Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1929, Page 17

:;; REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, D. C, he Foening Stap. s g . WITH SUNDAY NORNING EDITION T O e FEBRUARY 9, 1920. | HOME & GARDEN 17 APARTMENT HOUSE LEADS WEEK'S BUILDING PERMITS Total Construction projects Are Estimated at $572.155, Made Up Largely of Small Operations. Plans for the construction of an eight-story apartment house, 35 ings and numerous repair and remodeling operations and erection of garages were epproved during the past week by the District building inspector, Col. John W. Ochmann. the total cost of all new projects being estimated at $572.155. This figure represents a considerable increase over the volume of work for which permits were issued during the preceding week. The largest project in the new list of work is the construction of an eight-| story brick and concrete house for David L. Stern at 933 L street, | costing $300,000. Co. obtained permits for 10 brick dwell-; (lot 840, square 1208): to cost $1,000. | owners and | builders; to erect valve housing on roof | exemplifying man: ings in the 1500 block of Isherwood street northeast, while Robert E. Kline, jr.. obtained approval of plans dwellings for the 200 block of Eight- eenth street northeast. Permits were issued as follows: David L. Stern. owner, designer and $uilder: to erect one 8-story brick and concrete apartment house. 933 L street | 4, square 369); to cost |to inclose porch, e | 22, square 2905): to cost $300. Robert F. Delaney, owner; to mak repairs, 241 Virginia avenue southeast | of brick. (lot 21, square 766): to cost $600. $300,000. | Robert E. Kline, jr. owner and| builder; George T. Santmyers. archi tect: to erect nine 2-story brick dwell ings, 208 to 224 Eighteenth street north- east (lots 44 to 52, square 1093); to cost | £45.000. i Thomas A. Jameson Co., owner and | Builder: George T. Santmyers, architect; | to ercct ten 2-story brick dwellings. | 1519 to 1537 Isherwood street northeast (lots 100 to 109, square 4544); to N!t‘ $50,000. Two Brick -Dwellings. C. H. Small & Co., owners and build- | ers: George T. Santmyers, architect: to | erect two 2-story brick dwellings, 3501 end 3505 Reno road (lots 98 and 99, square 2067); to cost $25,000. Waple & James, owners, designers and builders; to erect four 2-story brick dwellings, 5814 to 5820 Fourth street (lots 146 to 149, square 3264); to cost $20,000. Clarence W. Gosnell, owner and builder; Johm D. Cobb, architect; to erect one 2-story brick flat, 625 South Carolina__avenue southeast (lot 50, square 876); to cost $4.000. James C. Wilkes, owner; William HMarris, architect; J. E. Fox, builder; to erect one 2-story brick and tile dwell- ing, 1736 Holly street (lot 1, square 2745-C); to cost $24,000. | ‘Washington Cathedral, owner and | der; to erect two 1-story frame and ile temporary offices, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues (lot —, square 1925); to cost $5,500. Mrs. Annie R. old, owner; Pringle & Arnold, designers and builders; to erect one 2-story brick and file dwell- ing, 1827 Varnum street (lots 10 and 11, square 2648); to cost $11,000. M. Holzbeierlein, owner; Julius Wenig, architect; W. L. Belt, builder; to erect one 2-story brick flat, 1806 Sixth street (lot 50, square 441); to cost $10,000. Frame House Planned. Alfred E: Hazel, owner and designer; to erect one 2-story frame dwelling, 8219 M street southeast (lot 33, square 6509), to cost $2.830. Alfred H. Bellman, owner, designer story e 5 street. northeast (lots 46 and 47, square 5146) ; and ; to erect two tanks of steel Clara ‘builder; tory frame dwelling, 3408 Morrison street (lot 8, 995) ; to cost $7,500. ht Co., owners; George A. Fuller ., builders; to make 620-22 F (lot 819, square 456); to cost builders: to construct steel tank, Thir- teenth street between Water street and Virginia avenue southeast (lots 4 and 6, square E-1025); to cost $12,500. s, owners; Ross-Frankel Con- struction Co., builders; to make repairs, 927 P street (lot 44, square 376); to oost. $4,000. Barber & Ross, Inc, owners and builders; H. V. Russell, architect; to erect support for new elevator, Eleventh and G streets (lot 807, square 320); to ‘cost $1,000. Stone and Stucco House. W. C. & A. N. Miller, owners builders; Gorden E. MacNeil, architect; to erect one 3-story stone, stucco and frame dwelling, 2031 Foxhall road 1338) ; to cost $10,500. A . N. Miller, owners and builders; to erect one frame private garage, 2031 Foxhall road (lot 51, square 1338): to cost $500. Rev. John W. Dowling, owner; C. J. Cassidy Co., builders;. to repair fire damages, 920 Eleventh street northeast (lot 10, square 957); to cost $1,000. 