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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
January, 1915 
Real Estate 
City Conveniences in Attractive Surroundings 
Riverdale- (C f|t§* j g. Y rfi?* -axv 242d Street 
on-Hudson lEvUSjvUIl & Broadway 
OVERLOOKING VAN CORTLANDT PARK 
YESTERDAY 
Since Colonial days a part of a 
large estate; recently divided to 
meet the demand for High Class 
country residences in the section. 
TODAY 
A colony of twenty-four handsome 
homes amid picturesque hills and 
woodlands, in New York City. All 
city improvements. 
TOMORROW 
Its country charm and the personnel 
of its landowners is insured by careful 
restrictions, and its 300-foot elevation 
guards against encroachments of the 
city. Added is the steadily-increasing 
value of the plots. 
Booklet and full particulars on request 
DELAF1ELD ESTATE 
25 Cedar Street Tel. 277 John New York 
An Unusual Bargain 
This beautiful Dutch Colonial 
home in the finest residential 
section of Bergen County 
(Palisade), N. J. Ten large 
rooms, two baths, all modern 
improvements and in first- 
class condition. An all-year 
home. Can be bought at a 
most reasonable price. 
For full information and 
photographs, address 
Box S, HOUSE & GARDEN 
31 E. 17th St., N. Y. City. 
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Builders and Contractors 
T HE man who is contemplating build¬ 
ing a house is entering upon a 
field in which he has probably had very 
little or no previous experience. To the 
average man it is one of the important 
events in his life, as well as meaning the 
investment of a large share of his sav¬ 
ings. Experience has long since shown 
that the services of an architect are in¬ 
dispensable, and this, the first step, is one 
that should be, and generally is, care¬ 
fully considered. The second is the se¬ 
lection of a builder, but this is apt to be 
considered of minor importance and sel¬ 
dom given the proper attention. 
A builder is apt to be judged solely by 
the estimate he submits. If the owner 
and the architect would devote half as 
much time and thought to investigating 
the class and character of work done by 
the contractors furnishing the estimates 
as they do to the fingers themselves there 
would be better and more durable houses 
built. Money spent on a home can never 
be as economically spent as when the 
house is being built for the first time. It 
is always costly to go over work that has 
proved unsatisfactory. 
In making up a list of prospective bid¬ 
ders, only those should be selected who 
confine themselves to work of a character 
similar to the ideal of the man planning 
a house. A man planning to build a 
country home, with barns and dairy, 
would hardly employ the services of an 
architect whose specialty is model tene¬ 
ments. The same discrimination should 
be used regarding a builder’s qualifica¬ 
tions. Where a list of contractors has 
not been carefully prepared the owner will 
be surprised at the wide range of quota¬ 
tions. He is sure to feel that the builder 
submitting the highest figure is desirous 
of making a larger profit than he should, 
while the contractor submitting the low¬ 
est is considered one satisfied with a rea¬ 
sonable profit. The fact is, both are prob¬ 
ably expecting to make just about the 
same percentage of profit. They are sim¬ 
ply planning to furnish a different charac¬ 
ter of work. 
If a contractor has spent years in or¬ 
ganizing and training a well-paid force of 
employees and obtains his material only 
from the mills turning out the best grades, 
his estimate is sure to be high, and yet in 
many cases is worth more than the dif¬ 
ference between it and the estimate of a 
contractor doing a different class of work. 
The house in each case when completed 
may legally, if not fully, comply with the 
architect’s plans and specifications. 
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