This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...in height. There are 62 houses. The rents of this property vary from 20J to 3/4 per week, including taxes, and are collected by the Housing Committee of the Kyrle Society, who also superintend the club room in the property, the rent of which is defrayed out of the commission earned by the Committee from the collection ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...in height. There are 62 houses. The rents of this property vary from 20J to 3/4 per week, including taxes, and are collected by the Housing Committee of the Kyrle Society, who also superintend the club room in the property, the rent of which is defrayed out of the commission earned by the Committee from the collection of rents. Ardgowan Place is a narrow street, a few hundred yards from Paisley Road at its junction with Morrison Street. These tenements are in the centre of a congested corner, and were one of the blackest plague spots in the city. They form, perhaps, the most difficult of the Company's experiments. After they were acquired they were subjected to a radical internal overhaul and alteration, everything being done to ensure ventilation and access of fresh air..The usual fittings (beds, grates, gas, water, dressers, etc.) were supplied, and although the total cost of alterations mounted up until it was equal to the price of the properties, a comparatively slight increase of rent has been found to yield a return of 5 2s. 9d. per cent. There are 57 houses of one room, and 33 of two rooms, the rents being 2/2 and 3/1 per week respectively. Dundas Court (reconstructed 1899), near the Phcenix Recreation Ground, consisted of two tenements of four storeys, and one of three storeys, but the roof of the latter was so dilapidated that it was resolved to take it off, add two storeys, and rebuild the stair. The whole internal structure was rearranged, to get rid of dark lobbies and back-to-back houses, so as to ensure through ventilation. The court has been cleared and levelled, and trees planted. There are 30 houses of one room at rents of 1/9 to 2/3 per week, and 25 of two rooms at 3/4 per week. The property gives a return of over 4 per cent. Mr. Mann, in ...
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Very Good. Second edition. Octavo. With photographic plates, plans, and tables. Publisher's light blue boards, gilt title. Darkening to the spine, scattered spotting to the edges, very good. Scarce. *OCLC* locates six copies.
