The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-14
HOUSES
ARE TO LEI.
Real Estate Men
Talk Much of
Trade.
Rents Have Fallen to
Standard on the
Mainland.
Much Demand for Good Houses
Renting at From Twenty-Five
to Thirty Dollars.

Honolulu rents are now on the plane
of those in mainland cities OF the same
size There are very few desirable
houses empty in the city, and the cry
of hard times which is heard in some
places is not proven in the real estate
market This is the consensus of the
expression OF the real estate agents
of the city. They are a unit in say
ing that there ere but few desirable
houses open to lease and if there has
been an exodus OF tie laboring man
as has been claimed. it is not apparent
in the Honolulu house market.
There is a big demand for houses
renting at less than thirty dollars .
said p. H. Burnette. THE big ele-
phants,-houses of from twelve to fif-
teen rooms are a hard proposition. The
rents of these houses are too high and
they are empty. There is a big de-
rnand though, for houses renting from
twenty-five to thirty dollars. OF course
there are shacks, cheaply constructed
for which the owners want twenty
five dollars a month, and these are
also empty. Rents have come down
within the past year. They were forced
too high in the beginning. When peo-
pie began to come here and couldn't
get a house monied men began build
ing as fast as they could, but couldn't
supply the demand. Now that ele-
ment has cleared out again and bust
ness has settled down. The rents were
too high before. but the prices now OBJ
tanned pay a good interest on the in
vestment."
WAREHOUSES; VIEWS.
rents in Honolulu are very much
lower than they have been for some
years." said r. II. Trent, the real es-
tate man of the Henry Waterhouse
Trust Co. Honolulu is getting into
line with the mainland cities. Twenty
five dollars will rent a nice cottage
here with all the most modern con-
veniences-pIumbing, water, electric
lights, etc, with a nice --ard-a house
that eighteen months ago would have
rented for forty dollars"
1.-The older and larger houses are
vacant now but the new and modern
houses are kept filled up very much
of the time. AS soon as one of these
new cottages is empty, you will find a
family waiting to move in immediate
ly.
Just now the houses in most de-
mand are the cottages, with three bed
rooms. bath, sitting room and dining
room. One that will rent for from
twenty-five to thirty dollars. There
is not much demand for the larger
houses at higher prices, though we
have just rented a seventy-f1ve dollar
house, and fifty and forty-five dol
lar house were taken lately. There is
some demand for all kinds of houses
and not many of the desirable ones
are to be had
WILL L. FISHERS VIEWS.
There is a good demand for houses
renting from twenty-five to thirty dol
lars" said W. E. Fisher. People are
only renting good houses though. They
have got over the farmer idea of hav-
ing a large yard and lettering their
horses in the front yard. They want
smaller yards now and houses which
1T has been too frequently reported
and published by unreliable and de-
signing persons that there were many
vacant houses in this city, thus con-
vas rather retrograding than progress |
sing. These repeated assertions at
racted interest and attention, and I
It once set about an investigation in
rider that L might refute or acknowl-
.dge the charge.
In viewing these facts from the
most reliable sources, 1 deem further
comment unnecessary, except to say
hat the majority of unoccupied houses
Ire of old style and poor in finish. and
frequently in bad repair. for which
he landlords are responsible; and as
mall neatly constructed cottages are
steadily erected in the suburbs. they.
ire chosen and occupied as individuaf
houses in preference to the more
'rowded and less desirable older por-
ions of the city. Thus in each pro-
;ressing year not less than from two