Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 25

DEVELOPMENT UILDI NG vol. cxxy OAKLAND, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1936 OS NO. 159 Li 'MODERN' TYPE ORINDA HOME SPANISH NOTE 'SILVER WINDOWS' SALES JREAGE USED IN HIE la response to requests, Mitchell lit "ft" Completely modern, both in design and conveniences, "Silver dows," the new show home in Pied' mont Pines, opens today for publle inspection, it is announced by M. "Nibs" Price, of Michell fc real estate- concern In charge oi Piedmont Pines sales, Price said: "The home Was designed and Con-' structed By Allen Allen, builders. Those who have previewed the fesi-.

dence inforttKus that it is one of the most livable modernistic homes in Metropolitan)aklandi "The design CarNes Out the mod-. ern trend. A huge curved window Ih. the living room acres of towering pihe and the cities In Metropolitan Oakland. la another corner of the comfortably living room is a fireplace, oppositewhich, lilillllSlp.

II in a small alcove, Is a built-in VGps. k. laiiriinrMfrr. A bay bay The curved window In the living room of "Silver Windows," the heWndisplay home in Piedmont Pines, offers a unique panoramic view of the pine-clad hills and Metropolitan Harvey Slo-combe it the architect Piedmont Pines it a Mitchell and Austin property. If 41 The new residence of Mr.

and r4 If "All the charm ef the Monterey-Spanish period is expressed in our" new Estoduio Estates home with its wide veranda, sweeping roof, low double-cornered windows and recessed doorway," says Stanley M. Davis, tales, agent for the property. He addedl "The interior confotms in all detaifij to the general architectural scheme, and la modern in finish and fixtures. Both the llv ing and dining rooms have floors of oak planking, with the walls and ceilings finished in harmony with the design, One of the feature ef the living4 room la the Spanish flreplace. "The unusual size of the breakfast room permits the building in of two attractive buffets and two tiled-top china cabihets.

"The details of the kitchen are modern in every particular, the large tiled sink and drain boards furnishing the key to the color scheme that is carried out in the linoleum of the floor, Here are all the "built-ins." that the -house wife, demands, and the spaces for electric refrigerator and stove are ample and well placed. "Oh this floor IS ohe of the bed-rooms, with its own bathroom, and the other two bedrooms are on th; elevated portion which ls reached by a short flight of stairs. Both rooms are beautiful in finish and provided with ample closew. The adjoining bathroom 18 a model Of the latest type of plumbing' and fixtures, with colorful tiling and painting. "In the basement it I large social hall, a laundry and furnace worn, with gat burning furnace.

The two-car garage la roomy and easy of access to the interior the home. 'The publle Is Invited to visit this home Which ia located at 780 Estudlllo Avehue and to view the othef completed homea In the tract. "Estudillo Estates ehjoya an ideal climate with a maximum bt sunshine. It la ehly So minutes by auto from the eehter of Oaklahd ahd there ia Convenient transportation by bus and train to Oakland and San Francisco. Schools are within easy walking distance and a local shopping center ia only four block from the prbperty." IN ESTUDILLO and Austin today announce the of fering for Bale of acreage in Orinda, according to Kenneth Allen of Mit chell and Austin, sales agents for this restricted Contra Costa County subdivision.

Allen said until today there has been nut i tie acreage Offered In Orinda, the rhaiOritV 6f the tsrobertv having been sold in iage building lots. However, many who have visited Orinda during the past' few wfeeks have sought, to purchase property ranging in size from two acres up. With the opening of this new property, it now is possible to purchase anything from two to 30 acres. Ihe property Is among the most beautiful in Orinda. There are large groves of oaks with a magnificent View of Mount Diablo and the -CdUntrt Surrounding One of the most attractive features of thig'property are the many streams that run through it, "There are four homes for sale In Orindai They range from the small residence of two bedrooms and one bath to large mansions.

All are priced reasonably, and are well located. "Home construction in Orinda Has advanced to the, stage where there are more than a score Of hew residences Uhder construction. Many homes have been completed durmg the past few weeks! One of these, the residence Of Mr. and MrS. E.

