San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-27
EXTRAS COST
sM0RE MONEY
/ IN BUILDING.
When Desiring "Built-ins"
and Other Features Ex-
pense Must Be First.
APPEAL TO WOMEN
Homes Built For Sale Must
Have Features Femin-
inc Buyers Want.

A survey Of what women look for
when in search of new home,
whether it is to be rented, purchased
or built, reveals many interesting
facts worthy of attentions of all pros
pective home builders and home buy
ers-
The woman in search of a new
home may have played nah jongg in
her own living room and those of her
friends all winter without the subject
of fireplaces entering her thoughts,
says the Milwaukee journal. But
when she starts out to look for new
home, ah, what a different story |.
Real estate men and agents who pilot
hundreds of couples through pros
pective homes say that nine out OF
every ten women ask first:
is there a fireplace in the living
room?s
The tenth woman usually wants one
too, but is of more practical turn of
mind. She realizes that if she insists
on having fireplace she will have to
pay for it.
The difficulty with the nine is that
each desires a fireplace, but rarely
figures that the additional cost of
that feature must be included in the
higher sale price-to which she is OBJ
jecting-or to the monthly rental of
an apartment she considers exorbit-
ant. It is not until many persons build
homes of their own that they fully
realize how much these desirable feat
ures, which are not, however absO-
lutely necessary for comfort. or con-
L.
The Breakfast Room.
Second on the list of what women
desire is the breakfast nook or din
ing alcove. 1t would seem that the
desire of every, wOman's heart is to
have pullman diner" This is par
ticularly true of the woman whose
family is small. No woman likes to
place breakfast for two in the more
formal dining room. It's more work
and the result is not in the least salts
factory. Cheerfulness of atmosphere
and convenience make the dining al
cove popular.
Those who can afford one should be
very careful to note its location in
relation to the kitchen range. Unless
it is well placed, the odor of cookery
will assail the nostrils as unpleasant
ly as is the case when breakfast is
eaten at the kitchen table. Those who
can't enjoy their bacon when clouds
of blue smoke sail from the stove will
not find relief in a breakfast alcove
WHICH is right in the kitchen itself and
too near the range. The dining alcove
costs as does the fireplace, SO be sure
that it is placed so that it is worth
what you have to pay for it.
The built-in buffet, a few years ago
considered indispensable, is becoming
rare. In many of the newest homes it
Is entirely omitted.
So enters the easement cupboard
into modern dining rooms. The man
who builds house or duplex to sell
quite naturally does not know whether
the purchaser will have a complete
dining room set. The easement cup
board solves this builders problem. 1t
usually extends the width of the din
ing room, above which are placed four
or six easement windows.
Don't Overlook Closets.
Closet space receives attention by
women home choosers. Why men who
plan and build homes give so little
heed to closets is one of the unsolved
riddles of the universe. Practical wom-
en- who realize that they can forego
many desirable features of a house
and still make an attractive and COM
Portable home will refuse to buy or