Two NorCal Eichler Tours Set

Not one, but two Northern California Eichler home tours are coming your way in September 2025—and boy, are they creating a 'buzz around town.'

Exact Eichler locations: In Sacramento, at the South Land Park Hills development; and in Walnut Creek, at Rancho San Miguel.

Promised to be expertly curated, the two one-day tours showcase what organizers claim will be the best of modernist design, with homes sure to inspire.

Along with walking tours, get set for a street fair, vintage cars, live music—in short, plenty to see and do. Guests will also have opportunities to chat with docents, and with homeowners about their home improvement and restoration projects.

First up is the 'Rancho San Miguel Home Tour,' which will take place on Saturday, September 13, in the RSM tract of Walnut Creek.

Touting ten tour homes in all with six open for the first time, "this year's Rancho San Miguel lineup is a really nice mix of different Eichlers—some more original, some very updated, some real showpieces," says Gerald Turetzky, President of the Rancho San Miguel Association.

Turetzky's neighborhood dates back to 1956 and boasts more than 375 Eichlers—so there's lots of RSM energy and enthusiasm year-round, he says, with block parties, potlucks, Easter egg hunts, cars and coffee, a 'Halloween Treat Trail' event…Basically, if you can think it up, it's happening here."

Recently, the association started a new speaker series, and hosted William Taylor, former Creative Director for Architectural Record magazine, to discuss iconic mid-century furniture. "Everybody's really getting into their homes," says Turetzky. "And the new people—oh, my gosh! They really want mid-century modern, and they're knocking on doors!"

Tour guests can look forward to getting inside an Eichler owned by one of the directors of Walnut Creek's Ruth Bancroft Garden. "She has a wonderful California garden—all native plants, very low irrigation," Turetzky says. "Another really cool thing is that they also did some design work at the entrance of our neighborhood, landscaping both sides, and putting up a nice plaque."