New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-03-29
THE RENT QUESTION.
RATES STILL HIGH.
NOTES on Observation-Disclosures HOUSES

NOTES on OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES HOUSES
MORE COTTAGES WANTED.
The rents Of first-class houses are neither
higher lower this year but the supply Of suoh houses
in the market sufficient for the demand Numbers
OF tenants IN good houses satisfied that they have moth
Ing gain by changing this year renew their leases at
the and there chances for people coming
from out of town get dwellings that will suit them
second-rate houses those in secondrate localities,
rent considerably lower than last year Very good bar
gains may be had In always desirable. in
the lower part Of seyenth-ave TO Fnteenth-st La
fayetepace houses letting low, hut the very size
of spacious houses renders them untitled for most
families. The best thing be done with these houses
which long viii be abandoned by their owners, ia 70
remodel their interiors into apartment houses This has
done with double houses Secondave with great
success HeighbOrhoods on side, between Sew
enth and Nnthaves even, plentiful, where neatly
kept streets orderly houses and pleasant surroundings
overcome the disasteful Influences the The
rent Of fOurtOry brick houses with oonyenences - feet
front, in very decent neghbOrhOOds 81 400 The
between Sixth and secondaves, not in the most
select places, would be worth $500.
Colonizng favOrte plan for people. such those
beginning in business who study economy with comfort
The want OF convenient buildings down town has driven
some tenants INTO strange quarters made eligible In spite
OF their name Real brokers cite Of stylish
people who have taken fats in the buildings
Thlrd-aFe. ike those the
St. rather than 90 farther up town. These finished
with uncommon nicely, and approached by SIDE en-
frances Very nice have just been built farther up
Thrdave.. which will De popular with business people
because line OF uptown cars which makes trips
swiftly aud frequently enough 70 be depended upon for
regular transit These ats rent for 500 thercabOut,
while flats with no finer finish few biJcls below the
PARK sixtaye rent for $500 and sO and old houses
LexingtOn-Aye, remOdeled Not IN the most suDsan-
tia convenient manner, $500 door, from ground
garrett. The prices for floors suites IN the first
ART ara N r. Of nm
the frs door Of the stevens house. at Twenty
seventhst ana F1thave., rents for 5000 year. IN
furnished.
Really not more than 5000 ought TO he the rate for
threestOry 5rOwn-stOne houses, with all cOnyenences,
bargains OF this he found, but they
need looking after. The work in the house Is often
sighted ID Dundlng' ana must be narrowly examined IN
cheap houses. Not unfrequenty there cellar he
low basement and the whole house is damp and
wholesome the penalty. In fact, at present IN New
York cheap house IN most means some sort OF
disability which makes II next 20 impossible for people
live III II at all The fOurstOry stone front, high on
trance house, which the summit or the New
Workers. ambition IN house renting. Is held from $1,000 20
year, aud there before said, scarcity Of
such dwellings Above FOruethst. rents Of desirable
houses are reasonable enough threesOry houses rent
ING Tor 800 and fOurstOry fer $50 and lower.
Furnished houses more frequently offered TO Let
every succeeding year. The lists OF Leading special
$4,000 The former price for threestOry nigh
stOOp houses below the Park between the best avenues
nearly All The favOrte price, Judging from Its
frequency, Il 1850 The hghestpuced houses are OF
extra width, eegHnty finished ana avlshiy decorated
that the rent Tar enough from paying interest on
first cost The question OF house rents study 70
every NewlOrkeT. The umOr that effort Will De made
the apartment favor Of small houses,
afi0rdng and an with every other condition
OF health and economy, points 10 another decade at
least. Next year the most, the year after that
notable decrease in the prce OF houses, when
parts OF the island % minutes reach of the
CITY Hal; anti TINS will do more toward making the
home possible than any amount Of special effort