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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 16, 1909 14 1aty Living Room 19 skt DESIGN Moz SARTHVIR'CTLAVOEN * ARCHT SOmcomp TSR Solving the Home Building Problem (Note.~Tor scveral Sundays answers to? Quentiony; of general interest on home bullding will b given In this department.) | 1. Question: Can an architect absolutely Suaranteo the cost of a home or bullding? | Answer: Many people have the mis- taken iden that it is simply necessary to | tell thelr architect the amount of funds | they desire to Invest, and that he can, as a | matter of course, bulld for them just the | hcuse which thelr fancy pletures, regard- | less of ifs size, or how many bays, porches or other luxuries are dosired. When an architect tells you frankly that ¥oy are attempting to bulld a home beyond your means, do not blame him afterwards tor having wasted his time and yours, if | Fou Insiet upon having your way. Also | temember that your architect s not a tantractor and cannot tell you exactly in | hdvanoe, just what rour home will cost. The architect and contractor bear the same relnti-n as doctor and druggist—the one pro- sctites and the ather fills the preseription ¥our dcetor can seldom tell you the exact caft of the drugs he prescri yet the architect Is often expected to estimate ac- eufatély In advance the cost of a house without knowing what bullders will be in- vited to bulld upoa !t, or how anxicus they May bo for the job, For example: A home bullder went to an architect and had him plan a home which was to cost $4,500. Five, contractors were invited to #ive estimates, and their bids ran from $4,200 to $5,800, with only one eccntractor glving an estimate within the required amount. Had this one contractor, through some chance, not Leen Invited to bld on the work, It can eisily be seen that the architeot would have baen blamed for hav- ing run up the cost of the house. For thiy reascn, it may be taken for granted that ®ny architect who oclaims that a ceftain house enn be bullt for a certain apecified | amount, regardless of locality is not deal- | ing with his prospective cilents honestly An architect can estimate the cost, but no reagoning person weuld blame him for not | correctly guessing the amount of the low- est contractor's bid. Bxperience has proven that it is best to at least double, and sometimes treble, the cost estimate placed on designs which were published by most catalogue archl- tects. These so-called architects have been quick In recognising the weakpess of the average home builder for wanting to put up a large house at small expense and have arranged the cost estimate In thelr eatalogue accordingly, It is a dishonest practice which should be roundly ron- demped. % Question: Why docs one homo some- times cost 80 much mere than anether of | the samo size? Angwer: One of tho easlest ways In which 18 to run up the cost of a hcuse is to include 00 many cdd sigel windows, bays, ingle nooks, window seats, fireplaces, nol- umns, beam cellings, etc., requiring a con. | siderable extra amount of work. One fireplace 1s enough for the average sized | home. It i @ little cheaper to let separate | contracts for the heating and plumbing. It does not pay In the long run to try and | economize too much on the cost of the | Arthur C. Clausen, Architect. THE BEE'S PLAN OFFER Mr. usen is lh‘ author of a well fllustrated book containing a reat ‘many designs “of omes, complete plans for W will be furnished to Bée readers at :Ieedd“c.d prices. The book s enti- lern ich TREE ART, SCIENCEH AND SENTI- MENT OF HOME BUILD- ma, 40 Chapters—00 Illustrations. A beautiful and practical book con- taining complete information on the planniig nnd deslgning of every kind of home. It contains extensive articles 9n that popular style of home, The American Bungalow, algo the Two- tinctive Character, Planning the Cot- tage, the Country Home, the Farm Home, Homes for Special Places, The Duplex Housé, etc. There are ex- tensive fllustrated articles on en- trances, windows, stairways, fire. places, 'porches, kitchens, pantries, cement construction, articles on what not to do in bullding a home, the Let- ting of Contracts, the Practical Side of Home Bullding, the Sentiment of Home Buflding. etc.. etc. Price, post pald to readers of The Bee, 31. 'Send all to Arthur C. Clausen, architect, Studio, 1018 Lumber Ex- change, Minneapolls, Minn. heating and plumbing: when one s select- Ing the fixtures, they should be good and sound. A tin bath (ub 1s & poor invest ment, and a one-plece endmeled lavator: will save annoyance and plumbers' bills. 2. Question: Wiy do many heating plants fall to heat properiy? Answe There are probably ton poor heating plants to one good one, and the favlt is more often due to a lack of heat- Ing capacity in the boller or furnace, as the case may be, than to any other single cauge. No matter how much radiation, or, in other words, how many registers or radiators, there may be in the house, if the heatet has not sufficlent capacity to keep them hot, the house will not be com- fortable. It I8 a gord plan to order the boller or furnace a lttle larger than the required capacity, for it Is sometimes found after the home is bullt that a cer- tain room requires more radiation to mek it comfortable, or, when this Is not neces- fary, it future additicng ere made to the home, extra radiators wil be required. And, In the meantime, & large coal bed in | the heater, with plenty of good heating suiface in the boller, 1s cheaper and less } annoylng than @ heater of small capacity. 