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If the house is being rented there's no incentive to make it nice given the housing shortage.

almost_usual 8y ago
Home owners should still maintain the homes. If you have a leaking window and you don't fix it you might need to eventually replace an entire wall. Not cheap, especially in San Francisco where good contractors are on a wait list.
acchow 8y ago
It's moreso because rent can't be increased to match the market price of the home.
- gnopgnip 8y ago
  There is no rent control for single family homes anywhere in CA.
  - almost_usual 8y ago
    >There is no rent control for single family homes anywhere in CA. "Rent control is in effect for all San Francisco renters who reside in buildings constructed before June 1979. This means your rent can only increase by a governmentally mandated percentage each year, based on the cost of living index, and with a 30-day notice. If your landlord has improved the facilities in your building, he can petition for an additional increase, but the Rent Board must approve his request, which can't exceed 10 percent. If a landlord is negligent in his maintenance of the building or units, you can make application for a rent decrease to the Rent Board." https://homeguides.sfgate.com/san-francisco-rent-control-information-43270.html https://homeguides.sfgate.com/san-francisco-rent-control-inf... Original Victorians definitely fall in the pre June 1979 category.
    - gnopgnip 8y ago
      Costa Hawkins is a state wide law. Under Costa Hawkins rent control does not apply to single family homes, or homes constructed after 1995, or individually owned condos.
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      - taysic 8y ago
        Many of those Victorians were actually converted into units back in the day and rent control applies. Some are being converted back into single family homes now.
  - grandmczeb 8y ago
    I don’t have a stat to back this up, but many Victorian houses in SF (especially the areas that a tourist would visit) have been split into multiple units and are not single family homes.
  - shalmanese 8y ago
    Most of the victorians have been chopped up into 3 - 4 apartments though where rent control does apply.
  - acchow 8y ago
    Most victorians/Edwardians in SF are not single family homes. They just look like it from a distance... I'd say 95% of them are actually 2-4 separate apartments.

Home owners should still maintain the homes. If you have a leaking window and you don't fix it you might need to eventually replace an entire wall. Not cheap, especially in San Francisco where good contractors are on a wait list.

acchow 8y ago

It's moreso because rent can't be increased to match the market price of the home.

gnopgnip 8y ago
There is no rent control for single family homes anywhere in CA.
- almost_usual 8y ago
  >There is no rent control for single family homes anywhere in CA. "Rent control is in effect for all San Francisco renters who reside in buildings constructed before June 1979. This means your rent can only increase by a governmentally mandated percentage each year, based on the cost of living index, and with a 30-day notice. If your landlord has improved the facilities in your building, he can petition for an additional increase, but the Rent Board must approve his request, which can't exceed 10 percent. If a landlord is negligent in his maintenance of the building or units, you can make application for a rent decrease to the Rent Board." https://homeguides.sfgate.com/san-francisco-rent-control-information-43270.html https://homeguides.sfgate.com/san-francisco-rent-control-inf... Original Victorians definitely fall in the pre June 1979 category.
  - gnopgnip 8y ago
    Costa Hawkins is a state wide law. Under Costa Hawkins rent control does not apply to single family homes, or homes constructed after 1995, or individually owned condos.
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    - taysic 8y ago
      Many of those Victorians were actually converted into units back in the day and rent control applies. Some are being converted back into single family homes now.
- grandmczeb 8y ago
  I don’t have a stat to back this up, but many Victorian houses in SF (especially the areas that a tourist would visit) have been split into multiple units and are not single family homes.
- shalmanese 8y ago
  Most of the victorians have been chopped up into 3 - 4 apartments though where rent control does apply.
- acchow 8y ago
  Most victorians/Edwardians in SF are not single family homes. They just look like it from a distance... I'd say 95% of them are actually 2-4 separate apartments.