THE WOMAN HOUSE AGENT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18460, 25 July 1923, Page 14

THE WOMAN HOUSE AGENT.

House agency should be. a very suitable profession for women. Woman's " say " in house design and in all matters relating to the house has been granted her only in recent years, but there can be no doubt that she will extend her right.. . . • .c . ; Thus a woman house-agent who knew something about domestic architecture and furniture would be a boon to househunters, both men and women. Perhaps it is not too optimistic to suppose that in the not far distant future every firm of house agents may employ at least one woman in the capacity of adviser.-.' •' '•'; .':'*■' ~ The proper entry to the profession is' through a period of apprenticeship to a good firm of house agents. _ During the apprenticeship years the pupil should obtain a thorough grounding in "valuation," a knowledge of the laws relating to property and the tenure ' of houses and estates. There is no reason why women should not be very successful in the work, provided they have business ; lity and #no objection to working hard. Home capital is, of course, necessary to the woman starting her own business, but the offices need not be large, and no stock is re- % quired. Before starting a business a woman must, of course, make careful inquiries in order to discover whether there is a real opening for handling the kind of property in which she proposes to deal. ■■.'■.-