A Sea Cliff mansion that neighbors say has been overtaken by squatters could soon head to auction as the city looks to recoup unpaid taxes on the home and nearby residents seek relief from what they describe as a daily nightmare.
For over a year, the strange saga playing out in 250 32nd Ave., a four bedroom house in one of San Francisco’s ritziest neighborhoods, has prompted relentless complaints from neighbors and a city investigation. City Attorney David Chiu last month sued two people, Diana Peng and Brandon Aadee, accusing them of forging dueling deeds in what Chiu described as an apparent effort to “steal a house” and resell it.
The house’s previous owner, Wei Wang, stopped paying taxes on the property more than five years ago and appeared to have abandoned the home, leaving a car moldering in the driveway and a Christmas tree propped in a window, according to a San Francisco Standard investigation into the house. Last year, neighbors said, the house became a magnet for strange comings-and-goings, often late at night, as Peng and Aadee have alternately claimed to be the property’s rightful owners…