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Eichler news
What is moving the Silicon Valley Eichler market: new listings and recorded sales, with the sample behind every number.
The Eichler Heating Check Most Owners Skip Until October
Eichler homes run heating systems that are older, unusual, or both. Here is what to do before October turns cold, and what a service visit will and will not tell you.
If you own in a Palo Alto Eichler tract, your zoning just got more complicated
Several Eichler tracts in Santa Clara County sit inside single-story overlay districts that cap building height and prohibit second stories. State housing law has since added a layer of complexity that every owner in those neighborhoods should understand.
Clear Your Gutters Before the Rains Return
September is the right month to clean gutters and look at what surrounds them. A flat or low-slope Eichler roof leaves little margin for a clogged downspout.
One Eichler Home Recorded a Sale on September 28 — at $52,000 Over Ask
Nothing came on the market and nothing went pending on September 28. The only move was a single-family closing on Fairwood Avenue that cleared its list price by $52,000.
At $749,888, This Pomeroy Avenue Condo Is the Cheapest Active Listing in Its Class
1076 Pomeroy Avenue is asking $749,888 — $248,112 below the only other condo currently listed in the market. The thin comparable record makes pricing it a genuine exercise in uncertainty.
Radiant Floor Heat in an Eichler: What Owners Need to Know About the System Under Their Feet
Every one of the 35 Eichler parcels on record was built before 1978. That means every one of them has a heating system that is at least 48 years old and embedded in concrete. Here is how it works and what to watch for.
Foam or Membrane: What Eichler Owners Need to Know About Their Flat Roofs
Eichlers were designed with flat or very low-slope roofs, and the roofing system touches nearly everything else—insulation, ceilings, radiant heat, structural wood. Getting this decision right matters more here than on a conventional house.
All 35 Homes in This Eichler Market Were Built Before 1978. Here Is What That Means for Insulation and Windows.
Every one of the 35 parcels in this Eichler market was built before 1978. That single fact shapes almost every insulation and window decision an owner here will face.
Eichler sale reports
Every recorded Eichler sale, published as it closes.