The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-26
Dull Week ThatW asWel-
coined by the Agents
Who Rent Houses.
SUBURBAN DOINGS:
MU CHI BUILDING
Many Home-Makers Throwing
Up Rented Houses, but Others
Take Their Places-Ginter
Park Extending Limits.
Much Inquiry Along
- the Boulevard.

Inere was undoubtedly lull In tho
real estate business line last week.
II the aggregate of any agency's sales
was more than $4,000 that agency
kept it's own counsel and refused to
let the man OF news know anything
about 1t. There were rumors in tile
early part of the week OF large trans
actions, some very large ones. but
these rumors being pursued with en-
crgy, 1t was found that those largo
I deals were still on the string. IL they
are anywhere. and arc not yet ripe
for plucking.
AS a general rule. the agents well
come dull week just at this sea-
son OF the year that is, dull so far
as land selling is concerned. for Just
now they have to keep pretty busy
getting their rant lists and other
things pertaining to the rental busi-
ness in shape. June Is notice day."
that is. renters on the one hand and
owners on the other give notice of u
change. Some of these notices have
to be given ninety days before the ex-
piration OF lease, some sixty days
and some thirty days, according to tho
terms of the lease or the particular
agreement. a majority of the leases
expire August 81, and SO June 1 IL
notice day.
Home Builders Quit Renting.
1t has developed that very many
more notices are to be given by rent
ers this year than usual; indeed. many
, have already been given that said
renters will not need the premises
aforesaid" after August 81. This SIM
ply means that more than the usual
number OF renters have been home
making for the past twelve months
| and will hereafter roost under their
| own vine and iiG tree. However, this
! does not mean more vacant houses, for
| moro people arc locating In Richmond
| every week in the year. and as soon
| as II renter builds his own home and
throws up his lease new renter hobs
! up to take the premises. But all OF
| this changing around creates a great
deal of work for the agents. and so
| 1t happens that they rather welcome
n dull week as to sales, and they had
! 1t last week.
More Fine Houses for Northampton.
| However. there was some activity
| in the suburbs. and numerous sales
| of building lots and small houses are
| reported. Golsan &c Nash tell OF the
| sales of six or more lots In Club View,
Westhampton. They also made sale
of 1e5 feet of ground on Three Chop
Road, fronting the Country Club, to
| c. w. Walton for $4,000
Mr.. Walton proposes to erect
suburban home on the ground pur-
chased. The same firm sold to George
j. Benson 343 feet on Three Chop
Road corner of Westhampton Avenue
for $4,000, and Mr. Benson has already
planned TO build a 100000 residence
there. Henry Harwood paid this firm
$4,000 for the residence No. 9O1 Grove
Avenue
II, selden Taylor & Co. sold four
West End residences for prices that
aggregated $4,000.
II McCurdy & Johnson sold the hand
i some home corner of Grove Avenue
! and Harrison Streets. overlooking the
j Howitzer Square. for sl4.5oo. and other
properties aggregating $4,000.
Gibbony & Nuckols pulled off two
4 small sales that aggregated $4,000.
i !. Thompson Brown & Co. sold 81.
coo worth OF building lots in the West
4 End and several small residences. run.
ming their sales for the week up TO
II SIS go.
] Hawkins & Ruford did few small
y stunts. hut particulars are lacking.
ii w. NJ. Miller Il Co. report various
small sales OF West End properties. all
OF which aggregated about $4,000.
81 This iirm. which has been located at
! First and Broad Streets, finds that
their increasing business calls for
j, moro spacious office rooms, and this
> week they will move 10 No. us North
Eighth Street which has been hand
somcly ana conveniently fitted up for
their use.
\ Very Much Inquiry.
Several other agents, in fact all OF
them made small sales here and there.
but they all say they were too small
and too unimportant 10 tell about.
AS to inquiry. there is a lot OF it
OF all kinds In the matter of inquiry
the Boulevard and the Battle Abbey
section seem TO be holding the belt
just now. All of the underground I'M
! provements in that region have been
/ completed. that is to say gas and
water and sewerage pipes laid, and
) the surface improvements are TO fol-
low right along, aud 1t is now evident
} never before that mat is going 10 DO
one of the leading SHOW places OF the
city, hence the much inquiry and the
hanging of many PROPOSITIONS ana
near propositions on the string.
! sullivan & Co have placed on the
market quite a number of handsome
| boulevard home sites. some OF them
being In charming proximity to
Reservoir Park. and some OF them in
, equally as desirable tloseness to the
, Battle Abbey. They have already
sites. hung more Of them on tho
st-'ng. and for the past week they
, have been carting and autoins many
( inauirers out to look for themselves.
:, Dolngs In the suburbs.
/ Early in the week the Highland Park
/, Realty Company, OF which j, w. Nc
Comb Is the general manager bought
from the Lewis Gintcr Land and Im-
\ provcment Company thirteen and one
half acres lying between Chambcrlayne
! Avenue and Brook Road, for which the
sum of slS,5oo was paid. This property
adioins Battery Court Addition, recent
II ~ developed by the Highland Park
!. company. and Will be subdivtded and
j developed as was Battery Court and
] Continued on Second Paso.J y rs
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