MODERN FLATS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12090, 1 November 1933, Page 4

MODERN FLATS

HUGE apartment house may be BLUM. STRUCTURE ON KAiT! ESPLANADE. A handsome apartment house three u'.rrh on Haiti Esplanade, SS the' Ar ineHi-riaP conW„i„s 05 to 40 fiats laid out on the most luxurious American and Continental , ' i<ms . Should, iu the very near future" assist in the beautification of Gisborne if present plans materialise and mark an important step m th e progress of the town. The project is still m it* 3 ta~es but, from the interest displaced "bv a number of interested per. son -/the scheme bears every mciestion of being carried into The section is next to Th. D. I n has a 76ft. frontage to Kmti „K and is of c„n,,, ier atl. The back portion ». m «e----is on Rawiri street, and -s w!f----m the rear of Dr- Muir's re-mieiic,-. On this site will be erected a three--torev structure, with the front lac, lithe idver and the build,ng running at almost a right angle, and another Portion overlooking R s-rec-. building is designed so that eac« *-*t will have an open view, the*major:,, overlooking the river and rgnt out to te a. . The fiats, which «■!] v.e. three or four rooms, will be 3a>e out on the most modern h n es. Mambedrooms will have fo.omg sideboards, cupboards, Horary sheV-V-. etc., set into the walls. L: so.ne cases the rooms will be Hvideo e folding partitions the full height the rooms, so that, it ncces-<-ry . , - J rooms can fie turned into olie. The building will have a wide ext. ranee hall, in which is an index ’-■> the building- By pressing a bueon th e hall is lighted for a few minutes only, until the occupant of u- 3 - cau see it there is an;, me.---.age. .. left for him or her. From the ha-; an electric lift will convey the occupant, to the second or third floor a,= the case may be. Between the entrance l ‘-nu D r - Muir’s residence will be a motor ct-'-e running round to the Rawiri frontage, on which a number or garages will be built for the use tue occupants or the fiats. The disposal of rubbish. etc.. i- always a source of concern to Sat cUV_ lers. This trouble will be overcame in the new structure by means A shoots leading from different passages in the building- The household rubbish is dropped into the shoot and falls into a huge bin in the basement. "When full details are completed iris anticipated that the structure will be* one of the most up-to-date fiat- in New Zealand. So far. the project ha? not advanced beyond the preliminary plan-, etc. A company headed by Mr. R. J. Kerridge is in course or formation, and. from the interest already even. red. it should be registered in the very near future. , Already rumour- of the scheme have got abroad, and about one dozen fiat? have been inquired f°r even amongst the very small circle who have heard of the project. From all appearances, therefore, there should be little trouble in securing tenants. The whole scheme, when completed, is expected to involve an expenditure of between £II.OOO and £ISRO“