839 Garfield St

San Francisco permit 202307172356 · Oceanview/Merced/Ingleside

Home remodelOver-the-counter, with plansComplete

Street view · Mar 2019

Google Street View of 839 Garfield St, Mar 2019

Scope of work

As written on the permit application.

2nd/fl: remodel/rearrange living, dining, kitchen, bath, add a full bath, remove walls & stairs, in-fill lightwell, add skylight. 1st fl: add 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, media, kitchenette with 2 burners, hood, sinks., no oven. repair/replace front stucco as needed. update electric and plumbing

Timeline

Key dates from the city record.

Filed: Jul 17, 2023
Issued: Jul 18, 2023 (within 1 month of filing)
Completed: Oct 4, 2024 (15 months after issuance)

For comparison, San Francisco permits with the same review (over-the-counter, with plans) filed in 2023 were typically issued within 1 month (median of 4,704 issued permits).

City plan review

Each review stop the plans went through, from the city's routing record.

Review stops: 8 stops across 4 departments
Comments issued: Not recorded for this permit

The city lists the review stops for this permit but not their results, so we can't tell whether reviewers asked for changes.

Review stop	Arrived	Finished	Result
Building inspector Building Inspection · BID-INSP	Jul 17, 2023	Jul 17, 2023	—
Intake Building Inspection · INTAKE	Jul 17, 2023	Jul 17, 2023	—
Zoning review Planning · CP-ZOC	Jul 17, 2023	Jul 17, 2023	—
Building plan review Building Inspection · BLDG	Jul 18, 2023	Jul 18, 2023	—
Mechanical and energy plan review Building Inspection · MECH	Jul 18, 2023	Jul 18, 2023	—
Fire prevention review Fire Department · SFFD	Jul 18, 2023	Jul 18, 2023	—
Public Utilities Commission review Public Utilities · SFPUC	Jul 18, 2023	Jul 18, 2023	—
Central Permit Bureau Building Inspection · CPB	Jul 18, 2023	Jul 18, 2023	—

Source: DataSF 87xy-gk8d (Building Permit Addenda with Routing), retrieved Nov 6, 2026. Reviewer names and notes are left out.

Permit details

Permit type: OTC alterations permit
Status: Complete
Estimated cost: $120,000

People named on this permit

Only people we matched to a California license are listed.

Name	Role	License on permit
Bill Leung Lau	Architect	C54300

Sources

Everything on this page comes from public records. Check them yourself.

Permit 202307172356 on the city's permit tracking site

San Francisco Department of Building Inspection, the official record

DataSF Building PermitsAddress, scope, cost, dates and status
Retrieved Nov 5, 2026
DataSF Building Permit ContactsArchitects and engineers named on the permit
Retrieved Nov 5, 2026
DataSF Building Permit Addenda with RoutingPlan review stops and results
Retrieved Nov 6, 2026
Google Street ViewStreet photo
Taken Mar 2019