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Why Move to Elk Grove When You Can Buy This Home in Galt?
Chancellor Estates is a subdivision of homes in Galt, set in a quiet area of the country yet still close enough to the freeway to get downtown Sacramento in roughly 30 minutes, and it offers spacious homes at better prices than Elk Grove. This home in Galt is for sale at an unheard of price for a home this size of $129.36 per square foot. It’s enormous, too, at 3,440 square feet, with 5 bedrooms, a mezzanine-level loft, plus 3 full baths.
On top of all of this, there is a 3-car garage. But what you don’t know is that part of the garage is a pull through, meaning you can park a boat in the backyard on the slab. If you don’t have a boat yet, I once owned a 17-foot Bayliner with an inboard / outboard, which was very easy to transport and operate, and they’re not all that expensive. Prices seem to start around $12,000 to buy a Bayliner. If you already have a van or a pickup truck, you may as well buy a Bayliner, don’t you think?
Apart from having a great place to store your boat at this home in Galt, you’ll enjoy an incredible living experience inside this home with all of its upgrades and magnificent layout. From the warm and inviting entry, to the formal living room which is open to the formal dining room, to the hard-to-find first floor bedroom, to the marvelous open kitchen with an island, ceramic flooring and a ton of cabinets, including recessed lighting, you’ll absolutely fall in love.
The family room is cooled by a ceiling fan and warmed by a stone fireplace, but the home also has central heat and air, of course. The family room has angled walls and recessed areas cut into the walls for the fireplace and entertainment center, which not only gives the room an interesting feel but it makes it seem even more spacious than it is.
You will absolutely love the back yard. The patio is covered, featuring white columns for support, and the ceiling is beadboard, with a ceiling fan and light attachment for dining at dusk. The yard is .193 acres of a lush lawn and fenced with nothing but trees behind it, providing a feeling of privacy.
If you would like a private tour, please call Barbara Dow at 916.761.7398 or Elizabeth Weintraub at 916.233.6759. This stunning home in Galt is offered exclusively by Lyon Real Estate at $445,000.
944 Trafalgar Circle, Galt, CA 95632, $445,000
Magical Castle at Country Club Golf Course in Elk Grove
To be completely factual, you probably won’t find fairy dust or pixies prancing about this magical home on the golf course in Elk Grove, but it’s easy to let your imagination run wild at this unique property. Passersby who live in this gated community have been panting to get inside this home since it was custom built in the early 1990s. It features a turret, and the front brick exterior is covered in ivy. It looks like a home you would expect to discover in Once Upon a Time.
There are so many custom features. It is obvious that the woman who designed this home spent a long time contemplating its design. Beautiful, tall, and heavy dual wood doors grace the entry. Hardwood floors feature strongly mostly throughout the main level. Stained glass and leaded glass are introduced not only as windows but are also prominent in some of the light fixtures. Many of the rooms are spacious; there is almost 4,500 square feet in this 5-bedroom, 5-bath home.
The living room is formal, featuring a vaulted wood plank ceiling with accent beams, a fireplace with marble mantel, hardwood floors. There are French doors to a patio, including dual half-circle custom-covered windows above a bank of windows on a curved wall, all of which allows spectacular views of the golf course and lake.
Just when you think it can’t get any more beautiful, the family room is equally if not more so impressive. Vaulted wood plank ceilings in this room, too, accented by beams. One wall is covered in raised paneling, with a built-in bookcase plus a brick fireplace. The windows are clad in wood trim and the wood paneling continues as half walls. This room has hardwood floors and double-entry doors.
You’ll notice near the entryway a room used as wine storage. This was once an elevator and has since been converted. The first floor is for wine and the second floor space offers storage.
The kitchen is immense. Raised panel, beautifully finished wood cabinets — some of the upper wall cabinets have glass in the doors. There is a built-in area with a desk. Next to the built-in Subzero refrigerator, which simply vanishes into the wall, is an arched brick alcove with a top-of-the-line Thermidor gas cooktop. The floors, of course, are hardwood.
