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@JohnH. I'm not sure if you live in or rent in a rent controlled city but here in SF a Long Term Tenant is not always valued. After so many years, rent increase limits and inflation come into play. Master tenants can be a blessing or a curse.

Credit checks, pay stubs, and bank statements were then and are now what it takes to even get in the game.

When I rented I always mentioned my 3-5 yr rental time frame which seemed to work. Most landlords I had wanted to know why I was renting (given that I could buy) and that I planned on leaving eventually.

Now as a landlord I look for the someone who loves my unit but also plans on leaving eventually to buy their own. People with interesting careers and plans. Couples that might plan families. Graduate students. People new to the city.

this is a san francisco post, right?

"Summer is heating up fast and making it hard to sit without shade for too long."

where in sf are you talking about?

i'm currently in noe valley and have lived on potrero hill and on the peninsula south of the fog and wind line which is in san mateo.

heat is rarely the issue here (think famous mark twain quote). sun protection may be a healthy choice but it's rarely based on temperature. i pray for the days in june thru august when i can eat outdoors at night without a gas heater, much of the city is in the fog until noon, and i always look forward to our great septembers and octobers after disappointing "summers" compared to my east coast childhood.

love your house.

i think the door color has to take into account your eventual plans for the other needed painting....however far off that work is.

i'm kind of a traditionalist with tudors - fond childhood memories.

i'd go gloss forest green for the door (and eventually the window trim). that would work with your existing palette until you can go an off-white to putty gray (a little more modern) for the plaster and a deep brown or steely gray for the woodwork and gutters.

thanks for sharing especially given some of the comments above.

i guess some don't get that you get to make your own choices for your own home...or they romanticize midcentury tract construction. i'd love to know a ballpark on your budget.....as my own remodel (on an sf edwardian) has been around $100/sq ft despite my hopes for less.

still in the midst of our remodel which is less of a demo but the same search for novel and practical with a fair amount of plagiarism. i've trawled the internet too looking for inspiration (at some of the same sites) and would also love to know how the rubber walls hold up.

your sharing boosted my energy during the final punch list of phase 1 (our budget will require several phases).

congrats on a space that suits your needs, where you want to live, stylishly. really can't ask for more then that.

nice digs, but ibiza was perhaps the biggest destination disappointment of my life. (yachts dumping sewage just off the beach, an overcrowded harbor, infrequent and overcrowded bus transportation, too many italian and british youth constantly talking on cell phones when not comatose on club drugs). only my hotel in the old port and the seafood (which i worried about after the yacht sewage) and locals were as i hoped.

if i had to do it again i'd go in june or september. better yet skip it entirely for mallorca, corsica, or barcelona and the costa brava.

where are the cabinets and master vanity from???? really beautiful home. thanks.

i house sat for an art professor while in med school. i got free rent and privacy (no $$$). i took care of a blind arthritic 20 yr old cat that hated me for the first month, bumped its ass descending the stairs to the basement and couldn't seem to pee IN her litter box. she also triggered my now serious cat dander allergies.

it was a fair trade. i still think of that cat weaving between my legs the night before her owner came back.

love your bathroom.

planning on putting in a glass wall divider but had thought of mounting it on the shower half or in the middle. can you comment on how this holds up for wetness and cleanup vs. the other arraignments?

agree the bedding is great (source?). wish i could be that crisp.

i don't mind size at all when it's done right and this clearly is.

love the xeroscaped yard vs. the veggie garden and chickens. love the entry steps. love the light. love the surfaces and the architecture. really nice. thanks.

also, i see your organic tag clearly. natural wood tones, natural surfaces, natural light, air, xeroscaping, vegetable garden, chickens. organic does not mean "green" or even "environmental correct or sustainable", it means "simple, healthy, natural, derived from living things and nature". this place may not be leed certified (who knows it may be?) but it is organic.