Before & After: A Choppy San Francisco Duplex Becomes a Svelte Multigenerational Home

Persevering through a roller-coaster renovation, a San Francisco family makes room for extended relatives in their revamped hillside retreat.

When Jeff and Carla moved from Alameda to San Francisco, they narrowly missed out on a turnkey single-family home in Noe Valley before stumbling upon a major fixer-upper steps from Buena Vista Park. 

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Sarah Akkoush
Dwell Contributor
Sarah is a real estate developer by day and a writer by night. She can usually be found hustling, napping, or scooting up and down the hills of San Francisco on her Vespa.

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