Resources

Local Resources

ACCOUNTANTS / CPA

Greg Calegari (Calegari & Morris)415-981-8766
Charles Proses415-776-1856

ALARM COMPANIES

ADT / National Guardian800-238-2727
Warman Security415-775-8513
Bay Alarm800-610-1000

APPLIANCE REPAIRS

Always Ready Appliance Repairs415-970-0070
Otto’s (Tony)650-588-0309
Walt’s650-756-8474
Elite Refrigeration (Bruce)650-348-2010 / 650-400-0309
Continental Appliance Co.415-239-4114
Lee’s Appliance650-992-2431

APPRAISERS

Mike Audino415-750-5417
MBA RE Appraisal650-348-5798
Henry Sek415-252-7000
Carlee McCarty415-567-8035
Bob Singer – TRAC415-759-8892
Wendy Woodard – Pacific Prop. Appraisal415-695-7400
Jim Koch650-652-3974
Andrew Wells415-453-9990

ARCHITECTS

William Meyer415-433-8480
David Teeters415-826-1907
Dan Phipps415-776-1606
Bruce Avico415-922-1954
Heller Manus415-247-1100
Richard Lee Parker415546-0450
deQuesada415-350-5284
Butler Armsden415-674-5554
Page and Turnbill415-362-5154

ASBESTOS INSPECTION /ABATEMENT

Synergy Environmental800-439-9610
Alliance Environmental Group650-261-6320

ATTORNEY/REAL ESTATE

Barbara Herzog415-861-8800
David Wasserman415-567-9600
Daniel & Jonathan Bornstein415-409-7611
Andrew Zacks415-956-8100
Jeff Woo415-781-7900
Fried, Weigel, Hyde415-552-8230
Saul Ferster415-863-2678
Steven McDonald415-956-6488
David Gellman415-673-5600
Peter Pelavin415-986-5910
Betsy England (RE Litigation)415-989-5900

ATTORNEY/LAND USE

Andrew Wiegel415-552-8230
Steven MacDonald415-642-7300
Hammond Law415-995-1915
Jefferey Woo415-443-1900 ex 6255

ATTORNEY/TIC Contractual

Andrew Sirkin415-738-8545

AUDIO

Hidden Connections510-865-3940
Audio Vision415-614-1118
Summit Electronics707-542-1510

CARPET

Strausz Carpet Co510-428-2828
Abbey Carpets415-752-6620
Ogden Contract Interiors415-824-9975

CARPET CLEANERS

B & G Chem Dry415-664-1330
Golden Crew (Oriental Carpets)415-751-6778
P\C Carpet Care800-293-2903
Coit Carpet Cleaners650-697-6190 ext 150

CATERERS

Taste415-550-6464
Melissa Teaff707-254-8160
Richard & Andrea Visconte415-272-3221
Paula Le Duc888-443-4498

CHIMNEY CLEANING

SF Chimney Sweep415-928-0884
(Free Inspection for SF Realtors)

CLEANING SERVICES

Clean Team415-621-3678
Clean Up Man415-566-5598

CONTRACTORS FOR INSPECTIONS

Arnest Inspections415-239-6977
Bay Area Building Inspections415-921-8400
Bill Kaul650-992-3042
GCIS415-822-9090
Diverse Insepction Services415-665-8288
Bill Thompson415-269-6358
Wellington Construction Jim Hicks415-239-1700

CONTRACTORS NOT FOR INSPECTIONS

Ryan Associates415-861-3085
Stroub415-331-0621
JMK Construction415-221-8272
Tom Gust415-387-9593
Peter Downey510-644-1219
Coit800-606-4110
Leo Ickovic415-559-8964

DRAFTSMEN/DESIGN

George Jacobs415-731-2367
Leonardo Calzadilla415-864-8084

ELECTRICIANS

Sierra Electric415-752-2850
Delta Electric415-239-2507
MacMillan Electric415-863-4080
Dev Electric415-553-3900
Retter Electric415-221-5320

ELEVATOR COMPANIES

Dwan Elevator (maintenance & repair)552-3074 ext 3077
Acme Home Elevator415-206-1566

ENERGY INSPECTORS / CONTRACTORS

Save Energy415-824-6010
Brian Cassidy650-347-2222
Patrick O’Connor650-342-7233
City-Wide Insulationm (Paul O’Conner)415-652-0260

ENGINEERS, STRUCTURAL

Tom Lutge, Quake Structural415-664-8433
Holmes & Culley415-693-1600
Pat Buscovich415-788-2708
Dominick Chu650-578-9899

ENGINEERS, SURVEYOR

GLA, Yonda Gin415-956-6707
KCA Engineers, Inc415-546-7111
Transamerican415-553-4092

ENVIRONMENTAL

Hazardous Materials Assessment510-638-4801
Environmental Lead Detection415-777-3334

ESTATE LIQUIDATION

Sweet Home Liquidation650-340-1833 / 415-337-8283
Fine Estate Liquidation415-235-7238
Bonhams & Butterfields415-861-7500
San Francisco Estate Sales415-565-6700
Leverage Liquidators415-662-3054
Michaan’s Auctions510-740-0220 / 800-380-9822

