Commercial appraisal service areas in San Francisco
Your Dogpatch building sits beside industrial and residential uses. What does the appraisal need to know?
Describe the actual use, neighboring uses, access, and any proposed change. Provide parcel and planning records rather than treating nearby development as permission for your own proposal. Kevin O'Brien, MAI, SRA, California Certified General appraiser, license #3005065. Start with the location and the actual property question. A neighborhood name alone does not define the interest, income, condition, or date to be valued.
What to ask about your property
Financial District
If office suites are marketed for sublease, do your head leases and subleases identify who pays the owner and which space is occupied?
Open the relevant property checklistSOMA
If a flex building mixes office and production space, do the plans and leases separate uses and document actual loading access?
Open the relevant property checklistMission District
If apartments sit above a storefront, does the rent roll separate both uses and explain shared operating costs?
Open the relevant property checklistMarina
If a retail tenant uses a shared entrance or delivery area, what lease or access document describes that right?
Open the relevant property checklistPacific Heights
If an income building has proposed repairs, which records describe its condition and rent at the valuation date?
Open the relevant property checklistNob Hill
If the assignment concerns lodging real estate, which documents separate the building from furniture, equipment, and the operating business?
Open the relevant property checklistCastro
If a storefront and apartments share a parcel, is the request for the whole property or a specified ownership interest?
Open the relevant property checklistHayes Valley
If a purchase proposal includes a shop business, does the asset list distinguish that business from the real estate?
Open the relevant property checklistMatch records to the parcel and use
Use the block/lot on the assessment notice to identify the parcel. Provide relevant ownership documents separately from planning information and leases. If available records conflict with the actual use, describe the conflict rather than assuming a map label settles it.
Use the San Francisco Assessor-Recorder and planning preparation guideOther San Francisco and Bay Area locations
For other San Francisco parcels or property elsewhere in the surrounding Bay Area, confirm the location and assignment with Kevin. Use property records, planning information, and access arrangements for the actual jurisdiction and parcel.
Send the property address and requested purposeBring any rent, seismic or land-use findings you already have; the appraisal does not decide them. Supply property-specific records and any professional or agency findings relevant to the assignment.