WHY HOUSES ARE DEAR.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 31, 6 February 1925, Page 10

WHY HOUSES ARE DEAR.

PUBLIC MORE '• FADDY," •MODERN CONVENIENCES MUSI UK PAID FOR." When ihe .-,,-, r ,f a now !,,,u-o :- mentioned there i- inxariablv much lamentation aboni "the prohibitive price nf everything." and ihi.- may be :me nf the reasons why .-. many people lixe in rooms in tbe citic.. ami towns ~1" New Zealand. People .-ay I hill before ihev can tfloril In build a luuise tin- pi ice id timber inii-i ciinip down, bin thai the limber scare is a fullaev i- ihe x jexv ot Mr. Arthur Sec,!. Ihe seorelarx of Ihe Dominion Fc.leralcd San miller.-' A--orialinn. win., ill I lie ooni'.sp ni an inlet' ncv. with a Wellington "limes' reenter, discussed thai problem o| the •In.useless," ami advanced reasons for ihe pre-enl high cost of buildin.. "People lull, aimin the jjjgl, oust id limber."' he remarked, "but I hey arc labouring under a delusion wiih regard in timber being a moasurable lacinr in lb., pie-em high cost uf building, as it jnly means Is per cent of ihe ci,-i of ing :.- due in tin- higher rates of u.-igos ruling fnr carpenters nnd the other inpliiM'cs encerned. Then, again. .....ling iron and all kinds of hardware ii.-cd in ihe <-.ni-: iii i inn ~i" a dwelling ire very lunch dearer m.xv l ban llicy were before lhe war. Likewise, the innn.l-'.l a- :i mailer uf course have con iribnle.l considerably In the added o".-t d Lv Id ing a house liwl.ix a- compared -lln- public i- iiiclincl always In blame the ~,st nl" timber xi hen talking i11... 11l III" high est ~f building, but people forget the mruiy oilier factors