There are several sinks in the kitchen, a separate island and a dining bar, as well as a breakfast nook. Its smooth synthetic counters would be excellent for rolling dough and making pastries. Overhead is a stained glass light fixture, coupled with recessed lighting. A handful of chefs could easily work side-by-side in this gourmet kitchen. Like the other main rooms, this also offers stunning views of the golf course and lake.
The backyard is large enough for a pool, and the landscaping is breathtaking. After you buy this gorgeous home, you can sit on the patio and watch golfers at the fourth hole if you like or relax on the second-floor balcony and take in more of the golf course view. But to get there, you must call your Elk Grove agent for a private showing. We will show this home on Sunday, October 12th, between 2:00 and 4:00 PM, strictly by exclusive appointment only. Buyer’s agents must accompany buyers. Sorry, the public cannot attend. For more information, please call Josh Amolsch at 916.224.2756 or Elizabeth Weintraub, 916.233.6759.
9217 Laguna Lake Way, Elk Grove, CA 95758 is offered by your Elk Grove agent, Elizabeth Weintraub at Lyon Real Estate. $749,000.
Beautiful Waterfront Home in Laguna West
If you’re looking for a home smack dab on the water in Laguna West, a spacious home with beautiful water views from almost every room, this is the waterfront home in Laguna West you’ve been waiting to buy. No matter what kind of home you’re looking for in Elk Grove, I can probably help you to buy it as I have listed a variety of homes in the Elk Grove area, from a one-bedroom condo all the way to homes with pools over 3,000 square feet, including this beauty on the lake with its own dock.
You can tell how massive and impressive the interior will be by noting the clerestory windows and gorgeous enclosed courtyard as you approach from the street. There is a water fountain in the courtyard, which complements its quiet reserved nature. The waterfront home is tucked away on a cul-de-sac, too.
Inside the entry, the ceilings soar to the second floor. To the left, you’ll pass the first-floor bedroom, which is presently used as an office, behind French doors. The other direction takes you through the entry to the formal living and dining room. In the kitchen, you’ll find ceramic flooring, an island, recessed lighting, and a spectacular water view. The sliding doors in the second dining area also lead to the back yard, and the water view carries into the family room, boasting a built-in entertainment center and fireplace.
The master suite will delight, which also overlooks the water and offers a balcony to relax upon and read or just stare at the blue calmness. Spa-like qualities of the master bath are inviting, a tub for soaking, luxurious shower and two separate his-and-hers vanities, coupled with a walk-in closet. Surprisingly, the other two bedrooms upstairs are very spacious as well.
Overall, the home features 3,133 square feet, it was built in 1999, and it has 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths. You can check it out during our open house on Sunday, September 7th, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM or call us for a private showing before then. Offered by Elizabeth Weintraub, Lyon Real Estate, at 916.233.6759.
9248 Beach Haven Court, Elk Grove, CA 95758. Affordable at $575,000.
Buying a Fixer Home in Elk Grove Presents Opportunity
As long as that fixer home in Elk Grove has not lost its integrity, I would consider buying it, providing the price was right. Many people would agree with this premise — I should more clearly define “many people” as the people who don’t mind doing repairs or fixing up homes. Because not every buyer wants to buy a home if it presents a few challenges. As with life, I suspect most don’t enjoy challenges. They would prefer a challenge-free life, a marshmallow life.
On the other hand, I love challenges because for me it’s a very clear set of purpose. After I study what’s presented, I can envision the conclusion, the outcome, the goal; it’s crystal clear. Take home improvement projects, for example. I love to remodel homes and turn them into pieces of artwork, and I’m just about done with my own home so you know what that means. It means I need to work on somebody else’s home because my husband is not yet ready to move.
