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How long do bathroom remodel permits take in San Francisco's Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood?

In the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco, of the 55 bathroom remodel permits filed from October 2025 through September 2026 that have been issued, half were issued within 1 day, down from 5 days a year earlier. Of the 109 permits filed from October 2023 through September 2024 that have reached final sign-off, half did so within 364 days of being issued, up from 197 days the year before.

From the city’s permit records, by the quarter each permit was filed. Data as of 8 October 2026. How to cite this · How this is calculated

How long until a permit is issued, and until final sign-off?

How long bathroom remodel permits take in San Francisco'sBayview Hunters Point neighborhoodMedian days from filing to permit issuedMedian days from issue to final sign-offToo recent to judge01002003004005006002017201820192020202120222023202420252026DaysSource: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection permit data via DataSF, analysis by Permit Graph(permitgraph.org), CC BY 4.0.permitgraph.org/neighborhoods/bayview-hunters-point/bathroom · Data as of 8 October 2026By the quarter the permit was filed. A median counts only permits that finished the stage, so recent quarterslook faster than they will end up. Gaps: fewer than 5 permits.

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At a glance

StagePermits filedPermits countedMedian daysCounted a year earlierMedian a year earlier
Filed to permit issuedOctober 2025 through September 202655 issued181 issued5
Permit issued to final sign-offOctober 2023 through September 2024109 finished36449 finished197

“Counted” is the permits the median was taken over: those filed in the window that have been issued, or that have reached final sign-off. The first stage covers the last four complete quarters, since most permits are issued within the year. The second covers the last four quarters that ended two or more years ago, so that most of their permits have had time to finish. Citywide, the median was 0 days to issue and 169 days from issue to final over the same quarters.

Every quarter since 2000

Quarter filedFiledIssuedMedian days to issueSlowest 10%Reached finalMedian days issue to finalSlowest 10%Never finaledSettled
2026-Q43100too recent
2026-Q3211501730too recent
2026-Q217153475441210too recent
2026-Q1118010930too recent
2025-Q41817129891272430too recent
2025-Q32019087111032950too recent
2025-Q232305107201683930too recent
2025-Q125226105181602970too recent
2024-Q4131087191633520too recent
2024-Q32624342202664550yes
2024-Q270665178635045740yes
2024-Q116164356131163140yes
2023-Q416162110131454320yes
2023-Q38809062283462yes
2023-Q21917844162405892yes
2023-Q11818230121794784yes
2022-Q4242014111151766957yes
2022-Q32524350192195035yes
2022-Q22118184151933274yes
2022-Q11814168111573074yes
2021-Q4212028183172444704yes
2021-Q31111129101306861yes
2021-Q221200140122346837yes
2021-Q11713020782064646yes
2020-Q4292499650172345558yes
2020-Q3191867406133289774yes
2020-Q213131333052252866yes
2020-Q124208445102624127yes
2019-Q427248524162108267yes
2019-Q333277194212185817yes
2019-Q231263618212625704yes
2019-Q132250148161603505yes
2018-Q422220278162065014yes
2018-Q3464481813117266311yes
2018-Q2413711169342125761yes
2018-Q149435417382616285yes
2017-Q4424112903130973810yes
2017-Q337362368291854117yes
2017-Q23332101572016449112yes
2017-Q116165398132385410yes
2016-Q427262145192177825yes
2016-Q32725452182224185yes
2016-Q227250142172257165yes
2016-Q123211196181242844yes
2015-Q43029290251867094yes
2015-Q33735215282216816yes
2015-Q2302610238182186847yes
2015-Q12219158131723594yes
2014-Q42825060182711,1005yes
2014-Q328271144192354675yes
2014-Q23130238221803805yes
2014-Q12424211181062493yes
2013-Q431303132231615014yes
2013-Q33333126271184363yes
2013-Q23836244311128963yes
2013-Q1212144916923502yes
2012-Q426252162171253366yes
2012-Q32422046191504255yes
2012-Q22929121271122811yes
2012-Q12927152231423262yes
2011-Q42828024251744032yes
2011-Q32121128171223112yes
2011-Q2141305101201972yes
2011-Q120191813661590yes
2010-Q4242313018795704yes
2010-Q314121712886360yes
2010-Q2242115151534482yes
2010-Q11917132161412820yes
2009-Q4191905161603741yes
2009-Q32220250171854633yes
2009-Q2171601211922300yes
2009-Q1222202721973601yes
2008-Q42320067182221,0050yes
2008-Q31716253121623521yes
2008-Q23131011201363213yes
2008-Q126231107191233533yes
2007-Q4353304251463173yes
2007-Q32626013211162743yes
2007-Q2232200131053523yes
2007-Q1212000171373720yes
2006-Q41412014491722230yes
2006-Q3212100141321972yes
2006-Q2272600191613100yes
2006-Q11817013671172511yes
2005-Q41818029121833371yes
2005-Q31614027121724191yes
2005-Q2181701311753380yes
2005-Q111110043yes
2004-Q4980451823521yes
2004-Q32121010131812913yes
2004-Q21616011791283813yes
2004-Q110901636641481yes
2003-Q4151202381234321yes
2003-Q31919032121582920yes
2003-Q222222334121222080yes
2003-Q12323017161383283yes
2002-Q41818320121302622yes
2002-Q3171602081802113yes
2002-Q21918033141082811yes
2002-Q1990665581911yes
2001-Q42222041181092060yes
2001-Q3252511213971960yes
2001-Q21817065141985120yes
2001-Q1111103281481940yes
2000-Q412110325801850yes
2000-Q31414029101743120yes
2000-Q28807253175620yes
2000-Q16603220yes