ESTATE PLANNERS

Myron Sugarman415-693-2000
Michael Kerner415-981-0670
Derek Knudsen291-9432
Kathryn Murphy440-2300

FENG SHUI CONSULTANTS

The Spirit of Fung Shui488-4580
Salvatore Manzi415-244-2543

FIREPLACE CONTRACTORS / INSPECTORS

Fireplace Safety Services252-0676 / 381-1550
London Chimney Services931-3838
Tom Corbett824-4869 / 740-7968 (cell)
A-1 Chimney650-756-0122

FLOOR PLANNERS

Henry Houghton Photography & Floor Plans510-816-3498

FLOOR REFINISHERS

Visalli Floors415-586-0307
Lana Floor Coverings415-643-7020
My Hardwood / Peter Hardwood Floors415-665-3579
Deluxe Floor Co510-234-5926
Tree Lovers Floors Inc415-863-6833
Craftcare Hardwood Floors415-826-6330
Sunset Hardwood Floors650-343-1182

GARAGE CONTRACTORS

Add-A-Garage415-567-3240
Automatic Garage Door Corp415-648-6413
Keegan Construction415-285-4050

GARDENERS

Efrain Gonzales510-635-9824
Admiral Green415-750-9002
Vicente Flores510-568-3411
Bella Vita415-648-0100
Ann Morrison650-714-0910
Amy Steiner415-776-3587

HANDYMAN

Francis Starrack650-219-3863
Ron Simmons415-751-8690
Ken Goodsell415-221-8793
John Hanford415-668-1716
Alan Briscoe (Commercial ONLY)415-567-4922

HAULERS

Hassle Free Hauling468-3713 / 260-3657
Hauling Inc415-441-1054
Big John’s415-861-3552
In and Out Hauling415-424-8500
Junk King1-800-995-5865
Basement to Attic Cleanout415-469-9632
Dan Mahoney415-260-3657
Got Junk800-got-junk

HEATING CONTRACTORS

Atlas Heating & Ventilation650-873-7000
Peninsula Heating650-763-1016
M&S HVACR Contractor’s (Heating & Air)415-730-3444 or 209-952-6580

INSURANCE AGENTS

State Farm, Carlos Bermudez415-397-7173
Fidelity, Steve Holland510-548-8200
Reinholdt, Carolyn Reinholdt415-346-5272
Costello & Sons, Mike Wardenberg455-1515 ext 110
Allstate Sausalito, Tom Ryan415-331-5763
State Farm Mill Valley, Greg Norris415-331-6500
Allstate Union St, Mike Mahoney415-771-4044
State Farm, Dick Russell415-931-8980
Farmers, Craig Dellinger415-333-7272
Ken Baron415-391-4920

INTERIOR DESIGN

Shelby de Quesada415-348-1300
Audrey Owen, design & planning415-626-6731
Kathy Hill / Diane Chapman415-346-2373
Cheryl Ducoty415-626-8944
Sandy Chandler415-454-1892
Suzanne Tucker (Gary Walker)415-931-3352
Pamela Belknap415-397-5400
Ron Newman415-643-8370
Alexandra Owens415-346-2444
Square One Interiors415-664-3773

LEAK FINDER

Rick Riley Construction665-1525 / 725-1523

LOCKSMITHS

Warman Locksmiths415-775-8513
Kevin Cassidy415-566-5545

MOLD INSPECTORS

Health Science510-633-1366 / 510-760-0236
Bay Cities Mold Inspection415-925-0801

MORTGAGE BROKERS

Jann Van Heuver415-447-8807

MOVING COMPANIES

Cottrels415-431-1000
Don’s Moving & Storage415-821-7788
Irish Times Moving & Storage415-773-1454
Jack Trux415-821-4755
Cunningham Movers415-822-4000
Graebel Van Lines408-641-7216
Anderson’s Brothers415-864-1101

MOVING COORDINATORS

Changing Places415-461-6257
Shamrock Moving & Storage415-731-2777
Delancy Moving415-512-5110
McCarthy Moving (Tom McCarthy)415-564-7542

PAINTERS

Michael Bellingham415-995-2521
Golden State Painting925-935-9881
Briggs Meyer415-285-4665
SF Renaissance & Restoration415-381-0788
Haigo Art, Allison415-385-2787
Modamas Inc415-552-6567
Mark LeBerge650-355-1986
Crystal Springs Paint Co650-244-9691
Motto Ivanko650-574-8685 / 408-772-7003
Francis Starrack650-219-3863
Sheryl Mercune415-221-3311
Stuart Stenwick415-740-9558

PEN & INK DRAWINGS

Ken Hughes415-437-6985
Clay Siebert415-822-5115
Beth Changstrom707-795-8493 / 531-1224
Richard Chin650-878-0488

PERMIT EXPEDITERS

Andy Forrest415-546-1077

PEST CONTROL INSPECTORS

Lingruen Associates415-822-2324
Paul Markoff650-992-8900
Diverse Inspections (does both pest & inspection)665-8288
Golden Gate415-334-6751
JK Control415-468-2002
Wellington Contractors415-239-1700
Cooke & Assoc415-468-1212

