Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-18
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Revival of Individual Building
Regarded as Probable.
SUBURBAN SUMMER HOMES
Supply of Country Dwellings for
Renting Purposes.
CHANGES IN CITY BOUNDARY
Various Phases of the Market in
Spring Season as Noted
by Dealers.
CHANGES IN CITY BOUNDARY

residence is to be built during the
present season on the south side OF La
mont street. between nth and lStn
streets by Charles W. Simpson for his
own residence. 1t will have the advan-
tase o. an alley exposure on one side with
openings on that space. The front is to
be- built of brick and the general style
will be colonial The house will have a
frontage of twenty-five feet and depth
O, some fo~ty-five feet as far back as the
kitchen within will be in the back build
ing.
The general arrangement will be that of
the central hall plan, where the staircase
will be separating the parlor from the
dining room. Sufficient room for pas
sageway from the kitchen to the central
hall is taken from one side OF the dining
room. so that there is a means of COM
munication from the back to the front
o. the house without using the dining
room, and also a way of reaching the up
per floors.
Individual House Building.
To some extent there are signs of a
return to the practice which used 10 be
SO general in this city of individuals build
ing houses, which they want for their
own use instead of buying those built for
the market. mere are VI So0iS sc, oo-
vantares asHweIl as disadvantages about
dong ones own building, but the chief
one, perhaps, and what was mainly re-
sponslble for the change, was the uncer-
Iainty about the. cost
IL is SAID that building in some particu-
lars is cheaper than II was formerly. ana
while there has been no change Ill the
cost of labor the price of materials has
fallen Then some OF those who build 10
sell have not been as careful as they might
hnhS of.
ton, and the result is that the purchasers
or their houses have in some instances
cause of diss abstraction when they see
them begin to disintegrate long before
times decaying finger has begun to oper-
ate.
Then again people who build for them
selves get what they want exactiy-tnat
.k, IL they remain o. the same mind long
enough to finish house according TO any
particular plan, and that in itself is salls-
factory.
Suburban Rental Conditions.
Some day, and probably by some new
arrival on the scene, the building of
houses for rent in the suburbs, as we'll
IS in the city, will be begun. Of course,
20 certain extent, that sort of thing is
done now. There are quite number OF
reople who make a practice of leasing
,neir houses in the suburbs for the sum-
salnblance of a supply for those who
want to live in the country during the
season. but who do not care to stay there
the year around.
Otherwise there is not much chance to
get a mouse for few months outside of
the CITY for the simple reason that such
houses are not built for rental They are
Tut up almost exclusively by or for those
who want to occupy them, especially dur
ing the summer season. although II Is
hat 1tHP
han residents each year for one reason
ct another. do not occupy their homes.
The Whims of Owners.
For the most part. then. as it may be
seen. the number of available houses for
rent in the country depend upon mere &C
cidents or perhaps the whim of the
owners. There Is no fixed permanent
supply II the same condition existed
in regard to the supply of houses for
rent IN the more closely built sections of
the city the effect would at once be seen
upon the rent scale. which would go up
ward. The pressure in the latter case
would be greater than in the former for
there are more people who each fall wish
To rent houses within the area of the city
proper than there are those who want
10 get such accommodations in the coun-
try for the months of the summer season.
The interesting feature of tie situation
hu siness is 10 follow the market and
watch It's moods find that the number OF
people who want to get houses in the
suburbs for the warm months is increas-
ing each year. According to their expe-
rience there are more and more demands
Fer just such houses. and they find that
this has created sort OF premium which
nas run up rental values and has made
available, property that otherwise would
hardly be looked upon as in a fl state
for renting uses
High Prices Paid.
It would no doubt surprise those who
are not familiar with the situation TO
know what rental is paid for some OF
the best houses In some of the most de-
xirahle sections of the suburbs. The
figures are what would be classed as
fancy under normal circumstances. and
il is, therefore. not at all TO be wondered