I’m too busy, though. Which means my improvement urges are suppressed. I sell real estate in a 4-county area in Sacramento, and that career keeps me plenty busy working with clients. When I spot a fixer home that is begging for work, I can’t help but feel pulled toward it. It’s a sickness of sorts. Like my dead ex-husband who liked to start new companies always had a problem driving past a “for lease” sign because it called to him to rent the space, remodel it and open a business. See what I mean? Stupid. You catch that home improvement bug, and you yearn to tackle new projects; like a chocolate craving, you can’t help it.
This Elk Grove agent has listed a home in Elk Grove that is crying out for such a project. It’s a short sale, but it’s pretty much a guaranteed short sale for reasons I can’t go into. Trust that if you write an offer, it will close. There is a little bit of dry rot, it needs a new roof (approx $10,000), I would replace the carpeting (because it’s stretched, dirty and an icky color), and the seller says the toilet upstairs needs a new seal and had leaked, which is why the water is turned off.
This home is priced roughly $70,000 below its fixed-up market value according to the 1/2 mile comps for a 3 bedroom, 3 bath, over 2100 square feet in Foulk’s Ranch. But the flippers nowadays seem to have higher profit margins, they want steeper discounts, which a short sale won’t necessarily offer. Some don’t seem to understand that banks aren’t figuring in the flipper’s profit margin when determining value on those BPOs. At $255,000, it’s a great deal for an owner occupant, though, especially a first-time home buyer.
Slap on a new roof through an energy-efficient mortgage, perhaps fix the few spots of dry rot to get a mortgage, and deal with the rest of the stuff later. Even a 203K loan would suffice and handle all the repairs. But many homebuyers want turn-key projects, and don’t care about the quality of the work. I’ve always figured I’d rather have the home fixed up according to my own standards and not those of some guy out to make a fast buck, but that’s me, and I’m not normal. Remember, I love home improvement projects.
So, here’s the deal. Either buy the home today, do your own repairs the right way and pocket the leftover equity, or buy it later from a flipper and pay a premium for the opportunity.
Check out 7113 Ballygar Way, Elk Grove, CA 95624, offered by your Elk Grove agent, Elizabeth Weintraub, Lyon Real Estate, 916.233.6759.
Elk Grove Pool Home with a Four-Car Garage
Selling a pool home in Elk Grove without showings is not as difficult as one might think in the Sacramento real estate market today. I’ve got a lot of agents calling me on my pending listings, for example, and asking if they can write backup offers. Of course, these are very attractive homes, too, in high demand, and not your usual run-of-the-mill listings. Mostly the agents don’t want to make those phone calls yet do so because their buyers ask.
Sort of like my husband agreeing to go with me last weekend to see the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. He’s not a huge fan of that genre. Probably because he was in kindergarden when Roddy McDowall made his mark as Cornelius. But I have to say I understand his reluctance to see the movie because halfway through I didn’t care which side won the war. It could be the apes; it could be the humans; I didn’t give a damn. I just wanted the thing to be over and the yawning to cease.
Calling on pending listings is kinda like going to see that movie your spouse wants to see and you do not. So I have done you a favor here, believe it or not, and now you do not have to see Dawn of the Planet of the Apes until it comes out on DVD and your kids are screaming for it. Then, you can go into another room, down a six-pack and pass out.
But before you do that, call me on a new listing that you can’t see until you make an offer. That’s because the home is occupied by the seller’s ex-wife, and she gets to stay there until December. However, the seller wants to sell that home now. It’s beautiful: marble floors, granite counters in the kitchen, a single-story around 2,000 square feet in Camden Estates. This Elk Grove home also features 3 to 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, a pool with a waterfall and, a spectacular feature many will drool over is that 4-car garage with boat parking.
You can buy this home for $369,000. Just call your Elk Grove agent, Elizabeth Weintraub, at 916.233.6759 at Lyon Real Estate. I’m always ready to talk as long as we don’t have to discuss Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
