Showing posts with label Outer Mission. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Outer Mission. Show all posts
Saturday, June 29, 2019
Monday, April 27, 2015
Art Deco Home
I saw an art deco Sunset style house last weekend (built 1940, 44 Nahua Avenue, Outer Mission), which is a bit of a rarity in San Francisco. If you look, they are definitely around, but of the Sunset style homes on the market, I would definitely say that those built in the style would be less than 10%, possibly 5%. Here's the listing:
https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Francisco/44-Nahua-Ave-94112/home/1123714
The exterior has got the nice but simple rounded corners and speed lines, which you might consider less Art Deco and more Moderne:
The living room is unique. It's got the traditional corner Spanish style fireplace that many San Francisco Sunset style houses from the 1930's have, but has a beautiful Art Deco tiered ceiling:
The movie The Shining features a ballroom with just such a ceiling, but more elaborate (of course, it was a 1970s movie set, but meant to evoke Art Deco):
It's got a nice and big center patio in good condition:
The kitchen has been re-done recently, looks tasteful:
The dining room has nice subtle molding:
Original tiled bathroom:
View from one of the two bedrooms out back:
Cute but small backyard:
Finally, Nahua Avenue is steep and is right next to the freeway, but has nice curb appeal:
The living room is unique. It's got the traditional corner Spanish style fireplace that many San Francisco Sunset style houses from the 1930's have, but has a beautiful Art Deco tiered ceiling:
The movie The Shining features a ballroom with just such a ceiling, but more elaborate (of course, it was a 1970s movie set, but meant to evoke Art Deco):
It's got a nice and big center patio in good condition:
The kitchen has been re-done recently, looks tasteful:
The dining room has nice subtle molding:
Original tiled bathroom:
View from one of the two bedrooms out back:
Cute but small backyard:
Finally, Nahua Avenue is steep and is right next to the freeway, but has nice curb appeal:
Friday, June 7, 2013
1900's Victorian / Edwardian Outer Mission Home
I saw an interesting Victorian / Edwardian transitional house in the Outer Mission last weekend:
http://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Francisco/24-Niagara-Ave-94112/home/823171
It's actually already pending after less than two weeks, yet another example of the hot housing market in San Francisco right now - its official square footage sits at 836 square feet, it's got bars on the windows and it's located about a block from the corner of Geneva and Mission which is somewhat of a crime hotspot (on the plus side, it's literally across the street from El Pollo Supremo, where the grilled chicken seems to have a cult following in the City - I have tried the grilled chicken, pretty good, really). Though, that's not really why I find this house interesting.
This is a good example of a house that was built right after the period when highly ornamented Victorian houses were most popular (this was built in 1907 according to records though according to the agent it could have been built before since a lot of records were destroyed after the earthquake). This house has the shape of a Victorian house but has much plainer ornamentation, more in line with Edwardian houses built in the late 1900 and 1910's. I also think the exterior color is pretty hot. Even though I think of Sunset style homes as being houses built in the 1920's to 1930's primarily, this particular house does more or less has the same form as Sunset style homes - narrow row house on a narrow lot, one story living space over basement style garage.
It has a cute fireplace in the living room:
It's got nice detailing on the hardwood floors:
Nice built-in cabinet and wood paneled walls in the dining room:
Nice boxed beam ceiling in the dining room:
I was joking with the agent that this is a great three-bedroom 800 square foot house. This is because while the official statistics show 836 square feet and 1 bedroom, there are two fully finished un-warranted knotty pine bedrooms in the attic that are very cool and which I'm sure would be well loved by children:
Finally, one small funny thing I saw is the dining room has a nice window facing out, except looks like decades after this house was built, another house was built right next to it, blocking the view of that side window and making it somewhat useless:
This is a good example of a house that was built right after the period when highly ornamented Victorian houses were most popular (this was built in 1907 according to records though according to the agent it could have been built before since a lot of records were destroyed after the earthquake). This house has the shape of a Victorian house but has much plainer ornamentation, more in line with Edwardian houses built in the late 1900 and 1910's. I also think the exterior color is pretty hot. Even though I think of Sunset style homes as being houses built in the 1920's to 1930's primarily, this particular house does more or less has the same form as Sunset style homes - narrow row house on a narrow lot, one story living space over basement style garage.