00 CHEVY CHAS The Year'’s Outstanding Ba: New brick and stucco home, Ei six delightful rooms, open fireplace, and a garage to match. THERE IS A REASON LOW PRICE! Open, Heated and Lighted shaft, G lers; to make repairs, Georgia avenue and Trumbull 3064) : Don C. Johnson, owner; ! designer; erect one 1-story frame and concr block dwelling, 5021 Avers place apartment | east (lot 6, square 5328): to cost $1,51 H. Collier, owner, designer and | manding positio Thomas A. Jameson |builder: to make repairs. 3104 N street | ton on Mount Vernoi John | builder; T. A. Jameson, Myers, builder; Maryland avenue northeast square south 915); to cost $500. Review Herald Publishing Assocla- dwell- | tion. owners; Davis, ka.t Rnsen‘gart'en vari ses, Lwe 11 flats | Co., Inc., builders: to construct elevator of various classes, two smal e | street (lots 3 to 5, square 3339): to cost $3.01 Eastern -_avenue Wick, Rosengarten Co., Inc., buil street to cost $1,000. ot —, L. M. Barnes, builder; Fleischman Co., for nine | at Langdon Station northeast (parcel 164-24, square 4282); to cost $300. Wi illiam D. Sterrett, owner 925 Quincy street ( Brick Garage. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bright, owners; M. G. Yost, builder; to erect brick ga- rage, 1118 E strect southeast (lot 56, | pealing perspective to the house. square 982): to cost $400. small circular garden plot breaks the D. Simone, owner; W. Shirley Ris- don, designer and builder; to remodel, 018 Eighth street southeast (lot 8 | square 928): to cost $675. Robert E. Anderson, owner: H. ontinental Baking Co., owners; Da- square | and to erect three tile garages, | 3700-03-04 Thirty-third place (lots 28, 29 and 30, square 2066); to cost $600. owner and builder. to make repairs, 809 lot 39, teresting Residence in Arlington County, Va. HOUSE OVERLOOKS Broad Face of Expansive Roof Marked by Two Chimneys. 1- ete | esting home of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. south- | Ahalt, now in an advanced stage of a large site on a com- n overlooking Washing- n avenue, Arlington 00, | construction on | County, Va. mounted by an interesting balustrade, arked by large colonial chimneys at lof B is type of house. The facades will be | The house will have a fitting setting, | plans calling for back from the avenue, which gives ap- walk leading to the main entrance, while the entrance to the two-car garage, lo- cated in a wing at the left of the main portion of the building, runs directly in from the roadway. wide expanse of unbroken lawn to bal- ance the proportions of the house. The land to the rear falls away in a 11, G. C. R. Ahalt Building In- POTOMAC AND CITY The charm of the Southern colonial type of architecture, which had its most D. M. Davis, | authentic development in this part of to | the country, is illustrated in the inter- Here will be seen shortly a new home y of the features of | the Southern colonial mode of archi- | tecture: Tall, stately columns, support- |ing a semi-circular portico roof, sur- |a broad face of the expansive roof ither side and broken at the front by | three neat dormer windows, typical co- onial shutters and other features of careful landscape treatment for the acre plot in which it is being erected. The house is well set A There is, thus, a| | Robert E. Ellsworth, owner; to erect brick retaining wall, 3426 and 3434 Sev- enteenth street (lots 810, 100 and 814, square 2620); to cost $700. D. J. Dunigan, Inc., owners and builders; to inclose porches, 5027 Fifth | street (lot 36, square 3254) : to cost $750. | D. J. Callahan, owner; Warren Spen- | cer, designer and builder; to make re- ;pnirs. 