LOCATING THE HOUSE 21 



equidistant from each side of the property, as is often done. (Fig. 14). 

 We readily see that there is little opportunity for a garden development 

 in the most desirable place, south of our sun porch, and that there is 

 an equal amount of ground north of the kitchen where no prospect is 

 needed. We thus see that a house of this plan would be far better 

 located as close to the property line on the north (Fig. 14) as is 

 expedient with the requirements and best use of every area. This 

 arrangement would give us sufficient space for an extension of the sun 

 porch in the form of an attractive out-of-door's living room as well as 

 ample space for the service portion. 



In contrast to this ideal scheme let us assume that in wtorking out 

 our house plan we had secured the same arrangement of rooms accord- 

 ing to our ideas but completely reversed as shown in plan B (Fig. 13). 

 Placing this house on the same lot facing east one can readily see that 

 the scheme would be extremely bad and that the house, to take the 

 same advantage of the grounds, would have to be placed close to the 

 south of the property rather than to the north, even though such an 

 arrangement would only right matters to a small degree. Thus we 

 see that the plan of the house should be made with the place and the 

 compass in mind for without such study a desirable solution of the 

 problem of locating the house becomes merely a matter of chance. 



In case we wished to use plan A upon a piece of property facing 

 west the plan should be reversed as is shown by plan B. It will be 

 seen by looking at (Fig. 33) that house A, although possibly not ideal 

 in each case, could be used on a lot facing north and east while plan 

 B could be used upon a lot facing south and west. In any case the 

 living portion of the house, garden and lawn areas, should be to the 

 south, southeast and southwest, while the kitchen and service portion of 

 the house should be towards the north. 



Just as the grounds around the living portion of the house should 

 be developed to present a pleasing prospect, just so should the house be 

 planned in order that any existing views can be enjoyed to the greatest 

 advantage. 



Although we are dealing here with the elements concerned with 

 making the plans for the grounds it might be well in considering the 

 location of the house to give some attention to the very important point 

 of determining the proper relation between lot level, street level, and 

 house level. 



Although rise in grade from the street to the house is considered 

 desirable, it is a common fallacy to assume that a house should never 

 be located below the level of the street; for surely some of the most 

 attractive places have been developed in this way. 