L. Mathy, is typical of home construction in Orinda." OHnda is located by driving out Claremont Road (Fish Ranch Road), to Junction and turning left. i Enrollment Opens In Realty Course Enrollment is now being taken at the offices of the Oakland Real Es' tat Board for a hew class in real estate law and procedure to begin its studies during the first week in January, for the .1937 series of classes the Realty Board's educational eommittee has revised the Course Of study, extending scope to Such an extent that it. will re- irulre 15 weeks to complete. More fiari 200 students completed the Tfealtv, Board's Course of study dur- I ing 1038, approximately half of them being prospective Salesmen prepar ing to take the official examinations Imposed by the State Division of Ileal Estate upon applicants for new licenses.

In enrolling students, special arrangements Ire being made board members and their employees. pleted in recent month! in this restricted Cohtfa Costa County Orinda is a Mitchelkand Austin property. r-iv Buying Home Is Declared To Costless Than Rent j.S I 6 That It Is cheaper to "owti yourtThe average value of such resl- case. "There is a large sun-deck eff living room, affording a magnificent panoramic view of the entire district. "Off the small dining rbom, which looks out upon a tiled terrace and small patio, is the all-metal kitchen.

-The sink, drainboards, workboard end cupboards all are of metal. The rounded '(Corners In the kitchen have won the praise of the women who have seen 'Silver Windows', "The built-in Writing desk, With-its cubbyholes for bills, menus and Other Items is another feature. The small breakfast room, with its View of Metropolitan Oakland, is just off the Upstairs are three large bedroma and a bath. The closeta are "The residence Is located at 2768 Darnby Drive, high up among the pines. Nearly a dozen new residences are now uhder way in piedmont Pines and Clans are being drawn for nearly a acore more.

The sale of building sites has continued to -advance each week since the opening 6f the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge." Piedmont Pines is located at the junction of Park Boulevard and Mountain i Windowe can be accentuated by a Vlyid painted ahut-Iwrs horbnly liven up the face "of your house but, by takihg Up part of the wall apace on either aide, give an illusion of width to the win. dows. Piedmont Hills Drive up today ind Visit "Top t' th World Home" Spectacular, view of the bays the Golden Gate. Four bedrooms, three Ultra violet "-T-. 1-7" Alto Iron fireman.

DVive but MOfcaga or Park Blvd. to Mountain then up Colton Blvd. or Snake Road to 1949 Asilomar Drive "PINE CABLES" 'Photo today's Clawified Section. -for view homes anl lota 'Consult the lloners" faul Pause and Asspciatei Thii attractive residence in sunny San Leandro it now open for inspection. It it located at 780 Estudillo Avenue, and conforms thft MpntereV-Spanish style of fthilecture, embodying many new features.

INTO THE SUNSHINE of the Demand for New Homes Exceeds Building Here 4r 1- 6f the ftiahv beautiful homes Com The Copper Roofs Company of Northern California, specialising In the installation of double lock Copper roofs, recently opened offices at 2295 Sart Pablo Avenue. Berke ley, where it will maintain a mod ern plant and offices. W. S. Yard, president of the hewly formed Company states: ''For centuries copper roofs have beCh irt Use throughout the world, and have adorned palaces, cathedrals and State buildings.

HOwevfcr, the top. per roofs heretofore built, have been more costly than the average nome owner could afford. But to dav. With the "Doiihti Wfr' TfiA, per Roof," there is no longer any reasoh why even a'most modest cottage should not be roofed With uuppcr. in auuuion to tnese lea is very reasonable" and 'cotfmares fav orably, and in many instances is of lower cost, than less durable material: it is light in weight, consequently does not require an expensive supporting structure, and is easily Installed by our oWn Crew of skilled "Copper, of cburse.

increases in beaUty, wi(H vage and service, and harmonizes in color with the foliage and building materials. In addition, the statuary bronite of green coating that the copper ac quires, acts as protection against the elements. "The first cost is the last cost iri the Installation of a copper Oof, which can be applied on any roof, regardless of type or site. "The Copper Is manufactured; by the Anaconda Copper. Company, comes to us In long strips a foot in width.

