Alex Michas and Rick Richetta service an organically growing client base consisting of homeowners, prospective purchasers, landlords, and investors. They are adamant in delivering data-driven, transparent, empathetic real estate advisory at every price point.
In Renovations For Sellers
Sold the Highest Priced Home in Piedmont, Berkeley, and Oakland
Clients are Repeat and Referrals
"I love how a home can change behavior based on its floor plan, the number of levels, or the garden connection that expands the inside to the outside. I love how the condition of a home communicates a story about its history and its potential. I love finding the best spot to be in a home’s landscape. And I love how a home can make a dramatic positive impact on those who live within." - Alex
Alex Michas and Rick Richetta create an unparalleled client experience and are recognized as one of the most respected teams across the East Bay. Seasoned professionals with 35 years of rich real estate experience, they love conversations that unfold around market dynamics and timing, how homes compare, or the perfect way to market a home.
Rick, known for his record setting sales at every price point and Alex, having sold a few of the most luxurious estates across the Bay Area, leverage prior careers in psychology and counseling to inform a client-focused approach. Their shared love of design and home transformations also brought them together and yet, they capitalize on their differences - Alex’s systems and methods and Rick's creativity makes a potent duo.
When serving clients, the pair deliver thoughtful and comprehensive advisory services for those expecting a coordinated and tactical plan to transact in East Bay real estate.
In the fall of 2022 Alex supported a cherished client with the purchase of 26 Sea View for $23m - the highest priced residential home ever sold in Piedmont and throughout the East Bay.
A completely updated mid-century modern classic designed by famed architect Gardner Dailey, the home was built on a rare site of 2.75 private acres. The home is an entertainer's dream with Dailey's signature style of wide hallways, doors and windows that turn rooms into gardens.
100 Why Worry, is a mediterranean and equestrian estate set on secluded 8.7 acres in central Woodside. In 2023, Alex delivered measured counsel, thoughtful advice, and experience to help a client purchase this $33.5m residence overlooking manicured grounds surrounded by natural grasses, expansive lawn, apple orchard, and stunning oak and redwood trees.
Having found a lifestyle centered around the historic 10 stall barn and 3 guest apartments, his client found a home with absolute privacy and the serenity not found locally in years.
"In the stormy waters of east bay real estate, Alex is nothing short of a life raft. You will not find a more considerate, knowledgeable, genuine ally. His depth of understanding of the market, experience in house renovations, and gentle, practical, no-pressure approach will have you cherish his counsel. He takes the time to understand you, to help you develop your vision, and then to bring that vision to life."
Sina B
"Rick really had our best interest in mind. He was able to focus on cost-effective things to do and handled all the work to sell our home. Throughout our process he worked through a number of creative solutions to help us get the best deal and was always willing to offer advice when we weren't sure what to do next. We felt we had a trusted partner whom we can rely on for unbiased opinions to continue with our busy lives. Rick has a high level of integrity and deep professional knowledge and skill. His professionalism, honesty, and organization/support team were all amazing. We cannot recommend Rick highly enough."
SHERRY H.
"My experience working with Alex Michas transformed my understanding of what the Realtor/Client relationship can be. Every step of the way, Alex was warm and compassionate, deeply knowledgeable, sensitive to our needs, straightforward, and practical. He served variously as therapist, design/architecture consultant, financial advisor, real estate guru and, ultimately, friend. His understanding of the Bay Area Real Estate landscape and the housing market more generally is deep and nuanced. His ability to accommodate our particular proclivities, schedule and priorities was supernatural. His intuition about how best to allot our resources and how to time our listing was spot on."
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