The quiet street face
An Eichler turns a near-blank wall and a carport to the road. Privacy up front is what lets the back of the house open up completely.
Cupertino, California
The Eichler people,
The Eichler people,
from atrium to slab.
Eric & Janelle Boyenga have spent nearly three decades buying and selling mid-century modern homes across Silicon Valley. In Cupertino, that means Fairgrove — and knowing exactly which school line a house sits on.
The original Property Nerds · Compass
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Property Nerds, officially
We read the school-boundary map for fun
Clients started calling us the Property Nerds years ago, and it stuck because it’s accurate. In Cupertino we know which side of the street feeds Monta Vista and which feeds Cupertino High, which Fairgrove blocks were built in 1960 versus 1961, why a radiant slab runs cold in the third bedroom, and what a foam-roof recoat costs this year. In a market where homes go pending in eight days at 105 percent of list, that detail is the difference between winning and starting over.
A guided walk
How an Eichler actually works
Scroll to move from the street, through the atrium, and out to the glass wall — the four ideas that make these houses feel the way they do.
Into the atrium
Step through the entry and you’re outside again — a central open-air courtyard that pulls daylight into the middle of the plan and anchors every room around it.
Post and beam
The roof rides on an exposed timber frame, so interior walls carry nothing. Ceilings run flat and continuous from the entry straight through to the glass.
The glass wall
The private side of the house is floor-to-ceiling glass. The garden reads as another room, and the low roofline frames it like a picture.
Why the Boyengas
Specialists, not generalists
Cupertino runs on two things: architecture that rewards people who know it, and a school premium that punishes people who don’t. We work both.
We know the tracts
Which Fairgrove floor plan you’re looking at, which streets kept their atriums, and where the Monta Vista and Cupertino High attendance lines actually fall — sometimes mid-block.
Renovation judgment
Radiant slab repairs, foam roofs, single-pane glass, original mahogany paneling — what to keep, what to fix, and who does it well. With Compass Concierge, the work happens before you pay for it.
Pricing for the bidding war
In Cupertino the list price is a strategy, not an estimate. We set it to draw multiple offers in the first week — the window where sale-to-list ratios peak.
Built for an 8-day market
Homes here go pending in eight to fourteen days. A 25-person team behind two agents means disclosures, inspections, and offers move at the speed the market demands.
Selling in Cupertino
The buyer is already migrating for your address
Cupertino buyers are specific and informed — an Apple engineer moving for the Monta Vista boundary, a family relocating from overseas for the school district, a designer who wants an original Fairgrove plan. Our marketing reaches all three, plus the mid-century audience a general MLS push never touches.
Data-driven pricing built on real comps, not the nearest four-bedroom. Compass Concierge to get the kitchen, baths, and curb appeal to the standard this buyer expects — typically returning four to eight percent over list. Matterport tours for the out-of-area offers that come in non-contingent.
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Buying in Cupertino
Win the right house without overpaying for it
We tour the house with you and read it out loud: the roof’s age, whether the slab has been touched, original glazing versus retrofit — and we confirm the exact school assignment before you write anything.
Then we build the offer. Deep comp data tells us the number that wins without leaving money on the table past the next bidder. Our network surfaces Compass Private Exclusives inside the Monta Vista boundary before they hit the open market and the bidding starts.
Start your searchFour offers, and they told us which one to make. We closed inside the Monta Vista line for less than the house two doors down. — Cupertino homeowner, represented by the Boyenga Team
Home valuation
An algorithm can’t see the school line
The two things that set a Cupertino home’s value — which side of the Monta Vista and Cupertino High boundaries it sits on, and whether it’s an original Fairgrove plan or a rebuild — are exactly the things an automated estimate gets wrong.
Tell us the address and we’ll come back with a range and the reasoning behind it, priced by hand against real comparable sales. No obligation, no drip campaign.
Next step
Thinking about an Eichler in Cupertino?
Buying, selling, or just trying to understand what you already own — start with a conversation. No pressure, no obligation.