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WHAT'S AN EICHLER?

Joseph Eichler was a pioneering post-war developer who built 11,000+ distinctly modern homes, almost all in California, from the late forties, ’til his death, in 1974.

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Most Eichler Homes were built around the Bay Area, with further neighborhoods in SoCal, Sacramento (that’s us) and a tiny three-home tract in upstate New York.

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THE HOMES (HEADING) Designs evolved over 25 years, meaning very early models don’t resemble what most people think of as an Eichler today. Very early models (this one in Palo Alto) had carports but no garage, blah blah

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By the mid-fifties (our home’s era) most homes included a 2-car garage blah blah

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By the early 6os all atriums blah blah

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LATEST EICHLER POSTS

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Remember the stunning Roger Lee modernist home we shared last June? If you liked that, you’ll love this. Same leafy location, same architect, and same familiar features …

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1958 pitched-roof model, with 4 beds/2 baths, over 1659 SqFt, in San Rafael’s Lower Lucas Valley. We’d never pick white as a siding color, but the orange accents make it work …

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Before setting foot in an Eichler, we offered on multiple Rummer Homes, in and around Portland, Oregon. ‘Rummers’ look like Eichlers, with spookily similar floorplans and elevations …

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Attention-grabbing 1960 atrium model, in Orange’s Fairhaven tract. A seductive single-pitch climbs left to right, with crisp white ceilings topping a dreamy palette …

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Beyond our typical geography, but within our comfort zone, this modernist masterpiece in Kenilworth, England. Interestingly, Karen grew up nearby …

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8001 shay dr

A case of déjà vu with this one. Another 1965 Claude Oakland ‘gallery model’ in Sequoyah Hills, just up the street from the one we posted a few weeks back …

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8039 shay dr

Not the first Sequoyah Hills Eichler we’ve posted, and with good reason –somehow, this tiny 50-something home ‘hood consistently turns up good-looking Eichlers …

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Here’s something you don’t see every day. This classic 1962 Jones and Emmons double A-frame is one of just three Eichler Homes outside California …

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5947 highwood rd

Classic 1963 Jones and Emmons double A-frame, in Castro Valley’s Greenridge neighborhood. 5 beds/2 baths, over 1979 SqFt, with all an Eichler purist craves …

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Pending already, but we had to share this early (1959) atrium Eichler, on the Stanford University campus. I’m sure you’ll see why …

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Just when you thought the Eichler market (like the weather) had gone cold, something special pops up -this gorgeous 1963 atrium model …

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Remember the Walnut Creek ‘super-Eichler’ we posted? Well, here’s another. On a quieter street, but needs work. That accounts for the $900K price tag …

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