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Page 10 (Section 4) Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona. March 0, 1953 i iP fr .1 nmt' HU'1- i I I 4 Mass Production Skills Make For Lower Construction Costs And Faster Work Wry X- jf i r7 -t iv mJjz--W ill jA Home Owners Get Income Tax Deduction Breaks By HENRY FULLER EdHor'n Note: Thi Is the fifth in a xerin tHIinr of rxprrirnrr of Rrai Kstatr Editor in building a nfw homr. Another will appear on this pate next Sunday. We left the new home last Sunday with the concrete floor smoothed and solid, but no walls or roof. Nothing happened Monday, due to a gap in construction schedules.

But bright and early Tuesday, truck loads of pumice block were unloaded around the site. A power mortar mixer was hauled in from another house down the street, and the masons followed after lunch. Incidentally, even mortar is mixed wholesale these days at a plant off the subdivision and delivered in big blob on the ground near the building. The helper digs into this to feed his small mixer for reworking with water to suit the masons. MASONS ARE mighty precise about the texture of the mortar.

Frequently they send Erection Of New Building Is Undertaken N. S. Allen Construction Co. Tz last week undertook erection of a one-story business build-Ing at 3311 N. Central for the Southwestern General Agency.

Designed by Douglas Burton, Los Angeles architect, the structure will front 100 feet on Central Avenue and a wing in the rear will extend north and back of the building now oecu- pied by the First Federal Sav- ings and Loan Association at 3317 N. Central. The Southwestern owns this property but does not plan to occupy it when the First I Federal office is moved from that address to its new build- ing at 2933 North Central. This space will be available to the agency for expansion when conditions warrant, according I to J. R.

Price, president. I The building will have 7.000 square feet of office space and will represent an investment of approximately $70,000 when finished, according to Price. The Managing General Agency firm is 25 years old and retains its original officers. Blaine H. Alexander is exeeu- tive vice-president, and Wallace E.

Broberg, vice-president and secretary- average three-bedroom dwelling. Three masons usually work as a crew with helpers to mix mortar, bring the brick, fix scaffolds, and the like. The ideal bond, which leaves an air space between the inside and outside brick of the wall, is a good insulation feature. (Republic Photo, Forrest Stroup) Walls Go Up I fBeck laying brick in ideal I bond for walls of a house in Alfred Andersen's Westwood Village subdivision, directly west of West Phoenix High School and north of Thomas Road. A mason lays an average of 1,000 bricks per day, and there are approximately 10,500 brick in the when figuring federal and state income taxes.

INTEREST PAYMENTS on a 25-year term $8,000 mortgage at 5 per cent interest, for example, amount to approximately $400 annually during the first few years after a home purchase. This figure, an authorized deduction, can greatly help soften that final total. As the home buyer builds up equity in his property, interest amount are reduced accordingly. Income tax savings continue as long as interest and realty levies are deductible, and the home buyer thus gets breaks which non-home owners dont enjoy. Any casualty losses to personal residences due to fire, storm, or other sudden, unexpected or unusual causes not reimbursed by insurance also are deductible, NAHB added.

Damages to property by hurricanes or floods are proper deductions. THE MODIFIED capital gains tax on dwellings can permit savings to the home owner. If you switch houses, money made on sale of the old residence is not taxed if reinvested in another dwelling within a year. Now, a 1940-purchased dwelling, with no added improvements, for instance, which might sell today for would reflect a $5,000 profit. By buying another residence and applying the whole $15,000 or more, the gain from the old house sale is not taxable.

If the replacement house costs less than $15,000, then only the difference is subject to tax. NAHB advises that the best bet, if a person has any doubts as to whether an item is deductible, is to contact the office of your nearest collector of internal revenue. They have the final word and it might mean good news. Ilx i "'J1 tr 4 i i vf If 1 1" 't 'Sfe'r' EX I If ill t- II- fl j'P il it If fllL ZBpnlbhrT 14 If If- f-ffef 7 II I hvit Ipr Ul I 1 I li I ff Y' fc fr'i iBiniiimn nmn inim mm mtmvmatimimimmmtmmm ftt-nwiii ilnrmi iminim.aJtoi g-v a.v.-a tiiiiii ii 'wm I New Home Readied For KTAR KTAR'S new studio and of-. fice building at Portland and Central is to be ready for occupancy within the next two "weeks, according to the Mardian Construction contractors.

This does not mean the radio firm can move into the $500,000 structure the next day, for much new and special broad- casting equipment must be in-T stalled and tested out before a switch from the Heard Build-Z ing studios can be made. The striking new structure, designed by Lescher and Ma- honey, architects has two floors and basement. It faces 150 feet on Central and extends along Portland 133 feet. Throughout, it is Class A construction; as solid and soundproof as possible. On the exterior, reinforced concrete walls are embellished with a base of black granite and a front entrance section of light green tile in large so.uares.

