Saw this adorable cottage / bungalow in Westwood Park today. Generally speaking, in San Francisco, when the square footage is under 1000 square feet, they start calling that a cottage. Typically, with these smaller homes, the price can be more attractive given the smaller square footage, but typically it may also not be easy to expand the home without tearing the home apart, as these houses are typically one-story on a limited parcel. These homes are typically one bedroom with a small office or two small bedrooms. Personally, these type of homes are a bit small for my needs, but one like this one might be a nice starter home for some folks.
http://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Francisco/1358-Plymouth-Ave-94112/home/1938972
In this house's case, it stands exactly at 1000 square feet, and was built in 1918. Property in Westwood Park does seem to be more expensive generally. Specifically, Westwood Park homes tend to be more expensive than neighborhoods to the south and east of it (the neighorhood itself is very nice and residential) like Ingleside Terrace and the Outer Mission and Excelsior, but less expensive than the large, really nice homes in St. Francis Wood to the northwest of it, so from an investment perspective it's a good place to be.
Beautiful Crafstman-esque exterior (note the 1920s house to the left which is more of a full size Sunset style home):
It's got a beautiful but small living room:
Nice (also small) dining room with beautiful built in cabinets, probably original:
It's got a small bathroom with an old claw tub, which is quite cool to see (though not sure how cool it is to use):
There are two reasonably sized bedrooms in the back.
The parking situation is a bit weird. A lot of homes in Ingleside Terraces / Westwood Park are fully non-attached structures, with a private path on the side for the car to drive through to get to a garage near the back. In this house's case, the path has been partially dug up and obstructed with plants grown in the ground. In the back of the house is the garage, which is really a shed that fits one car. So the garage could be used as a storage space, renovated to become living space, or you can pave over the plants and turn the garage back into a garage. There is still a parking space on the property though.
Finally, the best or most interesting part is the backyard. Definitely my favorite part. Because this house backs up on City College property, beyond the chain link fence of the backyard, is a completely undeveloped field with a tree and other natural plants. So the backyard feels so very bucolic, unusual for San Francisco.
It's got a beautiful but small living room:
Nice (also small) dining room with beautiful built in cabinets, probably original:
It's got a small bathroom with an old claw tub, which is quite cool to see (though not sure how cool it is to use):
There are two reasonably sized bedrooms in the back.
The parking situation is a bit weird. A lot of homes in Ingleside Terraces / Westwood Park are fully non-attached structures, with a private path on the side for the car to drive through to get to a garage near the back. In this house's case, the path has been partially dug up and obstructed with plants grown in the ground. In the back of the house is the garage, which is really a shed that fits one car. So the garage could be used as a storage space, renovated to become living space, or you can pave over the plants and turn the garage back into a garage. There is still a parking space on the property though.
Finally, the best or most interesting part is the backyard. Definitely my favorite part. Because this house backs up on City College property, beyond the chain link fence of the backyard, is a completely undeveloped field with a tree and other natural plants. So the backyard feels so very bucolic, unusual for San Francisco.
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