09/19/2026
π‘ Buyers almost always start inside the house. The kitchen, the layout, the light.
Here is the thing about that list: nearly every item on it can be changed.
π² What cannot be changed is what sits outside the front door. The park across the street. The protected ridge that keeps the view open. The block that will never be redeveloped because there is nothing left to develop.
Roughly a fifth of San Francisco is permanently protected parkland, and this is the only large American city where every single resident lives within a ten minute walk of a park.
That is not a lifestyle detail. It is the supply side of your future view, and it was decided long before you started looking. π
Read the full piece here: https://shalinisf.com/blog/location-vs-renovation-buying-luxury-homes-san-francisco
Shalini Sadda / The Top 1% Luxury Real Estate Advisor in San Francisco / DRE # 02004797