192-196 Valley St, San Francisco, CA 94131

The 6-unit, 3-story multi-family residential building at 192-196 Valley St in Noe Valley, built in 1908 and currently owned by the Plautz/welsh 1999 Trust, has undergone several significant improvements and faced some maintenance challenges in recent years. Most notably, there is an **active plumbing issue as of April 2024** involving a broken sewer in the rear building affecting the bottom unit, with reported water leakage impacting adjacent property.

The building completed mandatory seismic retrofitting in 2016 as a Tier 3 soft-story structure, achieving final certification. Recent improvements include a **$70,000 kitchen and bathroom remodel** in Unit A (2024), completed reroofing ($14,000, 2024), multiple unit renovations in 2019 including kitchen and bathroom upgrades with new fixtures, and several earlier improvements between 2013-2016 involving stucco replacement, kitchen renovations, and bathroom updates across different units with associated electrical and plumbing work.

The building's maintenance history shows regular upkeep and modernization efforts, though there were some historical violations in the early 2000s regarding fire extinguisher maintenance and security door requirements, both of which were resolved. Recent infrastructure maintenance includes prompt response to various municipal service requests, though there have been some recurring issues with graffiti and street cleaning as noted in 2024 311 calls. The building has experienced three fire department responses since 2008, though all were for non-emergency situations (CO detector malfunction, service call, and good intent call) with no injuries reported.