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to sell. Some are built to order; Others
are erected first and sold afterward.
The terms OF purchase are as rule aute
easy-three or four hundred dollars down
and the balance in monthly. payments
OF from $40 TO $50. This includes both
the cost Of the land; plot perhaps so by
low itself The total cost will be any
where from $ooo up to $4,000. The
average will be about s, 500. BY putting
UP twenty or thirty bungalows at time
development company is able 10 order
iis materials by the carload. This means
saving Of from rs to SO per cent. in the
the fact that land companies can sell
houses at price far below their cost
OF erection individually.
The people who buy their bungalows
ready made do 30 mainly because that
IL the cheapest and easiest way Of secur-
ing a small home. A built 70 order bun
Ralow is more expensive and requires
in the making. On the other hand
when It is done II posseeses certain in
dividuality that the ready made home
usually lacks Then too a man who
buys bungalow ready made takes II
on faith The material used in its con-
building may have been put together just
as it should have been. but it's purchaser
has no assurance of these facts beyond
the word of the company that sells the
| bungalow to him. II the. land company
is reputable and majority OF them
are the bungalow will no doubt be
actually as sound as 1t is represented to
/ be; bit il the selling concern is not
honest and unfortunately a considerable
number doing business In this city are not
honest the man who buys one OF their
.bungalows soon finds It uninhabitable.
The safest plan for a man who can
afford II Is to go to q reputable architect
and have him design bungalow and
oversee it's construction. Then its owner
knows Just what materials 90 to make up
his home and II is left to his discretion
or to that OF competent adviser the
architect. to decide whether the materials
and workmanship shall be good or bad.
for tne a SnaH"'E smaIi family. Il is designed to
accommodate economically from two
to four people. When the number Of.
occupants exceeds five 1t is usually good
policy to add q second story rather than
to increase the ground floor area. This
is often done by making the roof high
peaked affair and fitting in beneath it one
or two large bedrooms lighted by dormer
| such a house is not exactly bungalow,
but it belongs in the bungalow class,
Oftentimes when greater space is
needed two bungalows are placed side
by side and joined together by means Of
an additional room. This will give space
! for a family Of six and their servants.
Take, for example. two four room bunga.
lows each twenty -one feet square. placed
side by side sixteen feet apart. A large
dining room. fifteen by sixteen feet in
size. Is placed between them. This room
contains a large open fireplace and Is
finished in hardwood. Two bay windows
open from it upon pergola that unites
the two front porches.
One Of the original four room bungalows
will contain a large hall. in which is
second open fireplace, a guest chamber,
pantry. servants bedroom and ser.
wants bathroom. A kitchen eleven feet
square will be added to the rear Of the
first bungalow. l.,
The second bungalow will contain a
living room. also with an open fireplace,
three bedrooms and bathroom. Alto
gether there will be ten rooms and two
baths.
A portable bungalow Of this. type
constructed OF chestnut, yellow pine and
asbestos panels. as described In a fore
going paragraph. could be bought for
about $3.50.