The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-23
SMALL FLATS PAY BEST
THEI ARE ~ BIO u,\b
AND ARE SIT DOW IACI\r
Take Ae Place OF the Disapp~arinx al,
style Boardlng House and App-a, e..
People Who WIsh 60 spend a. ,Ju,,
Time In the Country ~ Pos.t,,i.

People vino Wish 90 spend a. Nh,
TIme In the Country ~ Pns.ibi,
/ Small apartments containing f-pr, IT,.
to Ave rooms are now IN great ds,n,-,
Manhattan real estate agents ~ t..,
never before have they recs,vei - rra-,
Inquiries for small suites Various r..,.
sons are offered in explanation H..
, DISAPPEARANCE OF the old style board .,
house 10 one Of them whioh - neye- lr.
ted
The old time boarding hous. Is 1,l...,
becoming IA thing of the past ms.
were kept IN old private dwelling ,,.,
private dwellings have becn tori Tow.
in great numbers lately To max. way f..
tall apartment houses and business. h,,l.t
ings in districts like the new ntl,.ur
wholesale and retail section When tf.
private dwellings that housed hnard.-,
were forced To go under the bD,r-.-.
went into apart ment houses and ~.
boarding house keepers migrated O.. r..
outlying bOroughs.
An Increasingly important factor ..
the changing attitude OF the pubhrtrWa-,
country living. Many people Whn di,.t d.
their time between the city and IN. ,n.,,..
try are extending the term Of their s,In..-.
han residence from early in the .pr.r,
until late in the fab As result rno..
who formerly thought II necessary ,,
maintain large quarters IN the citv are
now sat isfied with small apartments vino.
can he kept open or closed as desired NJ.
little inconvenience or expense Sow.
days when the city man and ms FAM
wish To run down 10 the country 10.
few days II in an easy matter to turua.a-
an the front door aud go away wlih tr.a,-
conscience and an extra suitcase I.av..y
the city ha' IN charge IT the rau.r,.
Similarly the homecoming has lost ...
teTrors.
At any rate whatever the cause tho.
exists this fall "A great demand f1r no
small apartment. and buIlder~ who ara
meeting the demand are finding a ready
market for their houses and a f,iU ROM
roll A matter Of fact renting agent.
seem to be unable To supply the demand
for small suites ~ say one two tIr.a
or four rooms and kitchen or kitchener.
For the benefit of the unnitlatad II nav
be explained that q -kItChenette con.
tains a sink with running water. an -
boX. a one or two hole gas coukIuE ,,.
pliance a small dish closet and = dun.
waiter or some other means ~ reo.iy.r.
supplies. In short. the up 90 date sItch"r.
cite may he said to consist Of a miniature
kitchen minus the familiar laundry 'tn-
the gas range and perhaps the olt-Id-
window IL occupies little -uara D..
easily looked after. and yet II EQUIPPED
that the tenant may prepare 4 -ImpIa
hot meal for one or two person, WITH
out the necessity of re-orting g. hat
Mecca 81 furnished roomer- the dau-
Catessen store.
The strongest reason advanced y
builders for not erecting more houses
with small apartments u that the ,l..
~ tenants desiring such quarters l. not .
desirable one To cater to. This may have
been true in former years but conditirg.
have changed conzidera bly, ~ lat"
Other reasons urged nv builder agalr.'
such houses are that the initial n.,~' (
construction ~ greater. that IN" 'uaIr.
tenance expenses are higher and 'hti
building loans nn such enterprise ara
hard To obtain against these arg.
m~nts may h" placed the facts thai CON.
slderably more rental per room NAV 20
ohta lned for apartments " two rpNur-
than Tor apartments ~ eight and tra.
the percentage u vacancies IN IN. hoI.as
of small quarters il less than In ihu.A
containing large suites only
The last objection. tho diffictil'v :
obtaining building loans IL probably
tho least important. a. n has bon r'-
peat"diy demonstrated IN this city Nr'
whom the time for building any C"rft|u
type Of structure has arrived and '|'
demand for such building il stronc enough
he financial support will 10 forthcoming
ne builder has merely to dcmOns'r-f=
la the lcniing institutions that he ha, .
paying proposition and under normal
market conditions h" can s.'~rIr. 's
necessary aid.
4 majority ~ the real estate agor.
who make a specially - apartment hr..a
renting and managing are IN favor -
he building 81 structures ron'truIr:
small suit"~ One ~ them Expressed ~
opinion on the subject a. follow,
We have ave-a g.d tins Y"tr In -
.nrInG season az least fif'r,.u ...I-
lay IN our ofic" for small suites f-.u.,
desirable class - psopl". aud ~" ror
strongly in favor u the erection = r....
houses Of this kind especially on f'" b.. ia
'irC"ts IN the Seventies and Eig. Piece
We bel"v" such buildings will r"tFHv
Ind tenants and a. prices Whio' r.1
'Cturn To IN" owner a better f"-rCu' .-.
N hts inv rtm.nt tnan - po-~'hI" 'r.r..
lollsHs confirming only large apar'~'r'-
This last stitom"nt would -'...u ..
answer the objsCtion that building T.N
mail suites are moro costly ~ CONSTR
ION than those with llrg" apartment.
Desirabl" apartments ~ s"von ur ,I-.'
'Ooms IN elevator houses may N" found 'H
plenty this year AZ n rent ~ - from -
q s25 room wh.r"ls IN" few -u..
lpirfm"nts which arc ~ T." hHd ."
ringing all IN" way from So tu - s...
~ $50 room