51 Seward St, San Francisco, CA 94114

The three-story duplex at 51 Seward St, built in 1916 and currently owned by Combette Christophe & Belli, has undergone significant improvements and maintenance over the past 15 years. The property has seen major renovations in 2019, including a comprehensive interior remodel worth $80,000 that reconfigured bathrooms, relocated laundry, remodeled the kitchen, and added new rear-facing windows, skylights, and a raised deck. This renovation was accompanied by substantial updates to the building's systems, including new plumbing for bathrooms and kitchen, electrical wiring upgrades with new lighting and appliance installations, and HVAC improvements with furnace relocation and new ducting.

Recent maintenance work has included the replacement of 15 windows in 2022, deck refacing in 2021, and reroofing in 2020. The building's maintenance history shows attention to structural integrity, with records of sub-floor repairs and dry rot remediation completed in 2007. The property has experienced some issues requiring attention, including a cluster of violations in 2007 related to floor repairs that were resolved by November of that year.

Most recently, in January 2024, there was a fire code violation issued regarding the alarm system maintenance, which has since been abated. The building underwent an administrative verification in 2018 confirming its legal use as a two-unit residential building. The property's exterior and surrounding area have been subject to various 311 calls, primarily regarding parking enforcement and street maintenance issues, with several instances of vehicles blocking driveways requiring citations between 2021 and 2024. Recent complaints from 2023-2024 have included reports of graffiti and hazardous materials on nearby streets, though these were street-level issues and not directly related to the building itself.