GUILD HOUSES

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10956, 19 July 1921, Page 6

GUILD HOUSES

BUILT AT .£750 EACH* REVIVAL OF CRAFT "The first two housed undertaken by Building Guild labour have been completed. an<l several English newspapers publish elaborate photographs of the structures, which are of five rooms amd accessories. The contract was for the Bentley-with-Arksey Urban ' District Council, a mining district just outside Doncaster. This contract was undertaken in November, 1990, and has, there* fore, been current! less than four months. It is part of a OOnfcfact for 77 houses; The cost is the most striking feature. The two houses have been completed for £1520, or .£760 each. This includes the guild percentage and the charge of ootltinuous pay, and represents a saving on the private builders' prices of at .£2OO per house. The summary of cost

Total .....\ '.1519 17 11 , This summary has been certified by the surveyor of the Urban District Council, who reports that in every respect the work ds . exceptionally’ .good. An interesting feature of the work has been the revival of the craft spirit amongst the the operatives engaged. They have put into this work a number of small improvements for the more lov of it.

is as ‘follows f J2 a. Bricklayers' materials 238 14 7 Tilers' materials 96 1 8 Plasterers' materials ; 41 17 9 Plumbers’ materials 109 0 6 Painters' materials 2 3 8 Carpenters’ and joiners’ materials - - 293 14 1 Ironmongery a. 58 10 5 Electrician 40 8 0 Water charges - 2 0 0 Carriage (railway) M 9 12 0 Carting 17 18 0 Wages 457 10 2 Five p.c. establishment, chargeeContinuous pay ..i * 68 7 1 SO 0 0 Insurance 4.0 0