Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 15 Oct 1936, p. 61

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Landscaping bas been executed by C. D. Wagstaff & company of USanston, well known landscape arcbitects who have designed tbe surrounidings for many of the north shore's finest residances. In presenting tbe Model Homie for inspection, the designers and builders extend a special- invitation to those "4normal> people who sooner orý later desire to ownl a home.", These «people,l they. know, tire of fa-welnor cliff-dwelling in apartmentIhouses. Renting somebody else's homse and moving every year or two .begits to pal!. The childreit'begin to growý up anid denîand mrore, room, and ýthe first thing you know the bunt for abone of your own is on ! 'Ihen the question is: ."shall we buy an old bouseor shaîl we, * build a ne%- onIe?"ý And this, Model .Homne,,provicles a forcefully convincing. answer to that question. Scbiulte *Xbnyou consider buyinig a bornel tbere are imaiüy factors thât 'have to be conisidered,' the buildlers of the model homne poin out. -There are mnauy requiremients that y o u want a nd S satisfied there is where tbe problemi beginis to be comiplicatel., want to oit r I you'I fli that these reports are, as Mark Twain once remarked upon the report of bis own deatb, "greatly exaggerated 1" Intèresting Pruicedure "And it's reaýlly'too bad that there should be prevalent in certain'quarters the, impression that building one',s home is an undertaking not to. be calmly regarded. or lightly.entered upon. As a matter of fact, it's not. oniy not as bad as one may be led té "believe, but actually its a 'Most interesting proceeding. WTe mention the.,requiremnents. that every prospective, home owner bas whicb complicate his problem if be tries to satisy them ail in buying a bouse ready-built. That problem becomtes greatly simplified and often just about disappears *hen you decide to build for yourself.. You'Illai-, inost, invariably. find 'that you can buy a suitable site somewhere in the very iocality that yQu, pref er. Naturallv, il] planning, you can get tbe kind of a house you want as regards style and design, number of rooms, appointnients, etc. You can assure yourself of quality, because you'Il knov beforehiand what is to go into the bouse, and if you get a reliable contractor, he'il build it the way it sho1uld be built." Inspection of the Model Home at Oak street and Berkeley avenue, g~I blankets the. heating surfaces of the furriace. More warmth transferred tb living quarer ... less oil used. -an, exclusive Timken paient - elimi- the sa.!t of th.e lsofric motor, assures nateswa*IefuI warm- super-quiet operaup peiod... bures lion. dependable per10w- costol ohcom- foemance, 1ev e)eohric consuiuption. pletely. cleanly. number of rooms:; N'ou w,%ou Id like to owîî. Charles Malin (W,ýagstaff Lapid- and the chances, are that you bave * scape Co.) a very decided preference for a given OFFERS AD VICE style - English, French, Colonial, Georgian or soniieting else. You are L. C. 0db, Hubbard Woods Realtor, .erned about the cuality, too, tbougb, Cautions Prospective Home Builder conc you niay not be able to tell a great deal *about t!îat f romn an Inspection. except as By L C. OdIî to that wbicb you can see, and that, C. Odh Realty Co., L. the (Of after all, is only a part of the whole. Woods.) Hiibbard And last. but not least hy any nmeanis, conveaience. Act M advaniage of presenti matic oil-bumning oyat - AS K YOUR NEUGHBOR Somnewhere in your neighborhood -possibly right neut door-you wiil FREE INSPECTION SERVICE WithQut obligaling you in any way, weIlispecly~our prmeneu good solid satisfaction as long as you own it. And so upon, sober refiectioni, yoti say to yQurself, weli " 'I guess we'1l bave to build'" You've probabîx no sooner, said this and congratulated yourself upon your fortitude, tban you begin, to be assailed finance. tfavor, bu, *Qoflt go to extremes. Huses that were fads in the past have too littie resale value today. If. you wait. to sel!, yôu have a very hard time finding a buyer. Also, bouses of this type arc bard to,

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