PEST CONTROL SPRAYING

Marina Pest415-928-1918

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Scott Wall415-865-0323
Kara Mullane415-407-2551
Bret Putnam415-305-0147
John Arbuckle415-819-3202

PLUMBERS

Ogrady’s Plumbing415-647-9200
Stan’s Plumbing415-681-5442
Bell Plumbing415-755-4444
Kendall Plumbing415-861-4715
Lutz Plumbing415-621-4292
Malcolm Plumbing415-621-1985
Cabrillo Plumbing415-671-1500
Caccia Plumbing650-342-5363

PLUMBERS/SEWAGE LATERAL

Jim Caccia650-342-5363
Demakas Plumbing & Heating415-282-2121
Eagle Heating (Herman)415-468-9281
Jim Landers415-661-1685
Saverio Annuzzi650-821-0560
Everett Pluvbing & Heating415-601-7166

ROOFERS

Lawson Roofing415-285-1661
Kelly Roofing415-822-6960
Summit415-221-8192
Tom Lee’s Roofing415-333-5373
Acme Roofing415-587-5869
101 Roofing415-695-0101

STAGERS

Green Couch (pricey)415-595-9442 / 415-885-7966
Arthur McLaughlin (looks the same, very responsive, professional, clients happy with work)415-673-6746
Tracy Banks (husband is an agent)415-921-0300
Sue Dwight (mostly Marin Co.)415-776-6374
Linda Bettencourt (conservative, nice, husband is an agent)415-901-1726
Voila, Linda (very reasonable)650-343-2117
Home Stagers (prices cheap, nice work, signs contract with sellers, responsive)415-285-9911
Carol Sofer (great for Condos /Smaller houses, great pricing, Business growing rapidly, very busy)415-609-3740
Sandra Hesla (fabulous, contemporary)
P & L Stagers (traditional, nice)415-846-9578
KAG Designs (Marie Randall recommended)415-271-5243
Design Milagros-Lorraine Alwais415-655-9829
Studio D Gail Dunnett415-867-0882
Peggy Hughes(less expensive)415-846-0569

TREES

Treeshapers415-239-2420
City Trees415-626-8535

UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK CONTRACTORS

Golden Gate Tank Removal415-512-1555
L&W Construction Services415-822-4555

VIRTUAL TOURS

Steve Johnides / Virtual Vision 360415-407-9633

WATER SERVICE

SF Water Dept415-855-3000

WEB DESIGNERS

www.obeo.com
Agency Logic888-201-5160

WINDOWS & DOORS

Andy Parker415-221-2222
Ocean Sash & Door Co415-863-1256
Foxtail Windows415-822-8494
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Coldwell Banker Previews International

As one of the luxury real estate leaders for 80 years, the Coldwell Banker Previews International® program continues to leverage sophisticated real estate marketing tools and international connections that attract the most qualified luxury home buyers to your home. The Coldwell Banker Previews International program has been a world leader in the marketing of luxury homes since 1933.

The Previews® program was acquired by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC in 1980. The exclusive group of certified Coldwell Banker Previews International Property Specialists make up 8.5% of the Coldwell Banker® affiliate sales professionals worldwide.

The Previews® program has a track record of being selected to represent some of the world’s most exquisite properties. In 2013, Coldwell Banker Previews International® Property Specialists sold four of the top six most expensive properties in the U.S. according to Forbes*: Casa Casuarina in Miami, FL and Le-Palaise – The Crescent Palace in Beverly Hills, CA.

The Market Leader

Total dollar volume sold in the Bay Area Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz & Sonoma Counties:

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Global Industry Comparison

Coldwell Banker Previews International has more global coverage, office locations and Agents than any other company specializing in luxury real estate. For your Agent, this means they have a larger, active pool of buyers to access, which could result in a more expedient sale.

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Offices World Wide

Coldwell banker 3100
Keller Williams 670
Sotheby’s International 600
Intero RealEstate Services 60
Ailan Pine Realtors 31
Pacific Union 17

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AGENTS TOTAL

Coldwell banker 82000
Keller Williams 75000
Sotheby’s International 12000
Intero Real Estate Services 2000
Ailan Pine Realtors 1400
Pacific Union 412

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COUNTRIES / TERRITORIES

Coldwell banker 50
Keller Williams 2
Sotheby’s International 45
Intero Real Estate Services 1
Ailan Pine Realtors 1
Pacific Union 1

Below you will find all common documents that you will encounter in your home buying process.

T.I.C. Brochure

T.I.C. Brochure

Fasttrack Condo Conversion

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Condo Conversion Brochure

Condo Conversion Brochure

Tenant Eviction Brochure

Tenant Eviction Brochure

Tenant Eviction Brochure

T.I.C. Disputes

Small Condo Disputes

Holding Title FAQ

Downsizing FAQ

Small Condo HOAs

Small Condo HOAs

Tenant Eviction Process

the eviction process

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