We just added a new section to our website –can you guess what it’s called? We trawled old photos, and shot new ones, to represent the before & after of our Eichler …
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Tag Archives: before and after
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before & after
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eichlerversary three
Three years ago, we set foot in our Eichler for the first time. We bought on the strength of photos and video, including this one, shot by the listing agent …
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eichlerversary two
Two years ago, we awoke in our Eichler for the first time. As I explained this time last year, we hadn’t been inside (or even to Sacramento) before getting the keys …
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welcome to the jungle
One of our neighbors kindly shared some pics of our place, before it went on the market. In fact, this was before it had been prepared for sale. I’m thinking if it had looked like this, we may have paid a little less. It had been neglected, to say the least. We’re pleased not to …
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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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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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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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