Belclare is a private brokerage for architectural and waterfront residences. We represent 31 homes between $4.2M and $58M — most of them off-market — and pair every client with one advisor from first viewing to keys.
We carry nine homes at a time. Each is photographed, surveyed, and price-positioned before it reaches you — and removed the day it goes under contract.
A board-formed concrete and glass house cantilevered over a private cove, with a 60-foot lap pool that reads as an extension of the bay. Designed by the late Aldous Renn.
Everything below is in service of one thing — that a private sale stays private, and that the number you see is the number that holds.
A signed NDA precedes every floor plan and every viewing. No syndicated listing, no public price history, no open houses. Three quarters of our sales close before they ever touch the market.
Architectural stills at golden hour, a film walkthrough, and a measured floor plan — produced before a single buyer sees the home.
Every position is set against ten years of confidential trades we hold ourselves — not public records. It's why we close at 99.2% of ask.
Staging, inspection, and the move-in handled by one coordinator who never changes.
A pre-cleared buyer network and in-house escrow shave weeks off the median sale.
New clients arrive by referral from an existing principal. We take fewer than 40 a year.
You will not be handed to a junior associate after the first call. Elise — or her partner Marcus — represents you through every viewing, every negotiation, and the close. The same person who showed you the house signs the closing statement.
A flat advisory retainer, credited in full against commission at close. No surprises on the settlement statement.
For a principal buying a primary or second residence.
For owners of a $4M+ architectural or waterfront home.
For family offices holding three or more residences.
"We sold the Belvedere house in eleven days without it ever appearing online. Two qualified buyers, one quiet bidding round, and a number above our reserve."
"Elise showed me three homes that were never on any portal. The one I bought, the owners would only release under NDA. That access is the whole game."
"Three residences across two states, all handled by the same two people. The quarterly valuation has paid for the retainer twice over in tax positioning alone."
The rest we'd rather discuss over a viewing. Email [email protected] or request access below.
Most clients arrive through an existing principal, but not all. Submit the access request and a partner will arrange an introductory call. We verify proof of funds or a financing letter before releasing any off-market materials — it's how we keep the list serious.
Your home is never syndicated to the MLS, Zillow, or any portal. We release it under NDA to a hand-picked set of vetted buyers, so there is no public price history, no days-on-market clock, and no record if it doesn't sell. You keep optionality and privacy that a public listing surrenders on day one.
Yes. The monograph shoot, film, measured floor plan, staging concierge, and in-house escrow coordination are inside the 2.5%. We do not bill marketing back to the seller, and the buyer's-side cooperation, if any, is disclosed up front on the mandate.
The Bay Area waterfront (Belvedere, Tiburon, Sausalito), Wine Country (Sonoma, Napa, Healdsburg), and the Big Sur / Carmel coast. For Estate Office clients we co-broke into Lake Tahoe and the Hamptons through partner firms under the same single-advisor model.
No. We decline dual agency on every deal. If the buyer for your home is also a Belclare client, a separate partner with a walled file represents them, and both sides are notified in writing before a single number is exchanged.
Tell us whether you're buying, selling, or holding a portfolio. A partner — not an assistant — will be in touch to arrange an introductory call and the NDA.