Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1928, Page 17

REAL ESTATE -— | BETTER BALANC IS ADVOCATED Property Owners Given Suggestion to| Request Changes F BY DON S. WARREN. In order to correct admittedly bad features of the present zoning classifi cations of property in the District. | which have created a situation in which there has been found to be about four times too much commercial and indus- trial zoning, to the detriment of both these business areas and adjoining residential sections, the roning office today suggested to property owners the velue of changing certan areas from commercial or industrial zoning to residential designations. In making this suggestion, Maj. W. E. R. Covell, Assistant Engineer Com- missioner in charge of zoning, an- nounced that zoning officials in some cases may, in the near future, Initiate & number of such proposed changes in zoning. on the proposition that the ! zoning generally lies in and stated that the com- mission does not plan any wholesale transfer of property from commercial or industrial classifications to residential zoning. that in any case which might arise, changes would be made only after public hearings on each individual case and after careful study of the questions involved. While suggesting certain cases of property now zoned for commercial or | industrial use which should, for the benefit of all concerned, be transferred | 1o the residential classification, Maj. | dc v Residential Designations. He predicated the suggestion, | ED D. C. ZONING BY MA). COVELL | rom Commercial to ] on changes in zoning is to be found in | {the act of Congress setting up zoning ' | regulations in the District of Colum- | bia, in the provision requiring that | public hearings be held by the com-' | mission on changes in zoning." | | However, the zoning executive points | out, careful studies of the present zon- [ing classifications of the District have | showed conclusively that there is now | fe too much commercial and industrial | zone areas, far more than will be equaled by demand for such areas even | when the District is entirely bullt up | “Therefore. if it can be done without | violating the first principle of zoning, | that of prevailing stability of zoning | classifications, certain sections now | zoned for commercial or industrial use. | should be changed back to residential | | classifications.” 2 | Maj. Covell listed the following cases | of property zoned for commercial or| ! industrial ‘use, the owners of which {might well consider petitioning for | change to residential classifications: | Residential Area Cited. | 1. Property now zoned for commercial | or industrial use but which has| cavenants running with the deeds to . the property restricting it to residential purposes. Such property, though zoned for commercial use cannot be used | legally for any other purpose than resi- dential and should be changed to that classification. 2. Big parcels of property not vet! [ be plea: Covell added that the burden of Proof | developed and in some cases not even s to the advisability of changes in all | sybdivided, which now are zoned for | cases would be upon those initiating | commercial or industrial use and for the change, whether it be the commis- | which there is, in all probability, no sion of a property owner. | present or future demnlnd fc»;;1 duse! ‘L; a whole as commercial or lustrial | Pellcy s Ouilined. 4 | areas. There are such long strips of | _As a general proposition, however. he | jand which zoning officials feel would | siated, the commission has adopted 8 |pe more valuable to their owners if all | policy that due to the existing great’ or most of such sections were zoned for | over-supply of commercial and indus- | residential purposes. While theoreti- | trial areas in the District, changes t0 | cally commercial areas have a higher | the residential classifications would be | vajue than residential area, this has approved more or less readily while not peen found to be the case where | changes from Tesidential to business|ihere is a great over-supply of com- | 1ypp zoning would be met with more mercia] area, as in the District, officials | resistance. although _such petitions | garn. In other words, the law of | Geemed necessary certainly would be| qupply and demand supercedes theoreti- approved. | cal estimates as to the comparative Speaking generally of the whole | iye of land zoned residential and ouestion of the zoning of a city, Mal. | jand goned for commercial