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estate as a whole, and the plots individually, more attractive, besides 

 serving to shut out the objectionable parts of buildings the one from 

 the other. If the planting be judiciously arranged, it will prevent 

 the ungainly effect (but too common on building estates) of each 

 plot being treated wholly irrespective of those adjoining it, whereas, 

 by using the planting as a whole, a pleasing, pictorial scene may 

 be obtained that will add artistically to its present beauty, and, con- 

 sequently, to its value. It is also advisable on any large building 

 estate to reserve one or more sites for the erection of a church or 

 churches, and schools, and parsonage houses. These may profitably 

 be erected, at any rate in part, as soon as the development of the 

 estate may justify it, or even before it is actually needed. It is a 

 powerful incentive to the taking of building land. A church may 

 be designed so as to be built only in part at first, and enlarged 

 afterwards by the contributions of residents. The church should 

 generally occupy a commanding position, and be accessible from all 

 sides. On large estates it is also advisable to appropriate portions 

 of the land as recreation ground for the common benefit of residents 

 on the estate. In fact, on some of the most successful building 

 estates a central portion has been laid out as a park, to which 

 residents have access. Such privilege forms a powerful incentive 

 to many persons to take land, for it formulates the knowledge that 

 such part cannot be built over, and also allows of smaller plots being 

 sold without taking land for private recreative purposes. 



In addition, there are certain statutory regulations relating to the 

 width of roads, drainage, water supply, sanitary condition of houses, 

 etc., which vary more or less in each local government, and must 

 be complied with. 



