NEW DWELLING HOUSE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4488, 1 April 1876, Page 3

NEW DWELLING HOUSE.

Whilst extensive' warehouses- 'stores, shop 3, and other, business .premises are.being erected in Queenrsfreet, a'lafge number"of verylfine dwelling Houses are '. beirigV. built, .in the suburbs.. , .Upon the.land leased-by the Improvement Commissioners,-some of th'efineat houses in Auckland are-in course of erection, and certainly, as a class, the houses .which are built' •or are being built there I far surpass those in any other part of ! the City. There are many reasons for this. The ground is in a good position in every respect. It is near the town, and thus very convenient for business men. From it, one of the finest views in the colony may be obtained, and being at a good, elevation above the city should be a most healthy locality. Instead of the dreary looking barrack wall, and a number of acres of waste ground, there will be shortly large, handsome dwelling houses, gardens and lawns, and at some future time a city park. The* land leased by the Commissioners obtained prices which astonished many people, and the class of houses now being built on these sites show that in these dull times, there are many who have large faith in the future prosperity of Auckland. In Princes-street, a large handsome brick dwelling-house is being built by Mr. John Smith (draper). The house, when completed, will be one of the best in Auckland. The main building will contain nine large rooms, and in every part the house is being fitted up, and finished in a most elaborate style. It will coat when finished about £2,000. Near to this house, Air. Johnstone (of Whitson and Sons) is having built the largest wooden dwelling-house iD Auckland. There will be twelve . large rooms in this house, besides the kitchen, bath-room, scullery, and servants' room. The main building will be 43ft. square, and the rooms, 24ft. by ISft. This building will also cost about £2,000 when completed. The tender for the building exclusive of painting and plumbing was £1,450. Tenders have been accepted by Mr. Whitson for the erection of a two-storied building, on the adjoining allotment. This will be the same style of building, but smaller than Mr. Johnstoue's house. Fronting Symonds-street, a one story wooden dwelling-house |has been built by Mr.' Aasenue. It contains six rooms, and has cost near £1,000 to finish. On the next allotment, a good wood dwellinghouse has been built for Colonel Balneayis, and next to this again, is a somewhat similar house built by Mr. Stuart. In Alfred-street, between the Choral Hall and Symonds-street, a large wood house, with a stone basement, is being built for Mr. • Gqodall, and on the adjacent allotment, a house is aboat to be built for Mr. Morton. There are also some four or five other lessees who have had plane prepared for dwelling houses in this locality, which may almost be.regarded as a netr section of the town. Mo3t of the dwellinghouses in the city now have a dingy appearance, and many of those who reouired a superior class of houses have had them built some few miles from town. The action: of. the Improvement Commissioners in throwing open to the public, what has has been almost useless city property has met with the unmistakable eulogy of success. The addition of so important a section of land, and oE such fine buildings to our city, is verg gratifying.