34-40 Abbey St, San Francisco, CA 94114

The two-story, five-unit multi-family residential building at 34-40 Abbey Street in Mission Dolores, owned by Mui Nelson Clark, was constructed in 1907 and has undergone several significant renovations and repairs over the years. Most notably, in 2003, substantial improvements were made including kitchen and bathroom renovations, window replacements, relocation of the front door, and complete rewiring of the rear cottage with a new breaker panel.

These improvements followed a series of violations and complaints in 2002 that highlighted various safety and maintenance issues, including problems with stairs, fire safety equipment, security features, and garbage receptacle placement, all of which were successfully addressed and abated by March 2004. The building has experienced some recurring maintenance and safety concerns over its history, including complaints about wet walls, a shaky back porch, and window problems in 1996, as well as routine housing inspections in 2002 and 2010.

More recent issues have primarily involved external matters not directly related to building conditions, such as parking violations and sidewalk blockages, with multiple citations issued between 2022 and 2024 for vehicles blocking driveways and sidewalks. The property has also had some minor infrastructure maintenance incidents, including sewer service requests and a mechanical street cleaning oversight in 2023, as well as a brief investigation of an open vacant building complaint in 2005 that was deemed to have no merit.