use. Caovell declared emphatically that as a Projections on Buildings. should be | 3. In residential areas, the soning | reguiations permit the erection of | front porches projecting over the build- | | ing Iines, a thing not permitted in cases | { where 1s zoned for commercial | siabil . “There must not be constant changes from one. classification to another of | Design of House Brings Roof With Low Slope Into Prominence CLIPPED GABLES ) UNIQUE FEATURE L Dwelling Has Two Stories, With Modern Facilities Included in Plans. BY L. PORTER MOORE, President. Home Owners Institute, Inc. This simple cottage gives the lmpres-: <lon of a bungalow, because of the low | sloping roof. Paul R. Willlams, archi- | tect, is the designer, and the plan is No. 251-BTH. The house should prefer- ably face northeast, thereby providing | morning sun in the dining room and a| pleasant exposure for the living room and garden. | “The good proportions of this L-shaped design are noteworthy, the clipped ga- bles and chimney lending interest. Re- lation to the English cottage type of | house 15 evident, and the design would sing when buflt in almost any setting. /It has a full second-story wm\; windows in a gable and generous dor-| mers on the sides and rear. ©One specially pleasing feature of this house is its adaptability to bullding ma- | terials; developed in frame construc- tion. the exterior walls might be fin-| ished with siding or shingles, with com- mon or face brick or with stucco on metal lath, the stucco tinted and tex- tured to suit. Again, the walls could| be entirely of brick, concrete block or hollow building tile could be used and finished with face tile or stucco. | Six Rooms, Laundry and Bath. Inside are six well arranged rooms, | first-floor laundry and bath. The room- to-room vista, to the right and left of | one standing in the entry hall, the clever decorator would take full ad- | vantage of. The labor-saving conven-' jence of the laundry to the kitchen, and | the kitchen to the pantry and the din- | ing room, the kitchen walls lined wih built-in modern accessories, these are points that will save the housewife many a weary hour. Each chamber has cross ventilation. |’ insuring plenty of light and air. The master's room has two good closets and an open roof deck. Second-floor ar- rangement is such that the guest may have all the privacy desired and easy access to the bath, yet in no way limit | the free movement of the family | The roof of this house deserves | A Home-Owning and Building Page Cottage Shown Resembles a Bungalow Home LIVING RooM nean - Y First Floor Plan %iaf SATU#DAY, M for Washington Plaps if}a)fl Horme Owners JTostidu le ® 1827 BED_RIOM 11 s Second Floor Plan MISLEADING METHOD IN APPRAISAL CITED sons for the difference should be ex- plained. l& l&\lll ldv}e\rtlxemnnu of bond issues | should give the neme or names and ad- | Di: i e T e e e aneuld scussion of Standard Forms to —_— HOME & GARDEN | 17 ARCH" 17; 1928, ~and Its Suburbs CONSTRUCTION OF 14 DWELLINGS AMONG NEW BUILDING PERMITS 1 Total Costof All Work for Week Estimated at $291.860—Less Than Pre- ceding Period. . Construction of 14 new dwellings of , erect one 2-story frame dwell arlous types at a total eost 'L Sl e S | Wan'heluded i the e Tist of tocl | LeGAtion oo b b L | puilding operations authorized the | 10 feet of lot 9, square 1903); to cost | buflding inspector, Col. John W. Oeh- | $5,500. | mann, ‘the total estimated cost of all | new work, exclusive of Federal proj- + eots, amounting to $291.860. The total | for the week was considerably less | than that for the preceding week. Included in the list were plans for *he construction of ‘a three-story brick | apartment house, to be erected for W. M. Ward, at 5620 Colorado avenue. Permits were issued as follows: . M. Ward, owner and builder; John Edgar Sohl, architect; to erect one 3-story brick apartment, 5620 Col- orado avenue (lot 811, square 2799); to cost $90,000. A. E. Moulton Co., Inc., owners and : Charles E. Dillon, ‘designer: | to erect two 2-story brick and stone dwellings. 4808 and 4812 Thirtieth utreet (lots 3 and 4, square 2268); to cost $40,000. A. E. Moulton Co., Inc.. owners and | Edgar Mayn, owner: Kolodne & Clad- | builders: to erect two brick garages, |nY. builders: to make repairs, 4201 | 4808 and 4812 Thirtieth street (lots 3 | Georgia avenue (lot 802, square N-3024) and 4, square 2268); to cost $1,000, | to cost $3.200. Bennett W. B. Wender, owner; M. Dwelling te Cost $20,000. builder; to erect two metal private ga- Eaton & Co., owners and builders; | 78€eS, 3538 Thirteenth street (lot 349 | . E. Sholtes, architect; to erect one |5AuUare 2834); to cost $400. “story brick dwelling, 2001 Cortland | _C8pt. J. R. Edie, U. 8. N.. owner: ¥ place (parcel 54-86, sqmre 2100); to | W- Syme, architect: Davis, Wick, Rosé- cost. $20,000. garten Co., builders; to erect one 1- W. C. & A. N. Miller, owners and |Story brick addition. 