The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-23
COUNTRY HOMES In DEMAND.
THERE'S A GROWING DISTASTE
FOR COUNTRY BOARDING..
Men OF Moderate Means Who We're COntenf
with Hotel life Hire or BW, cottages
Tor Their Fanlllcs-d hancc for Good
Investments I'm Renting 10 Them.

The desire to be householder in the
summer time la stronger in the United
States this year than ever before, and
in the opinion of real estate agents and
other authorities on the subject, this dis
position grows stronger yearly. Some OF
the larger resorts in this country which
first sheltered their guests in hotels, grad
ually became villa settlements, until the
life Of the hotels grew to be Of very little
Importance.
Narragansett Pier and Bar Harbor were
the most notable instances Of this change.
Nowadays the life of those places is con-
fined almost entirely to the cottages. al
though the hotel guests manage to have a
good time among themselves.
The new house seekers, though, are not
of the kind found at these places. They
do not build hands>m and expensive homes.
They want, in the first place, something
that will serve them as living place dur
ing the summer months in which they will
he able to live their lives just as they do
at home. They object to changing their
entire mode of living just because they
have gone into the country The peou-
liarity Of hotel life, the caprices and ex-
actions of landlords and the other incon-
veniences inevitable to living in some one
else's house have combined to make per-
sons of moderate means, as well as rich
folks, eager to have their own homes for
the summer.
To be near New York is, of course, the
desire Of most of these lessees of small
houses. A result of this has been to put
into the market many houses which had
not been contemplated az possible summer
homes for New Workers. Some OF them
were farmhouses. others the homes of
regular residents of the villages, and new
plumbing, paint and paper have freshened
them up until they rent now for three
months at twice what they used to cost
year.
A young man of means looking for a
good way of investing some Of his wealth
built recently number Of charming houses
down on Long Island, within short distance
of the city, and now rents them on reason
able terms, il three-year lease is taken
He finds that it pays well. The first twenty
he built were Immediately rented, and he
now builds the house when the tenant
appears willing to sign lease for three
years.
"The demand for inexpensive houses in
the country said real estate agent in
West Forty-second street began five or
We can rent or sell almost any old thing
in the way of house nowadays, so long
as II Is in the country and not too high
The demand for these houses comes so
quickly that the supply is not large. But
investors have seen that money is to be
made by providing inexpensive houses,
and the supply will soon be much larger"
1t is not only the persons who want to
rent houses who are getting into the coun-
try. Small houses to be bought are con-
stantly being sought.
Il went some place to call my own
and go to every summer without this rush
ing around trying to find place that suits,
is what we hear every day" said the same
real estate man But these house owners
OF the new type are NOT wealthy They
want the house and the land for as little as
they @ an get it for, and it is usually neces-
sary to make for hem the most favorable
conditions about payments,
Ten ve YRS ago this type of man never
thought OF building a house in the country.
He went for few weeks TO hot ell or board
ing house, and was delighted TO do that
But now the trend of taste in this country
has changed, and every man who can
possibly afford it seems to want to own
his own home for the summer, or, if he can't
do that 10 rent somebody else's. In any
case, he doesn't want TO live in a hotel or
boarding house, if he can help it,"