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Menlo Park Eichler homes
Live Eichler and mid-century listings in Menlo Park, how to spot one from the sidewalk, where the tracts are, and what we check before you buy or sell. The Property Nerds® have sold Silicon Valley Eichlers since 1996.
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- eichlers in menlo parkabout 50
- eichler homes built1949–1974
- selling silicon valley since1996
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Eichler and mid-century homes for sale in Menlo Park
Active Menlo Park listings the MLS tags Eichler or mid-century, or whose description says so, checked against the year built. Updated each time the page loads. When Menlo Park has none, the closest ones nearby show up below.
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Eichler owners often call us first. Tell us the Menlo Park streets you love and we’ll watch for Compass Private Exclusives and Coming Soon homes.
How homes land here: we read each active Menlo Park listing’s MLS style field and its description, then check the year built. “MLS-tagged only” keeps the homes whose listing agent picked the style. Orange pins are MLS-tagged. Some listings record a style only in fields this search can’t filter on, so a few may not appear here; ask us for a full search. Listing data comes from the MLS and is shown with the listing brokerage; confirm details with the listing agent.
where in menlo park
Eichler and mid-century tracts in Menlo Park
Each name opens our full neighborhood guide, with live listings, a map and what to check.
06 · mid-century
- Belle HavenA grid of mostly one-story mid-century houses.
how to spot one
How to spot an Eichler from the sidewalk
Most Eichlers show the street a nearly blank face and save the glass for the atrium and the yard. Hover or tap a number on the drawing to match it to the list.
Low gable or flat roof
Broad gables at a shallow pitch, or flat roofs, with deep overhangs.
Glass in the gable
Clerestory glass fills the triangle at the gable end, lighting the atrium or living room.
Exposed beam ends
Beams run front to back and show at the eaves: the post-and-beam frame is the structure.
A closed street face
Few or no street windows and a flush garage or carport, so the house keeps its privacy.
Glass atrium entry
Glass panels beside a solid door, opening into an open-air atrium at the center of many later models.
Vertical-groove siding
Grooved wood or plywood siding in long vertical lines.
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the nerd check
Before you buy or sell a Menlo Park Eichler
What we check when you buy
- Radiant heatingDoes it work, what has been converted, and what a repair or replacement involves. Palo Alto's Eichler guidelines flag inefficient radiant heat as a known issue.
- Roof type, age and insulationLow-slope and flat roofs are a common leak point. Ask the roof covering's age, drainage and insulation.
- Glass and energySingle-pane glass and missing insulation are typical of originals. Check what has been upgraded, and the permits.
- Original materialsSome original materials may need testing before a remodel. EPA recommends accredited testing before work disturbs suspect materials.
- Beams, siding and overhangsCheck exposed beams, siding and fascia for dry rot and pest damage.
- Design guidelines and overlaysSeveral cities publish Eichler design guidelines, and some tracts have single-story overlay zoning. Check before you plan a second story.
- Sewer lateral and wiringOwners are responsible for at least the private part of the lateral, and circuits installed from 1965 to the mid-1970s may include aluminum branch wiring.
How we market one when you sell
- Prep that respects the architectureRestoration choices that keep the post-and-beam character, with Compass Concierge if needed.
- Mid-century staging and photographyFurniture and light that show off the glass and the atrium.
- Marketing aimed at modern-home buyersReaching the buyers who look for Eichlers, not just the general market.
- A complete disclosure packetThe roof, radiant-heat and sewer reports Eichler buyers ask for first.
- Pricing from Eichler salesComparables from Eichler tracts, not just nearby ranch houses.
Palo Alto, Sunnyvale and Cupertino publish Eichler design guidelines, and many Eichler tracts sit in single-story overlay zones that limit homes to one story. Palo Alto's Greenmeadow and Green Gables are National Register historic districts. Check before you plan a second story or a major remodel; we'll help you read the rules for a specific address.
eichlers in other cities
More Eichler city pages
All Silicon Valley Eichlers · The home styles field guide
The Eichler architects: Anshen & Allen · Jones & Emmons · Claude Oakland
Tract by tract: Every Menlo Park Eichler tract · Eichler prices by city
every style in menlo park
Every style in the field guide, by era
Bars show the years each style was mostly built here. Each name opens that style’s live board, set to Menlo Park.
- 01Victorian & Edwardian1870s–1910s
- 02Craftsman & bungalow1905–1930
- 03Spanish & Mediterranean1915–1940
- 04Tudor, storybook & traditional1920s–1940s
- 05California ranchlate 1930s–1970s
- 06Mid-century modern1945–1975
- 07Eichler1949–1974
- 08Modern & contemporary1970s–today
- 09Modern farmhouse & new construction2005–today
Menlo Park has small groupings of Eichlers that are little known, even to experienced Eichler watchers.
There are only 50 or so homes built by Joe Eichler in the town of Menlo Park. But they are a varied lot, ranging from some of the first he ever built to some of the last. They include some of his smallest early homes, and some of his largest early homes—mid-1950s houses that provide 2,800 square feet of indoor space on large lots.
Most of the Eichler homes in Menlo Park are little known even among fans because they are in small clusters, and many cannot be seen at all from the street.
Teardowns and remodels have replaced or changed many of them, while others keep their original design.
Each lot in Oakdell Park is a quarter acre or more, on a cul-de-sac or a lightly traveled street.
Shopping is close by.
OAKDELL PARK EICHLER TRACT
Fourteen Eichler homes were built in Oakdell Park, designed by Anshen & Allen and A. Quincy Jones, each on a lot of a quarter acre or more. They were individually designed, with glass-walled living rooms opening to private patios, and the lots were fenced.
OAKDELL PARK EICHLER MAP
Oakdell Park is in Menlo Park, more than a mile west of El Camino Real, on lots of a quarter acre or more along cul-de-sacs and lightly traveled streets.
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