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Market data, neighborhood guides, Eichler history and how-tos for buyers and sellers, from Eric & Janelle Boyenga and the team at Compass.
Which Eichlers Are Historic? Bay Area Listings and the Rules That Shape a Remodel
A handful of Bay Area Eichler neighborhoods are on the National Register of Historic Places, and many more have local rules. The two get confused. Here’s which Eichlers carry historic status, what that status does and doesn’t do, and the local rules that actually shape a remodel. On the National Reg
Eichler in San Francisco: Diamond Heights, Laguna Heights and The Summit
Most people picture Eichlers as single-story houses on flat suburban lots. In San Francisco, Eichler built something different in the early 1960s: split-level townhouses on the slopes of Diamond Heights, high-rise and low-rise apartments in the Western Addition, a 32-story tower on Russian Hill and
Can You Add a Second Story to a Sunnyvale Eichler? Single-Story Districts, Block by Block
Short answer: it depends on the block. Sunnyvale has two tools that shape what you can do with an Eichler: Eichler design guidelines that apply in its Eichler neighborhoods, and single-story zoning districts that many Eichler blocks have adopted, one block group at a time. Here’s how each works, whi
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