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HOUSE BUILDING. 29
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Houses Ic One Can At 'T £ Hel 300 P Wond...
into anotheras seen through the half-open door , appear . The kitchens There was did a , Lack not dispel door for the the illusio use n of , they tradesmen were so ; an lig easil ht and y work airy - _.
with ing lift the to porter raise heavy in the wei lower ghts ; hall a speaking and cup tub boards e to communicate enough to
accommodations satisfy the roost are exacting to be found of country in ; similar housekeepers houses . on The one floor same ,
Amongst advantages containing the onl for y general four a small and testimony five and rooms economicall which , and every presen y disposed bod ting y houses we singul famil visited there ar y .
was gave from to the all m the any remark conveniences u And of as the there sing are le-floor no stairs , it , is so worth easy to twent wait y on others oneself . . " , " An This d you recommendation require fewer is , in servants our eyes ; " , had twoand
for we now "I rejoiced used the am large well to to have served hear clas four s it h . of , j now bne It well seemed , I " -educated have we heard to two us ; marrie from " some or , several d " hel I women p was ladies at whose , , han and d
building wer mean birth e s airy and are and room very connection b s limited the and absence well they in proportion -furnished are of all expected stairs to kitchens the within to position keep , in the up a which house ; handsome for from here
singularl are one domestic come y adapted , to a or y delicate even for the ( if point perfo needed rm ; ) no ance by young the of the mistress - lad household y accustomed herself work . , We by to spend her time in reading and music , relishes the if the idea said of being
lad her own love maid a man of all who work ; but with is it all not certainty better expect to young be in better y circumstances in a may few sbut who can only offer her
£ 200 a nowthat she year should , be her own servantand instead of year practising , music , and walk her in house g out in for order pleasure ? This , and is
exercisefind them both in keeping but afford a suggestion one , domestic for some but sing few le in -flo dividuals or houses —most can be families made could with
three rooms or with , twenty , on all first of th floor the or on extra fifth fati , and
suitable to any incomes , and in em gue fli and hts wear of iness stairs is attendan avoided t on and mountin the household g and work remounting lished many accomp
g , more At present easily . there are but few houses built on this plan
, very , health and they as are the in north but side one of locality London , which ; they is have not no perhaps access so to
any square y or garden , nevertheless , their inmates appear £ 130 for hig the hly
ten content -roomed with houses them . on The the rents first floor sound and rather £ 120 hig to h , £ 90 for those , the first floorand less
as above they ; £ 70 ascend for . the This four-roomed charge , ones however on , includes all , taxes , *
House Building. 29
HOUSE BUILDING . 29
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1863, page 29, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091863/page/29/
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