HIGHER BUILDING COSTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19622, 4 May 1938, Page 16

HIGHER BUILDING COSTS

CONSTRUCTION OF HOMES FOUR MONTHS' AVERAGE PRIVATE CONTRACTS £943 The cost of house construction in Gisborne has increased considerably since the beginning of last year, according to an average taken out over the first four months of this and the past years. Fewer houses were authorised by the Gisborne Borough Council during the past four months, apart from the State houses, for which no permits were necessary, the number being 11, compared with 17 for the corresponding period last year, the total estimated cost being £10,375, compared with £13,462 last year. The 11 houses authorised during the past four months averaged £943 each, while those for the first four months last year averaged £796. The position in regard to the construction of dwellings is shown va the following table: — DWELLINGS 1937 1938 No of No of Permits Value Permits Value

In all building work, the estimated expenditure was greater during the past four months than in the first four months of last year, the totals being £24,616 and £22,753 respectively. The number of permits and the total estimated values of permits month by month are given below:— ALL BUILDINGS. 1937 1938 No of No. of Permits Value Permits Value

£ £ Jan. 3 2,309 4 2,720 Feb. . 5 3,759 3 3,548 March 3 2,548 1 885 April .6 4,846 3 • 3,222 17 £13,462 11 £10,375

£ £ Jan. 15 5.251 11 6,968 Feb. 21 5,757 17 4,681 March 14 6,500 14 7,671 April Totals 17 5,245 11 5,296 67 £22,753 53 £24,616