2136-38 New York avenue (lots 1804 and 806, square 87); to cost $750. Clyde D. Garrett, trustee; William E. Lucas, builder; to erect one 1-story con- crete block and brick transformer vault, by be of gradual slope of sufficient grade to make | ;.he Pesemenc virtually on a ground floor | evel, among other landscape treatment. A view of the city of Washington house, while from the rear there will be & vista of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps Country Club. Due to the slope of the lot to the rear, which makes possible ample light for rooms in the basement, this portion The rear lawn is to be enhanced a lavishly developed sunken garden, will | had from the front portion of the the house will be given unusual . GamAge (Second Floor Plans Are Illustrated 1310 Ridge place southeast square 5603); to cost $600. F. C. Johnson, owner; Duncan & $on, designers and builders; to make repai: 1883 Third street (lot 812, square 3096); to cost $300. Mrs. James M. Johnston, owner; Da- vis, Wick, Rosengarten Co.. Inc., build- ers; to make repairs, rear 1731 L street (lot 37, square 163); to cost $500. N. L. Sansbury Co., Inc., owners and builders; to erect one brick garage, 3542 Porter street (lot 106, square 1956); to cost $300. N. L. Sansbury Co., Inc., owners and builders; to erect two brick garages, 3230 and 3236 Porter street (lots 38 and ”bghum 2067); to cost $900. erect three garages, Jefferson street (lots 98 to 100, square 3209); to cost $300. Clara A. Power, owner; B. O. Grant, builder; to court (16t 141, square 28); to cost $350. y Bros., owners and builders; metal make repairs, 930 Sno (ot 49, | 512 to 516 treatment, giving virtually an additional living floor to the house. In the base- ment will be a large recreation room rs, f across one end, having an artistie fire- place, hardwood flgor and rustic finish- ing. In another portion of the base- laundry, maid’s room and bath and a furnace room. In true colonial style, the house is of the center-hall plan. From the portico at the front center one will step into a vestibule, on _either side of which is a coat closet. Beyond the vestibule is the center hall, 11 feet 6 inches wide and 22 feet deep, at the rear of which is a lavatory. The staircase is at the left side of the hall. ‘Through a wide dpening at the right side of the hall entrance will be had into a living room 16 feet wide and run- ning the full depth of the house, 28 feet by interior measurement. The liv- ing room is connected with a large sun porch in the right wing of the house. Also at the right side of the living room is a great fireplace of brick construction to wS ment floor, entirely separated, will be a | "5 | Spegial Dispatch to The star. , | up values in any particular neighbor- . | sections that boast of such organi- 46th Street $11,950 rgain. Large corner lot, fronting 114 feet on paved street, excellent and convenient section of Chevy Chase. Entire lot sodded and attractively landscaped. COME OUT AND INVESTIGATE! Drive out Wisconsin Ave. 19 Leland St. (north of Bradley Lane), turn east g Leland St. one block to 46th St., or phone Wis. 2875, M. & R. B. WARREN, Realtors CIVIC GROUPS AID VALUE. Community Organizations’ Work Surveyed by Baltimore Realtors. BALTIMORE, February 9.—One of the most important factors for holding hood, according to realty developers here, is the formation of some wnpeol community organization that will take upon itself the task of holding the occupants of the houses in line so far as improvements are concerned. A survey in and around Baltimore of zations shows these neighborhoods are | in better state of repair than other | localities that do not have such civic groups, they say. License Laws Taken Up. Proposed laws compelling real estate brokers to be licensed by the Sf in which they practice are before the Legis- latures of Texas and Indiana. In both States the State Associations of Real Estate Boards are actively supporting the passage of the laws. ANTED—TWO ENERGET- IC LIVE REAL ESTATE SALESMEN The right men can secure a real sales contract and make real money the 1929 sales season just opening. Plenty of new, modern homes and live prospects. See M. C. Shapiro, V. Pres. The Joseph Shapiro Co., Inc. 1416 Eve St. N.W. Main 8949 E, MARYLAND period type, attractive side tiled bath with shower, bronze ul:::,' FOR THIS AMAZINGLY Daily and Sunday Until 9 P. and of colonial To the left of front of the house is the dining room, ' attern. the center hall at the New Home Portrays Southern Colonial Type > e on Page 20.) | Home of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Ahalt on Mount Vernon avenue, Arlington County, Va., now nearing completion, which is being erected by the Brumback Reaity Co., from plans by A. F. ‘Thelander. deep. 