The House That Google Built (The Wall Street Journal)

Since their renovation, the couple has likely seen the value of their house grow, as the city’s real estate has been transformed by the influx of tech executives and entrepreneurs. The home is in Eureka Valley, and the nearby, formerly middle-class neighborhoods of the Mission, Noe Valley and the Castro are now the networking and social hubs for the city’s growing techie crowd and, of course, real-estate prices have risen dramatically in the process.