JUST SOLD 🔑 Closed escrow on this gorgeous unit today. Absolutely loved working with this buyer to find her new luxury condo Downtown Santa Barbara! Welcome to SB 🌴Offered at $1,395,000.
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4900 Via Los Santos | Santa Barbara, CA 93111
5 BEDROOMS | 6 BATHS
OFFERED AT $3,395,000
Kat Hitchcock interviews Nick Jacobson the General Manager of Movegreen
Kat: Movegreen has been established for 9 years? I’m surprised it has been that long, it feels like such a young company.
Nick: Yes, young, but it grew pretty quick - it’s grown 23% each year.
Kat: That’s amazing! I know Movegreen helps a lot with Junior League of Santa Barbara’s Rummage Event every year. You do so much with keeping our rummage items stored and then all the man power the weekend of the event. Does Movegreen do any other non-profit work?
Nick: Yes- Teacher’s fund is a big one
Kat: Nice! I know that golf tournament is a big event every year.
Nick: So that's the biggest one…we also do tree’s for humanity - so for every move we partner with a company that will plant ten trees.
Kat: That’s amazing! Is there a specific place they plant them?
Nick: They are mostly third world locations.
Kat: Very cool!
So my next question will be good for our clients, what’s the best tip you could give someone who is going to be moving?
Nick: Organization, planning ahead, and to relax!
Kat: I know we just got done working together on one of my Montecito listings. If I remember correctly your process is first come to the home and go over everything that needs to be moved. Then from there you break it down by time, labor and materials?
Nick: Yep, that's how we do it.
Kat: So how many guys are on a job for, let’s say… a 1,500 square foot house?
Nick: About 3.
Kat: Is it all day pack and move? Or….
Nick: So a 1,500 square foot house pack and move would take 3 guys and 10-12 hours over 2 days. Pack one day, move the next day.
Kat: So what would be the average cost?
Nick: $68 per man/per hour. So around $2,000.
Kat: Not that bad for not having to move yourself!
Nick: I would never move myself again-it’s horrible.
Kat: I totally agree! Before I married my husband I moved every year for 6 years straight here in Santa Barbara. Its absolutely exhausting trying to move by yourself.
Do you have any other moving locations other than Santa Barbara?
Nick: We are in Ventura too!
Kat: No way, that’s huge! I feel like Ventura is a good market to be in.
Nick: Absolutely.
Next question is Kylie’s (assistant) question what do you love most about your job?
Nick: The location is amazing. I love living in Santa Barbara and our employees are great- the guys we work with make it fun.
Kat: Everyone from Movegreen that helped with the Junior League of Santa Barbara Rummage event were such great guys to work with and sweet to give us their time.
Nick: We are pretty picky about the guys we hire so they make it fun - and then I love dealing with the customers too.
Kat: That’s awesome. Well thank you for meeting with me!
For any of our clients you will receive 10% off your move with MoveGreen services when you mention Ralston and Hitchcock!!!
4700 Sandyland Road #28 | Carpinteria
Located across the street from the beautiful Carpinteria Beach and Nature Preserve, yet still super close to downtown dining and shopping. This 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom townhouse style unit enjoys an ocean view from the upstairs bedroom and mountain views from the patio deck. Brand new carpet and paint. Resort-style amenities include 2 pools, hot tub, club house, gated parking & on-site rental-management staff. The perfect beach lifestyle to enjoy as a year round residence, vacation home or rental investment property! Only 5 minutes to famed Rincon surfing, 10 minutes to Santa Barbara, 40 minutes to wine country and 90 minutes to downtown Los Angeles.
1319 Egret Avenue | Ventura, CA 93003
Bedrooms: 3 | Bathrooms: 1.5 | Laundry: In Garage | Parking: 2 car garage
Sold Price: $488,000
Charming single family home in a central Ventura location at the end of a cul-de-sac street. Features custom archways, crown molding, open floor plan and sky lights. Laminate wood flooring throughout, recessed lighting, and newer windows. The Kitchen offers tile counters, gas cook top, built in microwave, trash compactor, dishwasher, refrigerator, and lots of cabinets for storage space. The great room features a gas fireplace and mantel with canned lighting and dimmers. The sliding glass doors lead to a welcoming back yard area perfect for entertaining, complete with a producing Avocado tree!
All the luxury at a new low price, recently reduced $140,000!
121 W De La Guerra #9 is a luxurious gated town home in downtown Santa Barbara with garage and private elevator access to the unit! This stunning home is highlighted by incredible vaulted ceilings over an open concept floor plan. Interior appointments include dark mocha wood floors, gas fireplace, center island with sit-at bar, granite counters, stainless appliances and fantastic flow to a large patio through double sets of French doors.
One Twenty One Award winning luxury town home in the heart of downtown Santa Barbara with a walk score of 98! Only steps away from renowned amenities - including restaurants, theaters, galleries, museums, historic sites, boutiques, shopping and beaches.
Excited for our clients who scored this amazing fixer home in a desirable Goleta neighborhood.
Sold for $1,205,000
We are thrilled for our very happy buyers to have just closed this turn key 2 bedroom Pacific Palms townhome in an excellent Goleta location.
125 Gray Avenue | Santa Barbara, CA 93101
2 BEDROOMS | 2 BATHS
OFFERED AT $1,799,000
Listing agent: David Kim
Listing Brokerage: Village Properties
2281 Featherhill Road | Montecito, CA 93108
4 BEDROOMS | 6 BATHS | 4,773 +/- SQ FT
OFFERED AT $5,995,000
Listing agent: Nancy Kogevinas
Listing Brokerage: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices
5455 8th Street | Carpinteria, CA 93013
Happy to have represented the sellers of this centrally located 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom Carpinteria Singing Springs condo, successfully sold in 1 day on the market!
7645 Hollister Avenue #108 | Goleta, CA 93117
Proud to have represented the buyers of this spacious 1,482 sq ft newly built in 2015 Rancho Estates home. Located close to butterfly preserve, Ellwood School, UCSB, Ellwood Bluffs and Camino Real Shopping center!
Happy Friday everyone! Just finishing up out work week here at Berkshire Hathaway in Montecito. Last week we touched on days on market in Santa Barbara and now we want to talk about Montecito. There has been a lot of talk about the slow down of the upper end. In fact the average time to sell a home in Montecito has increased 60% over last year, to 134 days which is over 4 months on the market.
And that's a long time to sell your home, but if you are shopping in the ultra-high end, say over 10 million dollars there is a decrease in inventory right now. It is about a 36% change from 11 homes active last year and only 4 this year. Although these are both big changes we see this as a stabilization of the market and now is pretty much an opportunity to stand out from the pack. So, you need proper preparation, you need to price your home accurately, you need to stage your home, and you need to work with an agent (or agents!) that understands the value of strong marketing.
So if you are thinking of buying or selling contact us today, call or email us and we would love to give you a consultation.
Have a great weekend!