Our home has plenty of original Eichler features. Some we recognized instantly, and some we’ve grown to appreciate –mainly by noticing their absence in similar homes …
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building permit
Not long after moving here, I managed to get hold of the building permit for our lot. Interestingly, the square footage is stated as 1564, when ours is more like 1725 …
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the plan
Our model is the JE-84, one of four plans from the original Sacramento Eichler brochure. Actually, that version has the garage on the left, so I flipped it …
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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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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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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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our house
Our house is an Eichler Home, designed by architect team A. Quincy Jones & Frederick Emmons. It’s one of about 60 very similar homes, built around 1955 …
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