STATEMENT BY SUPERINTENDENT

Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 87, 9 October 1920, Page 6

STATEMENT BY SUPERINTENDENT

A Post reporter was informed by the Housing Superintendent to-day thafc 6ix of the concrete houses at Miramar would be ready for occupation next week. It was anticipated that twelve more would be ready next month, and it was hoped that the remainder would be finished in fairly rapid succession. In response to a further inquiry, the Housing Superintendent stated that the oost of those houses, including the sections, would be well undex- £1000. People could draw their own comparison between that price and the price of the City Council houses, erected in wood for something like £1750. The Labour Department's houses were of five rooms, and by reason of the fact that they were built of concrete, the weekly cost would be considerably less than if they were built of wood. For example, the fire insurance need be for £460 only, for the reason that a large portion of each house is indestructible. Moreover, the raie would be as low as 3s 4d per £100 per annum, as against 10s 8d on a, wooden h*use. The insurance on a concrete house would, therefore, be less than £1 per annum, instead of £5. Again, the maintenance of a concrete house was much less than the maintenance of a wooden house, for there was practically no painting or paper-hanging to be done.