It has a cute fireplace in the living room:
It's got nice detailing on the hardwood floors:
Nice built-in cabinet and wood paneled walls in the dining room:
Nice boxed beam ceiling in the dining room:
I was joking with the agent that this is a great three-bedroom 800 square foot house. This is because while the official statistics show 836 square feet and 1 bedroom, there are two fully finished un-warranted knotty pine bedrooms in the attic that are very cool and which I'm sure would be well loved by children:
Finally, one small funny thing I saw is the dining room has a nice window facing out, except looks like decades after this house was built, another house was built right next to it, blocking the view of that side window and making it somewhat useless:
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Colorful San Francisco Outer Mission Houses
My wife recently took some photos of Sunset style homes in the Outer Mission that are particularly colorful. The buildings look like they date from the 1930's to 1950's. Not all the houses are to my taste but the colors are awesome!
Here's a link to her Instagram, enjoy! http://instagram.com/thesecitystreets/#
Here's a link to her Instagram, enjoy! http://instagram.com/thesecitystreets/#
Monday, November 5, 2012
Sunset Style Homes
Hi there, this is my first blog post! A few months ago, I started the challenging journey to buy a house in San Francisco. As I went through the process, I became interested in a specific type of home in San Francisco. I'm not sure if there's an official term for it, but basically, I find the historical nature of Sunset style row houses quite interesting. As denoted by the name, these houses, built generally in the 1920's to 1940's (though there are houses in the Sunset built earlier in a Craftsman or Victorian style, and later in mid-century or later style) are dotted throughout the Sunset, and indeed in many parts of San Francisco. In fact, while I wanted to stay in the Inner Sunset where I was living, ultimately I landed up in my very own Sunset style home, not in the Sunset, but in the Outer Mission!
During my purchase process, I learned many new terms and facts about these terms, terms like "Full Five", "Center Patio", "Tunnel Entrance", "Doelger style", "Rousseau Style", etc. Even after my home purchase, I've continued to occasionally go to open houses just to check out some of these fine homes. Since I am still spending some of my free time looking at homes, I figured I might as well share what I've learned with folks out there looking to buy their own Sunset style home, or just folks interested in these houses in general!
First tidbit- what does Full Five mean? http://saxerealestate.com/map/architecture.htm explains everything, with floor plans. Basically, a Junior Five is a smaller home, a tunnel entrance home comes with, well, a tunnel entrance sometimes with plants on either side of the tunnel path (as opposed to a non-covered set of stairs going up to the main entrance upstairs), a Full Five is a big house with some extras (like a breakfast nook). A home with a center patio has a cute patio smack in the middle of the home (originally was built un-covered, but a lot of homeowners have covered them with skylights).
My house in the Outer Mission is (according to the site above) a Outer Center Square Full Five. What's interesting is there is a patio, but it's called a side patio instead of a center patio since one wall of the patio is on the side of the house.
Here's an interesting look from my house's roof at a few other houses across the street from mine that are also Outer Center Square Full Five's, all built in 1931:
During my purchase process, I learned many new terms and facts about these terms, terms like "Full Five", "Center Patio", "Tunnel Entrance", "Doelger style", "Rousseau Style", etc. Even after my home purchase, I've continued to occasionally go to open houses just to check out some of these fine homes. Since I am still spending some of my free time looking at homes, I figured I might as well share what I've learned with folks out there looking to buy their own Sunset style home, or just folks interested in these houses in general!
First tidbit- what does Full Five mean? http://saxerealestate.com/map/architecture.htm explains everything, with floor plans. Basically, a Junior Five is a smaller home, a tunnel entrance home comes with, well, a tunnel entrance sometimes with plants on either side of the tunnel path (as opposed to a non-covered set of stairs going up to the main entrance upstairs), a Full Five is a big house with some extras (like a breakfast nook). A home with a center patio has a cute patio smack in the middle of the home (originally was built un-covered, but a lot of homeowners have covered them with skylights).
My house in the Outer Mission is (according to the site above) a Outer Center Square Full Five. What's interesting is there is a patio, but it's called a side patio instead of a center patio since one wall of the patio is on the side of the house.
Here's an interesting look from my house's roof at a few other houses across the street from mine that are also Outer Center Square Full Five's, all built in 1931:
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