| Show I I I I CHOOSING SITE f FOR COlAGE eDIT AGE How Much To Spend For Lot Big Question BY DY JOHN JOlIN M lIf GlUES GRIES Chief Division of ot Building and Housing Dept ot of Commerce Before choosing a house or a a lot you should decide how much yoU yoUcan youcan youcan can afford aCford to put Into your home When that has been settled and settled It cannot be settled by offhand judgment but requires painstaking estimating Of ot ones one 8 budget for tor sev several eral oral years In you oU advance ou can go 50 ahead with choosing the tho site elte you buy a 0 lot or a house practically the tho same considerations will enter Into your choice of lo- lo location location lo location cation The question of how much to spend for tor or the lot Itself comes up at once A great deal depends on v whether hether the lot Is Improved ed or not Where street paving side side- sidewalk walk alk water ter electric gas and sew sew- new newel el age Improvements have not boon made you may be ablo able to obtain a alot alot alot lot tor for less lees than fl file e per cent of the cost of ot the house and you ou probably not go above 10 p per r cent cant It If Improvements have been made the cost of the lot may mav be considerably higher but It should rarely run above 30 per percent percent percent cent LOSE INTEREST You must remember that If it you OU do not expect to build tor for some sometime sometime sometime time after bu buying Ing a lot you ou will III lose loso Interest on your our money In- In In Invested vested ested In to the tho lot and that thU you will willbe willbo III bo be paying out taxes and possibly special assessments for tor street and other Improvements which must bo be added as pa part art rt of ot the cost of the lot even esen tough though Its Hs value may have Increased by the time you build Where an unusually e ehouse house Is placed on a n cheap lot It will probably be out of keeping ket Ith nearby houses and will no not command a good sales price It I too cheap a house is ne built on an n lot It may be difficult to find a 0 purchaser and In such cases the cost of the house may add practically nothing to the sale sales value alue of the lot Choosing a site for tor a home homo Is usually a matter of compromise particularlY In the case of large cities where one must decide be- be between between be between tween a small lot In a more con con- con convenient and accessible location or orI ora ora ora a larger lot farther away from the center This problem Is often orten close close- closely closely ly Iy bound up with that of ot a single house as compared with Ith a double house orla or ja a house In a row De- De Detached Detached De Detached houses on large largo lots are preferable but on narrow lots they I frequently have middle rooms that depend for tor light and air on sIde I yards three or fh iva e feet wide anc and may not be so desirable as good goodrow goodrow i row houses FOR POK A site with a yard vard especially where grass can be grO grown grOn n Is par par- particularly particularly d for or families Ith children and a space for a 1 vegetable garden I Is also one ono of the tho nd that may go with a good good sized fixed lot with chil- chil children children chil children dren should be near good schools and playgrounds Many people do donot donot donot not care to Ih live lice e on streets upon which there Is heavy traffic at night and streets carrying through traffic are often orten dangerous espe- espe especially espe especially to children The Tha general location of the home may depend largely on the part of the city In v which h Ich t the e members of othe the family are most to be employed It should be either within walking distance of the probable place of wor work or In reach of good transportation The mere mero promise that a trolley or bus busI I line will be pro provided prodded Is not enough Ability to reach shopping centers Is Important for tor or the housewife I While a family may think that i It would like to live Ilse near and friends this factor should not note I Ibe be given gl too loo great consideration |
