. >> reporter: john kessler is living in a constant state of construction. >> how many times have they been in this apartment? >> i couldn't count. >> reporter: this time he's forced to stand idly by as workers move furniture around, hang plastic sheets and start hammering away, tearing down this wall for exploratory demolition. it's part of a project that transforms some garage space into some living rooms. he doesn't think it's necessary and says it's the latest of many disruptive repairs and remodels that he's had to endure. >> it's constant. two weeks ago, they were in 4 days out of a five-day workweek. >> at one point we had a venn vationbelow us renovation down the hall. >> reporter: it started when eye company bought their building five years ago through an llc. it's one connected to the ceo of veritas and the largest landlord in san francisco. he explains his strategy is to attract a new kind of tenant. >> 70% to 80% of them are those young techies. >> reporter: 50 rental properties throughout the city, more than 5,000 apartments. they're available throughout the company's leas

my name is john kessler and i live at 10 of 4 deloris street, apartment number 7 and i'm here to make a jurisdiction request to the board of appeals. this request concerns 201612225670 for the addition of two dwelling units in the garage at 1064 deloris street. in the interest of time, i will focus on the jurisdiction requested south. i will summarize a few of my concerns. at this point, i would like to submit letters from three other tenants who couldn't be here but was told by the board of appeals they could be taken into public comment. >> just give them to garry, if you could. >> today or landlord has only confirmed this work is i in the planning stages and provided conflicted assertions about the duration and scope of the project and how it will impact tenants and about their intent to mitigate and/or compensate for any result of services either temporary or permanently, such as garage parking, access to laundry facilities located in the garage and storage lockers also be located in the garage. although the landlord has communicated that they intend to return parking laundry and