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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1961)
Sunday. Jan. 2t. mi Page THE HOUSE OF THE WEEK A 10 Room - plus House lor 2 5,500 HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls, Oregon By DAVID L. BOWEN, .ment rooms completely comfort Tliis house was designed for a able. The allic floor is available man with a problem common to for family use at some time in the vast majority of home-seek ing Americans: limited financial resources and a growing family. It was built at 14.1 08 Oak Ave. in the Flushing section of New York City by John Bartone, who could do something more thun dream about the kind of home he would like to build. lie is a mem her of the staff of House of the Week Architect Samuel Paul, whoj produces dozens of residential de signs each year. The home has 10 rooms on its first and second floors. Bartone had Ihfl home put up and both of these levejs finished for $23,175. "Because of Mr. Bartone's ex perience and the fact his work is connected with the building trade, savings were possible in his case which could not be duplicated by the average person," explained AflJiitect Paul. "However. I wcWkl estimate this saving ill about 10 per cent which would bring the price for tlie average man to about $25,500. If only the main level was finished, the fig ure would drop considerably." The problem of design started with land. In the metropolitan New York area, building lots are hard to come by and their cost skyrockets with size. The Bar- tones purchased a 40 by 100-foot site. The house had to fit it. ' Tlie general specifications were three bedrooms, large kitchen, dining room, living room, two baths and garage. Although space was to be provided for a game room and a study, these could be left unfinished originally. An addi tional requirement was space for expansion sliould there be an in' crease in the size of the family. . B-49 in the House of the Week series is the solution of this list of demands. It is a narrow-lot story and one-half, with basement raised high enough to make base B-49 STATISTICS Designed for a narrow lot and containing an upstairs rantal apartment, t h 1 1 1 Yi story homo hat lis roomt on tha first floor and four otfiori an thcQocond f I a a r. Play room, sTudy or hobby room and one-car garaga a r a lo cated in the batemont. Width of tha home it only 32'. Depth It 52' 2". There ore two bathl on tha first floor, a third upitalrt and a lavatory In tha botoment. the future,' but as an especially welcome bonus can be developed immediately as an income-produc in" apartment. Thus while the owner's family is small and ren tal inconle desirable, the house can be made to help pay for it self. As the owner's requirement for spare increases and his need for extra income decreases, he can take over the second floor. The over-ail dimensions are 32' in widih bv 52' 2" in depth There are six rooms on the first floor, another four on the roomy ittic level, and a large playroom uid study or hobby room in the basement. Living area oh the first floor is 1,514 sq. ft., with another 893 on the second door. Additionol Details Hie main entrance is at the side, about halfway back from the front. The entrance has an enclosed vestibule- serving both the apartment stairs (for tenant's use) nnd the foyer of the main living quarters on the first floor Bedrooms in this section have been placed towards the front of I lie house, permitting both kitchen and living room to overlook the rear yard. The large master bedroom has its own bath complete with stall shower and deep walk-in closet There are two other bedrooms for children served by the main bath. Just in front of the main bath, a laundry is concealed be hind a folding partition to save the housewife steps down to the cellar.' On the second floor, Bartone chose to make a one-bedroom apartment with a kitchen-dinette unit nnd a large In ing room. He reserved the small room opening on the stairs for use as a storage closet and expects to finish it at a later dale as a guest room or additional bedioom. The basement is accessible ei ther through the main apartment or an outside entrance at the ear. It contains a large play room, storage wall, a heater and laundry loom, lavatorv, study and one-car garage. The heater room is spacious enough to provide laundry space for the tenant, if he should desire it. Since the laundry is accessible via the rear yard, the tenant need not go through Hie owner's apartment to use it. s The cxteiior of B-4 is simplic ity itself. The first floor is brick MODEST BEAUTY ON A BUDGET: A rental apartment upstairs is one of the special features of this narrow-lot one and one-half story home. There are six rooms and 1,514 sq. ft. of living space on the first floor, four additional rooms and 895 sq. ft. on the second. . REAL PEOPLE, EAL SOLUTION: Mrs. John Bartone of New York City, in her new kitchen, can oversee the homework of her two sons while preparing meals. Her hus band works for House of the Week Architect Samuel Paul, who designed the Bar tone's home. , veneer. The second is covered with shiplap wood siding and the roof is finished in white asphalt shingle. 1 irviwt MOM DNNQ ROOM HAU V w ii' m -4 F I I rL0O uvm eooji j I 1 JbobJ I 'Ii I " UuJ- ' ! I U-j METER " ,' ' I STOBoe iffwSl " t l iLjuC kaJ j I i l L VS1! I I I jCA Mt STUOT on I ' ' J nt'.-. tlW HOOBt ML FIRST FLOOR (left): Living room and kitchen overlook the rear yard and bedrooms are placed at front of tha house. Note how tha living room is a complete dead-end, eliminating through traffic. SECOND FLOOR (right): Spacious apartment can be developed on second floor to permit owner to gain rental income which helps pay for the house. There are 895 sq. ft, of space on this level. BASEMENT LEVEL; Play room and study or hobby room' are features of the basement, which has direct access to rear yard through outside entrance. Send this coupon for your STUDY PLAN YOU CAN GET a study plan for The House of The Week by filling in your name and address on the coupo.on this page and sending it with 50 cents to this newspaper. This study plan shows each floor of the house together with each of the four elevations, front, rear and sides of the house. It is scaled at VMnch per foot. It includes a guide on "How to Get Your House Built." You can take this study plan to your bank or other mortgage lender and to your builder and get rough estimates on the cost of construction in this area as well as an idea of the cost in relation in your budget. With this information you will know whether you will want to proceed with construction by order ing working blueprints direct from the architect and asking for bids for the work. STUDY PLAN ORDER COUPON Building Editor: Enclosed is 50 cents. Please send me a copy of the study plan of The House of The Week B-49 (please print) Name Street City . Stare .
