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Fairorchard Eichlers, Sunnyvale Homes for sale, recent sales and a Property Nerd’s guide
A single tract of 54 Eichlers built in 1958 on Edmonton Avenue, La Salle Drive and Wright Avenue in southwest Sunnyvale, zoned single-story since 2001.
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Calculated in your browser from MLS data for Fairorchard (county tract 1910, traced from the city's parcel map). Sales are single-family homes, townhomes and condos.
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Homes for sale, for rent and recently sold in Fairorchard
Every active listing, rental and closed sale in Fairorchard from the MLS, updated automatically, with a map of the neighborhood outline.
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Listings come from MLSListings and other MLSs through IDX and show their listing brokerage; confirm details with the listing agent. The map outline is the neighborhood boundary used by our listing search (Fairorchard (county tract 1910, traced from the city's parcel map)); it may not match every local definition.
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Our sales in and near Fairorchard
Since 2012 we’ve handled 2 sales inside the Fairorchard outline that we can match to MLS records: 2 homes we listed. The other photos are our closest listings outside it, measured from its edge.
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the story
How Fairorchard came to be
Fairorchard is one Eichler tract of 54 houses on a rectangle of land between Cupertino Middle School and Wright Avenue, just north of Homestead Road. County records give 1958 as the build year for 53 of the 54 houses (the 54th was rebuilt in 2000), and the city's parcel records flag every lot in the tract as an Eichler. That makes it a contemporary of the Fairbrae Addition, about a mile and a half northeast (straight-line), and part of the run from 1949 to 1972 in which Joseph Eichler built about 1,000 houses in 16 to 20 Sunnyvale tracts.
The tract's other claim to local history is zoning. The earliest district on the city's 2016 list of single-story combining districts is this one, described as 54 Eichler homes on Wright Avenue, Edmonton Avenue and La Salle Drive and adopted July 31, 2001. Parts of Rancho Verde (2007), Fairwood and Fairbrae (2016) later followed the same route. Under the S overlay a house may have one habitable story, the height limit drops from 30 feet to 17, and lot coverage and floor area are each capped at 45 percent.
The name Fairorchard is how Eichler guides and listing records label the tract. City documents describe it by its street names, and county parcel data by its tract number, 1910, so you may see any of the three. Our Wright, Edmonton & La Salle tract page follows Eichler listings and sales on these streets, and the Silicon Valley Eichler tract index places the tract among the county’s others.
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The streets and the houses
Edmonton Avenue is the spine. It runs north from La Salle Drive to Helena Drive, one lot-depth west of Wright Avenue, and three short dead-end stubs branch west from it toward the middle school. Maps label them Edmonton Court, Edmonton Lane and Edmonton Way, though county records list those houses on Edmonton Avenue. La Salle Drive enters from Wright Avenue at the south end and also dead-ends at the school fence. The rest of the tract is the west side of Wright Avenue between La Salle and Helena, two lots on Helena and five houses facing Homestead Road. There is no street entrance from Homestead Road; you drive in from Wright Avenue or Helena Drive.
County building areas cluster at a handful of sizes: seven houses at 1,370 square feet, eight at about 1,670, seven at 1,770, four at 1,816 and twelve at 1,890. Those clusters look like the original plans; the larger figures on the remaining houses usually mean an addition. Forty of the 54 are recorded with four bedrooms and nine with three. Only two houses are two stories, and both predate the zoning that now rules out a second floor.
Remodels here go out or down, not up. Additions have to fit the 17-foot height limit and the 45 percent coverage cap, and a basement is allowed only if it rises no more than two feet above grade. With lots of about 7,000 to 11,900 square feet, most near 8,000, there is room to add on the ground floor, but less than the lot size suggests once the cap applies.
streets in fairorchard
- Edmonton Avenue
- Edmonton Court
- Edmonton Lane
- Edmonton Way
- La Salle Drive
- Wright Avenue (west side, La Salle Drive to Helena Drive)
- W. Homestead Road (five houses)
- Helena Drive (two houses)
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Fairorchard
- landmark
Cupertino Middle School
Its grounds form the tract's whole west edge, and the campus fronts S. Bernardo Avenue. It is a Cupertino Union School District school.
