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San Francisco
general contractor.

We're Marin-based, but the bridge is short. SF clients hire us for the same reason Marin clients do: family-owned, owner-led, and willing to do the boring craft details that determine whether a renovation lasts.

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Building in San Francisco.

San Francisco is the most challenging residential building environment in the Bay Area. Older homes with knob-and-tube and balloon-frame construction. Tight lots with party walls. SF DBI's review process. Soft-story seismic requirements. Limited staging space. Neighbors close enough to hear every nail gun.

It's also where some of the most beautiful renovation work in the country gets done. We approach each SF project as one part construction, one part logistics, and one part neighbor relations. The construction is the part you'd expect us to be good at; the other two are why people hire us.

SF neighborhoods we work in.

Pacific Heights

Period homes with significant interior detail. Restoration-grade work.

Marina

1920s-30s Marina-style and contemporary rebuilds.

Sea Cliff

Coastal estates with view and erosion considerations.

Noe Valley

Victorians and Edwardians with vertical additions and rear-yard reconfigurations.

Cole Valley · Ashbury Heights

Steep lots, stick-built Victorians, modern interventions.

Bernal Heights

Cottages and 2-3 story rebuilds with view-protected design.

Sunset · Richmond

1930s-40s row homes — kitchen and bath remodels, light-and-air interventions.

Glen Park · Forest Hill

Mid-century to contemporary, varied lot conditions.

Russian Hill · Telegraph Hill

Steep, view-driven, parking-impossible. We've done it.

San Francisco FAQ.

Are you familiar with San Francisco's permitting environment? +
Yes. SF DBI is its own animal — longer review timelines, stricter detailing, more scrutiny on neighborhood impact, and overlapping jurisdictional layers (planning, building, MEP, fire, sometimes Historic Preservation). We pull permits, attend planning hearings, and manage the full process for projects in the city.
What kinds of SF projects do you take on? +
Whole-home renovations, kitchen and bath remodels, additions where allowed, primary suite reconfigurations. We tend to focus on the residential side rather than commercial. Common neighborhoods for us: Pacific Heights, the Marina, Sea Cliff, Noe Valley, Cole Valley, Bernal Heights, the Sunset, the Richmond.
Do SF parking and storage logistics affect what you can do? +
They affect everything. Materials staging, dumpster placement, crew parking, and equipment access are all harder in SF than in Marin. We plan project logistics from day one and coordinate with neighbors and the SFMTA for street-use permits where needed. It's added work, but routine for us at this point.

Services we run in San Francisco.

Detail pages for each service in San Francisco — typical scope, range, timeline, and local permitting notes.

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