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.
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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.
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