Our Journey Begins!

Now that we are officially owners of an Eichler built in 1958, I can talk more in depth about the house.

Like most people who gravitate toward Eichlers, we've always been fans of Mid-Century designs.

What made us fall in love with this particular house?

It has 4 bedrooms, it's mostly original so it hasn't been butchered with "updates". It's in a quiet neighborhood with tree lined streets and friendly neighbors. The neighborhood public schools are highly rated from K-12. And most importably it's within our price range ( I am not saying it was a bargain but we did get the cheapest house in the best neighborhood we can afford.)

Without further ado, here are some photos of the house. These are not my photos, they were taken from the realtor's listing.

The front yard will definitely be getting a make over in the coming years.

 We will repaint the exterior once we repair some of the rotted siding. 

 Looking down the hallway toward the front door. Kitchen and an "all purpose room" or dining room,  to the left. 

Everything on the left of this photo is original except for the 24" wall oven. 

The counter and sink on the right were replaced at some point by the previous owners. 

 We plan to paint the wood burning fireplace white. During the home inspection, a crack was discovered inside the chimney. Instead of fixing the crack, we will put a gas insert in place. 

 This is the hallway bathroom, one of two in the house. None of the original fixtures remained except for the bathtub. This room will be getting a total refresh.

This is the ensuite bedroom. It gets flooded with light throughout the day with a whole wall of glass.  It has access to the back yard through the sliding glass door. Unfortunately this is the only bedroom in the house that gets good amount of light.

This is one of 4 bedrooms in the house. All the bedrooms are pretty much the same with one window, a closet, and total lack of light except for the ensuite bedroom in the back of the house. 

 This is the ensuite bathroom. The cabinet is original but the sink and fixtures are not. The shower and toilet are placed very closely to one another. The shower is much smaller than the one in our current house. There is no way to make the space larger without taking away space from the bedroom behind it. So for now we are keeping the same foot print but updating everything. 

After much internet sleuthing, we were able to find this original floor plan for our house! We think our house is the model in the middle. The overall layouts for all three houses are the same, the difference is in the window and sliding glass door placements.  

In my next post, I will talk about what we are planning to do to the house and some of the challenges of updating our Eichler. Follow me on instagram 👉 @willyoubemyeichler