Winner to Get Over £1,000 Equity

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 996, 12 June 1930, Page 8

Winner to Get Over £ I,OOO Equity

The Steeltex Villa which has beeu announced in the competition has reached the final stage where preparations are being made for work to start. This magnificent prize is to be a Model House recommended by leading construction experts in Auckland. Mr. H. Clinton Savage, the architect who is making the plans, has been in constant consultation with the principal firms supplying the material to be put into the model house. Mr. Savage has taken into consideration every requirement to meet Auckland conditions. The plans have been completed and a full-page advertisement appears in this issue showing the floor plans, elevations, etc. The house when completed will be worth over £2,100. The winner of this prize will be given an equity in this property worth over £I,OOO. Arrangements have been made with the Dominion Investment and Banking Association to finance the balance of the construction cost. Tenders are invited for the building of the house. Working plans and specifications can be seen at Mr. Savage’s office on and after Monday next, and tenders will be received by the architect up to June 30. Construction will be started as soon afterward as possible and within three months the house should be finished. The balance of the cost of the house, which is supplied by the finance company, has been arranged in the form of a long-term loan over a period of 20 years, which may be paid off in monthly payments by the winner. Not only will the house be built but the grounds will be laid out. After the house is completed it will be placed on view for one month before it will be turned over to the winner. Mr. H. Clinton Savage, who has the architectural work and supervision of construction in hand, cordially invites the contestants and their friends to interview him with reference to details of construction. Materials used have been carefully selected from firms of standing, and all material used will be most suitable for New Zealand conditions. THE HOUSE THE SUN BUILT The following itemised list shows the land and materials that will be used in the construction,:

This house is to be constructed—work starting shortly, and the winner of THE HOUSE THE SUN 3UILT will receive this house complete with an equity of £1,102 10s, and subject to a long-term mortgage covering the balance—which is payable like rent.

COMPETITION JUST STARTED The competition is just getting under way, and any new contestant can enter and in a few hours pile up a big vote toward winning this beau tiful home. Subscriptions count more right now than they will ever count again, as a special bonus of 500,000 extra is allowed on each total of £lO in subscription money turned in by a contestant up to 12 noon next Saturday week, June 21. Enter today and decide to win.

Section in Winstone Park, £ s. d. by Winstone. Limited Plans, Specifications and Supervision of Work by 350 0 0 H. Clinton Savage Doors and Joinery, by 100 0 0 Henderson and Pollard Sampson Paint, "Wallpaper and Leaded Windows 100 0 0 by Phillips & Impey .. Steeltex and Cement, by Winstone, Limited, to 100 0 0 the value of Bathroom Fittings and Equipment, by Hardley, 74 0 0 Limited . Electrical Fixtures and Wiring, by Turnbull and 65 0 0 Jones . .. . Whitney Windows, by 65 0 0 Whitney Windows, Ltd. Brick and Floor Quarries, by Amalgamated 65 0 0 Brick and Pipe Co. . . .New Zealand Wallboard, by N.Z. W'allboards, 23 0 0 Limited Bitumen Paths supplied by Emoleum, Ltd., Win20 0 0 stone Building Napier Copper 3-Com-partment Washtub and Cistern, supplied by Napier Concrete Com20 0 0 pany Ltd Year’s Fire Insurance, full coverage by Hartford Fire Insurance Co. <G. Stuart Johnston, 10 10 0 Mgr. Auckland Province Landscape Plans and supervision by THE E 0 0 SUN’S Garden Editor 10 0 0 £1,012 The Dominion Investment and Banking Association’s long-term loan 10 0 •.say) 1.100 0 0 Total value of House £ 2,13 2 10 0