'This room connects to the rear with an entry from a side porch con- necting with the garage in the left wing of the house. The entry also leads to the kitchen at the left rear of the house. The kitchen will have the latest style equipment. There is a breakfast nook in extreme left rear corner of the house which will have a view of the rear garden. The center hall has an opening upon a great old-time south colonial porch at the rear, 30 feet wide and 10 feet deep, which will overlook the extensive lawn and garden in the rear lot. On the second floor there will be three bedrooms of large size and a den at the front center over the first-floor hallway. ‘The master bedroom, at the right front, will be 16 by 17 feet and will connect with a private bath at the rear. Two large closets will be located on either side the small hall connecting the which will be 16 feet wide and 15 feet bedroom with the bath. Off the stair it e e S Sty 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 $10,500,000. Wooded villa sites, lots, and home values exceed 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. Main 8685 Near Bureau | brand-new all- CLEVELAND PARK - 4100-2-8 38th Street Corner of Upton Street Spacious and roomy | semi-detached homes at the remarkably low price of of Standards brick i ‘The walls of the rooms generally will be of decorative plaster, while the co- lonial trim will be in white or ivory tones. Concealed radiation will be pro- vided, with radiators recessed in the hall on this floor also will be a second large bath, serving the other two bed- rooms, which will be 16 feet wide and 12 feet deep each. Closets will be in the section between the front and rear bedrooms at the left of the house. walls. There will be two additional bed- The house is being built for Mr. and rooms and a bath on the third floor, | Mrs. back Realty Co. hed by the center-hall staircase. from ler. In 1922 construction of homes in Washing- ton, both on the basis of number of units, and dollar value of the buildings, was di. vided approximately 30% apartments and 1 70% individual houses. DETAILS DECLARED NECESSARY IN REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS Omissions May Prove to Be Embarrassing at Later Date, Says National " Board. Omission of details of real estate transactions in the legal documents covering sales or transfers of property may prove embarrassing at a later date, says the National Association of Real Estate Boards. ‘The matter of including all pertinent details in realty contracts is so im- portant for the successful consumma- tion of real estate deals that the bro- kers’ division of the association has adopted a standard form of contract containing clauses that provide for vari- ous contingencies, W] is used by ‘members throughout the country. What should be contained in a real estate contract for sale? The associa- tion - quotes its general counsel, Gen. Nathan William MacChesney of Chi- cago, who says: “In_the sale or exchange of real property it is highly desirable that a sales contract should be used covering the terms and conditions of the sale before the technical details are taken up. There should be a complete under- standing as to all the terms of the sale. Nothing should be left undis- cussed and unsettled, and after such understanding is reached, so far as possible, all of the terms and condi- tions should be set forth in the sales contract. If the seller intends to keep his promises, he should have no objec- tion to putting them in writing. It is not to rest anything on a mere ‘understanding’ between the parties, as there is always a period which elapses during which one of the parties to the transaction may attempt to withdraw from the agreement, much to the detri- ment of the other party. “It frequently requires from 60 to.75 days to ascertain defects of title in a plece of real estate and have them re- moved, during which period, if there is no binding contract setting forth the agreement, the purchaser and seller may get so hopelessly apart that the sale or exchange may never be made. The agreement should be signed by both the seller and purchaser. If the seller is married, the spouse should be made a party to and sign the contract. ‘This is not always mls, but it is the safe way of b the dower interest. “Neither party to a contract should be permitted to sign an incomplete contract. The details afterward filled in may be insignificant, something the propriety of which no one could ques- tion; for example, completing the de- scription or indentifying a deed or mo . But the very fact that any change at all is made leaves the door open for a like question to be raised as to all the provisions of the contract. Onee it is