Housing up-to-date (companion volume to the Housing handbook) . 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
Housing up-to-date (companion volume to the Housing handbook) . 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 22/6 per month to workmenearning not more than 30/- per houses comply in all respectswith the borough byelaws, andeach house has separate drainagewith manhole for access to allbranches, and with rents have been fixed through-out to coverall outgoings, includingcapital
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