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How long do bathroom remodel permits take in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood?

In the Glen Park neighborhood of San Francisco, of the 56 bathroom remodel permits filed from October 2025 through September 2026 that have been issued, half were issued within 0 days, down from 1 day a year earlier. Of the 48 permits filed from October 2023 through September 2024 that have reached final sign-off, half did so within 137 days of being issued, down from 219 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 GlenPark 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/glen-park/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 202656 issued065 issued1
Permit issued to final sign-offOctober 2023 through September 202448 finished13747 finished219

“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-Q3191400538770too recent
2026-Q2141101830too recent
2026-Q11716010012981300too recent
2025-Q4161512081301980too recent
2025-Q320181110112093080too recent
2025-Q21212186862024380too recent
2025-Q11313199102043710too recent
2024-Q424220158172403620too recent
2024-Q31514217121872950yes
2024-Q21616027131233430yes
2024-Q113130125121322440yes
2023-Q418150178111184120yes
2023-Q31615146112175983yes
2023-Q218185145142846962yes
2023-Q11515361112676964yes
2022-Q41313182111893492yes
2022-Q31515056134176471yes
2022-Q214101630682754501yes
2022-Q11614040132254901yes
2021-Q414124307103286762yes
2021-Q316150101122366042yes
2021-Q225231121182887204yes
2021-Q1212163442183568592yes
2020-Q419180126143185933yes
2020-Q312122730194667112yes
2020-Q23220yes
2020-Q114130298113585781yes
2019-Q4232214621192306923yes
2019-Q3171614308142891,0831yes
2019-Q2181721406162961,1571yes
2019-Q117170127163276330yes
2018-Q413130371103761,2893yes
2018-Q31212452491687602yes
2018-Q220181199152308683yes
2018-Q129270204212407336yes
2017-Q4181622418142648991yes
2017-Q315112631492017412yes
2017-Q218167312152406391yes
2017-Q199139082385251yes
2016-Q419181370151961,4283yes
2016-Q31715080101714233yes
2016-Q221181458142097062yes
2016-Q120195448121961,6975yes
2015-Q413133398122841,0061yes
2015-Q3312914357233215434yes
2015-Q225257251163461,1165yes
2015-Q127252338242187062yes
2014-Q4171512542132258631yes
2014-Q320196247172036500yes
2014-Q229295330242287064yes
2014-Q120186426152447222yes
2013-Q427268303232657243yes
2013-Q3191613226121834663yes
2013-Q2232305220962752yes
2013-Q11515037151374070yes
2012-Q416160310102611,1384yes
2012-Q31212217111555551yes
2012-Q218170714683062yes
2012-Q19833871705211yes
2011-Q4990548882020yes
2011-Q31515110141083171yes
2011-Q299138971863922yes
2011-Q11616167161425010yes
2010-Q410903191422210yes
2010-Q314131392121483910yes
2010-Q215140175101043931yes
2010-Q1990291082490yes
2009-Q499016781263501yes
2009-Q31515029111743642yes
2009-Q211100171194031yes
2009-Q1111002571372904yes
2008-Q41212085102244101yes
2008-Q3161505121764650yes
2008-Q214140517101131,0800yes
2008-Q11515191102205741yes
2007-Q41090551512111yes
2007-Q322220180151253724yes
2007-Q214140291883031yes
2007-Q118180167131843131yes
2006-Q487027040yes
2006-Q31717035572317003yes
2006-Q214130092165142yes
2006-Q1141400111301890yes
2005-Q41212040872524501yes
2005-Q315140234101314242yes
2005-Q21313055771635081yes
2005-Q114140264113016200yes
2004-Q41212041771283791yes
2004-Q316150281121785073yes
2004-Q28808751485772yes
2004-Q19908272493450yes
2003-Q476012051401840yes
2003-Q31211027082633911yes
2003-Q2161500132113420yes
2003-Q115149836981925112yes
2002-Q488013951942641yes
2002-Q31514045371622681yes
2002-Q2109027472543680yes
2002-Q199022791833370yes
2001-Q4880081893620yes
2001-Q35420yes
2001-Q23310yes
2001-Q166023930yes
2000-Q4101003372244080yes
2000-Q35503630yes
2000-Q21010028172153370yes
2000-Q111111216940yes

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

143 of the 1,601 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 Glen Park neighborhood

Shown apart, with their own page here: bathroom remodel (1,601 filed, 1,164 finished; contractors); kitchen remodel (1,308 filed, 929 finished; contractors); deck (818 filed, 553 finished; contractors); stairs (805 filed, 522 finished; contractors); roof deck (122 filed, 75 finished; contractors). Other types: 7,929 permits. All permits in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood

Nearby neighborhoods

Noe Valley, Bernal Heights, Twin Peaks; 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.