4943-4949 17th St, San Francisco, CA 94117

The property at 4943-4949 17th Street, owned by Peter Chin and Susan Lai, is a two-story, four-unit multi-family residential building constructed in 1947 in the Parnassus/Ashbury Heights neighborhood. Over the years, the building has undergone several significant maintenance and improvement projects, including the installation of new decking at the rear of the building for both floors in 2006 (cost: $10,000) to comply with a notice of violation. In 2008, repairs were made to address dry rot at the front of the building (cost: $6,000) and electrical work was completed to install a workshop fan, laundry facilities, and associated electrical components.

The building has a history of routine housing inspections, with the most recent occurring in October 2016. A cluster of violations was recorded in April 2006, including issues with fire extinguishers, stairs, water heaters, and gas meter instructions, all of which were subsequently addressed. The property experienced some safety-related incidents in 2000, including concerns about chord wiring, fire extinguisher maintenance, and a BBQ grille issue, though these were all abated by September 2000.

More recently, in 2022, there were two infrastructure-related concerns reported via 311 calls: a lifted sidewalk and an off manhole cover, both of which were resolved. Recent building permits include two street space permits issued in 2014 (cost: $1 each), and there have been several routine issues documented, such as illegal postings (2019), temporary moving sign requests (2018), and concerns about waste receptacle management (2015 and 2016), though these were generally resolved without indicating persistent problems. The building's maintenance history suggests regular upkeep is performed when issues are identified, with no major ongoing safety concerns currently evident in the available records.