These atrips are given a coating of hot asphalt on the under side, to which a atrip ef deadening felt la applied. The material Is then ready for installation, which is done by a crew of akilled roofers. "Copper roofs have been Installed on thousands of homes throughout the natloh, but are now being Introduced to Northern California fof the first time and are destined to meet with the approval of local COPPER ROOFS FOR HOMES' An Answer II To the Christmas Question -r 1st 3,274,114 830 1,425,814 2nd 387 1,871.809 3rd Vi 3,009,748 399 1,739,158 Of total of new construction, exclusive bf public wOrks prinjectsi it oA-iJw'--q half is In Ofl)fiaviti '-itrtriuan Ji mntl in Berkeley. Analysis of the Costs of new single-family homes shows that the current average Oakland permit tails for investment of approximately a)4900, Berkeley $4200,, and the balance bf the-area approximately $3500, Last year the Berkeley average was $5333, Oakland's average waa $1758 and the balance bf the area, $3510. 1 Seven Slates have 100 or more airports -and landing fields each: California, 192; Texas, 135; Penn sylvania, 118; Michigan, 114; Florida, 112.

Ohio, 103, and New York, 100, Nation's total fields, 2402. 0 QUESTION: What shall I give the 5, Although more than 40 per centf or tne current investment in new construction bf the Metropolitan' Oakland. arM IS going into new single-family homes, production of new homes ia not sufficient to meet the demand! of the bresent realty market, the Oakland ReaJ Estate Board fihds as a result bf a-canvgss oi memoer brokers. Normal demand ef families now resident in this community is greater than the present supply ef new nomes, without taking into consideration the newcemers new appearing in the market and those expected in the immediate future, the Realty Board reports, Analysis of the local building program it shown by the following tablewhich reflects for each quar-ter-yfear since 1934, the total invest ment in new construction, exclusive Of public werkt projects, and the number and cost of new tingle-family homes for which building permits have been issued by the nine municipalities of the Metropolitan Oaklahd area. Total cost singie- i of new Family construction No.

homes cost IMS 1 1st y4, $2,069,070 2nd 1,917,088 Srd 1,690,329 4th 2,467,631 153 17 a ail dm viitDi i 87,915 650,775 647,378 325 home ownefl, architecu and builders." B. A. Breeden Will be in charge of tales for the Copper Roofs Company of Northern California, A lot on duuq a new nonm. QUESTION: Where can buy a good lotf ANSWER: In Oak Knoll. QUESTION: Why in Oak Knoll? ANSWER: Because Oak Knoll offers more In home Value.

QUESTION: Is Oak Knoll a restricted district? ANSWER: Oak Knoll is restricted and QUESTION: Is Oak Knoll in the country? ANSWER: Oak Knoll is country in the city. QUESTION: What kind of neighbors will I have in Oak Knoll? ANSWER: The best. A lot in Cak Xnoll will prove to be the gift among gifts. To -reach Oak Knoll follow Foothill Boulevard, turn up Semmary Avenue and out Mountain Boulevard or turn up 82nd Avenue and follow Golf Links Road. fV Mrl.

E. Mathy. In Orihda it bne dentiel property is Shown to be Iti f- excess of $6500, Aside from the fact that new homes of this value are available for rent, It Is contended that they could hot be had at rentals as low as purchase payments under the Insured mortgage plan. "On existing structures, hot bulk under government supervision, the average Is shown to approximate $4000. 1 aids Modest incomes "That the Fadefal Housing system ef insured mortgage 'financing is assisting to' home ownership famU lies of modest incomes is shown by the fact that the greatest number tit fty ne trice bracket, 22,1.

per cent, cover mortgages A titm tu tr construction, "This more families in this district ere purchasing homes costing from $3780 to $5000 lhah in ahy other price bracket, In second, ana third places, 20 per cent are buildlhg home on which their ihsured mortgage is less than $3000, while 19.4 per cent are in the $4000 to $3000 brackets. -V'Only 8.3 'per cent of all bor rowers under this plah hold in sured mortgages of $10,000 or more. "These statistics offer most conclusive evidehce that the Federal Housing Administration lit giving greatest assistance to the very persons it was designed to serve," declared D. c. McGinness, associate "It oflers the man of modest means his first opportunity to house his family in their own home under a plan of financing which afford him the elements of safety and security and permits the amortization of the mortgage in monthly rent-like payment, REVEALS MARKET "This survey of ouf records also should indicate to Operative builders the price range In which lies their greatest market.

It is, nat- in lower priced homes. ''Am I 4 hit mnwlM. ntH ma jiibuj cu iiiui lavage vi povvui for Instance, may be amortized under the 20-year plan by payments of $22.29 a month, plus taxes and insurance. Hence, any family paying as much at $25 a month rent can live more economically in their own home than in a rented house." McQinness stated that plans al-1 reaay are Being laid lor an aggressive "Own Your Home" program to be launched in the bay district immediately after the holidays. The cooperation of realty men, building contractors and aubdivlslon developed will be enlisted for the purpose of tarrying on an Intensive educational campaign, he said.

