Andrea Van Soest
Vice President & Co-Founder · SoCal Home Buyers
Andrea brings together real estate, interior design and renovation experience. She co-founded SoCal Home Buyers with her husband, Doug, in 2008 and contributes to the company’s operations and renovation planning, with an eye for how a home can work better for the people who live in it.
Real estate experience with a designer’s perspective.
Andrea earned her California real estate salesperson license in 2005. Three years later, she and Doug Van Soest founded SoCal Home Buyers. Her work combines the practical side of property renovation with the coordination involved in running a family-owned home-buying business.
Andrea holds a BA in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Point Loma Nazarene University. Her design education includes studies in interior architecture at UCLA and interior design at UC Riverside, and attendance at Boston Architectural College.
As the designer behind Vantage Design Studio, Andrea has worked on interiors featured in publications including Domino and Apartment Therapy. Those projects show a different part of her experience: working with existing homes, reconsidering their layouts and selecting materials that make the spaces feel cohesive.
At SoCal Home Buyers, that renovation perspective helps connect a property’s current condition with the work a buyer may plan after the purchase. Sellers can discuss an as-is sale without undertaking a design project before asking for an offer.
Looking at what a home needs next.
Andrea’s design work and real estate background meet in the decisions that come with renovating a house. Her focus extends from individual rooms to the coordination behind the project.
Work with the existing home.
A dated room and a damaged room present different questions. Andrea’s renovation perspective considers the layout, existing features and intended use before a design direction takes shape.
Connect the details.
Materials, finishes and room flow all influence how a home feels. Andrea’s portfolio shows how these choices can bring older spaces together without treating every property as the same project.
Coordinate the work.
As vice president and co-founder, Andrea contributes to the business behind the renovation. Planning and project coordination connect the design decisions with the work needed to carry them out.
Selling as-is does not require a renovation first. SoCal Home Buyers evaluates the property in its current condition. The offer accounts for anticipated work, costs and buyer margin; it may be below what a market listing could bring.
See Andrea’s design work.
Vantage Design Studio’s portfolio provides a visual look at Andrea’s interiors. It is separate from SoCal Home Buyers’ transaction history: a published design project is not, by itself, evidence that our company purchased that house.
Andrea’s design work in the media
Explore home tours and design features that credit Andrea or Vantage Design Studio.
Andrea & Doug on Spouses Flipping Houses
Andrea and Doug’s podcast archive explores renovation projects, working with contractors and running a real estate business as a couple. The conversations bring the design and business sides of their work into the same discussion.
Have a house you’d rather sell as-is?
Share the address, the work it needs and your plans. Our team can explain the offer process without asking you to redesign or renovate the house first.
No charge for an offer. No obligation to accept.