STATE HOUSE-BUILDING

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 177, 13 August 1937, Page 7

STATE HOUSE-BUILDING

Is the Guinea Inspection Fee Warranted? Wii dk~ •mrnmm. director's letter "V arlous aspecfcs of the proposed eroction of liouaes under tbe Govemment kousing scheme in Hastings were mentioned in a number of letters reeeived by tko Borough Council from the department and officials at tho meeting iaBt evening. The more. iuteresting items concerned the cost of inspectious and points relating to the snbdivision of the properties. , The Director of Housing Construction desii'ed to know a littlo moro about the work involved in the inspection of properties uncler construction,considering thafc t-he proposed chargo fee of £1 !/• for the inspection or' plumbing and draiaage work was not warranted in considoration of the eeonomy which was possible where inspection was made of groups of liouses. —-The information is to be supplied to the director, together with the advice that the necessary inspection of plumbing aud drainage work would uecessitate not fewer than four visits a hoiise. The department agreed to the borough engineer 's estimate of £G5 a ■ chain for forming and niotalling eomplete with kerbing and channelling, paths, sewor and water mains, for tho roading in the subdiinsion of thc Hanrahan block, and further advised that the property was not being subdividcd for the purposes of sale or lease. The engineer (Mr. C. E. Evans) reported tliat the proposed" subdivision of the Hanrahan blOek was in accordance with the by-laws except for the lo.ts on which double liouses were to be built, and he suggosted that tho area in front of these lots should be included iu the sections, and not in tho road: otherwiso the council might be called upon to maintain the proposed garden area. - ...