626-628 40th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94121

The property at 626 40th Avenue is a two-unit, two-story multi-family residential building located in San Francisco's Outer Richmond neighborhood, currently owned by the Edwin Lee Survivors Trust. Built in 1964, this flats and duplex building has experienced significant recent challenges, most notably a fire incident in March 2023 that resulted in extensive structural, water, and smoke damage throughout the building, rendering it temporarily unsafe and uninhabitable.

The fire violation, which remains active, prompted a major repair project in April 2023 with an estimated cost of $110,000 to address damaged ceilings, walls, flooring, and roofing over the kitchen area. Following the fire, the building was reported as vacant in November 2024, and utilities were temporarily turned off. Beyond the recent fire incident, the building's maintenance history shows previous improvements including vinyl siding installation (2002), reroofing (1992), and aluminum window installation (1986).

Looking ahead, there is an electrical upgrade planned for December 2024 to install a new 400-amp service with three meters (two unit meters and one house meter), suggesting preparations for improved electrical capacity and potentially new occupancy. The property has experienced some neighborhood issues including three documented parking violations (two in July 2018 for sidewalk parking and one in August 2023 for blocking a driveway), though these are unrelated to building conditions. Utility infrastructure matters have been addressed through normal service requests, including a streetlight repair in 2010 and a general electric service request in 2015, both of which were successfully resolved by PG&E.