New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
HOUSEKEEPING
This Weary Task Is Not So
Homeless 4s 1t Seems.

i've been house-hunting for three weeks
and now / think I know nearly everything
there is to be known about finding place
to live in SO far as New York Is concerned
AS 1t ha ppens I'm not going to move aItef
all. but 1 thought l was. and my search
for a new abode was thorough one Nost
nsrsor,s have their house-hunting still TO DO.
and 1 could give them few Userui Ups
The speaker was a woman whose expert
ence in these matters extends over mucn
greater period than the three weeks just
mast for she has lived in New YORK for
good many years and has hunted houses
and apartments before
In the first place she went on, L
should advise those who find they have 10
move not to set into state OF panic, put
tn go to work calmly and systematically
in the firm belief that what they want
EXISTS and therefore will be found
eft must be remembered that New York
Ia made I'D of lot of different sections.
each one of which has such distinct char-
acter Of its own that II IL like a little city
u,tth,n the greater one The first thing 10
10 is to and out which one of these little
cities Is best suited to your taste ana
MEANS Then. when you've chosen local
ttv 60 IN and down the streets and look
at everything that is vacant If it seems 10
be IN the least promising. Don't depend
an the real estate men, for they know very
r,t,e about apartments Make up your
mind before you start how many rooms
Won must have. but II you decide on nve
rooms don't for that reason decline 10 look
az six-room apartments. There will often
be little difference between the rent OF the
Az. and the six rooms and the extra room
Will do you and your family no harm lou
"a, mali. a s+oreroom of II II you have no
other use for 10.
Won Will often be surprised by finding
in hixh-priced neishborhood nat that Is
,,,,b,n YOUR means Sometimes there will
~ A building In which the apartments on
.s.h aoor. for some reason that makes
,heu none the less valuable 10 you. are
* less a month than any others on the
street.
Another thing I've found-and this WASH
20 two or three years ago-is that you
can generally get the apartment you want
for 3 less than the price asked. Some
times tho janitor will say when he men
tfons the amount of the rent that perhaps
the landlord will make concessions. " hs
saws nothing about concessions then it's uy
10 you to suggest them. and he is not likely
to declare them impossible Apartments
seem to be going In search OF tenants jus,
now. This IL partly because they t.ve
been overdone and partly because a lot OF
people have gone up above lsoth street. OF
10 Brooklyn or Long Island 10 live
'Of course. every one should look for
comfort. There are apartments that have
attractive entrances and art,s,ioally deco
rated sitting rooms and are sadly lacking ir
the things that make domestic machinery
run smoothly. The bathroom i. probably
dark. and there may be no china olosst II
the dining room and very little closet room
anywhere. One thing thought OF in Aver,
placed looked At was corner uhsra ~,
sons could study without being sis,urh.r
either by themselves or by company. wher
we had any This Is somath,ns -,
should always be taken into consIaarat,n,
when there are children in the ,.,,,,,.
There may not be any royal road n 49,,
Ing. but there's no reason why the n.t, :,
the rising generation should bs -.
necessarily dificuIt. VII
Sefore dee'oins on a new HON. ~, i'm.