407 29th St, San Francisco, CA 94131

The 8-unit, 2-story multi-family residential building at 407 29th Street in Noe Valley, owned by the Sheila Corry Trust and constructed in 1965, has experienced significant compliance issues regarding seismic safety requirements. Most notably, the building is currently classified as "non-compliant" under the Soft Story Program, with an active violation filed in October 2022 stating that the building failed to complete required retrofit work and obtain final signoff and certification as mandated by the San Francisco Building Code. Although a $75,000 soft story retrofit project was initiated in 2019, its permit has since expired and the work remains incomplete.

The building has a history of soft story-related violations dating back to 2017, when the property was first identified as requiring seismic retrofitting, leading to multiple Notices of Violation and associated monitoring fees. The property's maintenance history shows some attention to external issues, including a 2017 permit for replacing approximately 800 square feet of scorched siding at a cost of $5,000, though no associated violation or complaint was recorded for this work. The building has undergone routine housing inspections in 1998, 2001, and 2008, with no significant findings on record.

Recent 311 calls related to the property (from 2019 through 2023) have primarily concerned street-related issues like parking violations and sidewalk maintenance, rather than building-specific problems. The property has also experienced some exterior maintenance issues, including a 2021 sidewalk defect report that remains open as of October 2023. Despite these various infractions and maintenance concerns, there have been no recorded building complaints related to habitability or internal conditions in recent years, though the outstanding soft story retrofit non-compliance presents a notable exception regarding building safety requirements.