Opinion ID: 1177301
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Heading: Lombard Street Garage

Text: In late September or early October of 1976, [3] the parties entered into a written agreement to convert a garage on Lombard Street into a restaurant. Plaintiff signed his own name to the agreement. The contract contained a description of the work to be done and established a total price of $21,500. Plaintiff drew up the preliminary plans for the garage conversion and submitted them to the Bureau of Building Inspection of the San Francisco Department of Public Works. The bureau did not approve the plans because they failed to comply with a new building code requirement that the entire building be made earthquakeproof, windproof, and fireproof if more than 30 percent of the building were remodeled. With defendant's knowledge and approval, plaintiff hired an engineer to prepare plans which would comply with the building code. Plaintiff informed defendant that the new plans would require a drastic expansion in the scope of the project with a cost increase of $30,000 to $35,000. Defendant accepted the price increase and directed plaintiff to proceed. [4] A permit was finally obtained and work began. It was not until defendant refused to make any further payments that plaintiff stopped working. At this point, the job had been substantially completed.