1628 Sixteentn builders; G. E. MacNell, architect; to |Street (lots 48, 49. 50 and 51, square Other Projects Listed. Homner & Joyce, owners and build- ers; Maurice Joyce, designer; to erect one 2-story frame dwelling, 3620 Hor- ner place southeast (lot 19, square 6091); to cost $6,300. Emily V. Dingley, owner and builder. T. M. Medford, architect; to erect one 1-story frame dwelling, 1512 Girard street northeast (lot 806, square 4018) to_cost $5,000. Thomas A. Jameson, owner and builder; to inclose rear porch, 649 Franklin street northeast (lot 94, square 3641); to cost $300. Charles G. Smith. owner and builder: to erect frame addition, 5601 Potomac :;P_n‘l‘x’e (ot 1, square 1450); to cost | SALES MANAGERS LUNCH. ‘ crect one 2-story frame dwelling and garage, 3014 Forty-fifth street (part lots 32 to 35, 26, 25, 41, 42 and 52 and 53, square 1612); to cost $10,750. W. C. & A. N. Miller, owners and builders; to erect one 2-story frame | dwelling and garage, 3034 Forty-fifth 179): to_cost $8,000. M. Brinkley, owner and builder; to make repairs, 1616 Vermont avenue (ot “B,” square 277); to cost $800. W. H. C. Brown, owner and builder: to erect one brick private garage, 400 T street (lots 809 and 77 to 79, square 3094); to cost $500. street (lot 51, square 1612); to it 70E, & A, N Mier, owners . . C. . N. T, 0 and builders; G. E. MacNeil, architect;. to ’ Tots 30, 31, 33, 35, 36, 5 squar ots 30, 31,°32, 28. 26, 51 and 52, e | 1612); to cost $12,250. Charles, owner and bullder; to erect seven brick garages, 1226 Perry street northesst (lot 30, square 3925); | 10_cost $1.500. owner; Lewis Giles, a Da Ider Ida Kressin, re | | chiteet; W.. H. wson, builder: to | | erect one 2-story brick and tile apart- | ment, 804 Twenty-third street (lot 829, | | Square 41): to cost $11,000. Garden Realty Co., owners and build- | ers; James S. Donohue, . designer; to Lambert McAllister, owner; Brothers, builder; to erect one brick garage, 1450 Hemlock street (lot 17, square 2738); to cost $800. William J. McMiller, owner: Arthur . Starr, designer: R. Blankenship. Builder: to erect brick addition, 3649 . Eleventh street (lot 112, square 2830); to_cost $3,500. ‘William 8. coe, g Kearney street northeast square 4221): to cost $550. Joseph Levezzo. owner and builder: T. M. Medford, architect: to erect on= 2-story brick addition, 2813 M street (Continued on Eighteenth Page.) (ot thought. Because of the pitch and the | l | quote sufficlently from the appraisal re- Be Held Tueaday. port, both as to physical value and in- , i.lcome_ to rrfleccpwrmuy the opinion The sales managers': divislon of the and judgment of the appraiser, and ' Washington Resl Estate Board, com- or industrial use. (Projecting show | T | windows, however, are permitted oni the ' 8rea the color trestment is important. [ ) Inasmuch as there are |Rightly done, the colors used depending many cases of residences being built!on the surroundings, it will give fi‘; Six Regulations Designed to Elimi . |on land zoned for commercial or dustrial property tain use reasonably should be | to stay in that classification. Other- | ‘wise zoning would be a chaotic thing. | destroying property values rather than enhancing them. and damaging the ap- pearance of the city and creating Yazards Tather thin benefit! the health, morals ‘and saf and beauty of the city. Restraint en Changes. reasons, @ tremendous on the person or the official seeking to have the zon- ing of property changed. This restraint 4 | zoning office believes. in- | o!‘“.tl‘,hu o to- seek. hln‘:: owners of such property to seek c! to the residen classification, the | 4. There are cases of property now zoned for commercial or industrial use, for which there has developed, over considerable time, po demand for use for business developments. Such prop- erty probably would prove of grepter value to owners and adjacent pi Tty | owners as well if changed to residential classifications, zoning officials believe. 