4 Question: Is a fireplace an unneces | sary luxury? What are the best material to bulld them of? Answer: There Is nothing more cheerful in & winter's evening than a bright wood fire In an open fireplace. Yet this is a luxury which everyone cannot afford. A fireplace s not only & meuns of getting @ quick fire, but when properly designed it is also an ornamental addition to any room and & good ventilator at all tim More mistakes are probably made In the et pbullding of fireplaces than in any other one feature of the house, both as to struc- tugal bulld and artistic appearance. The home bullder is advised to have his archi- tect design the firepiace and have it bullt especially for him. There are but very few ready-made mantels on the market that are worthy of golng Into any mod- ern home, The extreme of oddity, inhar- | mony and freakishness seems to have been reached by cabinet makers In the design- ing of some modern fireplaces. A neat shelf projecting ten or twelve inches and a‘plastered wall above, on which to hang an ofl painting, looks far better, shows better taste and s less expensive chun most ready-made mantels. Red is a good color for a brick mantel, although there are several good shades of buff, green and other colors which make neat appearing mantels. If desired, the mantel can be of tile or of stoné. When the latter fs used, however, it Is not advisable to burn coal in the fireplace, as the intense heat is apt | to chip the stone work off on the edges ! toward the fire. 5. Question: Do you advise a vestibule? 1t 80, what is the proper size to make it? Answer: Many people in bullding thelr homes apparently do not take into con- sideration the real object of a vestibule at | the front door and they make this featura | 80 small and cramped that its uscfulness | 16 lost and it becomes a nulsance. The | | vestibule, to be practical, should be large | enough to allow the hostess to close the inside door behind her, admit her guest close the outside door, and then enter the hall. In this way the cold north wind does not force its way into the house and but Mttle heat {s lost. Taking the average all box-like vestibule, here is the pro- ram: The lady of the house enters the vesti- bule, but in order to open the outside door, she must leave the inside door open, #0 that ehe may back in and allow for the swing of the outside door. Her guest, why |18 5o glad to see her, must, of course, shake hands, and the lady of the house gradually pulls her Into the hall, during that ceremony, then leaves her abruptly to go and close the outside door. In the meantime, the entire house has been flooded with the chill north wind and the baby catched cold. The ideal vestibule lo one that 1s at least six inches greater in width than the width of the front door and two to two and one-half times the width of the front door In length, with both inside and | outslde doors In the center of the vestibule. t there is still room at elther or both ends of the vestibule for & coat cloeet, 8o much the better. These need not have doors, o hangltg curtalns will serve just as well 6. Question: What woods make the best floors? Hqw often should they be finished? Answer: Maple, bireh or oak are all good | floors, with preference for' the maple. It is & very close grained wood-and is, there- fore, very easily cleaned and can also be btained of even color. In regard to the proper finish for @ floor, there are a great many of them on the market that are good, and whether it be waxed or varnished, makes but little difference in the perm: nency of the finish, for the finish on all floors must be Kept up. They should be gone over at least twice a year, especially in worn spots. There is no finish that Iy absolutely permanent. \ FIRE PLACE FITTINGS The latest and most artistic Andirops, Spark Screens, Grates, vlace accesgor! RESIDENCE BRICK ‘e have a most attractive display of Face Brick, showing 150 panels of as many different col- ors, shades and effects; suitable for exterior walls, founda- tions, porch plers, chimneys and fire places. Fenders, Fire Sets, Head Dampers and all fire les. SEE DISPLAY ROOM, =+1614 HARNEY ST ¢ TIMELY REAL ESTATE COSSIP Million a Month is Pace Dealers Are Setting in Transfers, WANT NATIONAL EXCHANGE HERE to Detroit Brin with n of Next Meeting to Omaha, Real estate transfers for the first two ecks Of May average more than $38,000 per day, or at the rate of $1,000,000 every month, and If continued, would amount to $12,00,000 for the year, @ tremendous busl- ness in real estats in a city the size of Omaha and In a county as old and well settled as Douglas county. This Is the record. 1. 3 i ) ; o 8 Au #o232a35858s 0, 1 Busaursd s23 While these figures by no means ‘repre- sent all the transfers, they give an idea. Each day the transfers are from 85,00 to $10,000 greater than the totals In the record show, as some dealers Insist on filing for record a deed to property worth $25,000 and menticning the consideration as $1. Al- most all the sales arc stralght sales, The mortgage record for the week shows very few took mortgages except in the case of smaller sales, where a mortgage was given| CAuse ft was & beautiful tract. In those to some loan and trust company. The meeting of the National Real Estate exchange is to be held in Detrait June %, 24 and 2. The Omaha exchange will send & good 'sized Aelegntion, determined to bring the next meeting to Omaha, If there is & next meeting. The natlonal exchange was organiszed In. Chicago. last year, W, T. Graham and C. F. Harrison of Omaha | participating In its organlzation. It was to be an experiment. At Detroit next month it will be determined whether there s a place for such an organization or mot, and whether it will be of any real benefit to the dealers. Members of the Omaha ex- change are somewhat divided as to the use- fulness of the organization. If it continues its existence a book of ratings will be i sued and kept up to date by the executive mecretary’s office. This book will be the “Dun end Bradstreet” of the real estate business, and