Sandalwood

A Blast from the Past

May 16, 1999

Did you know?

The home at 10958 Aloha Drive was in the 1962 Parade of Homes.

The original Sandalwood ranch style homes had the following options:

Sliding glass doors
Wall wide vanitories
American Standard bath fixtures
Formica countertops with white porcelain double sinks
Seven choices of brick, stucco or concrete block painted in three colors, some had redwood trim
Built-in GE kitchens, range exhausts
Leonard aluminum awning windows
Storage rooms
Choice of bath fixture colors: ceramic tile in blue,grey or brown - no green
Bath skylight
Choice of asphalt floor tile or terrazzo
Breakfast bars
Covered or screened lanai patios
Economical oil heat
Yorktowne birch cabinets in choice of 7 finishes (style Tulip Magnolia finished in Sanduran)
Solid concrete drives
Concrete sidewalks
Large lots - 80' x 125'
10 minutes from town
10 minutes from beaches
15 year bonded roof
Shadow walls
100 amp wiring
1, 1 1/2 & 2 bath plans
Three bedrooms
One palm tree in the front yard
A louvred/screened front door
Carports
Floor to ceiling float away closet doors
Formica window sills
Optional air conditioning

If you know of further information, for example, color combinations of the homes, please let us know so we can add it to our archives. We have copies of 1960's newspaper ads.