272-274 Hartford St, San Francisco, CA 94114

The 272-274 Hartford Street property is a three-story, two-unit multi-family residential building located in the Eureka Valley/Dolores Heights neighborhood, constructed in 1900 and currently owned by the Maggie Perkins 2020 Trust. The building has undergone several significant renovations and faced multiple regulatory challenges over recent years. Most notably, in 2023, an internal DBI audit revealed unauthorized modifications to the exterior south stairway, which had been removed, relocated, and reconfigured in violation of approved permits.

This led to the issuance of active building violations (NOV 202305733) that remain under review as of October 2023. The property has seen substantial construction activity in recent years, including efforts to legalize a basement kitchen and address blocked stairs (2023), along with previous improvements such as basement media room and bathroom additions (2014), and electrical rewiring of the lower unit (2014). The building's maintenance history shows attention to basic infrastructure, including a completed reroofing project in 2017 and recent front steps repairs initiated in 2024.

Historical records indicate earlier compliance issues, including unauthorized construction work in 2000 involving unpermitted skylight installations and interior modifications, though these have since been resolved. The property has generated numerous parking-related complaints in recent years, with multiple reports of driveway blocking and sidewalk parking, though these are separate from the building's structural and permit compliance matters. The current situation involves ongoing efforts to address the 2023 building violations while completing the permitted repairs to the front steps, with the most recent permit issued in March 2024 for $2,000.