Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-16
APARTMENT MODERN HOTEL
Combines These Advantages, with
Requirements Of Home.
EVERYTHING BUT BELLBoYs
Modern Methods Of LiviRE Have
Made BuiIdinE Of Apartment
Houses one OF Important
Sciences.

An apartment house consists or mod
ern complete homes in a family hotel
with all the requirements OF home and
the conveniences and equipments Of a
hotel with the exception OF the bell
boys and hotel clerks" says a real estate
man.
Modern methods OF living have made
the building Of apartment houses sci
ence. As we have become modern and
fastidious In dress, SO wo have become
in our home life until it is almost inn
possible to rent an apartment unless II Is
equipped with all the details necessary TO
satisfy the most exacting tenant. The
architecture OF an apartment house has
changed and does change as quickly al
most as fashions and amusements. The
demands OF yesterday are forgotten for
the desires Of tomorrow. A few years
ago people were highly pleased with flats,
Of which the St Louis was the most
popular. In these they furnished their
own heat, water took care OF II them
selves, and were apparently quite content
with this mode OF construction. Then
came the apartment house, which has
been changed. exterior and interior, until
today an apartment house is not COM
plete unless It has sun rooms. sleeping
porches. gas dryers, laundries, vacuum
cleaners, refrigerators. gas stoves. and
built-in beds. In fact, modern apart
ment house today Is so complete that It
takes very little furniture to finish It.
Everything is at your fingers end, no
matter what you may want.
Tenant Is Considered.
IF you study the cost Of construction
and value Of land. there would be no oc-
casion for the remark that landlords are
asking too much rent. Not only must
the building be complete in all It's de-
tails, but a tenant expects 80 much more
in an apartment house than he would
think of putting into his own home. The
builder OF apartment houses has but little
choice as 10 what his own IDEAS may be.
Iie must always bear in mind what the
tenant will expect and demand from him
II he wants to fill his building and keep
II rented.
Tho saving that tenant makes by
living in an apartment house Is often
under-estimated. Fifteen dollars per
month would not take care of the differ
ence in the expense OF living In an apart
ment house and renting a detached house
in the suburb When you take into con-
sideratioa the cost of fuel, hot and cold
water when you want IT, janltors serv-
ice. carfarc and all the minor savings
possible in an apartment you should not
blame the owner for charging you for
what you are getting, as nowhere In the
world are you able TO get something for
nothing. II you want these conveniences
and location, you must expect to pay for
il. Also with the constant changing OF
architecture and meeting the desires OF
tenants. the building that is built today
VIII not In three or four years command
tho same amount OF rent. for the reason
that newer ideas have crept into th,
buildings, and the tickle tenant goes
from one to the other.
Location L. Important.
THE first consideration must be the
location. Apartment house jewellers sell
dom climb u hill They want to be on
the car lines or within block, ard they
want TO be within five minutes walk OF
the business district. They choose a To-
cation TO live in where the laad value Is
high and which Is no small pnrt Of the in
vcstment
Not understanding the cost OF construc.
ton, but yet demanding sl conveniences
tenants overlook the fact that the land
lord who buys the lard and erects the
building Is entitled 10 a just return on tbs
money invested. In computing what Is q
Just return to the landlord. not only must
you figure tho cot OF the land and ths
building. but from the gross income there
must first be taken the expense OF
maintenance. taxes, insurance, upkeep
depreciation on building. janitor's service
heat light etG To the the tenant nc
doubt II looks As though the landlord was
charging too inuch, but II you viii inves-
ueate, you VIII find that the expense OF
MANAGEMENT s quite a large item. and n
the landlord looks after the property him.
SELF, he u entitled 10 n salary for the time
ne spends giving the tenant good service
Al an agent looks after the building there
there Is. OF course, specific charge foi
H. but It must all come from the gross
rent. and when you sum IL all up. you
must remen Der that you yourself are re.
sponssble Tor the rent YOU are paying. II
you did not receive all the modern con
fenienees m the apartment house you ar,
1iflhs In, yu would not be satisfied, and
no ono liker to live IN a home. be n IN n,
apartment house or in the resident dis.
trict' that doesn't meet his requirements.
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