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Siding, Dry Rot & Exterior Repair Cost in San Francisco, CA: what the permits say

How much does a siding, dry rot & exterior repair job cost in San Francisco? The usual siding, dry rot & exterior repair job filed with San Francisco is $10,000, from 1,064 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $7,200 and $17,000. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$10,000usual filed value
$7,200–$17,000middle half of firms' usual jobs
1,064priced permits (99% of 1,076)
610firms on file
103days, permit issue to final
Sep 2026records through

How much does a siding, dry rot & exterior repair job cost in San Francisco?

The usual siding, dry rot & exterior repair job filed with San Francisco is $10,000, from 1,064 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $7,200 and $17,000. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. A siding, dry rot & exterior repair permit here usually takes 103 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 1,064 priced permits across 603 firms, pooled into one. Half of San Francisco siding, dry rot & exterior repair permits were filed between $5,100 and $18,700.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$2,5001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$5,1001 in 4 filed below
50th$10,000the middle permit
75th$18,7001 in 4 filed above
90th$32,9001 in 10 filed above

By home value

Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: San Francisco Assessor-Recorder 2025 assessed values (Proposition 13 values, which usually sit well below market value). Under Proposition 13 a home assessed at its 1980s purchase price can carry a value far below what it would sell for today, so treat the home-value matching and the price-versus-similar-jobs comparison as rough.

Firms working onUsual home valueUsual filed valueFirmsPermits
Lower thirdunder $699,517$8,030199354
Middle third$699,517–$1,543,000$12,200199406
Upper third$1,556,527 and up$11,000199294

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

FirmPermitsLast 12 moUsualMiddle halfFinished
J.J. Accurate Overhead Doors3312$1,980$1,830–$2,34038.0%
Regency General Contractors Inc1010$7,500$7,500—
Jemico LLC dba Renewal by Andersen of SF529$8,030$5,893–$11,98889.8%
West Valley Structural Co187$10,000$8,062–$12,00093.0%
Markoff Structural Pest Control234$20,000$13,400–$30,00055.5%
Caledonia Plastering & Stucco Inc164$20,000$18,750–$25,75062.5%
Gil Construction & Assoc Inc134$10,000$5,200–$25,00092.5%
D3 Construction64$5,000$4,000–$10,000—
Garage Master Inc.dba City Overhead Door63$5,887$5,125–$7,463—
Best Exteriors Construction Inc53$17,000$10,000–$48,000—

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $8,030; the 593 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $10,000.
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $1,556,527 and up) usually file $11,000, against $8,030 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 siding, dry rot & exterior repair permits is filed under $2,500 and 1 in 10 over $32,900, 13 times as much.
  • 98.9% of the 1,076 permits carry a value; the 12 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 1,064 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In San Francisco, 1 in 10 siding, dry rot & exterior repair filed values sit under $2,500, the middle half between $5,100 and $18,700, and 1 in 10 over $32,900.

  • $42,800Above $32,900: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in San Francisco.
  • $10,000Right at the usual $10,000: in the middle of the file.
  • $1,800Below $2,500: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule exterior work in San Francisco

San Francisco files the fewest siding, dry rot & exterior repair permits in December (78 against an average month of 100) and the most in October (152). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in San Francisco →

How these numbers are made

Source: San Francisco DBI building permits on one- and two-family homes, with the contractor from the city's permit contacts file. The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.

Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.

The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.

Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in San Francisco →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for a siding, dry rot & exterior repair job in San Francisco?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of San Francisco siding, dry rot & exterior repair firms usually file between $7,200 and $17,000 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 2.4 times apart and both be normal for San Francisco. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.
  • What range is normal for siding, dry rot & exterior repair jobs in San Francisco?Half of permits were filed between $5,100 and $18,700; 8 in 10 between $2,500 and $32,900. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do siding contractors charge in San Francisco?The usual siding, dry rot & exterior repair job is filed at $10,000; the middle half of firms usually file between $7,200 and $17,000. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $8,030, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • Do bigger houses get bigger bills?In the file, yes for the firms: those working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $11,000, the lower third $8,030. That is firms, not single jobs.
  • Where does this data come from?San Francisco DBI building permits on one- and two-family homes, with the contractor from the city's permit contacts file, read October 2026. How the records work in San Francisco →

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