in the bathroom. you know. it's just straight water. i'm like that, you know. it's off and on. and when they do do water construction thing, they don't post and say, hey, the water is going to be cut off for two hours. they don't even do that. the water is not on. they don't do that. they be neglecting from that right there. now, the garbage area is very, very bad. two people have got tuberculosis from that area right there, on the third and the fourth floor right there. they don't have no sanitation for the garbage part neither, you know. and many of the showers, the bathrooms, and the bed bugs be all in the carpets, you know. and we have no -- we asked for it. we're supposed to have a mattress, right. they said, okay, i'll do that then. as soon as i leave, they don't give you nothing. i don't have no mirror where i could groom myself, me and my wife could groom ourselves in the mirror or anything. the bed bugs is a very, very serious issue. [speaker not understood] all on my back from that right the

in the bathroom. you know. it's just straight water. i'm like that, you know. it's off and on. and when they do do water construction thing, they don't post and say, hey, the water is going to be cut of

so, getting back to the bathrooms, if you commissionerses decide we need to add these other bathrooms, we certainly would consider that, but we will need some time so when the rooms come up vacant, we'll go ahead and do that. that is where we are right now. >> when you say time, what kind of time are you talking about here? >> [speaker not understood] when a room becomes vacant, i would like three to six months. >> commissioner walker? >> first of all, i want to thank the tenants for coming and speaking to us about this issue. i think that we, a lot of us here, have seen some projects come forward and it's one of the reasons why we have funded the code enforcement outreach program, because the people doing the work trying to help the landlords make these conditions habitable is really the point. and it works really well. i can only appreciate the work that our code enforcement outreach does with our housing division. that being said, i urge us all to think about what it would be like living in these conditions. and your client has taken on a building that needs a lot of work and, you

people still love their bathrooms. people think of them as an important room, as an investment for their home. yes, there is the gamut. some people are really just for function and utilitarian. some of them are large and lavish and everything in between. >> we are going to start looking at a couple of little vignettes of bathrooms. we can talk about fixtures and use that as a springboard for questions for our audience and discussions from some of the manufacturers we have here. let's start by looking at one right back here. this is a really interesting one because this has some of the characteristics of a traditional san francisco building. it has this starting with the board, i think it is called, and it has both old-fashioned kind of pictures and real modern stuff. what do you see here? >> looking around, it has gone a soaking tub. >> it has little jets in a, so like a spot/hydrotherapy kind of thing? >> exactly. what people need to be mindful on for these types of tubs are two things -- number one, they have a motor

. >> when it comes to renovations, bathrooms and kitchens are one of the most expensive. >>> and a state trooper helped deliver a newborn baby, his own. >>> we're taking a look at the smart apps. >> reporter: with 2012 nearing an and, we decided to take a look at the hottest apps. the first one is instagrams. you can share photos with your friends. it sold for a billion dollars to facebook and had only a handful of employees at the time. instagram is very popular but they're no stranger to controversy. in terms of service updates, the company said it will allow users' photos to be sold to advertisers but they soon backtrack. pass, you can share things from what you're listening to to where you are. the idea, was to share what matters most with the friends and family that matter the most to you. you're limited to 150 friends. it was created by one of facebook's earliest employees. the next one up google map. this got a lot of attention toward the end of the year. when the iphone came out, it was only a matter of time before google launched the map. of course, many cries for google maps. h

, the common bathrooms. they are highly problematic as far as the maintenance of them and to make sure that they are available for the residents. typically the code in chapter 5 indicates you have to have a minimum of two of these common bathrooms per floor, given the range of guest rooms. the ordinance proposes retroactively that 6 months after the date of adoption the ordinance will go into effect, that will give us time to do the outreach we plan to do to the property owners in addition to talking to them in the sro task force, of which i am a chair, but we envision doing a direct mailing to all the property owners that would have a copy of the ordinance, a technical manual that would give them advice on how to install the grab bars in the most efficient and soft-saving manner. that's something the mayor's office and carla will talk about a little bit more. she has great expertise in this area considering she's been addressing some of these same issues in the nonprofit residential hotels seeing the types

