772-774 14th St, San Francisco, CA 94114

The property at 772-774 14th Street, located in San Francisco's Duboce Triangle neighborhood, is a two-story, four-unit multi-family residential building constructed in 1900 and currently owned by Donald K Smith 2014 Revocable Trust. The building's maintenance history shows several significant stair-related repairs, with work performed on both front and rear stairs between 1993 and 2006, including handrail repairs, dry rot remediation, and structural improvements. A notable safety upgrade occurred in 1993 when smoke detection and ventilation systems were installed and plumbing and electrical systems were upgraded to address code violations.

The building underwent a reroofing project in 2018 costing $10,000, and more recent infrastructure improvements include a sewer replacement completed in 2008. The building has experienced several routine housing inspections over the years, with particular attention to stair safety issues in the early 2000s, leading to multiple permits and violations. Of concern is an active permit from 2000 regarding unauthorized front stair construction that remains unresolved as of October 2023.

More recent inspections in 2006 raised foundation concerns, though these were quickly addressed. The property has been subject to regular municipal services interventions, with multiple reports of graffiti and sanitary issues in the vicinity between 2019 and 2025, though these are street-level concerns rather than building-specific problems. The most recent building permit activity was the reroofing work in 2018, and historical permits show maintenance work has generally been addressed through proper channels, with the exception of the aforementioned front stair construction issue.