Housing up-to-date (companion volume to the Housing handbook) . , for 80 ^1,883, or ^235 „ at 3I „ for 60 „ Roads ... ^51, or ^6 los. „ at 3! „ for 20 „Sewers,etc. ^71, or ^8 los. „ at 3! „ for 30 „ Total ^,^2,196, or ;^2 49 ,, inclusive. The total annual repayments for interest and principal are ^95 perannum. The rents are 7/6 per week, producing ^156 per annum. Mr. Capps cottages are in one block of i o, the elevation being relievedby gables. The walls are brick, with rough cast on the second storey. The front door opens direct into the living room or parlour, andthere are th
Housing up-to-date (companion volume to the Housing handbook) . , for 80 ^1,883, or ^235 „ at 3I „ for 60 „ Roads ... ^51, or ^6 los. „ at 3! „ for 20 „Sewers,etc. ^71, or ^8 los. „ at 3! „ for 30 „ Total ^,^2,196, or ;^2 49 ,, inclusive. The total annual repayments for interest and principal are ^95 perannum. The rents are 7/6 per week, producing ^156 per annum. Mr. Capps cottages are in one block of i o, the elevation being relievedby gables. The walls are brick, with rough cast on the second storey. The front door opens direct into the living room or parlour, andthere are three bedrooms above. There are also a scullery, larder,coal cupboard, and The garden is about the same as the othercottages. The cost was as follows : — Land ... ^219, or ^21 per cottage, at 4 per cent, for 80 ... ^1,916, or ;!{,i96 ,, at 3! „ for 60 „ Roads ... ^66, or ^6 los. ,, at 3! ,, for 20 ,, Sewers, etc ^§5) or ^8 los. ,, at 3! ,, for 30 ,, The annual repayments of principal and interest are ;^99 per CoRNEs Model CottagePioneer Combination. 177 Neath.—A site of 2 acres, i rood, 22 poles, has been bought for^1,240, or at the rate of ;£s°° P^^ acre, and will be covered by61 houses, of which 39 are erected or in course of erection, in blocks ofsix or eight. Of those completed 14 are of Class A, let at 4/- per week,costing ^121 each for building including paving footpath, and 12 areClass B, let at 4/6 per week, costing ^141 each for building. Thecost of roads and sewers for 39 houses is ^667, that is to say ^17 perhouse, or about ^400 per acre for site development, as against ^20per house or ^500 per acre cost of the land itself. The houses areintended for workmen earning not more than 25/- a week. A loan wassanctioned in 1904 for ;^7,ooo for carrying out the above scheme, and a further loan of ^4,650 has beenapplied for to complete the schemeby building 22 cottages Class C,costing ^180 for building, and tobe let at
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