 | 10 |
| Median Selling Price | 1,025,000 | 792,500 |
| Average DOM | 41 | 45 |
| District 10 | Jan-07 | Jan-08 |
| Number of Sales | 48 | 20 |
| Median Selling Price | 676,500 | 561,500 |
| Average DOM | 66 | 100 |
Year Over Year [SF Schtuff]
Data Provided by SFAR
Filed under: Ggold, real estate, stats, year over year , garrett goldman, real estate, stats, year over year
February 26, 2008 • 10:33 pm 1
By SENSE:
ATTENTION SAN FRANCISCO COFFEE DRINKERS!!!
Today at 5:30 p.m. every single last Starbucks Coffee on every single last street corner in San Francisco and throughout the country will close for 3.5 hours.
So why not take advantage of this temporary closing and try somewhere new? Here are some alternative coffee places that will get you your fix and will do so while you support a local, independent business:
Blue Bottle Coffee
Ritual Coffee Roasters
Martha & Bros. Coffee Company
Progressive Grounds
If you can’t bring yourself to go to one of these “mom & pop” joints, and still need that brand name… then may I suggest Peet’s. I happen to think Peet’s coffee is way better than Starbucks anyways and their baked goods are fresher and tastier.
All Starbucks Closing Today at 5:30 [Portland Business Journal]
• 3:59 pm 0
By Jack Schtuff:
With winter nearly over, I thought it might be a good idea to get you ready for the Schpring – on Schtuff.
Underschtanding that many Schtuff-ers could live outschide the schity, this will help you find the moscht convenient market for your cshircumschtancshes. Click here for schomething schpecshific to get a review on a market. Lascht, vischit here for a great SF gift idea.
Farmers’ Markets [SF Gate]
San Francisco Farmers Market [Yelp]
Farmers Market Cookbook [Chronicle Books]
Filed under: Food, Jack Schtuff, events, weekend , events, Food, jackson robertson
February 25, 2008 • 7:49 pm 10
Home sales are slowing and prices are softening. In addition to the doom and gloom, real estate agents are often compared to car salespeople and are called lazy, sleazy and unethical. The bad news is, those are true statements for many in the industry. The good news is, there is a new generation of agents. Below is a brief phone conversation I had (the new generation) between me and a lovely agent (the old school fool) this morning.
Filed under: Ggold, random, real estate , favorites, random, real estate
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