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How long do kitchen remodel permits take in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury neighborhood?

In the Haight Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, of the 69 kitchen remodel permits filed from October 2025 through September 2026 that have been issued, half were issued within 0 days, the same as a year earlier. Of the 54 permits filed from October 2023 through September 2024 that have reached final sign-off, half did so within 204 days of being issued, the same as 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 kitchen remodel permits take in San Francisco'sHaight Ashbury neighborhoodMedian days from filing to permit issuedMedian days from issue to final sign-offToo recent to judge01002003004002017201820192020202120222023202420252026DaysSource: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection permit data via DataSF, analysis by Permit Graph(permitgraph.org), CC BY 4.0.permitgraph.org/neighborhoods/haight-ashbury/kitchen · 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 202669 issued068 issued0
Permit issued to final sign-offOctober 2023 through September 202454 finished20462 finished204

“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 176 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-Q41000too recent
2026-Q3211702210too recent
2026-Q2161502920too recent
2026-Q12121032111181340too recent
2025-Q41916654112022680too recent
2025-Q319193101111382500too recent
2025-Q22322087161704290too recent
2025-Q11917167132334230too recent
2024-Q4101001171003180too recent
2024-Q31414024111543290yes
2024-Q22222455181703810yes
2024-Q11817050112023790yes
2023-Q41818081142364100yes
2023-Q33030021261793704yes
2023-Q21615026122104742yes
2023-Q12020110823030311yes
2022-Q426255184161884767yes
2022-Q32620048182743654yes
2022-Q234340642026850713yes
2022-Q1323230214202355478yes
2021-Q42828128211955276yes
2021-Q33332098242567667yes
2021-Q239370290311918846yes
2021-Q139360371281688517yes
2020-Q44948372713222295412yes
2020-Q333310116232395824yes
2020-Q296416432yes
2020-Q130280234192957727yes
2019-Q4403720343293591,0478yes
2019-Q326259264192005644yes
2019-Q228270165181373608yes
2019-Q123221116141865557yes
2018-Q4272513101191758875yes
2018-Q33231111351615744414yes
2018-Q234300318261704923yes
2018-Q128250354201421,2546yes
2017-Q430292503232225047yes
2017-Q3454312402916332812yes
2017-Q237364902262141,0367yes
2017-Q120200624181527501yes
2016-Q42018040121468114yes
2016-Q334332458263068744yes
2016-Q22929083261455102yes
2016-Q13838049291725088yes
2015-Q435310195212273706yes
2015-Q338361522719253110yes
2015-Q22121039192514981yes
2015-Q13030030252304474yes
2014-Q41917024121237463yes
2014-Q340380442412257011yes
2014-Q23333042251483758yes
2014-Q12927036211975982yes
2013-Q43433078261966424yes
2013-Q33231036231323788yes
2013-Q233310148271615962yes
2013-Q12827048232037033yes
2012-Q426260208231357483yes
2012-Q32827020241873342yes
2012-Q21616011151975101yes
2012-Q12020052191815470yes
2011-Q422220112181503223yes
2011-Q32625021221022442yes
2011-Q22624059201064303yes
2011-Q1313107291554091yes
2010-Q4191906152145131yes
2010-Q32121010182043863yes
2010-Q22726031201483663yes
2010-Q11414029131161,2370yes
2009-Q423210135201464250yes
2009-Q318180186161483181yes
2009-Q220200154171636332yes
2009-Q12422145141813345yes
2008-Q4313107262306422yes
2008-Q3353506222528037yes
2008-Q24040033231583889yes
2008-Q12423011141102885yes
2007-Q43534071252431,4907yes
2007-Q3353405231643527yes
2007-Q2353500241523575yes
2007-Q12928038181684012yes
2006-Q4282800131853193yes
2006-Q33737039231474824yes
2006-Q2333300271324221yes
2006-Q1353500251343223yes
2005-Q42625078152173674yes
2005-Q3373700181583071yes
2005-Q2303000132433094yes
2005-Q1171700111503373yes
2004-Q414130092509080yes
2004-Q3201904191904383yes
2004-Q2191900131123272yes
2004-Q111110045yes
2003-Q4151400101382461yes
2003-Q316160091512292yes
2003-Q216150071071633yes
2003-Q11515028101484964yes
2002-Q4181600101732263yes
2002-Q3191800121825004yes
2002-Q2212105071825065yes
2002-Q12121032141103130yes
2001-Q4212100101292541yes
2001-Q31212009871650yes
2001-Q21515017681562391yes
2001-Q12626038141583321yes
2000-Q42323048151672741yes
2000-Q3212009191603980yes
2000-Q21817040101785801yes
2000-Q129280111151444150yes

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

396 of the 2,766 kitchen remodel permits filed since 2000 (14%) 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 Haight Ashbury neighborhood

Shown apart, with their own page here: bathroom remodel (3,075 filed, 2,147 finished; contractors); kitchen remodel (2,766 filed, 1,877 finished; contractors); stairs (1,550 filed, 1,064 finished; contractors); deck (751 filed, 494 finished; contractors); roof deck (170 filed, 96 finished; contractors). Other types: 15,744 permits. All permits in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury neighborhood

Nearby neighborhoods

Lone Mountain/USF, Castro/Upper Market, Hayes 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.