Allison Hayes

The Under 500 Club is Curbed SF’s exclusive members-only support group for those shoddy, poorly-staged homes (if at all!) languishing on the market for under $500,000. It’s a sad state of affairs out there, San Francisco. All sad sacks and shitboxes should appeal to the Curbed SF inbox . Click the image above to view the full photogallery. What: 1 bedroom, 1 bath TIC Where: 457 Oak St #1, Hayes Valley How Much: $429,000 Note: Once part of something called the Fleishacker Family Compound, 457 is surely haunted with the ghosts of Victorian cultists. On the plus side, this first-floor unit has a private ... Read Full Story

In a column that seems to compare Arterra to a magazine cover girl , Chron architecture critic John “cheese grater” King finds that the realty of Mission Bay’s hottest new development is surprisingly more appealing than its initial rendering seemed to suggest. Nary a sagging … balcony, or washed out color is to be seen. For better, or for worse, it looks like what we expected it to look like. Some people (King included) find the building’s distinctive blue and orange cladding— a combination of recycled paper and resin called Trespa— attractive, while others lament it as just another Mission Bay aesthetic atrocity. Arterra ... Read Full Story

The Under 500 Club is Curbed SF’s exclusive members-only support group for those shoddy, poorly-staged homes (if at all!) languishing on the market for under $500,000. It’s a sad state of affairs out there, San Francisco. All sad sacks and shitboxes should appeal to the Curbed SF inbox . Click the image above to view the full photogallery. San Francisco’s Under 500 Club stock is improving, no? New to market: A decently-staged, top floor 1 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom condo in David Baker’s 224 condo homage to density, 888 7th Street #LL32. 685 square feet for $499,000 . 1 parking spot; extra storage for purchase. ... Read Full Story

Curbed Inside visits the interior of a structure with an eye towards revealing its design and architecture. If you’ve got a project you’d like Curbed SF to consider, no matter its kind or condition, email us . Earlier today, Curbed SF was invited aboard The Hayes mothership once more . Here’s a little progress report: though it might not appear as such, the development is nearly complete (97%) with 63/111 units in contract— around 60%). This shot was taken inside one of two rather palatial master suites; its floor plan was customized to suit its owner, one of the project’s developers: wall demo = ... Read Full Story

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