Service areas / San Francisco
Handyman & Remodeling in San Francisco, CA
Narrow lots, shared walls and stairs everywhere. San Francisco work rewards planning more than horsepower.
01San Francisco homes
Working in San Francisco means solving logistics before you solve construction. Material has to get up a flight of exterior stairs. There's no driveway to stage in. The neighbor's wall is four feet away, and in a lot of buildings it's touching.
The housing itself — Edwardians, Victorians, 1920s flats and mid-century infill — is full of good bones and decades of layered-over work. Under a dropped ceiling there's usually original plaster; under the carpet, fir; behind the tile, no waterproofing at all.
We do kitchens, bathrooms, full interior repaints, drywall and plaster repair, flooring and the electrical and plumbing that comes with them, on schedules that account for how the city actually works.
Most requested in San Francisco
- Remodeling in San Francisco
Kitchens, bathrooms and open-plan changes — cabinets, stone, tile, flooring and the rough work behind the walls.
- Painting in San Francisco
Exterior repaints, interior refreshes, cabinet refinishing and staining — with the sanding, caulking and priming that make them last.
- Drywall in San Francisco
Hanging, taping and invisible patch repair — the flat, paint-ready surfaces that make a finished room look finished.
- Plumbing in San Francisco
Repiping, leak repair, water heaters, drain jetting and the rough plumbing behind kitchen and bath remodels.
02What San Francisco houses tend to need
Bathrooms with no waterproofing
Tile set directly over old substrate is standard in pre-war SF buildings. A proper remodel means tearing back to framing and building the pan and membrane correctly.
Plaster and drywall repair
Old plaster cracks as buildings move. Patching it so the repair disappears takes feathering and texture matching, not just a filled crack.
Interior paint in occupied homes
In flats and condos, containment and daily cleanup aren't a courtesy — they're the only way the project is tolerable to live through.
Neighborhoods we work in
Bernal Heights · Noe Valley · Sunset · Richmond · Potrero Hill · Mission · Excelsior
Nearby cities
03Questions
Working in San Francisco
Can you work in a building with no parking or staging area?
Yes — that's most of the city. We plan material delivery and debris removal around the access the building actually has and keep the common areas protected and clear.
Do you work in condos and flats with HOA rules?
We do. Work hours, elevator use and protection requirements vary by building, and we'll build the schedule around whatever your HOA requires.
Is my old plaster worth keeping?
Often. If it's sound and just cracked, repair is less disruptive and holds the character of the building. If it's crumbling or detached from the lath, replacing that section with drywall is the better call.
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Planning something in San Francisco?
Send the details and we'll come out to look at it. Free written estimates throughout San Francisco and the surrounding the Bay Area.