The field guide goes behind the photograph. Each article takes one question far enough to be useful: how to understand the building, how to organize evidence before buying, and how to evaluate a pricing explanation. The writing is original to Eichler Nerds, with primary-source reading links and clear distinctions between observation, records and professional findings.
Architecture field notes → Trace the structural rhythm, study the glass-to-garden edge and separate documented history from an appealing assumption. Includes a one-page house-reading exercise.
Build a property evidence ledger → Organize condition questions, permits, parcel context, shared ownership and insurance research. Keep unresolved questions visible before moving from exploration to commitments.
Understand the comparison behind the price → Examine comparable selection, the limits of price per square foot, visible assumptions and the difference between marketing exposure and buyer action. Includes a clearly labeled hypothetical example.
Explore the source-linked atlas, compare your own inputs in the Buyer Lab or organize a launch agenda in the Seller Lab. Bring the questions that remain to the Boyenga Team.
The X-100 photo essay slows down the view. Follow an entrance into a living space, compare daylight with dusk and see how the frame, glass and garden work together. The owner-supplied photography becomes a way to study the house rather than simply admire it.
Is it an Eichler? explores the difference between a familiar mid-century look and a documented development history. It explains how to follow an address into the record and describe what the evidence actually supports.
In Eichler floor plans and light, imagine a day in the house before reducing it to room counts. Work through arrival, furniture, privacy and the garden connection, then use those observations to make a more useful property comparison.
Our Eichler architects guide follows the connections between developer, design offices and neighborhood planning. It brings together primary museum, university archive and city resources, then explains how to turn an architectural attribution into a house story that another reader can follow.