Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-01
HOMES FOR THE RICH
Increase in That Class of Resi-
denceS Here.
SEVERAL MODERN FEATURES
Large Dining Rooms and Extensive
Servants Quarters.
BIG BUILDING SITES WANTED
Air and Light Must Be Provided, Es-
pecially in the Case of Very
Large Structures
IG BUILDING SITES WANTED

One of the things that property holder,
are apt to hear just now more frequently
| from real estate dealers than anything else
| is the demand for large houses II is not
claimed such need is a pressing one at
| present. but what IS meant. OF course f.
| that when the season for property of that
| class arrives the market will be there
| In this connection special emphasis IS laid
| on the fact that large houses are the kind
| wanted. In some respects this is not a par
| ticularly new phase Of the market; at least
| 1t was observed during the season that has
| just closed. When the renting season
| which begins here in the fall opened last
year, the general conclusion reached by real
estate dealers was that the supply OF houses
! of the larger class was not sufficient to meet
| the demand
| Not Many Are Built
| Since then there has not been much done
| to supply this want. that It is presumed
! II an equal number of people appear in the
market this fall for that kind OF property
the experience Of the previous year will be
| repeated. There is. OF course a constant
| addition to property Of this sort as people
| leave the city or else change their mode OF
living, and in this way their homes are for
| lease or sale 1t is not often that houses OF
the class are built either for the sales or
the rental market.
One reason for this. and a very obvious
| one is that as the cost OF the property In
creases the number OF people who are able
| or willing to buy decreases Such princi-
pie does not apply to business or other
classes of investment property. to what
/ are looked upon as purely speculative hold
fngs 1t is only the rich who can afford to
| maintain a large establishment as their
home and TO meet the expenses OF that way
of living. 1t goes without saying that
| the rich bear but a small proportion
/ to the rest OF the community.
Some Elaborate Residences.
It is evident. however. the rich people who
| make their homes in this city are increasing
| in number. for in that way only can be ex-
| planned the demand which is now found to
| be characteristic of the market. The style
| of the residences of the larger type which
are going up in this city and which have re-
Gently been built points to the same con-
| cluson. Not only are such houses larger
| than was formerly the case when houses
| of the class were erected, but they are plan
ned for an elaborate mode of life
| In the case OF several houses the pro-
vision made for servants actually in point
| OF number of rooms is greater than that
| for the members of the family. This is
| illustrated in the residence which is being
| erected by Mr.. Perry Belmont at New
Hampshire avenue and 18th street north
| west. There to be In the house four
| five bedrooms for the family. while for the
servants there are to be ten or twelve
rooms. In some houses of large the
entire upper story Is arranged for the use OF
| the servants. with the usual number Of
bath rooms and closets. and forth. All
| this indicates an elaborate made OF living.
and in consequence the houses must afford
| the facilities. Large dining rooms are in
! demand, as well as spacious suites for social
| uses.
Large Building Sites.
| In order to secure the necessary amount
| of floor space 1t has been found that either
| larger building sites must be acquired or
| else those that are bought must be used
| to their fullest extent Unless one is able
| to secure corner lot, 1t is not easy to get
| the required amount Of room on an inside
| lot of ordinary dimensions. There must
| be provision made for securing light and
| air from the sides, hence II is that the en-
| tire frontage of the lot in many instances
! is not occupied, and in order to be able to
| do that the purchaser acquires a larger
| building space than he otherwise would
| have done.
| It may be that the disposition which is
| shown by modern buyers to get more land
is due not only to the requirements of the
| modern house. but also to the fact that
| they have more money to spend than the
| rich man of few years ago. Whatever the
| reason, there Is no 0OuDt tnat BOOQ-SlZed
| pieces OF land In desirable residence sec
lions are much more valuable as entire
holdings than was formerly the case when
the only thing to do with such property
was to subdivide It into smaller lots.
Effect on Land Values.
While the market may be said to have
| improved for large building sites, there has
| been a noticeable falling of in the mar
| ketable value Of single building lots. The
part in the altered conditions of the build
ing market. where. owing to higher prices.
both for materials and labor, the individual
| builder has discovered that he cannot put
I'D a house as cheaply as one who erects a
| number.
Hence It Is the average man who Is ablo
to pay for his home anywhere from 5000
to $50 buys a house instead of having
one built II the individual builder has
given way to the speculative builder ii can
easily be understood there is not much de-
mand for single building lots in resident
localities.
The Trolley Road.
A prospective builder wants tier Of lots.
so as to put up number of houses. and
unless the block OF ground Is OF good size
the demand for 1t at the present time is
found to be q rather limited one. While
the change IN this respect can no doubt ba
attributed III large part 10 lue Cost VI
building. still the development OF the troll
ley road has undoubtedly had an influence
by increasing the amount OF land the
market.
This modern method OF transportation
has made available for use large tracts of
land miles and miles from the center OF
the city. The result Is the outlying sec
ton has come into competition with that
which is near to the citys center
Immigrants From the Canary Islands.
From the New Orleans Picayune
The arrival of the immigrant ship Pho
Mono with a band OF sturdy natives OF the
Canary Islands aboard will probably mark
the cessation of immigration from the
shores of Spain into the new world. The
little band which made up the passenger
list OF the Pho Mono numbered thirty per-
sons in ALL men, women and children.
They experienced no trouble meeting the