THE PROBLEM OF FITTING THE HOUSE TO ITS SITE-A SUGGESTED SCHEME 
IN WHICH THE VARIOUS POSSIBILITIES ARE ILLUSTRATED AND DEVELOPED 
by Charles R. Wait 
Photographs by Nathan R. Graves, H. H. S. and Others 
A FTER one has decided to build and has procured his lot, it 
is quite noticeable that as a rule little or no pains are taken 
to consider exactly how the house should be located, almost the 
entire attention being paid to the arrangement of rooms and the 
disposition of the various small interior features. This is a con¬ 
dition we find much more prevalent among suburban homes of 
moderate cost than in the more extensive estates which naturally 
call for a wider and more comprehensive study of all the numer¬ 
ous features to be provided for. 
In that our consideration is of the smaller dwellings located 
upon an average-sized suburban lot, we should accomplish more 
by taking a concrete example and attempting to work out a solu¬ 
tion which in its principles at least may be applied to a vast num¬ 
ber of problems, even though the existing conditions are some¬ 
what dissimilar. 
Assuming, then, that we have a comparatively level piece of 
property, with a ioo-foot frontage, and 200 feet deep, sold with 
a restriction that a 25-foot setback shall be maintained by all 
buildings constructed along this and all highways running north 
and south, it is desired by the owner that a bungalow containing 
a living-room, with a dining alcove, a kitchen, three chambers and 
a bath be built upon this lot. Fie is also anxious to build a garage, 
with a room for a man-about-the-place, and a small shed for 
storing tools. Further than this the owner has no very definite 
or tangible ideas, except that these two buildings shall, jointly, 
cost him not over five thousand dollars. The matter of the ar- 
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