there are a few hotels that have individual bathrooms. the majority of them are shared on the floor down the hall. we have always i've been at the mission sro for over 5 years, always large percent are seniors. we began the conversation about two years ago and the conversation was about the changing needs of people. a lot of people here in san francisco -a lot of low-income tenants - get locked into their home. that can be a good thing, it can be a bad thing at the same time. a lot of people when they move in, to choose a home a place that meets their needs, as they live there for years, as people get older, the disabilities change, obviously they become more difficult for people to live in these buildings. the way that the market is here in san francisco with rents going up and up, and rent control design here for folks who have been in their homes for years, is not a whole lot of options other than to stay in the same place and try to make modifications, and make that home work for their needs. a background on sros: three of them serve

we get many complaints about bathrooms being unsafe to use. myself, i live in a sro hotel. i know in my building the floors in the showers and outside the shower stalls are real smooth tile. we have no grab bars and my landlord says absolutely not, they are not going to put them in unless it's made mandatory. they would save a lot of money and so would probably the city and other services such as medicare, medical, if these grab bars were installed. we would have fewer people going to the hospital and it's just vitally necessary to have them as well as phone jacks in the rooms. there's only 5 or 6 people in our building that have phones because management and owners won't put in phone jacks. they say you want a phone, you pay the cost. we're not going to. so -- and most of the people in the building are on limited income like social security, ssi, that kind of thing, can't afford the $150 to $200 to install a phone jack just to have a phone. so i'm pleading with you, please help us get this legislation passed so we can be safe. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. >>

to make a wheelchair-accessible bathroom, it takes a lot more space than a regular bathroom. so, it is a problem oftentimes with small businesses. especially if you have to do two of them. and it cost about $15,000 to $25,000 to build a wheelchair- accessible bathroom. for restaurants, bars, it's a truck, there is an issue on the height of the counters -- for restaurants, bars, at such wreck, there is an issue on the height of the counters. that keller would make the person wheeling up on in the chair not be able to be eye level. you cannot have it like that. you have to have a portion of the counter down level. it is 34 inches. i daresay most of the counters will not be that size if you have a business like that. however it may be. that is not what the normal business layout is. tables. there is a percentage based on the number of seats that have to be wheelchair-a accessible. they are required to be appropriately designated with a placard. you can get that any press run supply store. in place with commercial interiors can furnish you with those placards. you also have to ha

in the recommendations, we suggested having grab bars in bathrooms. in the server we found that less than half of seniors and people with disabilities that we talked to reported having grab bars. not everyone is coming out and saying we need grab bars. people don't necessarily realize that is a problem until people fall. we know that is a major source of injury. in terms of the financial impact going back to the city to say look at the money we are spending on hospital bills on people who slip and falls when that can be prevented by having grab bars in bathrooms. that is one thing we want to work on, and working phone jack along with affordable telephone service. working phone jacks are required by state law; a residential hotel, tourist hotel is required to have that. pretend that i did not say that. in sros, every room is required have a working phone jack. people are dealing with a lot of isolation. i mentioned people with disabilities who may be in the room where it is hard to get out. the staircase to be rickety. the elevator may be broken. there

attached is a beautiful bathroom, luxurious bathroom with marble stone, and a soaking tub that overlooksk you for joining me on this tour today. i hope you enjoyed it. >>> coming up after the break -- >> when you gave me your price, how many bedrooms did you think you would get? >> two. >> you're getting four here. >>> welcome back to "open house." now we're on the hunt with brian lewis and his client, sheila. sheila was thinking about moving out west, unless brian can find her a reason to stay. let's see if he can convince her with some manhattan real estate. >>> my name is brian lewis, i'm executive vice president of hallsted property, and today i'm going to show sheila two very different homes. the first up in hamilton heights, amazing. the second down on 89 and west end. sheila and her husband may go to california. but she told me, here's $600,000, go find us an amazing home and we may stay right here in new york city. i'm on it. >> hi, i'm sheila. my husband terry and i are looking for a large apartment. we recently sold our apartment on the west side. we have a 3-year-old daughter,

bathroom access. what bathroom access will espresso subito provide. we ask the question because our group must comply to regulations to health and ada issues and the increase in mff results in our group having to turn away walk-ins from the street. asking to use the bathrooms. our just to use the table and chairs to sit down and eat what they bought out on the street. last, adequate notice, we are not aware of adequate notice or any such notice that had been provided to the effected business and building owners within the 300-foot radius, if proper steps had been taken, perhaps we could have shorten the discussion of these above issues. please, over turn this approval for the second street and 150 california locations as they will be within the 300-foot radius of starbucks and many others. in doing so, restores balance to the permit process. i have another statement for a person who had to leave. shall i end mine and begin the next one or sit down and someone else speak? >> you still have time. go ahead. >> good. >> this is for deborah sellers of sell

