Permits were filed earlier this month for a three-story single-family home with an attached additional dwelling unit located at 36 Nevada Street in San Francisco. The current site is a steeply sloped vacant parcel that backs directly up to the Bernal Heights Park. The building will be partially cut into the hillside, removing approximately 315 cubic yards of soil from the site.
The current proposal will rise three fully above-ground levels, with a partially exposed basement level. The property’s steep slope means that the basement will be mostly above grade at the southeast corner, and fully below ground for the northwest portion. The combined levels will total 2,723 square feet of enclosed space. With 2,045 square feet being occupied by the main house, and 678 square feet set aside for the ADU.
So far, only limited design information has been released, but initial massing renderings show a terraced building layout, making use of the property’s sloped position to offer sweeping views from the buildings front facing windows. Meanwhile, the rear of the building will include an outdoor patio with an exterior staircase and balcony.
The property is located in the Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. The modest two-unit total will add more housing to the location while remaining consistent with the neighborhood’s building style and density. The main house will have use of a single-car garage to support transportation needs, and additional street parking may be available. The site is also a short walk from the 67 Bus line, which will help support alternative transportation needs.
36 Nevada Street Current Site, image via Google Street View
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Epic location / property if they can pull this off. South-facing, no obstructions to that sunlight for the forseeable future (unless someone at 38 Nevada does the same thing?), nestled up against Bernal. Talk about basking in sunlight. Make sure to install some UV protection on those windows, you’re going to need it!
It’s really nice when one can locate between a park and a commerical corridor. This site isn’t a far walk from the retail on Courtland. Feel of living in the country with city amenities. Sweet spot.
Looking at the condition of Nevada Street, I wouldn’t be surprised if the city makes the developer chip in for a singificant repave of the street. SF is not shy with making developers pay for completely new public infrastructure.
Epic location / property if they can pull this off. South-facing, no obstructions to that sunlight for the forseeable future (unless someone at 38 Nevada does the same thing?), nestled up against Bernal. Talk about basking in sunlight. Make sure to install some UV protection on those windows, you’re going to need it!
It is sad to see all these little scraps of open land disappear, but what do I know? I am just a hopeless NIMBY. Also, what is with these ADU scams…..it’s basically a license for rich tech bros to build a monster home. You know that those will never be rented to any joe blow…but a good au pair roost I guess.
Do you know if these ADUs are allowed to have an interior door connecting them to the main house or not?
These little scraps of “open space” are existing private legal parcels. The same as your house before someone built on it. I’m sure you don’t want the city to exercise eminent domain on all vacant land for more open space right?
Scotty McWiener wants to go back to the good old days of quirky SF, where vacant lots are celebrated, prostitutes lingered in lower Haight, strip clubs dominated mid-Market, and the grass in Dolores Park was three feet high.