in the 60s, developer joseph eichler built affordable homes only $9,400 each across the region. but before that, in 1951, he designed his own five bedroom home in atherton. >> it's eichler. eichler >> darcy richards, with the compass real estate team, took us on a tour of the historic home tucked away in atherton's linden wood neighborhood. >> this was going to be their family home, he lived here for over ten years, which was one of the longest places he had ever lived. the family who bought the home from eichler is now selling it with few changes to the home's unique design. they definitely just believed that it was perfect the way that it was. so whereas most people will buy houses and start remodeling and something like this would normally be remodeled 12 times over the years, you know, this one is second owner and they hardly did anything to it. so it's basically like a museum to this, to this era. >> one of the first things you'll notice about the home, which sits on an acre of land, is that nothing is a square. eichler only used triangles and parallelograms in his design.

in the 60s, developer joseph eichler built affordable homes only $9,400 each across the region., in 1951, he designed his own five bedroom home in atherton. >> it's eichler. eichler >> darcy richards, with the compass real estate team, took us on a tour of the historic home tucked away in atherton's linden wood neighborhood. this was going to be their family home, he lived here for over ten years, which was one of the longest places he had ever lived. the family who bought the home from eichler is now selling it with few changes to the home's unique design. they definitely just believed that it was perfect the way that it was. so whereas most people will buy houses and start remodeling and something like this would normally be remodeled 12 times over the years, you know, this one is second owner and they hardly did anything to it. so it's basically like a museum to this, to this era. >> one of the first things you'll notice about the home, which sits on an acre of land, is that nothing is a square. eichler only used triangles and parallelograms in his design. it's one of the rea