Modern Sacramento area home with sleek swagger turned heads. What did it go for?
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- A modern Granite Bay estate designed by Pete Lugo of Lugo Design sold for $3.4 million.
- The reimagined roughly 4,000-square-foot home was completed in 2023 after a two-year rebuild.
- The property includes four bedrooms, a pool with a dramatic waterfall wall, and multiple terraces.
A modern Sacramento area estate that turned heads because of its architecture — and the vintage Ducati motorcycle in the entryway — has just sold for $3.4 million.
Tucked behind the gates of Wexford, the Granite Bay listing arrived on the market in November with the kind of sleek swagger you’d expect from a modern showpiece — then surprised visitors with how warm it felt once you stepped inside.
That mix was intentional, designer Pete Lugo of Lugo Design said when the home first listed. Just inside the nine-foot revolving glass front door, the entrance sequence was conceived as “public space,” meant to evoke a high-end boutique hotel lobby — a moment of “compression” at the entry that opens up and expands as you move deeper into the house.
“It breathes a certain way, feels public, it feels hotel, it feels luxury,” Lugo told The Sacramento Bee in December when it was first listed.
Conversation piece: Ducati
And right there, in the entryway, was the home’s most talked-about conversation piece: a black-and-gold Ducati motorcycle, positioned as functional art and a metaphor for the property itself — modern, sculptural and a bit bold.
The Ducati is gone, but the new owners get to enjoy the rest of the showstopper.
“The buyers absolutely loved the style and design of the home and were absolutely drawn to the architect Pete Lugo’s style,” Kendra Bishop of Coldwell Banker, whose The Bishop Real Estate Group represented the sellers, said Tuesday via text. “I don’t believe the motorcycle is staying.”
The roughly 4,000-square-foot home at 5020 Manchester Court closed April 28 below the $4.2 million price tag it carried when it first hit the market. The asking price fell to $3.6 million before selling for $200,000 less.
Two other standout spaces made a strong first impression: a modern formal office and, just beyond it, what Lugo described as a “broody bar” — a Chicago-style lounge with a fireplace and speakeasy vibes. The darker palette in those rooms was a deliberate contrast to the lighter woods used elsewhere, creating a moody, intimate feel that still connected to the home’s front “lobby” zone.
From there, the home unfolded into an inviting interior defined by dramatic lines, warm natural textures, designer finishes and views of the manicured half-acre grounds. A floating staircase with glass rails drew the eye upward, and custom Dan Holmes cabinetry helped unify the look throughout.
Listing agent Kim Priley of The Bishop Real Estate Group previously praised the balance the four-bedroom, four-bathroom home, including a private primary suite on the main floor, struck.
“The feedback we’re getting on this home is that it is so modern and so beautiful, but yet so warm and so homey and that they can feel the quality,” she told The Bee.
The property’s transformation was a major undertaking. Lugo said the original house on the site was taken down to the studs and reimagined over a two-year span, with builder Daniel Cardenas executing the details. The project was completed in 2023, designed to feel “timeless and modern” — something meant to live for decades without needing a major refresh.
Out back, the home leaned hard into resort living: a multi-level yard anchored by a pool with a dramatic waterfall wall, multiple terraces for entertaining, fire features, and covered patio spaces designed to blur the line between indoors and out.
Even the primary suite continued the private-resort theme, with glass doors opening to a secluded sitting area and fire pit.
This story was originally published May 5, 2026 at 11:22 AM.
