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UNDER THE LEMON TREE
Founding team of SERHANT. Silicon Valley
Everything is better...
Founding team of SERHANT. Silicon Valley
Under the Lemon Tree Group is a Silicon Valley real estate advisory powered by SERHANT. — led by a Carnegie Mellon-trained architect and a former tech CEO — helping startup founders, tech executives, and move-up families in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Los Altos, and Los Altos Hills.
Under the Lemon Tree brings SERHANT.’s media, technology, creative talent, and national reach to Silicon Valley — paired with the local judgment and personal representation of Ana and David. We combine an architect-trained eye, storytelling-driven marketing, and the SERHANT. platform to help clients feel seen, protected, and empowered through life’s most important moves.
Finding a home online is easy. Knowing whether it is the right home, and the right decision, is harder. Under the Lemon Tree is built around that distinction.
SEEN.
We begin by understanding you: how you live, what matters to you, and what's next for you and your family.
PROTECTED.
Our job is not to sell you on a house. It is to surface risk, challenge assumptions, negotiate from a position of strength, and tell you when the right decision is to walk away.
EMPOWERED.
We bring market intelligence, design perspective, strategic advice, and clear recommendations so you can make consequential decisions with confidence.
A new luxury real estate experience has taken root in Silicon Valley. Under the Lemon Tree Group brings SERHANT.’s media, technology, and modern sales platform to the Bay Area — delivered with discretion, local intelligence, and private-client care.
MORE REACH.
SERHANT. is the most-followed real estate brand in the world, with more than 10 million followers across social channels, giving our listings and ideas access to an audience far beyond the traditional MLS.
BETTER STORYTELLING.
SERHANT. Studios and ID Lab bring film, design, branding, and social strategy into the real estate process from the beginning and not as an afterthought.
SMARTER INFRASTRUCTURE.
AI-enabled technology, modern communication, and a national referral network allow us to move faster, see more, and connect clients and properties across markets.
ALWAYS PERSONAL.
The platform is global. The representation is local. You work directly with Ana and David.
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Under the Lemon Tree was built around two complementary disciplines: strategy and design. Together, David and Ana bring a wider perspective to every decision — how a property should be positioned, how it actually lives, where value can be created, and where risk may be hiding.
DAVID LUCAS
Before real estate, David spent years as a FinTech CEO, building companies at the intersection of technology, finance, strategy, and customer experience. He also brings a background in advertising and storytelling. Today, he approaches real estate through positioning, negotiation, market strategy, data, and the psychology behind major decisions. Whether buying or selling, his focus is creating leverage — and knowing how and when to use it.
ANA MERNIK BOHRA
Trained as an architect at Carnegie Mellon University, Ana sees homes differently than other real estate agents. She evaluates structure, light, flow, design potential, and the way a property can evolve over time — helping clients understand not just what a home is today, but what it could become.
Together, they bring strategy and design intelligence to one of life’s most consequential decisions.
For buyers — The Home Confidence Engine™. A four-lens evaluation system that turns house hunting into decision-making: the Architect Walkthrough™, Under the Decision Tree™, and Bid Over Ask Analysis™. The best home is not won by the highest offer. It is won by the most prepared buyer.
For sellers — The Property Position Engine™. There’s a difference between going on the market and launching to the market. We don’t just market your home. We position it, create demand, manage perception, and protect your leverage — with weekly reporting so you always know exactly where you stand.
Proof of Representation
Anyone can show you homes they’ve sold. We’d rather show you what each sale proves: the off-market acquisition that never touched the MLS, the multiple-offer strategy that won below the highest bid, the listing repositioned and relaunched to a stronger result, the buyer we advised to walk away — who thanked us a year later.
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748 Kendall AVE, Palo Alto, CA 94306
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399 Camino Al Lago, Menlo Park, CA 94027
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142 Mission DR, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
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1281 Brookings LN, Sunnyvale, CA 94087
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746 University AVE, Los Altos, CA 94022
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7451 Prospect RD, Cupertino, CA 95014
Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Menlo Park, Atherton, Mountain View, Sunnyvale — each operates on its own logic: its own buyer profile, school calculus, price bands, and tradeoffs. We publish the intelligence most agents keep vague: what a tech IPO actually does to Silicon Valley and Peninsula prices, what $5M really buys city by city, and which neighborhoods absorb new wealth first.
We follow the ideas, people, companies, and capital shaping Silicon Valley—because understanding this market means understanding the world around it.
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When the decision matters,
representation matters most
Whether you’re six weeks or two years from a move, the first conversation is the most valuable one.
No pressure, no pitch — a private advisory session about your situation, your options, and your leverage.
Everything is better Under the Lemon Tree.
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David Lucas | CA DRE# 02114304 Ana Mernik | CA DRE# 02161456 SERHANT. California, Inc | CA DRE# 02440323
