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Show ;rw A it '3 ON TOE T s'i; ru WHEN THE owner of a house you are interested in tells you that the selling price is $40,000, you know t J 5 s 2 T 'is yr V--V ' Tr-- Kf .... ,if. v t.& v. . -- a .?"- 1 -, he doesnt really mean it, the real estate agent knows lie doesnt really mean it and the owner himself knows that both of you know he doesnt really mean it. Hie owner usually adds on to tiie price of a house $2,0(0 or $3,000 Thats the negotiating range, so that ; L& ci- . fe, M- c;.;--- ' V- - ?t - y a l,-i'- -' A "ls'4 O' S, ft .1? p t, . the prospective buyer :J fhn - if. . .. converting the garage Value of this Georgian home was increased by turning the garage into a family room. Overhead door became bay window with canopy, driveway was sodded ovcr, and became patio. Interior masonry was furred with 1x2s and then bred with hardboard. Space heater, iineoleum, cabinets finished it. ri-o- f makes an offer about that much lower than the asking price. If the owner feels that the purchaser is keen about the house and is seriously contemplating buying it, he will come down a bit in price. From there on its a ease of whether it is more important for the seller or the buyer to close the transac- tion quickly. E YOU THIS CQ8&KQ Rtti&E FOR AKD WEfLL Ydm dusus rog& BUYTK3S I IT Coming J 1 FREE. The Com mg Table Rang? Range. Aiuly Associated Press Writer Sometimes, there is a surprise or two in store for one of tlie negotiators Just when the seller is certain the the purchaser doesnt want to the house, he discovers he is wrong and finds the buyer backing off. OR THE buyer is confident that the seller will come down another $1,000, only to find that someone else has come along and paid the amount he thought lo-- was too much I have often thought that all tins is rather silly. Why shouldnt the seller quote a price he expects to get, and why shouldnt a buyer know that the quoted price is the actual price'' This belief is not shared by seme of my friends, two of whom are in the real estate business. It is thc-i-r that there contention should be a little leeway in prices to provide for legitimate negotiations, so that the ultimate selling price will reflect the intensities of the two participants, one to sell, the other to buy. ANOTHER view is that some persons derive some sort of satisfaction out of getting what they think is a bargain, so that if a bouse on sale for $40,000 is bought for $37,000, it becomes a personal triumph. Even if the owner never expected to get more than $37,000 for it in the first place. There are foreign countries whore the price of virtua'iy everything is mmmmrnm comimmmim VO m lUTCIfEr. leg IS In the United negotiable. 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First, die remarkable new CORNING 3 a range so 1, Comings newest smooth-toadvanced it comes with a promise no one else can make: no matter iiow you cook now, youll cook better and work less. ( Imagine. A range with temperature controls dial simply do not allow food to bum or scorch. One that eliminates most pot watching and a good deal of pot washing A range that lets you cook with all of your favorite pots and pans. As well as die set of Cookinates cookware that comes with it. vc invented smooth too cooking Sound mnedible? Weil, come on in and NOW DM DISPLAY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY p cors3i range. y,rv;A . 8 t -- h 11 r r;- ? vs negotiate with the supermarket clerk on the price cf a pound of tomatoes, or the butcher on the price of a pound of meat. If you put your house up for sale, whether on your own or through a real estate agent, youd better make it clear whether your price is absolutely firm. If you dont, everybody its not. pz. v.v$iWA thick. In building a bunk bed for my children, ran I stock for use ooe by the frame? A Yes. Thats a popular size. One word of caution. dont even start building a bunk bed until you have purchased or have on hand the springs and mattresses that are to be used If you build an you may have a difficult time getting springs and mattresses to fit. I am puzzled by the Q. term dry roi p reference to wood. I always thought that wood decays only in the presence of moisture. Does wood also rot when it Is too dry? Q. 10-in- M 1 i off-siz- e, The expression is something of a misnomer, because wood decays in the presence of fungi, which do not grow in dry wood. The fungi, which are plants A. consisting of microscopic threads that are visible to tiie naked eye only when many of them occur together, destroy the fibers of wood when moisture conditions prevail over a H v period of time. The term X may have originated be- K cause decayed wood is often dry in its fined stages K after the fungi have done it their work. H r r 3. F it ': . furring strips? A. It can be clone, but it requires extra care to be certain the sluds are exactly in line, otherwise you wont get a straight wall Make constant use of a plumb lme and a level Also, the studs must be no more than 16 inches apart or. center; that is, 16 inches between the center of one stud and the center of the next. And the hardboard you select mut be at least 3 k - con- cerned will assume that We have a Cape Cod Q. house with an unfinished attic. I am planning to add two bedrooms upstairs. 1 have tentatively selected hardboard for the walls. In order to save some work, I hope to attach Use hardboard directly to the studs. Caa this be done or do I have to nail furring strips to the studs first and then attach the hardboard to the U S fy 1 '$-iT,- d rt ; I te. n siA. :vyJA. 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