the man who falls to get it will be a questionable member of the pro- fession. The Byron Reed company convinced it self that the popular price and partial pay- ment plan of selllng an addition s a suc- cess In Omaha when the compahy Batur- day sold thirty-two' of forty-seven lots for $10 down and §5 to §10 monthly. The lots are located between Thirty-first street and the boulevard and the South Omaha line. The addition is called Summit addition and Is quite a desirable, moderate-priced residence dlstrict. Spmething of the demands In the business district may be imagined when it is knéwn the Corn Exchange State bank cannot find a suitable place for a home. The corner of Bevériteenth &fid Farnam streets, now oecupled by the Smith Premier Typewrliter company ‘will be vacant When the new Kennedy bullding s ready to be oocupled, and the bankers have considered the Joca- tlon. The offices of George & Co. In the Board of Trade bullding are serlously con- sidered, but George & Co,” have not said they would vacate. It is suggested th buflding will probably be erected by ea: ern and local capital at Sixteenth and Harney streets and In that event George & Co. would likely go to the new bullding, since the site is controlled by the company, and should the City Bavings bank look for a new home, it might also look In the direction of Sixteenth and Harney, which would relieve the situation as to a lack of banking roome. The Brandeis bank 1s out- growing Its quarters In the big store and a new home may be required for it within the present year. An office bullding with a banking room woyld be a success almost any place in the downtown district, In & subdivision of the Megeath home- stead located at Thirty-second and Lincoln avenues, fronting on Hanscom park, the D. V. Bholes company has opened an adai- tion known as “Marletta Place, which contalng only nineteen lots, but they are valued at $4287. The cheapest lot In the addition 1s priced at $1,580 and what s con- sidered the best and largest tract 18 priced at $4.250. Mr. Sholes says there 18 no doubt REL Creigh, Bee Building GERTIFIOATD. OF ETATE OF NEBRAS F AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOU LINCOLN, February 1st, 1009, IT 18 HEREBY CERTIFIED, That the Delaware Insurance Company of Phila- | delphiia, In the State of Pennsylvania, has complied with the Insurance Law of this State applicable to such Companies and is therefore authorized to continue the business of Fire and Tornads Insurance in PUBLICATION | A QFFICE oF | T8 I ate for the current January §ist, 1 Witness my hand and the seal of the Auditor of Publie Accounts, the day and year first above written, BILAS R. BARTON. (Beal) _Auditor of Public Accounts. C. E. PIERCE, Deputy. year ending o (o i e s o the lots will bring the price. The Megeat. homestead was selected In an early day be- days most anything around Omaha was avallable, but a man who was looking for & beautiful home eelected the Site now being cut up Into small city lots. The Anchor Fence company completed the park fenco around the Fleld club yes terday In time for the opening. There was over @0 feet of fencing, including that around the courts and parks. Sunderland Roofing ecompany has just completed putting & roof over the Colendur house of Thomas D. Murphy & Co. of Red | Oak, Ia. The Payne Investment company will con- duct another landseckers' excursion Tues- day, leaving with a party for Scott's Bluft county, where the company in one week and on one trip sold §143,800 worth of the Tristate Land company’s tract. The party will have a special car and will be joined | by numerous landseekers all the way from | Omaha to Scott's Bluff, as was the case | on the first excursion. Land dealers In Omaha are planning to taken a part in the United States Land and | Irrigation exposition to be held in Chicago | November 21 to December 4, belleving it | will offer an excellent opportunity to show what the lands In the west are capable of producing. Omaha companies have lands for which they are exclusive agents from Lower California to Montana and from Florida to the Hudson Bay. Sofls, samples of the products and photographs of these tracts and the farms on them will be taken to Chicago from these various tragts. D. L. Carpenter has bought, through the Payne Investment company, the southeast corner of Twenty-eighth and Howard and will erect at once a four-apartment brick flat. Harrison & Morton report that Mr. Harry Tavender has just started his $5,000 bunga- low on Florenct boulevard opposite Wil- llam I. Kierstead. They also report a sale of an acrs boule- vard lot & little farther north bought by Mr. Walter A. Meyer, who expects to bulld a bungalow. They also report the sale of efghty acres of land from the A. J. Hansoom heirs to Chicago parties, who will hold the land as an investment. The exact price of the land Is not given, but was in the neigh- borhood of §200 an acre. This eighty acres of land has almost a romantic history, Nearly twenty years ago it was bought from A. J. Hanscom by Max Meyer Bros, for 340,000 or 00 an acre, they paying Mr, Hanscom $15,000 cash and giving & mort- gage for 85,00. A little later, they were offered $100,000 for the property and Mr. Hanscom urged them to sell it and pay him his note and have a margin for them- selves. They did not do s0 and afterwards the mortgage was foreclosed. The land, which had been platted as an addition called Manhattan, wi ted as an ad. dition and ts now sold as an unplatted plece of acreage. It les about three miles southwest of the postoffice. TheOvercoated House is the Coming Fashion By this simple process an old frame house may be made to look like a new stone dwelling .and last much longer. It will be more comfortable in winter with less cooler in summer. 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