Everywhere you look, everywhere you go, there’s another ’90s TV reboot. On February 26, almost the entire cast of Full House is set to return for a Netflix series, Fuller House. And it just may be the most aptly named sequel ever. After all, the San Francisco townhouse the Tanners call home once had nine people living under one roof: D.J., Stephanie, Michelle, Danny, Joey, Uncle Jesse, Becky, Nicky, and Alex, not to mention golden retriever Comet. While the Olsen twins passed on the reunion (sorry, Michelle fans!), it was the littlest Tanner who poked fun at the implausibility of the inhabitant-to-interior ratio in the Full House finale. “You all live here?” she says, having suffered a stint of temporary memory loss. “I hope the inside is a lot bigger than it looks on the outside!”
Of course, there were a few key home renovations that were made during the eight-year run to accommodate the expanding bunch. In season one, Joey sleeps in the alcove of the living room and stores his clothes in the trunk of his car. The worst part, he tells D.J., is not having any privacy. “I know what you mean,” she says. “I live with a 5-year-old who thinks she was born so I could have someone to play with.” Fortunately for the funnyman, the basement garage is transformed into Joey’s very own bachelor pad, all in the 20 or so minutes that span a single episode.
And let’s not forget the love nest upstairs. Exterior shots depict a flat roof, yet Jesse and Becky’s attic-transformed-apartment boasts high ceilings and a scattering of skylights separated by exposed wooden beams. To be fair, Jesse and Becky’s decision to move in was a bit more thought-out. “You know, it’s cozy and private,” Becky rationalizes. “Fully insulated with complete plumbing hookups for a full bathroom. Ideal for a young newlywed couple saving to buy their first home.”
Fans, too, will feel right at home when they tune in to Fuller House tomorrow. For the reboot, production designer Jerry Dunn watched more than 100 hours of the original in order to accurately capture the San Francisco set, and even included some of the same furniture. The checkered love seat and pair of blue bucket chairs in the living room have been in storage since the show went off the air in 1995, but they were in good enough condition that Dunn dusted them off for the much-hyped-about sequel.
In celebration of the ’90s sitcom and 30-year-old furniture alike, we decided to embark on a mini marathon to capture the Full House set by the numbers. Separating fact from fiction, consider it a Tanner family heart-to-heart (minus the twinkly music) on the beloved series’ iconic San Francisco home.
1882
House number on Girard Street and the fictitious address where the Tanners live.
1709
House number on Broderick Street of the home used in the exterior shots.
$2,865,000
How much the 1709 Broderick Street residence sold for in 2013.
$1.23 million
How much Danny, Joey, and Uncle Jesse could have theoretically afforded, according to a Trulia study. Danny may have been the local host of Wake Up San Francisco, but America’s favorite TV dad would have earned an estimated $160,000 annually. This, plus assuming Joey makes $30,000 doing stand-up around the country and Jesse rakes in $48,000 as a musician. This does not factor in, however, the amount saved with the built-in childcare offsetting babysitting costs. Still, all three men were in their mid-20s to early 30s in the series and in real life at the show’s start (Uncle Jesse/John Stamos was a mere 24 years old, which may account for how little the actor seems to have aged) and financially, not in a place to be million-dollar homeowners.
12
The number of blocks the house used for exteriors is away from the famous Painted Ladies—the colorful row of Victorian houses seen in the background of the opening credits when the Tanners sit down to a picnic in Alamo Square park. The misleading shot explains why a lot of fans go looking for the Tanner residence in the Western Addition neighborhood.
87
Recommended reviews on the Yelp page dedicated to the 1709 Broderick address. As much as this is a forum where Full House superfans congregate, it is an outlet where they can express the extreme disappointment they felt upon learning that the Tanners’ home is not on the iconic San Francisco hill as the opening credits suggest and, what’s worse, that the white exterior has since been painted purple.
2,500
Approximate square feet the 1709 Broderick address boasts; however, it does not include a finished attic and basement and is listed as a two-story unit.
3
Entrances/opportunities in the fictional house for Kimmy Gibbler to drop by uninvited: the double red front doors; the side door leading into the laundry room; and the back door, which opens into the kitchen.
1
Number of filming days in San Francisco.
Cue the collective sigh of grief from Full House fans everywhere: How rude!