Restoring more than 50 Eichler homes since 2000.
Developer Joseph Eichler and his Eichler Homes, Inc. built nearly 11,000 single-family homes in California, beginning in the late 1940s. In Northern California, they can be found in areas in and around Marin county, the East Bay, San Mateo county, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale, San Jose, San Francisco, and Sacramento.
As regional architecture designed for the Bay Area's benign climate, their house designs befuddled the traditional masses—emphasizing boldness, change, and optimism through indoor-outdoor living, walls of glass, atriums, and radiant-heat floors. Joseph Eichler passed away in 1974 at age 73. Fifty years later, "the house that Joe built" endures as a marvelous legacy. They were built for anyone who shared Joe's vision of the world.
I have worked as a builder since 1982 and started Paris Construction in 1999, in order to focus on Eichlers. More than 50 homes later, they have become my passion. I know them - each model, each layout, each sub-system. I have built a network of many sub-contractors who I trust, many of whom are Eichler experts in their own right. More importantly, I have gained experience in how they can be restored when they age and how they can be improved while honoring the original architectural aesthetic and the sensibility that Eichler had in creating affordable and beautiful architecture. In the decades since the Eichlers were built, home construction has evolved with modern techniques, safer and better materials, as well as energy-efficient improvements. I can bring my experience in design and practical construction to your home.
Darryl A. Paris
As regional architecture designed for the Bay Area's benign climate, their house designs befuddled the traditional masses—emphasizing boldness, change, and optimism through indoor-outdoor living, walls of glass, atriums, and radiant-heat floors. Joseph Eichler passed away in 1974 at age 73. Fifty years later, "the house that Joe built" endures as a marvelous legacy. They were built for anyone who shared Joe's vision of the world.
I have worked as a builder since 1982 and started Paris Construction in 1999, in order to focus on Eichlers. More than 50 homes later, they have become my passion. I know them - each model, each layout, each sub-system. I have built a network of many sub-contractors who I trust, many of whom are Eichler experts in their own right. More importantly, I have gained experience in how they can be restored when they age and how they can be improved while honoring the original architectural aesthetic and the sensibility that Eichler had in creating affordable and beautiful architecture. In the decades since the Eichlers were built, home construction has evolved with modern techniques, safer and better materials, as well as energy-efficient improvements. I can bring my experience in design and practical construction to your home.
Darryl A. Paris
"Darryl, Paul, and John are a high quality team. They do great work at a reasonable price and they treat your home as if it were their own. They are honest, hardworking, and their work is beautiful. I feel very lucky to have found them." - 2015 Customer Review, John S.
"Darryl and Crew, Thank you for all your skill and hard work, support and guidance through this project. Our kitchen is fabulous, we are enjoying it SO much." -2014 Customer Review, Suzanne R.
