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In Auckland to-day there are 40,000 homes, some of them very beautiful, others just passable, and a great number definitely antiquated and not at all to be proud of. Which • < class does your home belong to ? If you would like more comfort in your house, with some of the old-fashioned, inconvenient ideas discarded and replaced with attractive, modern improvements, if you would like to see the old home smartened up on the outside, then the Home Modernising Society can help you. This Society has been promoted by prominent public, professional and business men with the purpose of making it simple and straightforward for home owners to arrange the modernising of their homes, and at the same time provide employment for many of the skilled workers of Auckland. The Committee's services are entirely gratuitous, and this opportunity is taken of thanking the public-spirited citizens who have made it possible for the Society to provide this Free Service, by making contributions to the funds or promising subscriptions. Use this Service to Modernise and Renovate YOUR Home. Here are just a few suggestions as to what can be done to make your home more attractive and enhance its value as a selling proposition, besides preserving it from deterioration:— REMODELLING HOUSE REPAINTING RENOVATE ROOF BATHROOM REMODELLED POKEY ROOMS ENLARGED NEW LIGHTING INSTALLATION NEW WALLPAPERS SUN PORCH ADDED KITCHEN MODERNISED MORE BEDROOMS for the Children I * f.m' 4 Present Conditions Ensure Without a doubt now is a most favourable time for having work of this nature carried out. All the necessary materials are now lower in price than since pre-war days. Abundant skilled labour is available, and competition is so keen amongst contractors that very fine quotations can be secured. A Genuine FREE Service I Which Relieves You of | All Worry and Trouble. i Whatever improvements you wish making in your home, all you have to do is consult the Modernising I Society, who will arrange for their qualified Con- I suiting Architect to call and inspect your house. i He will advise you, free of cost, on the desired | improvements, give you all information as to how it should be done, and, what is most important, how to keep within the amount you are willing ' to spend. | Call and Discuss Your Proposals with th ' Qualified Archl If unable to call, Phone 41-559, or fill in the Coupon I and Post To-day. I To quote an example of the present position in Auckland, a prominent city architect called for tenders for a small job and no less than thirty-eight contractors tendered. In normal times six tenders would have been considered quite a lot. This intense competition means very fine prices and big savings for you. THE HOME MODERNISING SOCIETY, 1 Ist Floor, N.Z. Insurance Co.'s Building, i Queen Street, Auckland. I I am considering some improvements to my house. Please advise me when the Society's Consulting Architect can call. This in no way obligates me. I Mark with n cross (X) the | work you intend having done. —Home Remodelled. —Re-Painting. | Name Re-Papering. m —Roof Renovated. —Kitchen Modernised. | —Bathroom Modernised Address Sun-porch Added. I .—More Bedrooms I Added. . —Modern Hot Water I System. I —Lighting System . Modernised. —Fireplaces Modernised I —More Conveniences. ■ —more conveniences. .—Small Rooms Enlarged Address: Ist FLOOR, N.Z. INSURANCE BUU QUEEN STREET (Entrance Right Below the Clock). Phone 41-559. 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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20668, 13 September 1930, Page 19

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Page 19 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20668, 13 September 1930, Page 19

Page 19 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20668, 13 September 1930, Page 19