. Garden cities in theory and practice; being an amplification of a paper on the potentialities of applied science in a garden city, read before Section F of the British Association . and drainage ... Total . .. £20,0009,516 484 .. £30,000 For of building„ site„ roads and drainage ... Total . .. £10,000 19,032 968 .. £30,000 Here we see that they exactly balance. So that in caseswhere the land costs less than £9,516 per acre it is cheaper tobuild in cottage form, whilst in cases where the land exceeds thatfigure, block dwellings become the more economical. But thecost of land in
. Garden cities in theory and practice; being an amplification of a paper on the potentialities of applied science in a garden city, read before Section F of the British Association . and drainage ... Total . .. £20,0009,516 484 .. £30,000 For of building„ site„ roads and drainage ... Total . .. £10,000 19,032 968 .. £30,000 Here we see that they exactly balance. So that in caseswhere the land costs less than £9,516 per acre it is cheaper tobuild in cottage form, whilst in cases where the land exceeds thatfigure, block dwellings become the more economical. But thecost of land in large towns exceeds the balancing figure of£1 19s. 4d,, hence, financially, lofty block dwellings are anecessity of town life. It will be observed that in this consideration the rental* is notaffected—albeit, tenants would probably prefer the cottage type. * The cost of repairs and maintenance is rather in favour of cottagedwellings, the average of these coming out at from 25 per cent, to 33 percent, of the rental, as against from 31 per cent, to 44 per cent, in the case ofblock dwellings—a saving of from 6 per cent, to 11 per cent. COTTAGES, PORT SUNLIGHT. 402 A. PARLOUR COTTAGES PORT ELEVATION
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