Eric Boyenga
Founding Partner, Compass · DRE #01254724Raised in the hills above Los Altos among Silicon Valley's founders. Drives the team's data and technology, and keeps the resale database that goes back to the 1990s.
About the team
Founded in 1996. Obsessed with Eichlers ever since.
The Boyenga Team at Compass has bought, sold, and restored mid-century modern homes across Silicon Valley for nearly thirty years. This site is our dedicated guide to one of those markets — the Eichler tracts of Sunnyvale.
Our story
Property nerds, by birth and by choice.
Eric Boyenga grew up in the hills above Los Altos, surrounded by the founders who were busy inventing Silicon Valley. Janelle came from a family of engineers, contractors, and designers. In 1996 they combined those instincts into the Valley's original real-estate team.
Today they're founding partners at Compass and the region's best-known Eichler specialists — the self-described "Property Nerds," branded by Zillow as "next-generation" agents. Their premise hasn't changed: match these houses with people who can explain, to a skeptical buyer, exactly why the beams matter.
They're preservation-minded to a fault — given the choice, they restore an original feature rather than replace it. The track record includes the sale of Joseph Eichler's own residence in Atherton and the landmark Eichler X-100.
How we work
A sale, start to close
Roughly eight weeks from first walkthrough to recorded sale. Here's what each one looks like.
Walkthrough & read
We spend an hour in the house identifying the plan, the architect, what's original, and what a buyer will flag. You get a written summary the same week.
Model-and-tract pricing
Not a CMA of the nearest four sales — a comp set of the same plan across Sunnyvale going back years, adjusted for condition and originality. We show you the spreadsheet.
Sympathetic prep
From our trade list: beam and panel repair, period-correct lighting, cabinet fronts, drought-tolerant landscape. We manage it; you approve the budget.
Photography that understands the house
Shot for the light, mid-morning and dusk, with a photographer who has done a hundred of these. Plus a measured floor plan and a short film.
Launch to the right people
Our buyer list first, then the mid-century press and the broker community, then the open house. The crowd that shows up already wants an Eichler.
Offer review & close
We read every offer for terms, not just price, and hold your hand through inspections that always surprise first-time Eichler buyers.
The team
Who you'll actually work with
Eric and Janelle lead every Eichler engagement personally, backed by a 25-person team with more than a century of combined experience.
Janelle Boyenga
Founding Partner, Compass · DRE #01254725From a family of engineers, contractors, and designers. Leads pre-listing and project management, family trusts and transitions, and the preservation-first approach to prep.
2,102+
Homes sold across Silicon Valley
$2.1B+
In real-estate volume closed
1996
The year Eric & Janelle started the team
#1
Compass real-estate team in Silicon Valley
No pressure
Come to an open house and say hello.
Or send a note. We're happy to talk Eichlers whether or not you're anywhere near a move.