From Ocean2Table to Santa Cruz Real Estate

I built a local food business here, sold it in 2023, and brought the same approach to helping people buy and sell homes in Santa Cruz County.

2006

Santa Cruz Resident Since

5.0 ★

21 Google Reviews

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UCSC

Environmental Studies, BA

REALTOR®

DRE #02241273

I Built Something Here First

I was born and raised in Woodside, then moved to Santa Cruz in 2006 to attend UCSC, where I earned my degree in Environmental Studies. I never left.

A few years later I started Ocean2Table, a local fresh-food delivery business connecting fishermen, farmers, and artisans with households, restaurants, and national accounts. I built it, led it, and sold it in 2023. It taught me strategy, negotiation, and how much a community is worth to the people in it.

"Running a business here meant knowing this county street by street. That part didn't change when I switched to real estate."

Today I bring that same focus and local knowledge to my work as an agent at Compass, with the Sam Bird-Robinson Real Estate Group. I’ve always liked helping small businesses succeed and building relationships that last longer than one deal. My job is to help you make a thoughtful decision that holds up in ten years, not just close one this month.

Why It Matters What Running a Business Does for You

Three places where ten years of running a company here changes the outcome of a deal.

Negotiation

I spent years negotiating with fishermen, farmers, restaurants, and national buyers. Real negotiation is finding the deal both sides can live with, not winning an argument. That's the same skill on an offer.

Permits and planning

Santa Cruz permitting is its own world. Unpermitted additions, ADU potential, coastal rules. I'm a specialist in local permitting and planning, and I check before you're committed, not after.

Prep and repairs

As a certified project manager, I know which pre-sale work returns money and which is wasted. Sellers get a short list, real numbers, and people who show up.

"Charlie Lambert helped us sell our home in record time, for a good price. He efficiently coordinated every detail, inspections, painting, staging, making a potentially overwhelming process feel completely manageable."

Catherine M, Seller

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The Place I'm Proud to Call Home

I’m a distance swimmer and a water polo player, and I collect Gold Rush era relics. Most of my free time is spent outdoors or somewhere in the community I’m proud to call home.

Twenty years here means I know these neighborhoods the way a resident does, not the way a listing description does. Which streets flood, where the fog sits, how long the drive over the hill really takes at 7am.

If you’re moving to the county and want a straight answer about an area, ask me. No pressure, and no obligation to work with me.