In a market where inventory is tight and the best homes disappear before most buyers ever hear about them, the families who win are rarely the luckiest. They are the most prepared.
This year, The Dana Green Team has helped two families find their homes in coveted Burton Valley, one of Lafayette's most sought-after and rarely available neighborhoods. Neither home ever reached an open house. Both were the result of relationships, preparation, and trust built long before the right house appeared. And as it turns out, they are just one block apart.
The first came from a neighbor's walk. A Burton Valley resident spotted a coming soon sign going into the ground, made a call to our team, and because of our relationship with the listing agent, our clients were THE first through the door. Our clients were originally not considering Burton Valley. They had their eye on a different neighborhood. Within 30 days, they couldn't imagine living anywhere else. It took our teams’ deep knowledge of the neighborhood, its schools, its streets, the way people stay for decades, to give them the courage to take a leap of faith. We had their big picture in mind. They trusted us with it.
The second story required the timing to be right on every level. We had been searching alongside this family, and when the moment finally aligned for them, everything changed. Clear minds, open hearts, and a family ready to move forward. Here is where the story comes full circle: that Burton Valley resident who had spotted the sign and made the call on the happy success story above? They are our second clients. Already rooted in the neighborhood, already knowing it was where they wanted to stay, and now just one block closer to the family they had unknowingly helped find their way there. Our clients dropped everything to see the home. Within 24 hours, disclosures were reviewed, value was confirmed, and an offer was on the table. It was the first offer we had ever written together. It was the right one, at exactly the right time. When the acceptance came, the little ones were the first to cheer knowing something wonderful had just happened.
What these two stories share is this: neither home was found by searching the MLS. They were found because relationships run deep, because preparation happens long before the perfect house appears, and because when the green flag goes up, everyone is ready to move together.
We are grateful beyond words for the clients who choose to partner with us, who trust the process, do the work, and believe that the right home at the right time is worth waiting for. Watching families cross those finish lines is why we do this. Two beautiful families, who will live one block apart very soon. That makes us smile.