The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-03
CHARGE OF HIGH
Rents IS DENIED
r. E. FazackerIey Says Houses
Are as Cheap Here as
Elsewhere
Comparison With Transbay
Towns. Shows San Francisco
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by owners sof dwelling houses make
the renting OF flats. apartments and
houses practically probibitme in San
Francisco.
This staten ent is -denEed positively
by agents renting honse s. and they
quote figures to prove stiaa the rentals
demanded for Hnodern houses are by
no means excessive and that they COM
pare favorably with the rents asked
for in nearby towns There viii be
always a difference offs openion as to
what rent should be paid between a
man renting a lapuse and the man
who has a house TO rent. but it is
wrong to assert, say real estate agents,
that the rents for dogniciles IN the city
are prohibAtive and excessive. They
say this is not the cases and r. E.
Fazsckerleo1 assistant SECRETARY of
Baldwin & Howell. gives figures to
prove the truth of his assertion.
COMPARISONS MADE
In discussing this question he asks
what kind Of houses do people get in
the eastern larger cities for the rents
paid here, and tells of the unsRpeakable
quarters in apartment houses at rents
that would n gake the average San
Franciscan gasp with amazement. II
any one thinks rents are high in the
city let him look into the rent ques-
tien OF other towns in the state.
Rents, he says. -skre by no means low
in Berkeley. Oakland and Alameda, and
in addition to the rent there is a com
mutation ticket OF 50. In towns like
Sacramento high vents are demanded
for fats, which by no means compare
faVorably with fats renting for the
same figure in this city. while in
Fresno houses are So scarce that own
srS ask and receive any price they de-
msnd.
Unfortunately, many persons are too
apt TO take what is told them as true.
without troubling themselves to in
VeEtigate- the. accuracy Of a statement,
and it is owing 70 this the belief is
widespread that rents are abnorma lily
high in San Francisco, says the expert
RENTs NOT TOO HIGH
ackerley says that rents are nor
NAL and That they have reached the
basis which existed be1ure the FIRE
There was time when rents were -ex-
oreitant, but owners dong ago saw the
folly Of maintaining high prices before
the innumerable number of new fats
that were being erected He says that
there are a humber of pleasant fats
with well lighted rooms which can be
room. in nsighborhoods which have ali
the facilities Of good car service and
schools. Good houses. too he asserts.
can be rented for $50 month, with
two stories and every modern con-
Venience.
There is no city in the country Of
the same size where comforta BILE
houses can be rented for that sum- he
says. People pay fTiffS as much for
FnmcHE 0f the -of Der
and rent places in the college town
for $50 and $50 which are not as COM
Portable as those rented for a lesser
sum in this city Il is true that the
Berkeley houses have large yards, but
a garden is an additional expense, and
II a man wants garden surrounding
MS home he can rent a place in this
city where he can enjoy this luxury.
ROOM FOR GARDENS
Go. into the Sunset dfstrictr he con
unueds and you will be.able TO secure
A nice dwelling house, new in every
respect, for $40. while cottages can be
rented throughout the Richmond dis
trict for as low as $50. where there is
plenty Of yard room for the cultivation
OF flowers. and in a climate which can
compare favorably with Oakland or
any Of the transbay towns
When a man stops to consider what
fare he viii realize that house rent
across the bay is far higher than in
the city, ana every advantage offered
by the transbay towns can be dup
Heated here.
IN THE MISSION
There are never to be seen or rarely
TO. be seen to; let signs in the Mission
Property owners early recognized the
isct mat houses to pay a fair interest
= on the investment must be kept con-
tlnuously rented. Most of the houses in
the Mission ere owned by the occu-
pants, but those that are rented are
never idle long In. fact there is al
ways q waiting list 10 take house
when empty.
Now, let US take up the question Of
fats" said Fazackerley. In the
rental Of fats a person has every kind
10 choose from. and tenants are Of
'fered flats fronting Mission park rent
ing from s32.50 to $3.50. These fats
are by no means small. They have
six rooms and BATH beautifully I'm
ished, modern in character and attrac-
1dNe in every way. If this is. con-
sidered too high man can get nice
rat IN the Mission district ranging
from s25 TO $3.50
Take the southern part of the CITY.
for example. near Twelfth street. south
and west. where four and five room,
fats with bath, electric lighted. mod
ern plumbing can be rented from SIS 10
$2f.5o- There is no comparison he
tween these fats and the so called i'm
Provements that existed in this district
befere the fire. The territory south of
Market street, between Tenth and
Twentieth, before the disaster was
not inviting to the fastidious. but
IT is entirely changed now. and there
are houses and flats in this district
which are up to date and tenanted nv
2 class of people who keep their houses
in good repair. These houses possess
AL the Improvements that are TO he
found in the houses in the northern
part OF the city which are tenanted bv
a weather class of patrons.
This ought TO proee that there are
houses TO be rented in the city which
can meet with slim purses, and that II
IS not necessary to leave the city TO
get cheap house to live in.
IN NORTHERN SECTION
There has been a great change in
the disposition of the owners Of houses
in the northern section Of the city The
few months that followed after the
fire the greed OF landlords could not
have been exceeded by any other city.
and this had the tendency to give us
the reputation OF having landlords who
had no conscience so far as asking
rents were concerned. This. however
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