Building by a builder; practical and economical considerations for the man about to build (1914)
Howes, Benjamin A · Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 74
combination of design andmaterials will best serve his particular need. The problem is an interesting one, becausethere are so many more people who can put, say,$2,000 or $3,000 cash into a house and pay $600or so interest as rent, than can expend severaltimes that sum; and more especially because… … THE UNBURNABLE HOUSE 57 plain. In the present state of building practiceand real-estate development, such a man needsmore than the persistence of my prosperous ac-quaintance to get what will relieve his mind, andat the same time not cripple him financially. My friend Carson is a case in point, and…
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