if you do a bathroom remodels, they are saying the job cost $18,000, you might recoup $15,000. the hard part in determining that, to compare apples and apples, is to look at a house in the sunset district with a single-family home with one bath, or is it a 3-bedroom condominium in the castro where maybe everything else is really done fairly recently and updated nicely, but maybe the bathrooms never got updated? that would probably change dramatically the resale they'll -- value on that universes' the house in sunset. these are wild figures. we have to go to seek professional advice with the intent of satisfying your goal, whatever your goal would be. this is a question when representing sellers that we get all the time. it should i do this or that? you really need somebody that is in the industry to come with you and go through and say, don't do that, but painting this would be great, but don't put in a new counter in the bathroom or kitchen. it is item by item, neighborhood by neighborhood. sometimes, sellers are under the impression that if they agreed to the kitchen, that wi

thinking about the door to the bathroom. you want to have a nice, white door. 3 feet would be very nice. even a little bit larger bathrooms are you could maneuver in it would be helpful. >> let's look at some six. we got an e-mail from some of who watches us online who had a question about whether or not there are any downside to getting one of these vessels sinks, one of the six that sits on top of the counter. >> that is one of the reasons i like j.c. plumbing. they have a great selection, and i can make my point. let's compare these two six. this is a bowl shape, and this is a ceramic that comes straight down. the disadvantage of this -- and it is very beautiful and makes quite a statement -- and i alluded to this before. it is about cleaning this, and coming year. getting down here, that is difficult to do, so that is going to be more difficult to clean. this is a good one. again, clean lines that come straight down. there is no difficulty cleaning that. >> would someone call that -- caulk that? >> absolutely. make it wa

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additionally the bathrooms on the left side have been totally refurbished. i guarantee, i was there last friday and they are usable. and new paint on there and replacement of the windows and doors. these are the replacement windows. the crew working there. and replacement of windows on the outside. making it a presentable place, one that can be a value to the community. next i want to talk about abandoned dock removal. on the abandoned docks, there are some docks behind the vegetation there. those were old docks that were reachable from the shore line. and they were derelict over the years and eyesore. and we worked close with rec and park to get those removed. we took care of the permitting for the removal and rec and park provided the manpower to get those out of the lake. and now that corner of the lake doesn't have floating eyesores out there. i think that's a big step forward. on the recreation front, rec and park has been actively programming recreation there during the summer and fall. classes and kayaking and active recreation around the lake. and th

we're going to let you go into the faculty bathroom. we made arrangements for you. that's what you have to do at this point in time. it's a unique situation. they tried to deal with it as best they could. and i think the court was within its power. >> avery, i heard you sort of grunting for a lack of a better word. >> look, i think the court was wrong. this was an action pursued by the maine -- the government, maine human rights commission who felt this was a form of harassment. the grandfather who has custody of this child joined with the commission. i think the judge is wrong in misinterpreting the law. the problem is the government, the commission has to go back to the state legislature to get a clarification. this law was passed under a different governor who was more sympathetic. i think they have a chance on appeal. in practical terms, he's right in this respect. the child is now gone. it's a matter of principle. it's a matter of law. let's see what happens. i think there is a shot in the court of appeals. >> certainly a brave move for the little boy and certa

that was the bathroom. >> the bathroom was completely filled with bags of stuff. so it wasn't usable. you could tell that she had finally just abandoned the house and just was using it for storage apparently now because there was no way that anyone could live in the house. >> no way, shape or form was it livable. >> if you have an entire house amassed with stuff from wall to wall, where do you even begin? what a lot of times happens is they sort of throw their hands up. they feel very beaten down, they feel very hopeless and overwhelmed, both anxious and depressed. >> this is hoarding. >> the removal of clothes and debris takes schaeffer one month to complete. >> i filled up four 30-yard dumpsters. and i think i filled over 500 garbage bags to the top about the biggest bags they make. there's nothing that can't be accomplished with work. >> i don't know how one guy could do all that. it looked like you needed a crew. >> it looks really nice now. >> i rented it four months after i bought it. i was very happy with the result. >>> coming up -- excessive hoarding in f