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Serra Park
About three-quarters of a mile east (straight-line) at The Dalles and Hollenbeck avenues: 10.1 acres with three ball fields, four tennis courts, playgrounds, picnic tables and barbecues.
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San Antonio Park
About 0.7 mile north (straight-line) on Astoria Drive: 6.1 acres with a ball field, two soccer fields, a playground and restrooms.
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Homestead Road and Hollenbeck Avenue
A neighborhood center about three-quarters of a mile east (straight-line) with a grocery store, a hardware store, restaurants and services.
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Homestead Crossing
A larger shopping center about two-thirds of a mile west on Homestead Road, just past the Sunnyvale city line.
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School districts and getting around
School districts
Fairorchard is in Cupertino Union School District for kindergarten through eighth grade and Fremont Union High School District for high school, according to the state's district map and the city's parcel records. Cupertino Middle School sits directly west of the tract. Attendance boundaries change, so check the exact address with each district before you count on a particular school.
Cupertino Union guide · Fremont Union guide · Silicon Valley school districts
Getting around
- VTA bus 53 runs on Mary Avenue and Homestead Road between the Sunnyvale and Santa Clara transit centers; the Mary Avenue and Helena Drive stop is about a third of a mile east (straight-line).
- Sunnyvale Caltrain station is about 3 miles north (straight-line); bus 53 ends at the Sunnyvale Transit Center there.
- Highway 85 runs about 0.2 mile west of the tract's west edge, beyond the middle school, with ramps at Homestead Road; I-280 is about half a mile south (straight-line).
- The Mary Avenue bicycle-pedestrian bridge (the Don Burnett Bridge), opened in 2009, crosses I-280 into Cupertino about half a mile southeast (straight-line).
- Fremont Avenue, just under a mile north, crosses Highway 85 into Los Altos; Homestead Road runs east toward Santa Clara.
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Fairorchard: what we check
Buying here
- Check the zoning for the S suffix. All 54 lots are R-1 with the single-story overlay: one habitable story, a 17-foot height limit and 45 percent caps on lot coverage and floor area. Price any expansion plan as ground-floor or qualifying-basement space.
- Confirm the tract for the exact address. Four houses on Wright Avenue at the Homestead Road corner were built in 1987 and are not Eichlers or part of the S district.
- Get a radiant heat pressure test from a specialist. Slab leaks can run unseen into the ground; copper lines are usually repairable, corroded steel may not be.
- Ask for roof and insulation records. Original Eichler roofs had about half an inch of insulation, and the roof type decides whether a new roof can go over the old one or needs a tear-off.
- Ask the city planning division whether the Eichler Design Guidelines apply to the lot (city parcel records flag every house here as an Eichler) and how current ADU and SB 9 rules work with the single-story overlay. Highway 85 is just past the school; visit at commute hours if road noise matters to you.
Selling here
- Lead with the facts buyers search for: a 1958 Eichler, one of 54, in a tract zoned single-story since 2001.
- Have radiant heat, roof and permit records ready. Buyers of Eichlers ask for all three.
- If the house has been enlarged, show the permits and when the work was done, and explain what the S district still allows on your lot.
- List the school districts with a note to verify the address with each district; don't promise a particular school.
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faq
Fairorchard questions, answered
How many homes are in Fairorchard?
54. The city's single-story district covers 54 Eichler homes on Wright Avenue, Edmonton Avenue and La Salle Drive, and county parcel data show 54 lots in the tract.
When was Fairorchard built?
1958, according to county year-built data for 53 of the 54 houses. The other was rebuilt in 2000. Some marketing pages say 1954; we found no record that supports it.
Can you add a second story in Fairorchard?
Not under current zoning. The tract has been in a single-story (S) combining district since July 31, 2001, which allows one habitable story and a 17-foot height limit. Check the current zoning map and ask the planning division about your parcel.
Which school districts serve Fairorchard?
Cupertino Union School District (K-8) and Fremont Union High School District. Boundaries change, so confirm the exact address with each district.
Is Fairorchard in a flood zone?
The city's parcel records list all 54 lots in FEMA zone X. Flood maps are revised from time to time, so check the current FEMA map for the parcel.
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