Pool Home on Greenhaven Drive Now Under Contract

This pool home on Greenhaven Drive is now under contract.

My good news is yesterday we put the pool home on Greenhaven Drive in the community of Greenhaven into contact. This home required two open houses to sell, but it’s not a cookie-cutter house. It was a matter of finding just the right buyer who appreciates mid-century construction blended with a granite kitchen and step-down family room boasting a floor-to-ceiling brick fireplace.

Because I specialize in working with sellers in Sacramento, I happen to list a lot of homes in the area. Sometimes people ask if I am a local agent, and it doesn’t get any more local than Sacramento. Other agents pick neighborhoods and I picked the entire city, and some on the outskirts such as West Sacramento and Davis. When we slipped the pool home on Greenhaven Drive into contract, I asked for an MLS change to active with release clause.

It’s because we have a contingent offer. The buyer is selling her home. The likelihood is we will close with our present buyer, but you never know what will happen. I’ve had so many sales lately blow up in escrow because buyers could not or would not perform. Just as a precaution, I asked the buyer’s agent to find out if the buyer was seriously committed.

Full disclosure, I went further than that. I threatened that I would drive over to the agent’s house and let the air of her tires if her buyer flakes on us. Was I joking? You don’t know, do you. But the good news is the buyer appears to be very dedicated.  She told her agent when she commits, she commits. That’s what I want to hear. And the agent also mentioned she doesn’t want the air let out of her tires. That carries more impact than throwing the Code of Ethics around.

More good news yesterday, I also made reservations at Halekulani for next New Year’s with Hella Rothwell in Honolulu. There are many exciting things to do in Honolulu over New Year’s Eve. The reservation desk said the hotel could not guarantee separate beds. I called Martin the manager to discuss. When a person pays a triple mortgage payment for four nights in a hotel room at a prime time of year, it better not morph into army cot accommodations. When the manager spoke his piece and listened to my rant, he then gave me satisfaction odds of 95%, which made the arrangement acceptable.

So sorry, this home is under contract. If you want to see it, you can make an appointment. Yet no guarantee if you make an offer that our existing buyer will let go. She will probably just remove her contingency to sell. But, hey, you never know. Our pool home on Greenhaven Drive went into contract with just 12 days on market. If you’re looking to sell a home in Sacramento, feel free to call Elizabeth Weintraub at 916.233.6759.