One of the Last Southern California Homes Built by Joseph Eichler Lists for $1.7 Million

Midcentury-modern enthusiasts couldn’t do much better than this Eichler home in Thousand Oaks, less than an hour from downtown Los Angeles.

The 1964 abode was one of the last built in Southern California by renowned developer Joseph Eichler. It was designed by architect Claude Oakland, who, along with A. Quincy Jones and Frederick Emmons, completed the Thousand Oaks Eichlers, as the collection of residences in the neighborhood is known. The Oakland Eichler is hitting the market for $1.7 million, having had just two sets of owners since construction. Nina Kurtz at Compass holds the listing.

The four-bedroom, two-bath spreads over almost 2,000 square feet of living space. It’s a textbook example of Eichler’s aesthetic: An open floor plan curves around the central atrium, with post-and-beam construction and glass walls that invite the outdoors into just about every room in the house. The original concrete-slab foundation provides radiant heating, a feature that was ahead of its time in the mid-1960s.

A recent paint job has wrapped the home in a custom olive-brown shade, with a statement red door and a mailbox to match. Inside, warm woods are prevalent in many of the entertaining spaces, including the updated kitchen, a wet bar, and the fireplace-anchored living room. The primary bathroom has been spruced up with new tile, while the secondary has kept its vintage tile and original tub.

Out back, a classic patio wraps around the swimming pool, with several adjacent seating areas and room for a fire pit. The surrounding garden contains all sorts of fruit trees, including fig, olive, lemon, persimmon, and loquat.

Design lovers have long clamored over the Eichler homes, which don’t hit the market all too often. But now and again, one of the developer’s properties does pop up for sale: A couple of months back, an updated abode in Marin County carried an $11.6 million price tag. That four-bedroom had undergone a beachy renovation, befitting of its locale on Belvedere Island. And even rarer, about a year ago Eichler’s personal home in Silicon Valley listed for $6.4 million. Built in the 1950s, that property was custom-designed for Eichler and his wife, and it came to market for the first time in almost 60 years.

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