100 Oaklanderi to Attend Inaagarcl Mora than 100 realty men of Metropolitan Oakland will attend the Inauguration, of F. E. (Gene) Dayton of Salinas aa president of California Real' state Association, at Hotel Del Monte Saturday noon, January according to the. report of liorrii N. Schneider, chairman of the Northern California Attendance Committee, who is in charge of res-ervatlonal Delegations from all Of the realty boards of this part of the State and from most of those of Southern California will be in attendance, Schneider reporte, and it, is expected that the affair will be one of the biggest inaugurals ever held by the State organisation.

President-elect Dayton Is one of the six realty men of California chosen by the Governor to serve with State Real Estate Commis sioner J. Mortimer Clark as the State Real Estate Board charged with administration of the State License Act. He was elected to head the State association for 103? at the October convention at Loi Angolea. home" than to baV reht. Is the statement of the Northern Califor-nia district office of the Federal Housing Administration, quoting statistics showing that the average family purchasing a home under the fHA insured mortgage system pays less each month- to amortize the loan than formerly was paid for rent.

An announcement by the FHA reads: "The local district office haj accented for appraisal 12,532 applications for insured mortgages aggregating. Of these, 3040, amounting to $18,418,985, represent new construction and 9492, aggregating $38,119,230, cover ex istiijg structures. The average loan on new homes built in the lastbay approximates $5000, Which, under the FHA 20-year, plan, It amortised toy monthly payments of $37.15, Which Includes all costs except taxes and insurance, I on Englith Typt Collagt Roofs eV6 LOPMGNT COM PAN i9 Y'lL 1 'L I th 327-1 7th Street Oakland HI flat, 1613 Windows, froitt whiok en gtimpiet the bay through lbfty pines, are not the only feature of till new ihovr heme, 1 rt ESTUDILLO ESTATES Invites Inspection of This Beautiful Monterey-Colonial Home Open Today New Sh.qw Homo "Silver Windows-' in Wm i i ''Doubl flock" Copper Roof NOW! Copper ft 7 PINES PIEDMONT fl tly PRICE $7,400 Long, Easy Terms, at Interest Estudillo Estates la only 20 minutes by auto from Oakland City Hall. Drive out E. 14th St.

to Estudillo Avenue, turn left to tract, or out Foothill Blvd. direct to property. -I With ill gleaming white ttucco tet off with tasteful ailver-L metal with an abundance of wlndowt to take advanta-t of the cheery, plentiful tunshine "Silver Windows," the new thow home in Piedmont Pinet Mandt high above the city. Surrounded by towering pinet which add a zestful aroma to t.s pure, dry air of the hills, "Silver Window" toon be tS much-enjoyed home of tome fortunate family the jusiiflcllj envy of thoutands. 'Today, and every day this week, SI- Windows" may be teen by all who come.

YOU are invli i appreciate its many features hich make for comfort and venience its sturdy construction by Allen or. Allen, i builders, Enjoy its inspiring views tee why this new 1. it appropriately titled, "Silver Windows." Come today. Located at 780 Estudillo Avenue There are three attractive bedrooms and two bathrooms. The large living and dining rooms have plank floors, and in the living room is a feature fireplace that it in character with the design.

Unique breakfatt room with two built-in buf fett and tile top china cabinets. Model kitchen, with many built-in. Large tocial hall in basement, where it alto the laundry with fat burning furnace. Two-car garage. Competitively Priced Enduring protection for your new home or a charming re-surface over your pres-, ent one.

This specially treated domestic Anaconda copper works equally well on flat or pitched roofs. DETAILS AND ESTIMATES WITHOUT OBLIGATION COPPER ROOFS COMPANY of Northern California 2295 San Pablo Ave. at Bancroft, Berkeley AS berry 01 1 1 ROOF WITH COPPER-IT COSTS ISO MORE Drive to the Junction of Park Boulevard and Mountain Boulevard; then follow the llgn into Piedmont Pinet, Main Office: CLencourt 4374 STANLEY M. DAVIS SahAgtnl anABuiUet 6W Bancroft Avenue Telephone SW eetwdod SI CO Tr:.