How to Choose a Site for Your Dream Home
A practical guide on selecting a lot focusing on neighborhood stability, utility availability, and proximity to schools churches shopping and transport. It advises consulting an architect early, checking zoning and deeds for restrictions, and ensuring land cost stays around 20 percent of total budget before beginning plans.
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Federsl Housing Administration
West Memphis
Ark
Polk W. Agee
Memphis
Survey on Elyria home ownership occupancy planned
The Elyria Better Housing Headquarters conducts a city survey to determine tenant versus owner occupation. Enumerators review County Auditor records to assess ownership and property value, with a final report by June 30 showing tenant occupancy totals and home values. The effort supports housing programs under the National Housing Act with FHA insured loans.
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Elyria
Better Housing
Elyria Home Advisory Council
Better Housing Office
Elyria Better Housing
Federal Housing Administration
Guarantee Title
Court Street
Shoe board color guidance and subway traction funding
The article advises staining the shoe board at floor junctions to match the floor rather than painting it, noting it endures heavy wear from mops, sweepers, and furniture. It also reports London plans to spend 5 million dollars on subway traction control equipment.
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London
Modernized Kitchen Has A Place For Everything
A Southwest kitchen underwent a Spanish styled modernization showcasing bright yellow red black and white color on walls and tile. A black tile sink unit with drawers, yellow wall tile, additional cupboards above the sink, red black yellow white linoleum, a yellow and red table, waterproof silk curtains, modern lighting and electric outlets for toasters irons and other equipment.
Brick Walk For Garden In Dirt Or Sand
A garden brick walk may be laid in dirt or sand not on concrete. Slight unevenness adds charm and a touch of moss or sedum between bricks is harmless. Several new air mail services are being inaugurated in the Philippines.
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The
Philippines
New Roof Options Cheaper Than Frequent Repairs
The piece notes that when patching is no longer economical, a full roof replacement becomes necessary. It outlines overboarding old wooden shingles with new shingles or covering them with paper, felt, or composition shingles, stressing structural checks of rafters and ties. It warns against underestimating load and advises not to skimp on quality for longevity.
Two Winders Best For Turn In Stair
In stair design two winders are ideal for a turn while three winders create narrow treads and awkward breaks in spacing. A single winder can be questionable due to a wider landingspace compared with straight treads making the ascent irregular.
Home owners questions and home repair tips
A reader asks about fixing radiators leaks repacking valves should be done by a plumber. Tan kitchen floor shows footprints suggests spattered finish applied by a painter. Fuses blow from overloading. have an electrician check wiring. Stop heating duct noise with accordion canvas or insulation board baffles. Tighten door knobs by adding washers on the spindle after removing the knob.
Modernizing Old Houses Through Interior Redesign
The article outlines ways to convert traditional old houses into modern homes. It focuses on joining parlor spaces into one living area while preserving fireplaces for English symmetry, and suggests adding beams or tearing ceilings to create a continuous space. It also recommends downsizing grand downstairs halls by replacing heavy stairs and reclaiming space for extra rooms or a downstairs lavatory, and remodeling oversized bathrooms by reconfiguring fixtures to create closets.
Suggestions For Decorating The Sunroom
A winter favored sunroom benefits from spring summer hues with apple blossoms, goldfish, flowers and painted furniture drawn from wallpaper colors. Use dual wallpapers on screens for seasonal shifts, snowflake and fruit themes, warm north room colors, ceiling patterns to alter perceived height, and textured wallpapers to affect warmth.
Use Of Glass In Home Is Important
Glass evolved from luxury small panes to large unobstructed surfaces but lost the charm of leaded casements and 24 light windows. The piece notes a trend to restore small paned windows in old houses as remodeling returns to traditional style while also mentioning compulsory windshield wipers in England.
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New England
Outdoor Oven Is Aid To Picnics
Outdoor ovens extend picnic dining with hot steaks baked potatoes and other delicacies. A country home terrace features a stone fireplace in the chimney where al fresco meals are cooked, combining camping ease with formal picnic hospitality and varied menus for guests.
Cedar Closets Ease Housekeeping Worries
A cedar lined closet is a treasure chest in a home helping store blankets furs and woolens. The cedar aromatic environment discourages moths and reduces worry for the housewife.
Summer moth danger prompts cedar lined closets
The note advises protecting clothing from moths in summer by using an all year closet with fragrant cedar strips nailed to the wall. It suggests careful installation by a reliable carpenter to keep odors pleasant and the space suitable for winter use as well.
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Eac
Elyria Lumber & Coal Co
Northern Savings & Loan Co
Tomker Federal Home Loan Bank System
Masonic Temple
Rall
Bath
Flooryplan
LEE Whitney Co
Elyria Sheet Metal Works
Broad Street
England
Day’s Hardware
Parsch Lumber
Ledi Street
E. F. Whitney & Son
W. Broad St
the Land Title Guarantee & Trust Oo
W.O. Zaiser
Court St
Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n. of
Cleveland
FHA
Walter Carlin
Olmsted & Hoeffel
Water St
J. C. Welsh
Chestnut St
Dial
Crehore's
Sibley & Sprague
A. Minich & Sons
West Street & B
Sempermare
Maem
Bio
Urphy CO
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