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How long do bathroom remodel permits take in San Francisco's Inner Richmond neighborhood?

In the Inner Richmond neighborhood of San Francisco, of the 121 bathroom remodel permits filed from October 2025 through September 2026 that have been issued, half were issued within 0 days, down from 2 days a year earlier. Of the 80 permits filed from October 2023 through September 2024 that have reached final sign-off, half did so within 201 days of being issued, up from 192 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'sInner Richmond neighborhoodMedian days from filing to permit issuedMedian days from issue to final sign-offToo recent to judge01002003004005002017201820192020202120222023202420252026DaysSource: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection permit data via DataSF, analysis by Permit Graph(permitgraph.org), CC BY 4.0.permitgraph.org/neighborhoods/inner-richmond/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 2026121 issued095 issued2
Permit issued to final sign-offOctober 2023 through September 202480 finished20157 finished192

“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-Q42100too recent
2026-Q3262103510too recent
2026-Q2373608071051580too recent
2026-Q13328072121261940too recent
2025-Q438362140201302370too recent
2025-Q32423077121793480too recent
2025-Q226262114202203300too recent
2025-Q12020436131333690too recent
2024-Q429261139161684390too recent
2024-Q32525011172013810yes
2024-Q24141075281765580yes
2024-Q12625073172014810yes
2023-Q428272141182905750yes
2023-Q31918055131755536yes
2023-Q22121035111303267yes
2023-Q11917014142526961yes
2022-Q424230111191624953yes
2022-Q335333224291594462yes
2022-Q23333233271576724yes
2022-Q136366144343096751yes
2021-Q430293289272309982yes
2021-Q325240163212156663yes
2021-Q231300348262165183yes
2021-Q1383560226292428656yes
2020-Q4444251240321786526yes
2020-Q322212144153419486yes
2020-Q2109143081343350yes
2020-Q128251391233057892yes
2019-Q434273287254206875yes
2019-Q3303022170253287434yes
2019-Q2443911140322546947yes
2019-Q134334202251804866yes
2018-Q426251554222447500yes
2018-Q332280104262166082yes
2018-Q2393410443252308639yes
2018-Q13330578252065434yes
2017-Q4292729457233186092yes
2017-Q338362186342221,0172yes
2017-Q2434112518352738105yes
2017-Q1292610196221896833yes
2016-Q429277111201927577yes
2016-Q3292622269242747863yes
2016-Q228286388262381,2780yes
2016-Q131290251232304202yes
2015-Q4181826324162826322yes
2015-Q329251307171697614yes
2015-Q23634036241504005yes
2015-Q146451136382065754yes
2014-Q43633156252035377yes
2014-Q340392177302386866yes
2014-Q23331153231544196yes
2014-Q125250158202556163yes
2013-Q420200231173475783yes
2013-Q326241262201525383yes
2013-Q231300196251404504yes
2013-Q113131151102379833yes
2012-Q417150121131702591yes
2012-Q32727057211323565yes
2012-Q23028235271282721yes
2012-Q1171701315982262yes
2011-Q424230181201425403yes
2011-Q32019359182465481yes
2011-Q222225208171102122yes
2011-Q1171606141533401yes
2010-Q42525097211143522yes
2010-Q31313162131343690yes
2010-Q230304171252024864yes
2010-Q124240121191563114yes
2009-Q414128140102287591yes
2009-Q32522111191695492yes
2009-Q218180249141287172yes
2009-Q12423010193129451yes
2008-Q42524022201343222yes
2008-Q3353504301823792yes
2008-Q23532071231983272yes
2008-Q13030016241522543yes
2007-Q433330176251223863yes
2007-Q32322022161671,3863yes
2007-Q23030080222043512yes
2007-Q1272700221962821yes
2006-Q427270149211482532yes
2006-Q3343200161783517yes
2006-Q2323100221753383yes
2006-Q12121027151421,0110yes
2005-Q4272700202263221yes
2005-Q31818071101303162yes
2005-Q22626010211412371yes
2005-Q11818077141323211yes
2004-Q420200391121863332yes
2004-Q3292904222084461yes
2004-Q2131300101273220yes
2004-Q1131301461845565yes
2003-Q411100081161261yes
2003-Q315140478741481yes
2003-Q21715021491612722yes
2003-Q117170158111162011yes
2002-Q413130278981720yes
2002-Q314120091972700yes
2002-Q2181800131532691yes
2002-Q1151500111344570yes
2001-Q41212007831600yes
2001-Q38801761662380yes
2001-Q2181802121383400yes
2001-Q11111015861442980yes
2000-Q4131304385855820yes
2000-Q323220212111182700yes
2000-Q29902161522180yes
2000-Q110100291411920yes

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

244 of the 2,738 bathroom remodel permits filed since 2000 (9%) 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 Inner Richmond neighborhood

Shown apart, with their own page here: bathroom remodel (2,738 filed, 1,981 finished; contractors); kitchen remodel (2,379 filed, 1,729 finished; contractors); stairs (1,267 filed, 921 finished; contractors); deck (636 filed, 449 finished; contractors); roof deck (131 filed, 82 finished; contractors). Other types: 13,632 permits. All permits in San Francisco's Inner Richmond neighborhood

Nearby neighborhoods

Presidio Heights, Presidio, Golden Gate Park; 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.