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How long do bathroom remodel permits take in San Francisco's Lone Mountain/USF neighborhood?

In the Lone Mountain/USF neighborhood of San Francisco, of the 46 bathroom remodel permits filed from October 2025 through September 2026 that have been issued, half were issued within 1 day, down from 7 days a year earlier. Of the 49 permits filed from October 2023 through September 2024 that have reached final sign-off, half did so within 143 days of being issued, down from 160 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's LoneMountain/USF neighborhoodMedian days from filing to permit issuedMedian days from issue to final sign-offToo recent to judge0501001502002503002017201820192020202120222023202420252026DaysSource: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection permit data via DataSF, analysis by Permit Graph(permitgraph.org), CC BY 4.0.permitgraph.org/neighborhoods/lone-mountain-usf/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 202646 issued154 issued7
Permit issued to final sign-offOctober 2023 through September 202449 finished14346 finished160

“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-Q314825500too recent
2026-Q214130115781140too recent
2026-Q110843320too recent
2025-Q4171722681422580too recent
2025-Q31513512691052410too recent
2025-Q218170131101622320too recent
2025-Q114141243131785260too recent
2024-Q411102525552133680too recent
2024-Q32220059161095080yes
2024-Q2212111155161964290yes
2024-Q16621346813050yes
2023-Q41614431111723670yes
2023-Q3151518472674835yes
2023-Q2121205111116950yes
2023-Q11816019131412275yes
2022-Q421194126152056124yes
2022-Q318170104141582593yes
2022-Q217170175151955682yes
2022-Q119180101132036055yes
2021-Q418179108141885262yes
2021-Q3262410109192036075yes
2021-Q221210100201674961yes
2021-Q13225069222453935yes
2020-Q4393738129342708271yes
2020-Q32726050231825572yes
2020-Q29982481523701yes
2020-Q11816075141877162yes
2019-Q418176648132176174yes
2019-Q31817032121977345yes
2019-Q22826432212464726yes
2019-Q11717028102443272yes
2018-Q421203196181715302yes
2018-Q321195236141893173yes
2018-Q224248155182526194yes
2018-Q13229193241675585yes
2017-Q41919094152005272yes
2017-Q331276515201498196yes
2017-Q2282641,100221787260yes
2017-Q119182318142203812yes
2016-Q4252521233212548053yes
2016-Q32625651231925912yes
2016-Q21111441373511,0972yes
2016-Q11412039121684800yes
2015-Q418188463142946542yes
2015-Q325220107171283975yes
2015-Q228282224231895923yes
2015-Q120201246171639082yes
2014-Q42120034161404404yes
2014-Q31818241161593301yes
2014-Q23636256341364831yes
2014-Q12020036201294690yes
2013-Q419180104152295572yes
2013-Q319180186142985931yes
2013-Q21414040121152252yes
2013-Q12020031161444103yes
2012-Q49801825475163yes
2012-Q3151506131083552yes
2012-Q22929025251583513yes
2012-Q11515040111303443yes
2011-Q45505941yes
2011-Q3131205111082740yes
2011-Q21817032161836311yes
2011-Q11212059101727661yes
2010-Q4111103101462551yes
2010-Q31818030161652861yes
2010-Q223220186211993511yes
2010-Q11313213592114232yes
2009-Q412110838981461yes
2009-Q3191801151084133yes
2009-Q214140312962551yes
2009-Q115150290143068670yes
2008-Q4131101878983162yes
2008-Q327260117841975yes
2008-Q215140150101263171yes
2008-Q124220419952073yes
2007-Q42424027191115741yes
2007-Q316150192104822yes
2007-Q222220118953401yes
2007-Q12525071231623631yes
2006-Q418180091313524yes
2006-Q32323020191482820yes
2006-Q22222031161404263yes
2006-Q1212100171353511yes
2005-Q4212100141423412yes
2005-Q317160082006372yes
2005-Q2131300122103660yes
2005-Q1141400111083472yes
2004-Q4171600111542780yes
2004-Q3101001082202,2360yes
2004-Q210100161362961yes
2004-Q112120071412491yes
2003-Q477006881950yes
2003-Q388018732yes
2003-Q212120061272282yes
2003-Q1660031yes
2002-Q416150082023953yes
2002-Q3109013561926161yes
2002-Q2161500101482701yes
2002-Q187006861240yes
2001-Q410100891241660yes
2001-Q33330yes
2001-Q23320yes
2001-Q1650040yes
2000-Q44420yes
2000-Q31313013351843960yes
2000-Q255010140yes
2000-Q16604440yes

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

183 of the 1,836 bathroom remodel permits filed since 2000 (10%) 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 Lone Mountain/USF neighborhood

Shown apart, with their own page here: bathroom remodel (1,836 filed, 1,363 finished; contractors); kitchen remodel (1,645 filed, 1,201 finished; contractors); stairs (790 filed, 562 finished; contractors); deck (406 filed, 276 finished; contractors); roof deck (100 filed, 63 finished; contractors). Other types: 9,544 permits. All permits in San Francisco's Lone Mountain/USF neighborhood

Nearby neighborhoods

Haight Ashbury, Presidio Heights, Inner Richmond; 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.