1f any such changes are initiated bv the zoning commission, Maj.. Covell emphasizes, changes would. be made cnly after public hearing on the merits of each individual case. acter to the design. The comfort found in the rooms tucked close under the roof will be increased if insulation is applied. ‘This will cut down heat loss during cool weather and form a barrier | against the entrance of heat on hot yS. There are 20,000 cubic feet of space in this house. It can be built in the vicinity of New York City. according to the estimates of Arthur Bates Lincoln, consulting architect for Home Owners Institute, for between $11,000 and $12,000, depending upon the materials used. | Outline” of !mlflulh‘l. Outline of recommended specifica- tions follows: . footings under all Advent of Spring Arouses Interest Of City Folk Who Crave Suburban Home |5 BY ARTHUR BATES LINCOLN, Home Owners' Institute. l { N g Jengihen and signs of Spring are to be | ohserved on every hand, the urge t0 g0 | into the suburbs and build that long will be astir again. Be- 7 be built, however. he selection of the site to place it n blindly 00d ties ery de- wg of ol ertablishamnt of n lopment and loce ~m desirable from some point of view falling to rate e top on all es. Bentiment govern the na! choice to guite a degree, but facts should confirm the wisdom of the choice cictated by fesling Since it is & home which you are 40ing to butld, you will wish your prop- wrty o He in 8 residential community; wne which is of sufficient growth W o:tzblish the charscter of your future reighbors, but not too congested to permit your chiléren freedom to romp nd f{resh air. 1 business man's | rty values should This 1z generally the any community whose teady and sound. Verifica- condition ix not alwaye judic inquiries among will furnisn information of When you become a land owner ¥0u become &t the same Ume a tax- peser. The tsx records are slways & glance. They tell a story of conservative eppr nd indicate Jiewise one of usl charges which will go up “owners' Tent” later Public smprovements materially in- eresse the value of any community “Ihese incliude peved sireets and sige- the an v make I¢1l Soon Be Blossom sited will | walks, water supply, street sewer, etc. 1f they already have been installed, find out whether they have been paid for. There may be a large unpaid assess- ment for such work for some years after completion. If none of these im- provements has been made, learn, if | possible, what assurances there are that | they will be. A clear title is one very important requirement for any purchase. Have the title searched, and if you wish pro- tection from loss have it guaranteed. The matter of assessments cannot be 1o strongly emphasized. Where there in even a remote possibility of large later assesments the prospective owner | {must take them into account. What- ever the purchase price of land, it must | be remembered that that land is useless {for home construction unless it 15 sup- {plied with those facilities which are |naw regarded as necessary to habita- | don. The price of the land must in- clude whatever asessments for these ‘rlbll:llllm are required to make it habit- able. Explains Early Cornices. The early American homes frequently | { based thelr ornamentation on classic | tradition, and for this reason m of | the cornjces of the early homes were made with rather a delicate dentil molding in Yelief as the only ornament. Masonry—Concrete walls, as shown on drawings. All foun- dation walls to be concrete block or poured concrete. Concrete to be mixed with wal compound. - ney of common brick, all flues lined. replace of selected brick. Provide ash dump with clean-out door in cellar. b'cm;lenuy—-ul framing lumber we! knots, either Douglas fir or yellow pine. California white pine for exterior mill work and interior trim; oak floors; steel bridging for floor joists; Interior doors and bullt-in kitchen cabinet as required in detailed specifications. Hardware—Owner shall furnish all finishing hardware for doors and win- dows, for closets and casework. The contractor will furnish a correct list of hardware and is to put it on in a care ful, workmanlike manner. All hard- ware on exterior openings to be of brass or bronze. Casement windows — Steel casement windows may be used at owner's option. Plastering and lathing — Three-coat work over metal lath is recommended, A less expensive job may be obtained through the use of one-half inch of laster over flat rib expanded metal | ath or even wood lath., We suggest you obtain alternate bids on metal lath and wood lath. lmuhnnf lumber or plaster board may be used if desired by