Evening star., 1924-03-29
BOOM is PREDICTED
I'm INVESTMENT HOUSES
IN NEXT FEW YEARS
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sider more carefully than those OF the
Recent past the. security of their IN
ynstments- In fact, it begins to seem
as though the security argument VIII
tse the best argument with which 10
tssInpt capital. whether that OF the
Home owner, the financier OF the m
Jestor, to enter the housing market
Fortunately we have the means 70
offer security in a very considerable
degree.
OF capital invested In housing; me Inc
character of the property ITSELF ana
tRe character of the neighborhooo.
&side from the obvious fact that a
house should be in keeping with It's
esstyironment--a millionaireS palace
surrounded by shacks or little cot
tsxe hemmed in by large estates both
sS,ffer from their environment-ai
though it adds in many ways 10 nave
Houses of different sizes ana graoes
an neighhoring streets, the mouse
buyer of the future VIII consiuei'
urobably, certain conditions.
:. Construction Soundness.
2First. of course. is soundness OF
construction. His predecessors may
nave been careless in that respect.
bt,t they brought experience Wnlcn
has been shared with relatives ana
friends Next is adequacy OF open
chat dark or gloomy rooms 90 not
pay and decided that a yard or
Garden is worth having. AT Ieast'
So our recent building seems IA IN
ticate partly perhaps because OF tne
conpulsion of zoning regulations. but
partly. it is to be hoped, because we
have learned from experience Al
least one gets the impression that
even apartment house builders pro-
vide more open spaces Wmch Heais
people inside the dwelling. II is,
However, not only because of light
and air. and even a garden. that open
space is desirable.
fThe housing shortage has mace US
Consider again old dwellings, on
which in many cities we had turned
osfr backs in pre-war days. TO our
surprise, we find in them a charm
which we had forgotten and which
appeals even in these days. when
4alue of good designs. and II we
found also that they were set IN
grounds ample enough to permit OF
alterations and additions, they nave
become prizes. We have learned that
the investment value of a house Is
Increased materially II II mas space
10 which. to expand.
May Build Additions.
This leads us to our next discovery
that new houses may De built small
If built according to a plan which
permits additions without spelling
their room arrangement or their ap-
pearance. For many years we nave
been making more or less blind at
tempts to produce a house that can
grow as its family, grows or as its
family income increases. Zion City
in the days of Zowte contained many
half houses, the open sides roughly
boarded up pending fulfillment. Some
still stand in their original condition,
weathered shabby eyesores and det-
riments to their neighborhood
Other cities have seen the hopeful
home owner house his family in a
garage, spending on the sanitary and
kitchen equipment of what he be-
lieved would prove but a temporary
shelter, money, lthe expenditure of
which delayed-perhaps prevented
the building Of the home, of which
he dreamed, and meanwhile the
garage max eshifts. injured the char
scter of their @1eighborhood.
Architects have taken up this en-
tertaining problem and are showing
US that one can design three or
four room house which may grow
into one OF six or eight rooms, pro-
vided the lot is large enough, and be
as convenient, as comfortable and as