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Eichler or Wigwam?

The house has been tented and now looks more like a wigwam than some mid-century modern house!

It’s about to go through a whole-structure fumigation with VikaneĀ®. I am glad this can happen before we have any personal belongings in the house. Whatever people might say, I wouldn’t feel too confident living surrounded with objects that were exposed to the gas.


Eichler Wigwam

What you see on the right hand side of the photo is the garage. The rest of the house is on the left, hidden behind our own private jungle (growing dangerously close to the house - another thing we’ll have to take care of I’m afraid…).

First impressions (outside)

As promised, here are the first photos, taken during the open house.

Lovely plants: Yuca and ivy View from the garden

How do you like that gigantic Yuca and bed of ivy? Or those nice AC units sticking out through the walls?
Looking back at these pictures I truly wonder what went through our heads when we signed up for this house…