Other portions of the walls have a sand-finish stucco. The interior offices feature wide use of Magmalite glass for walls, with birch and mart hogany trim. Doors open on both thoroughfares. A large section of the building on the Z- north side, at present un- finished, will provide accom-2? modation for a future TV installation. The second floor of the build-Z ing has space for expansion of Jr office and studio space that may be required in the future.

the hodful back to the mixer, if it does not spread from their trowels exactly as it should. It took three masons eight working hours to complete the one-story walls of this three-bedroom house. That included setting the steel sash for windows; placing bolts in the top of the walls, to which the roof frame timbers can be fastened; and chipping out where pipes are to go back of walls. The speed with which all this takes place is due to well-organized planning. Every piece of material was on hand before the masons arrived.

No time was lost waiting for blocks, mortar, scaffolding, or other supplies. The secret of the fact local contractors can offer houses for $1,000 to $2,000 less than they can be built in other parts of the country lies in the efficiency of these mass-production methods, plus Arizona's ideal weather conditions. THE SAME system of efficiency shown by the masons appeared in every subsequent building routine as construction proceeded. Carpenters, electricians, plumbers, painters, tile setters moved through their jobs without delay because everything necessary before their allotted work could be done, had been done. Friday, Jan.

23, the 11th working day since the job was started, saw the lumber delivered for the interior walls and the roof framing. Much of this was precut and ready to be nailed in place. Also the septic crew came back and capped over the wells they had bored and set the tank. They did not cover this work, as it had to be checked first visually by the FHA inspector and accepted. Monday the carpenters, laid 2 by 4 stringers on the floor that marked off the room walls, bathrooms, and closets.

By night two of them had the upright studding for these walls nailed in place. Tuesday two plumbers connected up the gas and water lines that run between wall studding. They call this tapping out. Meanwhile the carpenters had placed the ceiling joists over the walls erected the day before. THE ELECTRICIAN also got into the picture.

He ran wire to the various wall outlets and connected up everything that would be behind plaster when the house was completed. None of the walls could be covererd with gypsum board and plastered, however, until the FHA inspector had satisfied himself that installations of piping and wires met all regulations. While the carpenters were finishing up on all save the rafters, the plumbers set the tub Friday and connected the water to the meter, already set by the city. So, three weeks and one day after the house was started, or 10 actual working days from trenches for foundations the building had sprouted walls and rooms, plumbing, and all lectrical wiring necessary. The cost of the plumbing, from roughing in to turning o'n, plus the hot water heater and the septic tank run 15 per cent of the total cost of the house.

The masonry walls represent 9 per cent. Thus the site (13 per cent); concrete (12 per cent); rough carpentry, including roof (18 per cent); and plumbing and masonry take up 67 per cent of the entire cost, but not that proportionate amount of time in building a home. Home owners get certain tax breaks not available to non- home owners. The National Association of Home Builders outlined these tax breaks as the March 15 income tax filing dead-line neared. Substantial may accrue to most home owners.

NAHB pointed out, as real estate taxes and mortgage interest payments are deductible Building Job Is Pushed Contractors progress is being made by Farmer and Gody, general contractors for the huge Bouskos Apartment development, a $1,500,000 project on Seventh Street between Monte-cito and Devonshire. Several apartment units along the Seventh Street side of the development will be completed by the end of this week. The project occupies 8.3 acres, extending back to Eighth Street, and has 17 building units, some one-story and some two. embracing a total of 130 apartments. This makes it one of the largest such units so far constructed in the city.

Walls of the building are of pumice blocks. Each structure is roofed with rigid asbestos shingles. A brown brick trim is used for entrances and as a wainscott marker. In laying out the ground plan, provision was made for pleasing landscaping of grounds around the building and parking space for 138 automobiles. Plans for the structures were prepared by Herman A.

Bell, architect. Construction was started last fall. Michael Bouskos, San Francisco super-market operator, acquired the site in 1949 to erect a sports area. When that type of building would not clear zoning regulations, he planned a market, but finally decided to invest in apartments. Subdivider Opens Tracts Construction work has been started in two new subdivisions by Universal Homes that will represent an ultimate investment of $1 million, it has been disclosed by Charles C.

Stern, the firm's sales manager. Pomelo Estates, a 10-acre trace at 36th Street and Clarendon, has been subdivided into 31 building lots. On these homes will be built ranging in price from $9,650 to $16,900, depending upon size and type, Stern said. Kachina Gardens is at 40th Street and Demonshire. It will have 70 homes, and the price range will be from S9.650 to In both subdivisions all utilities are in; the streets are paved, curbs and sidewalks laid.

Universal Homes erects houses on a custom-made arrangement with the owner, giving him choice of any plan he wishes to choose, Stern said. Glendale Home The new residence of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shawver. Central and avenues, Glendale, has been completed by Paradise Builders, Scottsdale.

