Preliminary permits have been filed for a residential infill at 1956 Great Highway in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset neighborhood. The proposal would bring four additional units to the city across from Ocean Beach and the Sunset Dunes public park. Hexagon Permit Services is responsible for the application.
The proposal looks to split the lot in half and build two four-story structures. Each infill would include two three-bedroom apartments, parking for two cars, and four bicycles. The property sold this May for $3.5 million, $2 million over asking. The transaction gained some attention for being the most expensive fixer-upper to sell on the Great Highway.
1956 Great Highway, image via Google Street View
The existing structure was designed by Edgar Mathews in 1936 and served as his private residence. Mathews designed several buildings across the city and Bay Area, including larger homes, churches, and offices. His work typically invoked historicized architecture, such as the Byzantine style, English Tudor style, and Renaissance Revival.
The estimated cost and timeline for construction have not yet been shared.
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I live nearby and had always wanted to view the inside of the house. I attended the open house: the home was in three split levels utilizing six-step stairways. The condition of the house was unsettling: the floors were completely tread worn; no repairs appeared to have done in many decades; and rat droppings were everywhere. Yet, with a complete renovation it could be a beautiful older Ocean Beach home. The listing price was 1.5 million and sold for 3.5 million!! (Where do these folks get that amount of money?)
I was told that the adjacent fenced off property to the south was purchased by another party: is that property included in the sale?
I would support creating new apartments on the vacant southern property, but I truly hope that the original 1936 home is not scheduled for demolition: it has real character and is an important historical building.
I’m sure it will be demolished all but one wall. That’s how they get around with things these days. another nice architect building gone. All for $$
I’m sure it will be all demolished but one wall. It’s the new way of getting around historic buildings. Another way to flood the sunset with large housing with no personality. All comes down to.$$$$
This is disgusting and wasteful and does nothing to help the “housing crisis” at all.
Shameful.