See Kevin’s Q&A Answers from Trulia
- If you are remodeling your home in San Francisco, what are the reasons that a neighbor can object to the remodel?Answer by Kevin Ho: Both adjacent and nearby owners and renters can object to construction they don't know about, i.e., no permit posted. This is risky for those who are doing work WITHOUT permit as they risk a stop-work order and all kinds of problems and fines then. Other reasons: noise, messiness, unsafe conditions. Also even if work is permitted, if […]
- Potential buyers cancelled because of extensive termite work that needs to be done. Must we disclose this report if all repairs have been made?Answer by Kevin Ho: Yes and yes. What you could do is have the items on the pest reports cleared and get a completion card/certification from the BDI. […]
The Woof from Dogpatch
- Baja DogpatchThe Potrero Hill / Dogpatch Green Benefits District just sent out a link to a survey that you should probably go fill out so they can figure out how to add more green to our grit*. Go take the survey, you can always come back to the Howler later: http://www.phdgbdsurvey.org/ Okay, when you were taking […]
- Uppercasing HistoryThe Upper Haight has its own neighborhood blog, and they posted today about the Spencer House in their fair hood. Archival: Meet the Spencer House Uppercasing says: The John Spencer House was built in about 1895 (it’s hard to say for sure; the city’s building records burned in 1906), and is a shining, brilliant relic […]