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Home in South Land Park Sold With Multiple Offers
This home in South Land Park sold quickly with multiple offers.
This cute cottage home in South Land Park sold with multiple offers and closed escrow on Friday. The sellers, like most homeowners, had all sorts of concerns about why their home might not sell. They worried about things that most people never worry about, and some they do. Like a dripping faucet. Yes, if a faucet drips, it should be fixed. I know we all get busy and can’t always attend to small things but small stuff turns into big stuff, I lecture, er, remind them. They laugh.
The sellers called me because I listed and sold another home in South Land Park at 1407 Carrousel Lane, not far from their house. By the time they toured the home on Carrousel, they could only enter a backup offer because it was pending. Basically, a seller has options in this market when they want to sell a home and buy another home, but trying to buy on a contingent basis is one of the most difficult. I explain it this way: just think if this was your home and you received 3 offers. Two were from buyers who did not have to sell a home in order to buy yours. Which offers would you consider?
When the shoe is on the foot, it makes sense. It’s not impossible to buy contingent, and we do it, but you might not get your first choice in a seller’s market, is all I’m saying. So while I’m going through the seller’s home, taking notes, completing my agent visual inspection, the sellers are sharing all the things they don’t like about the home. I steer them away from that conversation, just in case they tell me something horrible that I’ll be forced to disclose to the buyer, which I obviously do not want to do. Instead, we discuss all the wonderful attributes about their home, the pluses, the emotional pull it will have on other buyers.
This is the problem with studying the market too much as a seller. You start to pick up on the negative vibes and those thoughts take over, consume you, and that stuff begins to color your viewpoint.
I introduced the sellers to my extraordinary team member, Josh Amolsch, to help them to find a home to buy. After meeting with Dan Tharp at Guild Mortgage, the sellers discovered they did not have to sell their home in order to buy. This freed them to make a strong offer on a home in the Pocket, and they won that bid. They bought a home across from one of the last buyers I ever worked with before I switched to seller representation.
The home in South Land Park quickly sold. We chose a full-price offer, all-cash, no appraisal contingencies. That was the sellers’ biggest worry, whether the home would appraise, and with their winning offer, that concern was eliminated. It was a nice, smooth, easy escrow for a change, thanks to the wonderful agents who represented the buyer.
I thought about this closing yesterday when I visited another seller in South Land Park whose home will be ready for the market sometime in the next year. When I studied the comps for the seller, I noticed a different home in South Land Park that was listed by an agent from out-of-area, and realized this was a home I was supposed to list. At the last minute, that seller had canceled her appointment with me because a friend of hers introduced her to a “most wonderful listing agent.” Wha? Was I chopped liver? I forgot about it until I saw the home had only a couple of photos and no showings without calling the agent. Hmmm . . .
That’s OK, I’ll list the other home in South Land Park and be happy. This is a great market, and it’s a good time to sell. I’ve learned that a positive attitude will take you places others only wish to go.
Mid Century Home in South Land Park Estates for Sale
Yamasaki home in South Land Park Estates at 1407 Carrousel Lane, Sacramento, CA 95822
To give you an idea of the beauty of this home in South Land Park Estates: it’s the type of home that even if you weren’t thinking about selling your home and moving, you might consider buying this home. Not only is this home a mid-century home, but it was built by the modernist architect Yamasaki. This home has been in the family for decades. As such, it is simply impeccable. Very well maintained.
The neighborhood is South Land Park Estates, and the home sits about two blocks from William Land Park. It is almost kitty corner from the Sacramento Zoo, tucked away and sequestered near Capri and Sutterville. Sometimes at night, if you open the windows on a hot summer day, you might hear the distant sounds of lions roaring, the trumping of elephants and monkeys chattering in a quiet evening breeze.
I was surprised to note nary a crack in any of the plaster walls or ceilings and the home was recently painted a more neutral taupe. The trustees of the family trust uncovered the carpeted hardwood floors, which are simply brilliant. You’ll find Roman brick is used in the design of the living room fireplace and part of the exterior. They don’t make homes of this quality anymore, and the exquisite workmanship is evident in this home in South Land Park Estates.
As a busy Sacramento Realtor, I can tell you that it’s rare to find such a desirable home on the market in an affordable price range.
Viewing this home in South Land Park Estates will make you feel like you’re stepping back in time. It’s almost as though this 1956 house was recently constructed and never lived in. You know the previous owners must have baked Thanksgiving turkeys in the built-in GE oven in the kitchen, but it looks brand new. There is an electric cooktop built into the tiled counter top. The cabinets are tall and deep, made from gleaming wood and bearing shiny original hardware.
There is a breakfast nook in the kitchen, which is open on both ends. Between the kitchen and family room is a built-in bar, near a wall of cabinets in the family room, plus a separate laundry room. I dearly adore the pristine linoleum floor, it’s sort of a gray with specks of blue, red, green and yellow. It, too, looks newer. Both of the baths feature period peach and green tile in original condition. They sparkle.
For purists who truly love mid-century homes, this is an unbelievable find. Three large bedrooms, two full baths, additional storage, and a nice sized yard with fruit trees. According to the Sacramento County Assessor, it measures 1,870 square feet. Come to our open house on Sunday, April 2nd, from 1:00 to 4:00 PM. Virtual tour.
1407 Carrousel Lane, Sacramento, CA 95822, is offered exclusively by Elizabeth Weintraub at Lyon Real Estate, at $545K. For more information, call Elizabeth at 916.233.6759.
See more photos below:
Captivating living room at 1407 Carrousel Lane
Kitchen cabinets and flooring are immaculate at 1407 Carrousel Lane.
Master bedroom features dual closets at 1407 Carrousel Lane
Entrance to 1407 Carrousel Lane shows off beautiful landscaping, tamukeyama and jade.
