What is an Eichler?

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3 жыл бұрын

What is it exactly that makes an Eichler so unique? Find out some fun facts about the iconic mid-century modern homes.
Listed in Sunnyvale, CA by the Boyenga Team
4bd • 2ba • 1752sf • $2,199,000
Ronnie JENKINS, Realtor
Boyenga Team • COMPASS
01922959

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@carolfarron6176 2 ай бұрын

We grew up in an Eichler. Seven kids! Indestructible.

@charlespoke6708 2 жыл бұрын

Love love love Eichler homes except in cold months.

@chrisginoc 3 ай бұрын

Ideal home for summer months only or in a desert area

@fragout9575 3 ай бұрын

Eichlers were built without insulation. That's their biggest downfall. There are several other MCM homes here in Phoenix that were built the same way.

@chrisginoc 2 ай бұрын

@@fragout9575 Very true.

@divergentsenior 2 жыл бұрын

Love his designs. It's what a home should be wide open but PRIVATE.

@ronniejenkins 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it a great balance of design and practicality.

@ardethellis8930 Жыл бұрын

My parents bought an Eichler in Palo Alto in 1970. It had the original mahogany panelling so despite the masive amount of windows, it was rather dark inside. I see so many comments decrying the renovated houses. Lots of Eichlers were redone because of the fire hazzard of the cheap wood panelling and open floor plans. There were 3 minute, 5 minute, and 7 minute Eichlers. We lived in a 5 minute one. What does that mean? The time it took from ignition to complete combustion. Eventually, they replaced all the panels with sheet rock. I loved the heated floors. The house which was originally 5 bedrooms was was expanded to include a second floor. After my parents moved it was completely remodeled again. Last time it was sold it went for nearly 5 million. And to think that in 1970 the price was 47K.

@nukular9 2 жыл бұрын

I live in one of these, and yes the indoor-outdoor living has forever wow factor to it.

@edwardguignion597 3 жыл бұрын

Its post and beam structure is what makes it unique for American tract homes of that era.

@ronniejenkins 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, amongst many other things. It is interesting how the design was not well received back then, but now it is lvoed.

@shelleyhuskey1870 2 жыл бұрын

Other than the inside ceilings, it looks cool and I love the radiant heated floors.

@ronniejenkins 2 жыл бұрын

What about the ceilings don't you like? I personally like the wood paneling, but that's subjective.\

@solsticemeows 2 жыл бұрын

My grandparents and mother lived in one of these in San Diego. I always loved going over to that house.

@AGM-ts5bb 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@ronniejenkins 2 жыл бұрын

I agree!

@abbaby555 2 жыл бұрын

In Southern California we called these patio homes, I always loved the design

@ronniejenkins 2 жыл бұрын

That's fun. There are some great mid-century modern developments in SoCal. Orange has a number of Eichler's

@davidcooper7339 Жыл бұрын

They're wonderfully built to the aesthetic eye. When I was a kid in Sunnyvale Ca, we used to be cared for in an Eichler until our parents picked us up. I loved those houses then for the back walls of glass and the entire front built for privacy. These are great homes that command prices of extreme expense. It's what the market will bear and they're worth it.

@johnbeckett8028 Жыл бұрын

I have studied architecture and the Eichler is right up there on top. In my neighborhoon all the houses are custom built, mostly in the 1950s and 1960s, though I don't have Elchier there are a few near me. My house is a mid-century Weldon Becket (no relation, see only one T) of Los Angeles who designed Parker Center in the early nineteen fifties.

@TheCrazyAztec Жыл бұрын

Nice vid, I was fortunate enough to do a remodel on one of these in Walnut Creek Ca. Very cool and unique homes!

@hamo6442 2 жыл бұрын

I love, and live the chance to get one of these houses…

@lynnshaw5068 2 жыл бұрын

It is my personal dream to visit Palm Springs and photo an Eichler home.

@ronniejenkins 2 жыл бұрын

Do it! It's worth the trip. I was just there this past week for Modernism Week 2022

@canyonproductions7683 9 ай бұрын

So cool Ronnie! I grew up in Mtn View and used to watch my Moms co workers dogs in an Eichler home. This actually looks like his haha. I think it was on El Monte drive

@ThePrissy11 2 жыл бұрын

My friend has one in Walnut Creek, CA. Beautiful. I think the interior of the one shown is lovely. Maybe not original but lovely.

@brookeking8559 2 жыл бұрын

There are many in Walnut Creek. Sometimes real estate listings in a neighborhood with Eichler homes will have a statement “not an Eichler” to head off useless questions.

@ronniejenkins 2 жыл бұрын

Yes in Rancho San Miguel there are about 400 or so Eichler's. It was Joseph Eichlers first East Bay development.

@ronniejenkins 2 жыл бұрын

@@brookeking8559 Yes, there are many other mid-century modern homes that do get confused as "Eichlers" but to actually be an Eichler it must be designed and built by Joseph Eichler and/or his team.

@ludovicgarcon8915 2 жыл бұрын

Atrium makes a better transition into the Home. i luv it.

@sarayoung3371 2 жыл бұрын

Mid-Century Modern defined.

@calxtra5361 2 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous house ... wish i could afford one ... btw whats the ID on the music you used please???

@charlespoke6708 2 жыл бұрын

The ones I visited in California I have visited were chilling and uncomfortable without additional heat sources.