The owners now are in possession. The structure, designed by Maxwell Dome of Arcadia, has 11 rooms, with four bedrooms. Antiqued brick was used in the exterior walls, with sections of wood and native stone. The roof is covered with cedar shakes. The den.

with walls faced leather, has a huge fireplace, stone faced, and with a copper There are 17 separate Roof And Frame In John F. Long's big Mary-vale No. 2 subdivision along up studding for inside walls, ceiling joists, and roof rafters. This crew moves on from house to house, doing the same jobs on each. Other carpenters hang doors, put in cabinets and trim later, after the plumbing and wiring is between walls, and the plaster applied.

(Republic Photo, Forrest Stroup) 27th Avenue Harry Moore, left, and Dan Brown are extending the roof framing over what will be the laundry room and carport of a new home. The rough carpenters who follow on the heels of the masons set 20 Permits Are Taken Bella Vista Properties, set up by Ralph Burbacher to develop Country Club Terrace, last week took out permits for the first 20 houses in the subdivision directly west of Country Club Manor. Country Club Terrace extends north from Thomas to Cherry Lynn, between 13th and 14th streets. First homes will be erected alng North Evergreen and on East Verde Lane. Plans for the structures were drawn by Frank Fazio, architect.

All will be three-bedroom homes, with pumice block masonry walls and composition shingle roofs. Many of the units will have inserts of redwood siding in the walls. All exteriors will be varied in architectural treatment. Building permits show construction costs for the residences to range from $9,600 to $10250. The J.

H. Welsh and Son Contracting Co. installed sewer systems for the subdivision. It will have 60 homes Manyj of them, situated on dead-end loop streets extending east from Evergreen with large lots up to 17,000 square feet, most of which will be in the rear. Refrigerated air conditioning is planned for all houses.

Is Completed smoke hood at one end of the room. On each side are hidden woodboxes. The Dutch door leading from the den to the patio has leaded glass windows. In the living rocm, 18 by 30 feet, is a built-in TV unit, with loud-speaker on the opposite wall. home is featured with "more than 100 electrical outlets and has a refrigerated air-conditioning system.

In the rear of the patio a walled-in barbecue pit was constructed. Report ed'eost of the structure was $30,000. Rectorv Walls Are Finished Walls are up and roof fram- ing started on the new two-. story rectory being added to the building group of St. Gregory Catholic Church at 18th Avenue and Mitchell.

The structure, facing 18th Avenue, was designed by Lloyd Le Raine Pike, architect, and is 40 by 74 feet. It has masonry walls and will be covered with a mission tile roof. Exterior architecture will harmonize with the church and school buildings of the parish, following Spanish mission lines. On the first floor of the rectory is a pastor's office, offices for two assistants and a secretary, a kitchen, dining room, maid's parlor, and bedroom. The second floor is given over to three studies and a series of bedrooms, each with bath.

si 8 -s. 4 fit 'ftfttf-zifp. 7 'If vf I Industrial Deveh ovment Is Under Way Andrew P. Tell, who is developing a large industrial subdivision on South 15th Avenue, yesterday reported he will begin immediate construction of an office and warehouse building for A. E.

Lyon Los Angeles plumbing firm, in the 2300 block on South 15th Avenue. The new structure will have 10,000 square feet of floor space and will be served with railroad and truck docks. Steel-concrete construction will be employed. On an adjacent lot Tell has under one roof a factory, warehouse and office unit for Corona Fine Foods. now located at 1019 E.

Mohave. A new restaurant building to serve the tract just has been completed at 15th Avenue and Hilton Street. Since Tell opened the tract of 40 acres between Durango Stret and Watkins Road and east of 15th Avenue, he has located seven firms there, either with land on which they erectpd' their own buildings or in structures he has built and leased. The tract is served- by a spur of the Santa Fe Railroad. Dinner Meeting Talk Announced Jack Jordan, manager of the Lumber Merchandisers Association, will be guest speaker at the dinner meeting of the Arizona Home Builders Association in the Corral Room of Hotel Westward Ho at 7:30 p.m.

tomorrow. Jordan will review the present status of the lumber industry. At the same time Kenneth Rosing, chairman of the association's liason committee, will report progress with FHA and others interested on the proposed grade marking of lumber for the Central Arizona area. I j.B tit tv vi A ortmpntc This is just one area-way iipannieillh rUHL Bouskos Apart- Duucungs tne project, emDracmg iou aparimem uiuus. In spite of the general appearance of construction ac- TTnnin cr Out Plumbers laying Pipe under the floor and foundation are rough-- rr ing in.

When the connections are extended to serve bathrooms and kitchen, the work is tapping out. Louis Rieckhoff, standing, and George Roher are tapping out a bathroom in one of the Staggs Construction Co. new homes in Palms Parkway, Indian School Road and 34th Street (Republic Photo, Rod Moyer) ment development that covers 8y2 acres along Seventh ctrPPt and opposite the U.S. Veterans Hospital grounds tivity, many units will be ready for occupancy by the end of March. Plans are by Herman Bell Architect.

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