The ‘Full House’ Home Faces Its Biggest Scandal Yet

Greg Chow

“Full House” fever is in full swing now that the Netflix spinoff “Fuller House” is slated to return for the second half of Season 3 on Friday—just in time for a holiday binge-a-thon!

And that got us wondering: What’s up with the real “Full House” house?

We checked—and it turns out it’s stirring up a truckload of trouble.

‘The worst thing that’s happened’

We’re talking, of course, about the gorgeous Victorian whose exterior appears in the opening credits of “Full/Fuller House,” located at 1709 Broderick St. in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. Even though the show is filmed in a studio elsewhere, this 19th-century beauty has gained pop culture status, drawing throngs of fans over the years.

And that hubbub has apparently gotten worse ever since the 3,125-square-foot, three-bedroom, four-bathroom home was sold for $4 million to none other than Jeff Franklin, the producer of both “Full House” and “Fuller House.” After purchasing the place in April 2016, Franklin said he planned to renovate the interior so it finally matches the set—possibly so that he could use it to film some new footage of “Fuller House,” or stage a sleepover for the cast. Or, just maybe, rent the place out for big bucks.

Since then, the renovation permits have been granted, but at least two of Franklin’s neighbors have recently filed a request for a “discretionary review” hearing, which could throw a wrench in moving forward. The reason they’re fighting Franklin’s reno plans? They’re worried that they might make their neighborhood even more overrun than ever.

Franklin “is a Hollywood producer who has bought the house for commercial purposes—promoting it as a fan destination, using it for promotional events and filming at the house,” complained neighbor Carla Hashagan in the San Francisco Examiner. According to Hashagan, at peak times, the block is now teeming with “150-250 or more visitors and 50-75 cars per hour, with 1,000 visitors or more on weekend days.” All this attention, she asserts, has “wreaked havoc on our neighborhood.”

As a result, locals say the sidewalks are littered with trash, and parking has become next to impossible.

“We’ve lived here for 46 years, and we’ve seen a lot of things go on. This is probably the worst thing that’s happened,” area resident David Natcher told CBS news. “It’s brought a lot of people from all over the country, and it becomes a mob scene.”

According to locals, appealing directly to Franklin to address these concerns has had little effect.

“We aren’t getting anywhere dealing with him directly,” said Natcher. “So now we have to go to the city and try to get them to do something about his requests and have him scale back what he’s doing and maybe listen to our concerns.”

What rights do neighbors have?

Franklin’s spokesperson, Evette Davis, said the producer is trying to work with neighbors—by, say, going on social media to remind fans to be respectful when visiting the house. However, “we cannot deter tourists from visiting,” she said. “We genuinely tried what we could to help.”

But what happens if Franklin decides to turn on the cameras to film “Fuller House” here? Is that even allowed?

It turns out, it is allowed, to a degree. “I actually know this because I’ve done it,” Los Angeles developer Tyler Drew tells realtor.com®. “A few years ago, I renovated a large abandoned loft in Los Angeles. Once renovated, I put the home onto various film location scout websites.

“The IRS allows 14 days of tax-free filming a year,” adds Drew. And you can film beyond that if you pay taxes on any income generated, and apply for the right permits before the cameras start rolling.

“Can you do it? Yes,” says Drew. “Only should you all the time as a homeowner? Eh, that’s where it gets tricky. [Franklin’s] neighbors obviously have legal rights to quiet use of their homes.”

As for what the neighbors can do, “they have the option to change the zoning’s use for filming, but that could be a long and costly process,” explains Jeff Miller, a Baltimore-based real estate agent at AE Home Group. “It would be better for the neighbors to take a short-term approach to minimize the impact of visitors until the hype fades away. Neighborhood-provided public trash cans can help alleviate the litter, and pooled funds to hire an off-duty police officer during peak hours could help deter loitering and illegal parking.”

Even at the worst, neighbors should find some comfort in that the hubbub won’t last forever. “Given a few years time, the home will likely lose its appeal as a tourist attraction,” Miller says.

Sooner or later, those “Full House” fans will binge-watch their way into indifference. Or here’s another upside noted by Samuel Pawlitzki, a real estate agent with Beach Cities Real Estate in Malibu, CA.

“On the one hand, it’s a nuisance to have the home next to you be a tourist attraction,” Pawlitzki says. “On the other, it does raise property value considerably.”

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