COST OF HOUSING
BIG DROP IN BRITAIN. CBS'S FOR £1,200 TYPE. LONDON, .March 30. Arresting facts concerning housing cc&ts are revealed by Sir Kingslev Wood (Parliamentary private secretary to the Minister oi Health I. who declared that since it was made clear''that the Government was not in the market for nn unlimited number of houses the cost per house has been reduced by half. Tenders are now being received for under £400 for a house. The low©** yet made was received yesterday week, namely. £388 for a house of three rooms—liedroon-', parlour, and kitchen. It is expected that tenders will be still lower wh°n building becomes an economic proposition for the private builder. Last year £1.200 was a.sked for a house of the type now offered for £388.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 78, 1 April 1922, Page 5
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