The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • Page 10

10 The Svdnc Morning Herald. Friday, Sent 19, 197? 10 DON'T BLAME THE BUILDER! Follow the leader i rr if i prices I A comparison Land and building costs in several country centres and Sjdneyi BUILDING PRICE PER SQUARE Fibro Timber Brick 800 950 850 $1,000 900 SSsVw jfr Artist flicks his way to win A painting created by flicking paint on to a canvas with a brush has won the Blake Prize lor religious art. Sydney artist Joseph Szabo calls his work Black Friday. The 6 ft by 9 ft work is an abstract in green, brown and blue ton-ings. It took two weeks to complete at his Woolloo-mooloo studio.

"I wanted to induce people to feel the tragedy of Christ's death," he said. Mr Szabo, who won the Mosman Art Prize in 1969, is asking $900 for the painting. It was the third time he had entered the $1,000 Blake Prize competition, which is sponsored by the Commonwealth Bank. He has not won the prize before. One of judges, artist Mr Stan Rapotec.

said that Black Friday had originality and created the appropriate mood. Mr Szabo, 39, who lives at Potts Point, came to Australia from Hungary about 22 years ago. The Darcy Morris Memorial Prize for the best non-abstract religious painting was again won this year by Mr Keith Looby. He previously won the prize in 1969 and 1971. His 1972 entry is tilled "Knock.

Knock, is God Home?" Paintings entered in the Blake Prize contest are being exhibited at the Commonweallh Savings Bank in Martin Place until October 11. 800 900 LAND COST PER BLOCK $2,50043,000 $10,000 min 750 950 800- 900 $1,000 900 $1,100 $1,000 900 $1,000 850 950 900 $1,100 800 $1,000 $1,050 900 900 900 900 Albury Armidale Cessnock $1,100 Coonubarabran $1,100 Cooma $1,250 Cootamundra Corowa $1,000 Cowra $1,100 Deniliquin $1,100 Goulburn $1,250 Grafton $1,000 Griffith $1,200 Lismort $1,100 Moree $1,100 Mtiswcllbrook $1,100 Orange $1,000 Parkes $1,250 Tamworth $1,050 Wagga $1,150 SYDNEY 800 with if Home building costs in NSW differ only marginally between city and country, but land prices vary enormously, according to a recent survey. The survey, carried out by the Real Estate Institute of NSW, shows that the cost of building a brick-veneer home in a NSW country town averages about $1,100 a square and about $900 to $1,000 in Sydney. On the other hand, land in the country can be bought for a fraction of the $10,000 which is the minimum price for a block in the metropolitan area. The survey shows that while the country dweller can still choose to build in fibro or timber for $750 to $850 a square, these materials have virtually disappeared from the home-building scene in Sydney.

Releasing the survey yesterday, president of the institute Mr M. B. Sewell, said: "It would appear that land prices in the metropolitan area virtually preclude the use of anything less than brick-veneer. "Building a fibro or timber home nowadays is re-g a as undercapitalising the value of the land." Mr Sewell said it would be virtually impossible to buy a block of land in the metropolitan area for under $10,000. Fven in outlying areas such as Berowra and Frtg- $1,000 750 950 $1,050 800 $1,000 875 800 800.

SCOTCH WHISKY the largest selling Whisky in Scotland RW37.S? Once you're on top, the problem is and building a 15-square home in various country towns is: Armidale, from Orange, Tamworth, Parkes, Grafton, Wagga, $20,250. Building in fibro instead of brick veneer would reduce the cost by at least $3,000. connection, costs about $15,000. "This means that it is very difficult to find any kind of home in the area under $20,000 while the minimum total cost of building a four-bedroom home is around $25,000 to $27,000. "The survey shows that adine, the minimum price was around $12,000.

"The spread of the metropolitan area may be gauged from the fact that land at Penrith is now from $8,500 to $9,500 a block, and at St Marys it is between $8,000 and $8,500," Mr Sewell said. "The cost of the land in many cases approaches the cost of building the house. "For example, to build a 15-square four-bedroom home in Sydney with one bathroom, including sewer building the same home in staying there Keep ahead of the latest trends and ideas by reading the four-page section, "Management Today." Every week in The National Times NTE22 the country, taking into account the lower cost of land, could cost $5,000 to $10,000 less." According to the survey, the cost of buying a site Joseph Szabo and the prize-winning "Black Jl( Hoi pot pro NO EXTRA TAXES, BUT p)W AID STATE UP IN Value of building plans CANBERRA, Thursday. The value of npw buildings approved for construction during August was $301,800,000 a sharp drop on the record figure of for the previous month. Total approvals in August last year were valued at $302,300,000.

However, Commonwealth Government officials said the drop occurred in approvals of major projects rather than in approvals for new houses and flats. The figures released today by the Commonwealth Statistician, Mr J. P. O'Neill, show the total number of private new houses and flats approved during August was 14,131, worth $164 million compared with 12,346 in July and 12,197 ($132 million) last August. QLD i 1 is s- He said $3.7 million of the $10 millipn originally allocated would be spent this financial year.

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