Originally Posted By sgennawey It is possible for a developer to submit a project without going through the hurdles of additional environmental reports. The entire resort area is under a Program Environmental Impact Report that allows development with certain limits. Housing is far less intensive of a use as a commercial space such as a theme park or an auto oriented entertainment zone. This would allow the developer to build as of right.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins huh? I don't know about Anaheim's zoning, but residential is often not included in commercial zoning areas and thus would require special approval.
Originally Posted By Westsider >>"Wow, Westsider, I envy you! How much is it worth now? And how many are in the neighborhood?"<< It's in the Fairhills tract, and there's several dozen all there together. Our tract has a lot of Anshen & Allens and some Jones & Emmons models. I think the Fairhaven tract has more Eichlers, but they are both sizeable collections. There's also the Fairmeadows tract full of Eichlers over on the other side of the Costa Mesa Freeway in Orange. Our house is a 4 bedroom Anshen/Allen model from '64. There have been a few slight changes made to the kitchen and baths, but my Dad has been taking care to keep the original bones well intact. The Phillipine mahogany paneling is all still there and my Mom has always liked Herman Miller mid century mod furnishings. My folks were 60's cool from the beginning and they just rode out the 20th century through various interior design fads until 60's cool was cool again. As for prices, collectors have sent anything by Eichler through the roof, and a few of the older couples in the neighbhorhood have sold them after 40 years of living to collectors who just use them as second houses and showrooms for all of the mid century modern furniture. A house on the other side of the cul de sac from us recently sold for $870,000. Other Eichlers in Orange have gone for more than $900,000, but they have to be well taken care of. Those are prices only a TDA Vice President could afford now. When I go home to visit on weekends it's funny to watch the Eichler Tourists trolling the neighborhood taking pictures of all of these houses and trying desperately to see inside to see if the residents live like a Shag poster.
Originally Posted By avromark So Westsider when will your parents throw an LP party? BTW you've inspired me to buy an Eichler book.
Originally Posted By Westsider There's also some Eichler websites. I can't think of the name of the site off the top of my head, but I know my Dad and some neighbors have contributed to one site about the Southern California Eichlers, with lots of info and pics on the Orange County Eichlers. He did a lot of tracts up in the Bay Area as well.
Originally Posted By avromark Eichler network etc. I appreciate them, but would not want to live in one. I don't like houses without basements, I like brick, I like bay windows and casements, transoms. I believe all windows should be double pain low-E and polarized But we are also a product of our upbringing, you probably don't savour skiing, I probably don't save boccie ball, etc.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>Eichler network etc. I appreciate them, but would not want to live in one. I don't like houses without basements<< Basements are almost non existant in SoCal. >>I like brick, I like bay windows and casements, transoms. I believe all windows should be double pain low-E and polarized<< I like both. That said, a 1960's vintage Eichler house looks like an energy sinkhole with those huge single glazed windows! Of course, most SoCal homes from that period (and even some more recent ones) are poorly insulated. We spend less on heating or 3000 sq foot house in Colorado than what most of our friends in San Diego spend to heat much smaller houses.
Originally Posted By Westsider Hmm... I have no idea what insulation is inside the house walls. I've never heard my Dad ever mention it, or ever make mention of heating bills or anything like that. We do have central air conditioning, which was something that didn't come along in Joseph Eichler's designs until 1963-64. But my parents have never said anything about insulation, energy efficiency, or the cost of heating and cooling the house. But then we've also never played Bocci Ball either. My Mom plays tennis, my Dad surfs, and they both play an occasional round of golf when they go out to Palm Springs. But Bocci Ball is not on the social calendar in Orange. I do know that the issue of roofing has come up with my Dad and the other neighbors. Alot of them have replaced their original roofs within the last few years, and it was a big topic of conversation at the neighborhood barbeques as there are only a few contractors who really know what they are doing when it comes to flat Eichler roofs.
Originally Posted By avromark Eichler network also says glass should have a film installed for safety, that electrical can be hard (low amp, no place to run cables, cables may rot if run through planters) Do you happen to have a link for the floorplan of your parents?
Originally Posted By Westsider >>"Do you happen to have a link for the floorplan of your parents?">> It's this Anshen/Allen model... <a href="http://www.eichlersocal.com/floorplans/planLA-91.htm" target="_blank">http://www.eichlersocal.com/fl oorplans/planLA-91.htm</a> Except the second bath down by my sister and my bedrooms was expanded and redone. There's a small Japanese Garden just outside that bath now screened off from the side yard, and it allowed the bathtub to be pushed out and expanded into a large standing shower, which freed up more space in the original sink, laundry and toilet area. The same thing was done for the master bath, with another Japanese Garden placed behind screens past an expanded tub area, although that remodel didn't require as much major construction when they did it back in the early 70's. The laundry was moved to the side of the garage. Other than that, and a few minor changes like the lack of a folding door off the multi-purpose room, that's our floorplan.
