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Show t i i UH4i WHATS YOUR PROBLEM? Estate Mr. Meltzer On Real It costs more per unit (sq. foot or cubic foot) to build a small house than a larger similar house. Laymen are surprised when they first encounter this basic law of construction and think builders are taking advantage of them. The reply to Expert Mathematician explains this phenomena. , I think rancher, containing 2,400 sq. feet, for a price of $29,000. We needed the large house because our daughter and her family planned to live with us. Now that she has bought her own home, we reduced the house to three bedrooms and an area of 1,600 feet The builder now wants $22,000. I've done some figuring and Ur. Meltzer: 'We were about to sign a Dear Lincoln r m being taken. Originally the builder was charging us $12 per square foot, now he has increased dm price to about $14 per sq. foot tor tiie smaller house. Is my reasoning correct? contract with a builder for a five bedroom, two bath Expert Mathematician Answer. Your numbers are correct, but your reasoning is fallacious. As a house decreases in size, the tmit cost of construction increases. The walls, partitioning, and foundations do not decrease pro--, portkmately ' as size creases. "The same is true for xost of heating, plumbing: electrical, baths, kitchens and many other components of the house. . . lend Location Recently, a friend built a house .containing over 60,000 cubic feet and the cost was 80 cents per cubic foot. His son built a similar house and it contained only 30,000 cubic feet, but the cost had increased to $1.12 per cubic foot. Another example, ' a warehouse company recently built a cinderblock frame syructure containing 200,000 Square feet at a cost of $4.70 pef square foot A merchant built -- the - same type building but it had mily 15.000 square ' feet and the cost increased to $7.10 per square foot There are no formulas or rule of thumb that can guide the layman. It depends on the type of structure and it's com- -, ponents. However, this generalization is true. small buildings cost more to build per unit (square foot or cubic foot) than larger structures.. fENCH V, t V...S V.T.s & Elegance for Rent & I two-sto- ry 4 bdrms., 3 baths, family, room Kitchen With Built-lns.Carpe- ts, Drapes;C6mple.te7Sprink)ing, ' , V System. $26750 ttutd TRcckkc ecUfaiA 2828 East 33rd South 466-878- 466-312- 9 .,' 7 i- (Continued on page 6) Enjoy the atmosphere and old world elegance of. french styled architecture ....and .Swimming Pool Beautiful Courtyards Individual Steam Bath Air Conditioning , Luxurious Kitchens by Westinghouse 1911 MICHIGAN Exclusive listing in excellent tion. 3 bedrm., 2 $ :vv -' Rental Rates loca- baths. Secluded s A . 4287 SO. 900 EAST , j Studio Apartments v 3 baths, excellent .view. lot with private patio. Stove and 6 refrig. Call Rhoda Ramsey Call Enda Ward for details. EM bedrms, f' . 4 j X 1502 WASATCH 4 bedrms, 2 levels, city - . t 4 .Two Bedroom Apartments ; 5144.00 to 175.00 f V s ment Call Marjorie 135 , large private yard. Take over pay- Apartments 109 to cation, formal dining room, contract with low down One Bedroom DR lo- h $95 to Ml 9 .. i s Gump, l SA A s '' s" , , s AX f v ' HU real: GUMP AND AYERS 1240 E. 21s So. ESTATE 467-944- 4 WHOLLADAY at 2200 East 4800 South Telephone 278-3U- 3 |