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this will provide people with their own living space and their own private kitchen and bathroom. i also completely agree with the point that was made that we need more family housing. we absolutely do. and we should be supporting that. but almost 40% of san francisco ans live alone as i mentioned at the beginning. and we need to be focusing on that segment of the population as well * . the two are not mutually exclusive. so, colleagues, this is a good compromise piece of legislation. although i agree with mr. cohen and with the planning commission that ideally obviously i introduced this with no cap on it and that would be my preference. but politics and legislation being the process that it is, we work together and we came up with what i think is a good compromise and i stand by that compromise. so, -- >> yeah, that came in too late. i don't think we can reopen public comment. >> okay. so, colleagues, first, mr. chairman, i'd like to move the amendments and then i would move to forward the legislation with a positive recommendation as a committee report to the full board for tom

she took her 14 kids into the bathroom and locked the bathroom door. some of the kids had to get up on the toilet and she told them you need to be extremely quiet in here, something bad is happening. let's listen to her. >> one of my students on top of the toilet. i just knew had we had to get i there. i was telling them you are going to be okay. you are going to be all right. i pulled the book shelf before i closed the door in front of it. i turned the lights off. >> did you tell them to be quiet. did you worry about one of them -- >> i told them we had to be absolutely quiet. i was afraid if he did come in if he heard us he would start shooting the door. i said we have to be absolutely quiet. i said there are bad guys out there now we need to wait for the good guys. i wanted us to beeokay. i am so saddened that there are people who in this situation are not okay. my heart goes out to any one who knew them and was part of their lives. i can't image. >> you can't image. >> there are also stories of heroism, a school janitor realized what was happening

there is no bathroom in there. no kitchen. there's no closet. if you need to go to the bathroom you need to take with you a flashlight. take with you toll let paper and towels. maybe you need to take with you alcohol or other cleaning solution to clean the toilet. if you leave your toilet paper or soap, somebody is going to take it or steal it. you cannot cook in your unit because there's no kitchen. you have to use a community kitchen. sometimes it doesn't work or leaks gas. you have to bring your own lamp in there. you can't leave anything in there or something will steal it or break it. for these people if you indulge me i would like to take a few minutes. >> go ahead. >> to complete my comments. for these people having open space is a lifeline. portsmouth square is overused. overcrowded. not because it is a great park but because people have nowhere else to go. there's a really high incidence of behavioral problems with kids that live in sros. there are over 500 families live in those single rooms. because of that we think it is very importa

what we are hearing from witnesses a woman may be locked inside a bathroom in the building.he may have a knife that is why police at this point are taking their time and waiting there. you see firefighters on the ground as well presumably for if anyone is injured once again we believe there's a barricaded woman inside this building inside the chevron station in the bathroom possibly with a knife and police are trying to involve this. we'll bring you information as it becomes available. >>> meantime, we move on to this insreb scene, 16 were hurt when a shark filled aquarium burst at a shopping center in china, a man was taking pictures of the tank when it broke he was swept away by water, glass and fish went flying into the crowd, state tv there reporting the 33 ton aquarium was home to dozens of sharks, turtles and fish before it shattered at that shopping center in shanghai. officials say cold temperatures and shoddy materials made the acrylic glass brittle. >>> doctors solve a medical mystery involving >> a 12-year-old panda is feeling better after vets solved a medical my

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now we're in the master bathroom. you can see this giant granite bathtub. looking out into the atrium beyond. here we have the master bathroom cabinet floating above the floor with the backdrop of a giant glass window and a mirror centered in between. now we're in the guest house. you can see it has a bit of a nautical theme. here's the kitchen which we designed against the backdrop of this glass window beyond. and we created this nautical floating steel and reclaimed teak stair. reclaimed teak floors, polished concrete, all with the spirit of pateening well with age. thank you for taking the tour of this oasis. this is truly a world for heartful souls. >>> up next, how to go big with your design in a small space. and later an amazing home with a special room. >>> welcome back to "open house." next we're taken inside a victorian home to see how to overcome the size and shape of a space with amazing design. >> i'm linc thelen. today i'm going to give you design ideas to make grand design with small spaces. when working with small spaces, it's important to de