proven that any change at all has been made, however, slight, the whole contract is then in question and depends on the bare word of those pres- ent when it was ed as to what the contract contained. The parties to a contract must be set forth with the same precision as is in deeds. If the purchasers are to take as joint tenants or as tenants in common that | | | | fact should be set forth immediately following the names of the purchasers. “If an heir contracts to sell an estate which he expects to inherit, the pur- chaser may enforce his rights against the seller when he acquires the title. “The seller should see that the de- scription of the property includes all the right or title the purchaser may have in the street. If the street is ever aban- doned then the title thereto will be in the purchaser. The principal value of such a right, however, is that if the municipality ever takes title to the street, the then owner of the property would be entitled to the compensation given the owner for the property taken in this way. “To avoid any difficulty as to whether gas_ranges, refrigerators or other fix- (Continued From Seventeenth Page.) “15 a Day” Every architect, realtor, builder, present and future home owner should con- sider an Exercise Room or Health Room in each home, hotel, apartment house, of- fice building and club. Regardless of all modern appliances used today for the general welfare of the public, no consideration is given to Health Equipment for proper and beneficial exercising. An Exercise Room or Health Room will have a distinct appeal to all. Health Equipment Co Chas. G. Graves, Mgr. 1 obby 15, Investment Bldg. 15th at K St. NW. Metro. 4269 of rie At eclting SeRpmient H H % etk i In 1928, in striking contrast, we find the situation exactly re- versed. During the past year, on the same basis, the division has been approximately T0% apartments and % individual houses. NOT mere opinion, but facts and figures warrant the statement that construction of private homes in Washington has definitely swung away from individual houses to group homes or apartments. The reasons are obvious: In the apartment home marked economies are possible through group construction and operation with greater comforts and conveniences. And now, the one remaining advantage of the individual home as against the apartment home— personal ownership by the occupant—has been swept away through Co-operative Apartment Home Ownership. During the past five years, 18 buildings, some 360 apartment homes, housing nearly 1,500 people, and valued at more than $4,000,000.00, have been built and sold by M. and R. B. War- ren, and are today in successful operation, demonstrating the soundness of the plan. Today, in Tilden Gardens, the newest development of M. and R. B. Warren, you may own a co-operative apart- ment home of six rooms and two baths (floor plan to the left), ordinarily renting for $150 to $175, by a reasonable initial payment and monthly payment of $122, including taxes, insurance, operating charges and all other expenses. Of this $122 monthly payment, an average of $61 is a sav- ing, an investment, and applies on the purchase of the apart ment. In a surprisingly short time the resident ownms his apartment home and thereafter the total operating expemse should be but $37 per month. The home owner’s real cash investment, therefore, has been merely the first payment, his total monthly payments being actually less than the normal rental for such an apartment. location, environment, beauty of surroundings, an apartment home in Tilden Gardens leaves nothing to be desired. The economic advantages, the comforts and conveniences of this type of L ] - garages. 1412 Eye St. N.W. - 813,500 Six hig rooms, two tile baths with latest fixtures, breakfast and sleep- ing porches, open fireplaces—lots 33 feet wide with effective planting, paved street, paved alley and brick Reached via Wisconsin Ave. to Van Ness or Upton Sts., then east one square to 38th St. OPEN SUNDAY ALL DAY Hepces & MIDDLETON, INC. Realtors Franklin 9503 apartment home: residence speak for themselves. May we welcome you soon, while each size, style and arrangement of apartment is available for inspection Model home, charmingly furnished by W. B. Moses & Sons, is open every day until 9 p.m. - TILDEN GARDENS Distinctive Development of M. and R. B. WARREN Connecticut Avemus ot Tillen Street—Just south of the Bureau of Standards—Phone (Reveland 600%