@RevdUp.Art.Fotografer Жыл бұрын

It's great. I would love to have one, but living in Los Angeles I am concerned about the 'Summer' heat which is making up a larger and larger part of the year.

@hussainalyami2283 2 жыл бұрын

1:05 where is the sofa from? Absolutely love it 😍

@davidbertrand895 2 жыл бұрын

A good book is "Eichler/Modernism Rebuilds the American Dream" by Adamson, et al.

@nicoblaytherealflamingo445 2 жыл бұрын

Whittier has ton of these types esp from hostin track homes which started 3 blocks from me at the Whittier golf course candlewood.

@ronniejenkins 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, lot's of nice mid mod homes out that way

@nicoblaytherealflamingo445 2 жыл бұрын

@@ronniejenkins my apartment was the wedding scene from bettlejuice so I love new if it works. Any news in holographic facade houses? Make my 600k home look 900k all due to imagery facades?!

@gregkarkowsky967 Жыл бұрын

Why can't......I mean, won't we build these kinds of home today?

@VIM731 2 жыл бұрын

6 words!! The Stahl House But An Eichler!!! (w/ ocean view of course)

@ronniejenkins 2 жыл бұрын

That is an iconic house!

@VIM731 2 жыл бұрын

@@ronniejenkins I'm going to replicate it but with an ocean view because it's too cool of a house to not have an ocean view.

@MisterMikeTexas 2 жыл бұрын

Without A/C, how are they cooled during summer?

@ronniejenkins 2 жыл бұрын

Many owners have installed mini-split HVAC systems which are quite efficient.

@DansFunMovies 2 жыл бұрын

@@ronniejenkins ductless Mini Spits are replacing the Radent Floor Heating in the Eichlers.

@valerief1231 2 жыл бұрын

But it wasn’t hot in Palm Springs before mini splits were created? 😅

@richardstoc 2 жыл бұрын

The concrete floors kept the houses cooled and shades or drapes drawn over windows during the day kept floors out of direct sun most times did not need HVAC. if the foliage and trees around the property were allowed to mature to full size shading the house. I Imagine that the radiant floors could cool the house just as well as heat them.

@dasikakn Жыл бұрын

Part of my 25 year Californian journey has been my dismay at the growing number of very hot days. We used to get at most 5-8 “bad” days that you could overcome by going to the movies or the mall in the day and come back to a cooler home at night opening a window or 2. Nowadays we have so many that we’ve had to finally cave and get a cooling unit that doubles as an art stand. We have vented box over it for aesthetics.

@jimtoohey7242 2 жыл бұрын

In floor heat sucks. Slow to heat, forever to cool down.

@ronniejenkins 2 жыл бұрын

It can be challenging for sure. Many owners of Eichlers have installed mini-split heating and cooling which make the house more efficient.

@BradThePitts 2 жыл бұрын

Is this an actual Eichler home, or just a home in the Eichler style? Several builders made homes like this but the ones actually built by Joseph Eichler are far more valuable.

@ronniejenkins 2 жыл бұрын

It is an actual Eichler home in Sunnyvale, CA. You are right, there are many other mid-century modern homes that do get confused as "Eichlers" but to actually be an Eichler it must be designed and built by Joseph Eichler and/or his team. This one sold for $2.6m last year.

@blanbec14 2 жыл бұрын

Is this the type of house that is in Pulp fiction ?

@katehenry2718 2 жыл бұрын

There better be palm trees in your yard. All that glass will be miserable in waist deep snow. Pretty to see but is as exciting to live in as a motel room.

@ronniejenkins 2 жыл бұрын

This one is in sunny California. I agree somewhere cold would be less than ideal. All the glass makes it difficult to moderate temperatures too.

@pyoodiepie Жыл бұрын

Billy?

@BradThePitts 2 жыл бұрын

It's hard to believe nowadays, but at the time Eichler homes were an embarrassment. My architecture 101 professor said, that the comments at the time were, "What? You can't afford a real home?"

@ronniejenkins 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, its interesting how popular they have become after the negative reception they first received.

@Mooooty 2 жыл бұрын

What a nice looking bomb shelter!

@ronniejenkins 2 жыл бұрын

Lol. I would mind being stuck there tbh. Not sure all that glass would be safe during a bomb raid though.

@chaocheng5201 2 жыл бұрын

very typical Eichler house

@richardstoc 2 жыл бұрын

Although stylish an sophisticated the main problem with living in them is most the space is devoted to the public area's and the bathrooms are nightmarishly small and inadequate most Eichler's don't have two bathrooms

@joemeyer6876 Жыл бұрын

Don’t forget the overly small bedrooms!

@marcusbrown1767 3 жыл бұрын

A bit tired of seeing these mid-century modern gems destroyed with contemporary furniture and silly kitchens. Big disgrace to modernism.

@ronniejenkins 2 жыл бұрын

I can understand the sentiment, but at the end of the day it is a house which needs to be functional for modern day living. Furnishing the homes has become easier with many brands producing mid century modern inspired products and who doesn't want an updated kitchen?

@fragout9575 3 ай бұрын

I've seen plenty of videos of destroyed MCM homes and apartments. This isn't one of them. While I do honestly appreciate true to nature MCM homes, some have been neglected to the point that updating IS necessary.