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Reduction Roundup XXXIII

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Our weekly installment, Reduction Roundup, will be available for your viewing pleasure each Wednesday. This little gem will bring you some of our favorite price reductions of the week. If you have questions, know of a good reduction that should be featured or want to know about a specific property, just ask…4252-22nd-st

Reduction 65:

Address: 4252 22nd Street
Why: Because it’s tenant occupied, a total wreck, but has city approved plans.  Still… anybody else think this price is a bit aggressive?
Original $: $1,495,000
Current $: $1,245,000

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You Have $7.75m Dollars, What Do You Buy?

There are four homes in San Francisco that are for sale and are priced between $5,900,000 and $7,750,000.  Let’s play a game…

Somebody gives you $7.75m and says that you can only spend it on a house, which home do you chose? Vote in the polling section below, but we’d love to hear why you chose the house that you did in the comment section.

1. 299 Santa Paula Ave299santapaula ($5,900,000)
Size: 10,863 square feet ($543.13 per square foot)
Beds/Baths: 5 Beds/5.5 Baths
District: St. Francis Wood
Extras: Stunning, unique, HUGE views on a large plot of land

2. 3816 22nd Street3816-22 ($5,975,000)
Size: 6140 square feet ($973.13 per square foot)
Beds/Baths: 4 Beds/4.5 Baths
District: Noe Valley
Extras: Converted historic firehouse. Viewing roof tower, wine cellar, reclaimed lumber staircase atrium

3. 2712 Broadway Street2712-broadway1 ($7,75,000)
Size: 7000 square feet ($1,107.14 per square foot)
Beds/Baths: 7 Beds/5 Baths
District: Pacific Heights
Extras: Expansive Golden Gate and Bay views. Needs some updating

4. 3577 Pacific Ave.3577-pacific ($6,95,000)
Size: 4500 square feet ($1544.44 per square foot)
Beds/Baths: 6 Beds/4 Baths
District: Presidio Heights
Extras: Beautifully renovated contemporary home

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Reduction Roundup XXXI

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Reduction 61:624-29

Address: 624 29th Street
Why: It’s a single family “Victoria” in Noe.  It needs work, it’s small, but it’s under $700k
Original $: $694,000
Current $: $639,000

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Reduction Roundup XXIX

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Our weekly installment, Reduction Roundup, will be available for your viewing pleasure each Wednesday. This little gem will bring you some of our favorite price reductions of the week. If you have questions, know of a good reduction that should be featured or want to know about a specific property, just ask…3917-26th

Address: 3917 26th Street
Why: It’s in the “Heart of Noe” and has an in-law
Original $: $1,398,000
Current $: $1,349,000

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Reduction Roundup XXIV

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Our weekly installment, Reduction Roundup, will be available for your viewing pleasure each Wednesday. This little gem will bring you some of our favorite price reductions of the week. If you have questions, know of a good reduction that should be featured or want to know about a specific property, just ask931-elizabeth

Reduction 47

Address: 931 Elizabeth Street
Why: 4 beds/4 baths, beautiful kitchen and views–giant savings!
Original Price: $2,595,000
Current Price: $1,849,000

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It Costs Money to Live in Noe

Nobody ever said Noe Valley was a cheap place to live. In the last two weeks alone, 4 new places hit the market with price tags above $2,100,000. Start saving…

Address Asking $
1430 Diamond St $2,195,000
4226 25th St $2,950,000
575 28th St $3,295,000
3816 22nd St $6,375,000

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5 Alarm Fire

Historic Firehouse #44 has been restored to none of it’s original glory. However, it has been resored into a masterpiece of a slick, modern, non-kid-friendly home with amazing views, high-end finishes and the “cool factor” that goes along with living in a fire house.

Schtuff:

  • October 2005: Active for 71 days with an asking price of $2.695m. Withdrawn.
  • February 2006: Active for 8 days for an asking price of $2.696m; sold for $2.1m
  • May 2008: On the market currently for $6.375m
  • Kitschy elements used in the remodel include fire-hose nozzel fountain, fire-hose used as staging item.
  • Worst part of the remodel: the pole is encased in glass. NOT IN USE. BOOOOO!
  • Best part of the remodel: outdoor decks, walk-in wine closet and kitchen with separate galley sous chef space/kitchen

3816 22nd Street–Current listing [Home San Francisco]
3816 22nd Street–2006 listing [MLS]
*image above is the original fire house bell that is still currently in the house

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Uncovering Noe Valley II

B-Hizz brought it to our attention that “this [sign is] being taken down. what happened to anchor steam trying to save it?” Does anybody know what happened to the sign? Will it be preserved? It’s not the only historic sign that was recently excavated in the city as Curbed revealed last March.

Uncovering Noe Valley [SF Schtuff]
Destructoporn: Ancient Signage Revealed at One Hawthorne [Curbed SF]

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Uncovering Noe Valley

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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]

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Hood Wars Part II: Noe Valley v. Grand Lake

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By Farrah:

Grand Lake (Oakland) vs. Noe Valley (San Francisco)

These hoods are cute, convenient and family-friendly. Let’s see what happens when they go head to head in a good old fashioned grudge-match…

Results:
Meeting hottie at local bar: Grand Lake
Getting around: Noe Valley
Kid friendliness: Grand Lake
Cool stuff to do: TIE
Likelihood that your neighbors aren’t just like you: Grand Lake
Necessary Stuff: Grand Lake
Price: Grand Lake

Meeting at hottie at the local bar: Grand Lake

Don’t people move to Noe Valley when they’re boo’ed up? When I moved in with my boo, we moved to Noe and didn’t go out to bars. Oh yeah, I guess I did pass a bar called Bliss on my way to the grocery store from time to time. Does anyone really go there?

Grand Lake has tons of bars. If you like cat daddies you can go to the Serenader. Hip young professionals can be found at Easy or Vine Wine Bar. Unprentious, dive-loving hipsters go to the Alley or Smitty’s. Lesbians (one Wednesday a month) and everybody else goes to Lucky’s.

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