Contractor, San Francisco License 999209
Norwood Construction
The city has issued 83 of the 84 San Francisco building permits that name Norwood Construction since 2018. The work is mostly residential, led by home remodels. Their median plan-review permit for home remodels took 18.6 months from filing to issue, 109% slower than the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Sunset/Parkside, Mission and Potrero Hill.
- Also filed as
- designer
- Issued by the city
- 83 of 84 filed since 2018
- Median plan-review time, home remodels
- 18.6 mo city median 8.9 mo
- Rank for home remodels
- No. 69 of 184 by home remodels issued
- Overall rank
- No. 126 of 226 contractors
What they work on
Every San Francisco building permit with Norwood Construction on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 57 home remodels, 18 apartments and multifamily, 5 home additions.
Residential and commercial, by permits filed
- Home remodels Residential 56 of 57 issued 68% of filings.
- Apartments and multifamily Residential 18 of 18 issued 21% of filings.
- Home additions Residential 5 of 5 issued 6% of filings.
- Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 3 of 3 issued 4% of filings.
- Retail and shops Commercial 1 of 1 issued 1% of filings.
Permits over time
Permits filed each year, drawn as a street with one building per year, and how many of all their permits the city has issued.
- Busiest year
- 2021
- 18 permits filed
- Latest filing
- Aug 2026
- 99% of 84 issued
One building per year, its height the permits filed. Each floor line marks 5 permits; the 2026 building is dashed because it counts permits filed through October 20, 2026.
Issued by the city: 83 of 84 permits filed
All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data
1 not issued as of October 20, 2026. Source: SF Department of Building Inspection permits via DataSF.
How fast their permits come through
Filing to issue for permits that went through plan review. Norwood Construction has 7 of those across all project types; the citywide comparison is for home remodels, their most filed type, where 3,361 of 93,498 permits went through plan review and the rest were approved over the counter.
Norwood Construction, home remodels
18.6months
That is 109% slower than the citywide median for home remodels.
4 firms with medians over 21 months are drawn at the right edge.
Where they rank
Ranked by permits the city has issued since 2018, first across every project type, then for home remodels alone.
- 124 C H Burnham Inc 84
- 125 Citidev Inc. 83
- 126 Norwood Construction 83
- 127 Yefa Construction Inc 83
- 128 Thorpe Design Inc 82
All permits issued, 226 contractors Full ranking
- 67 Velox Construction Inc/Velox Des & Const 56
- 68 Ward-Tek Inc. 56
- 69 Norwood Construction 56
- 70 Blair Burke General Contractors Inc 56
- 71 Fma Builders 56
Home remodels issued, 184 contractors
Where they work
The neighborhoods where Norwood Construction files the most permits, and how many contractors count each one among their top 4 neighborhoods.
- 01 Sunset/Parkside 51 contractors count Sunset/Parkside among their busiest neighborhoods
- 02 Mission 86 contractors count Mission among their busiest neighborhoods
- 03 Potrero Hill 13 contractors count Potrero Hill among their busiest neighborhoods
- 04 Inner Sunset 24 contractors count Inner Sunset among their busiest neighborhoods
Questions for the first call
- Which of your recent San Francisco permits are closest to my project in type, size and neighborhood, and can I see the permit numbers?
- How long did those permits take from filing to issue, and what did plan check send back?
- Who on your team draws the set, who stamps it, and who answers the city's comments?
Other contractors for home remodels
Firms ranked near Norwood Construction by permits issued for home remodels.
- 66 Cairn Construction 57 home remodels issued · 4.9 mo median for home remodels
- 67 Velox Construction Inc/Velox Des & Const 56 home remodels issued
- 68 Ward-Tek Inc. 56 home remodels issued
- 70 Blair Burke General Contractors Inc 56 home remodels issued · 12.2 mo median for home remodels
- 71 Fma Builders 56 home remodels issued · 10.2 mo median for home remodels
- 72 Associated Builders 55 home remodels issued
- Sheet
- C-126 No. 126 of 226
- Drawing
- Permit record, Norwood Construction
- Contractor, San Francisco
- License
- 999209 check with CSLB
- Source
- San Francisco DBI building permits, since 2018
- Data as of
- Oct 2026
- Scale
- Not to scale
Built only from public San Francisco Department of Building Inspection records (permits, permit contacts), updated 2026-10-20. It is not a review or an endorsement, and Norwood Construction has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.
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