Bixby Knolls is a quiet community that has both homes and condos. The condos and townhomes are on a few streets here, but there are 3 developments along Country Club Dr. This somewhat famous street is known mainly for large homes that face the prestigious Virginia Country Club Golf Course.
The condos and townhomes on Country Club Dr are unique among Long Beach in that they provide garages. A very hard to find feature! These developments also have inside laundry so they are generally in high demand.
Now, that you know just a little about the area, it's important to know more about Mary. Mary was referred to us by a past client that had found us from our Long Beach Condo website. Mary is a busy professional who works for a Homeopathic company. Her schedule is pretty demanding, involving traveling to different states, so she needed help in the real estate process. From the immediate point of referral she was a great to contact via e-mail because that is what her scheduled allowed. After a brief exchange we were able to set a time to meet so I could take some time to learn more about her goals.
Here are the highlights of what she was looking for in Long Beach:
- Make her commute easy! - Her work location was going to be moving to Carson so she wanted to find a place from Long Beach that wouldn't take too much time to get to work.
- Great condition - Since she is busy she really would not have time to fix up a place so she desired a place that had already been remodeled.
- Inside Laundry - Although she was flexible on many requirements, she really wanted the place to feel like home so she did not want community laundry.
- Garage - Secured parking could be an option, but optimally she wanted a garage space.
- Configuration - At least 2 bedrooms, and 1 bathroom.
- Budget - Need to get it all done for $350,000, and preferrably accomplish the goal before the end of the year.
We had a great buyers appointment and talked quite a bit more about the property that she envisioned, but these are some of the highlights that me and one of my buyers agents (Demitre) went forward with to help Mary find.
After making sure Mary was prepared with a great first time buyer loan we scheduled a time to go visit some properties. The first time we took her out we viewed condos in locations from Alamitos Beach to Bixby Knolls. We saw some great options, but nothing really fit the bill. We focused our search in the Bixby Knolls area as it has the great potential to meet Mary's goals. After digging through the available inventory we found a few townhome options in the Country Club Villas complex.
One unit in particular stood out. It had been well taken care of and upgraded by the existing owner. The kitchen had been completely redone with new cabinets and granite counter tops. The bathrooms were very well taken care of with new tile flooring and all new sinks and base cabinets. The seller had definitely done some great remodeling over the last 3 years.
Negotiations were tough because we needed help with closing costs and the seller didn't have much equity. All parties involved though understood the situation so after 6 counter offers we did get a price worked out where all could be satisfied! Escrow opened promptly and the escrow went smoothly for the most part as we even got all of the HOA documents to review in a timely manner.
Mary is now a happy Long Beach resident! She was just able to move-in this past weekend as she was busy with business travels.
If you want to start your search, much like Mary did, please call us today at 562-989-7111 and we would be happy to meet with you. If you want to check out some of the available properties in Long Beach, please use our FREE MLS so you can see what is currently available.
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