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"Eichler Home Units Are Opened to Public
The first units in the Eichler Homes $3,000,000 South Land Park Hills development were opened to the public yesterday, and remain open today, according to Robert Kress, the builder's representative in Sacramento.
The development will consist of 143 three-and-four bedroom, two-bath houses.
Most will also have the extra all-purpose room which has become an Eichler Homes feature. Lot sizes are 80 feet by 125 feet and larger. Prices will start at $17,750 with a top of $21,500, Robert Kress, Eichler representative in Sacramento, said.
The South Land Park Hills property is being developed by Moss & Moss of Sacramento. It is situated about two miles south of William Land Park and golf course and overlooking Munger's Lake.
Eichler Homes has previous built around 2500 homes, primarily in the vicinity of Palo Alto on the San Francisco Peninsula.
The builder has won many awards for design, quality of construction, and neighborhood planning, recently winning both national awards of the National Association of Home Builders convention in Chicago. The awards were made for house design and neighborhood planning in a Palo Alto subdivision.
Plans for Sacramento were developed for the gently rolling location by architects Quincy Jones and Frederick Emmons and feature floor-to-ceiling glass walls with sliding glass doors on the protected garden side of the house, beamed ceilings of Douglas fir and 2x8 redwood, cork floors, Philippine mahogany wall paneling throughout, radiant heat and an air-cooling system.
Prices include a built-in Thermador electric range and oven, Waste King garbage disposer and a General Electric combination washer-dryer.
Sacramento was selected as a location after extensive study by the builder, Kress said."
The stability of the Sacramento economy, its high retail sales, the increasing population of civil servants and military personnel, and the reputation of the south Sacramento suburbs as a desirable residential area were the principal factors in the decision to acquire the sizable site, Kress said.
Eichler Homes also owns land and is building in San Rafael, Walnut Creek, San Mateo, and Palo Alto.
"Established in the mid-1950s, Parkway Estates hosted the 1954 Parade of Homes, at that time the largest home-building exposition ever held in the West. The popular event, drawing thousands of spectators, showcased upscale, contemporary homes representing the best in efficient planning, design and construction during the post-war era.The Parkway Estates website has posted a number of interesting historic materials regarding their neighborhood, which was developed by Randolph Parks and Associates of Western Enterprises, Inc. For instance, check out the original brochure "advertising the popular 'Country Squire' floorplan, which can be found throughout the Parkway Estates neighborhood."
Today the neighborhood, shaded by tall trees on large lots with ample lawns, retains the small-town feel and values of decades past. And that sense of community is apparent at neighborhood association meetings, where locals regularly participate."
