Fairbrae Eichler History: Sunnyvale's 1958–1961 Tracts
Fairbrae, Sunnyvale: the 1958–1961 Eichler tracts tract by tract, their street layout, what county records show about the houses, and the 2016–2018 single-story districts.
Royal Manor Eichler History: Reading Palo Alto's 1957–58 Tract
What the public record says about Royal Manor, Palo Alto's 1957–1958 Eichler tract: its map, the 2015–2016 single-story overlay request, flood rules and house types.
Mid-Century Modern ADU: Adding a Unit Without Fighting the House
What California ADU law allows on a single-family lot, why a conversion often fits a mid-century house better, and how to design a detached unit that respects the original architecture.
Selling a House With Unpermitted Work in California
What California sellers must disclose about unpermitted work, how to choose between disclosing, legalizing or removing it, the state's path for unpermitted ADUs, and how lenders view it.
Selling a Mid-Century Modern Home: What to Fix and What to Leave
Which repairs to handle before selling a mid-century modern home, which original features to keep, the gray zone in between, and the California disclosure items that shape the list.
How to Check Permit History on a Mid-Century Modern Home
Where permit records for Bay Area mid-century homes live, how to search them step by step, how to request original plans, and what to do when the house and the records don't match.
Eichler Atrium Cover Options: Drainage, Roofing Over or Enclosing
Everyday atrium care starting with drainage, then the trade-offs of shading, roofing over with glass, or enclosing an Eichler atrium as interior space.
Mid-Century Modern Bathroom Remodel: Restore or Reimagine?
How 1950s and 1960s baths were planned, a checklist for deciding what to keep, and the California fixture, fan and lighting rules that apply when you remodel over a radiant slab.
Mid-Century Modern Kitchen Remodel: Keep the Architecture Intact
How to update a post-and-beam kitchen without losing the ceiling, sightlines or radiant slab, plus the lighting, plumbing fixture, lead and asbestos rules to check before demolition.
Mid-Century Modern Window Replacement: Retrofit, Film and Title 24
How to upgrade original mid-century windows: repair and retrofit options, where window film fits, the 2025 Energy Code rules for replacements, and how to keep slim frames.