owner. Metal work—Gutters, rain pipes, val- | leys and flashings to be 16-ounce copper. Painting—8trictly pure white lrad and linseed ofl in proper proportion | with zinc oxide where dealred, or a rood | grade of ready-mixed paint shall be | used. Interlor trim to receive two good of flat paint and one coat of flat mel. Finished floors to be var- nished or waxed throughout as directed. | | New Showing! Our Latest Conception of a New English Town-House Interior shall | ing the separate units of value, includ- seasoned and free from large | ing nate Evil Proposed by Real Estate Association. | 8ix regulations designed to eliminate misleading appraisal practice from real cstate transactions were recently adopt- ed by the appraisal division of the Nationsl Association of Real Estate | Boards. They are as follows: 1. No appraiser should accept an or- der for a valuation in which his em- ployment 1s contingent upon -his ap- praisal. 2. The practice of having one ap- praiser make the valuation of land and another of the buflding and g the total of the two as the true value is unsound and is condemned, as is also the pracetice of having the appraisal entirely on the, capitalized value of the | net income. In appraisals for bond is- sues, where more than one appraiser participates, all the appraisers estimat- | income, should reconcile their re- spective appraisals and sign a joint re- port. appraisal report should state | the condition under which the valua- | tion obtains, and when feasible should | be in detail and upon a standard form. 4. An appraiser should have no inter- est in the property which is being ap- raised unless his interest is specifically isclosed in the appraisal report. 5. An appraisal Yor a bond issue hould, in addition to showing the fair h market value of the property, also show the appraiser's estimate of gross earnings, operating expenses and re- sulting net income. In case the capi- ' talization of the net income and thy valuation are not reconciled the rea- Just West of Connecticut Avenue via certified copies of the full appraisal re- posed of the sales managers of the port should be available to the public at | offices of members of the board, will all times. hold its regular bi-weekly ‘meeting in T %emmml?‘%rmmummm 2 . esday, at 12:30 o'clock. Wholesale Prices Stationa |~ The division will continue the discus- Practically no change in the general sion on standard forms of exclusive jevel of wholesale prices from January | listing contracts and & number of other o February is shown by information | important matters affecting sales de- collected in representative markets by | partments. the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the J. A. McKeever, chairman of the United States Department of Labor. division, will preside. Massachusetts Park The Triangle of Increasing Values —between Massachusetts and Connecticut. Avenues and Woodley Road. Over 250 homes built and under construc- tion. Actual improvements and home values exceed $10,500,000. \Vooded villa sites, lots, central and side hall homes, with lots from 75 to 300 feet front. Call for Literature and List of Over 300 Purchasers Middaugh & Shannon, Inc. ESTABLISHED 1899 1435 K St. NW. NI of several typical ENGLISIT GEORGIAN HOMES. Designed and erected under the personal supervision of one of Washington's In the most desirable section of Buy your home where both neigh- bors and neighborhoods are assured. The standard set for the Garden Spet of Washington is of the very highest and every safeguard is exer- cised for its rigid maintenance. W.C. & A.N. Miller Eleven Nineteen Seventeenth Street Main One-seven-nine-Q AMl 'S _SMART! FOXHALL VILLAGE. Nine "‘"‘8«1’.‘"— Dinest \ VHLLAGE IN TRE CITY S11,500 te $15.500 The site of Foxhall Vil- lage was selected because of the natural condition of* the land, which is admira- bly adapted to the bulld- ing of English group homes. of the ‘The heavy streets and the rolling hills and _valleys surrounding the Village give a true at- mosphere of the villages in Devonshire, Somerset and Hampshire, in southern England. MODEL WOME SURREY LANE (South of Reservele Road) Foxhall Homes Designed by Jas. E. Cooper, Architect ve weat an Que o, BT e a2 v i BOSS & PHELPS. OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS narth ane Mack te Wiscan and fare at 44TR St Ave. SRS 1817 & ar MAIN s3ee Own Your Own Bungalow And LIVE This Spring Welcome glorious Sprl veranda this seasen. 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