A blank median means fewer than 5 permits behind it: issued permits for the first stage, and for the second, finished permits whose final is dated after their issue (a permit never issued has no span). “Slowest 10%” is the 90th percentile: one permit in ten took at least this long. Download the table as CSV or JSON; both carry the source, license and data date.

What the numbers leave out

288 of the 2,453 bathroom remodel permits filed since 2000 (12%) have no final sign-off 3 years after they were issued or, if never issued, filed. A median over finished permits understates the real wait: the permits that never finish are not in it. Inspection records are not yet included: “final sign-off” is the city’s own completion date on the permit.

Project types in San Francisco's Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood

Shown apart, with their own page here: bathroom remodel (2,453 filed, 1,694 finished; contractors); kitchen remodel (1,911 filed, 1,279 finished; contractors); stairs (1,180 filed, 748 finished; contractors); deck (707 filed, 429 finished; contractors). Other types: 18,226 permits. All permits in San Francisco's Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood

Nearby neighborhoods

Portola, Bernal Heights, Visitacion Valley; all of San Francisco; every neighborhood compared.

How this is calculated

Approved means the city issued the permit: the permit’s issue date. The first stage counts days from the filing date to the issue date, over permits issued on or after they were filed. Final sign-off means the city’s own status for the permit is “complete”, with its completion date; this site does not yet read inspection records, so the inspection date is not a separate stage. The second stage counts days from the issue date to the completion date, over permits that have reached it.

Permits are grouped by the quarter they were filed. A quarter’s median counts only its permits that have finished the stage, so recent quarters look faster than they will end up: their slow permits have not finished yet. Quarters that ended two or more years ago are marked settled; the rest are shaded in the chart. The headline’s first stage uses the last four complete quarters; its second uses the last four settled quarters.

The median is the middle permit: half took less, half more. The slowest 10% is the 90th percentile. A median needs at least 5 permits behind it, or it is left out. A project type is shown apart within a neighborhood only when it has 30 or more finished permits there; the rest are “other types”.

Never finaled means no final sign-off three years after the permit was issued (or filed, if never issued), and not expired, cancelled, withdrawn, revoked, disapproved, denied or suspended (the site’s “expired or cancelled” outcome). About a quarter of permits citywide end this way; often the work was done and nobody called for the final inspection. These permits are in the counts and not in the medians.

A permit’s neighborhood is the Analysis Neighborhood the city writes on the permit record (the official set of 41). Permits with none are counted citywide only; the page says how many. “Nearby” neighborhoods are the three nearest by the center of their permits. The site reloads the city’s data every night; permits filed since 1 January 2000 are included. The placement of a permit, its dates and its status are the city’s; the grouping and the words are this site’s. How to read these records.