Ingleside / Excelsior, San Francisco home appraisals in 24 hours

The Excelsior, the Outer Mission, Ingleside and Ingleside Terraces are full of 1920s to 1950s houses over garages, many on hills that look toward McLaren Park or San Bruno Mountain. I value homes here after a parent dies, in divorces and for buyouts between siblings, and since many of these houses haven't changed hands in decades, a solid number matters for taxes and for fairness.

What I look at in Ingleside / Excelsior

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   Many houses here have a room, bath or full in-law unit at garage level, often unpermitted, and I describe it from your photos, check the permit record and keep it separate from the main floor's living area.

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   Ingleside Terraces, with its curving streets around the old racetrack oval and the big sundial, trades a step above the blocks around it, so I keep its sales in their own group.

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   On the steeper Excelsior streets, a clear view south or toward the bay can set a house apart, and so can a back yard that drops off sharply, so I study your yard and window photos.

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