Before we moved in, our realtor told us our new neighborhood had featured in Sacramento Magazine. When we arrived, we snagged a copy in a local eatery, and saw for ourselves. Sure enough, South Land Park made the mag’s “10 great neighborhoods”. And our neighbor’s Eichler, just up the street (a house we’ve since been …
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Author Archives: Andy
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eichler brochure
During our extensive Eichler research, and even before we’d considered buying in Sacramento, we discovered a real treasure –the original sales brochure …
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our neighborhood
We live within a tract of around 60 Eichler Homes, in Sacramento’s South Land Park Hills neighborhood. There were plans to build many more Eichlers here …
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globe lights
Globe lights are synonymous with Eichler Homes, but sometimes get edited out during owner ‘upgrades’ –we were happy to discover (pretty much) all of ours intact …
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no more curtains
We don’t like curtains at the best of times, so we reacted badly to these odd-looking specimens, attached to the beam outside our master bedroom. And when I say outside, I mean outside. Like, outside the house. Bizarre right? They do have a purpose; to block the strong afternoon sun. Actually, it seriously heats up …
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the heat is off
Sacramento is hot in the summer. We just caught the tail end, but still managed a few days above 100º. It’s been surprisingly pleasant though, and way more comfortable than most 90º days in Boston. In case we forget how hot it is outside, we get a handy reminder. While (sort of) useful, this cheap …
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essentials
There was no fridge when we bought this place, so we ordered one to arrive just after we got here. We picked this Fisher & Paykel model, as it’s nice and minimal and “counter depth”. That said, it still sticks out a bit further than we’d like. We also needed a washer, so got this …
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nearly furnished
Before we took the 3,000 mile trip from Boston to Sacramento, we squeezed the contents of our apartment into two 8 x 7 x 6ft pods (technically, ours were called ReloCubes, but you get what I mean) leaving us without furniture this end for about five days. We had makeshift seating, ordering these Crate & …
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nothing to see here
Having read plenty of renovation blogs (Eichler and otherwise) in the past, this is typically when the jaw-dropping ‘before’ photos are revealed …
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