| Where are we going to find that lot, so we can build | | | | to build or pay for building a mile or two of line. |
| the new home? I do not like to drive forty miles | | | | Natural gas is now piped to many localities; and it is |
| through heavy traffic to get to work every morning | | | | very useful, but where it is not available, |
| and back again at night. | | | | bottled gas can usually be secured. If not, oil |
| After you are satisfied that getting to and from | | | | can be used for heating and for heating water. Or |
| work will not be too difficult, there are other | | | | you can use coal, or even wood in some rural |
| considerations. How will the children get to | | | | forested areas. |
| school? Be sure there is a proper school not too far | | | | Or you can use electricity for heating purposes, if |
| away, or that a school bus picks up the children in | | | | you insulate the house properly. Many electric |
| the neighborhood. Then there is the simple matter of | | | | companies give very low rates for electricity |
| shopping for the daily groceries. Are suitable | | | | used to heat water, and often for heating the whole |
| markets not too far away? If you have a | | | | house. Gas is not an absolute necessity, but it is well |
| preference as to the church you attend, can one be | | | | to give consideration to what will take its place. |
| reached within a reasonable distance? | | | | Public transportation passing near your new home is a |
| Utilities | | | | great convenience. Everybody has cars |
| Although many people think that such things as | | | | nowadays, but some families have only one |
| electricity, gas, water, and telephone lines come | | | | car, and when a man drives it to work, what does |
| automatically, there are places where one or | | | | his wife do for transportation? But if a man can take |
| more of these services is not available, and it is well | | | | the bus to work, he will save money, and his wife |
| to make a thorough check to see that all of these | | | | can have the car at home. |
| are satisfactory and that their cost is | | | | Or if both husband and wife are employed, the |
| reasonable. | | | | problem is greatly simplified if a good dependable bus |
| If sewers are not available, you can usually get along | | | | line runs near the place. There is usually less nervous |
| with a septic tank, but this will cost more than | | | | tension generated in riding in a bus than there is in |
| connecting to a sewer. If, however, there is a | | | | fighting your own way through the rush hour traffic. |
| monthly charge for the sewer, perhaps in time this | | | | The View |
| would make things come out about even. | | | | The view is not an absolute necessity in selecting a |
| A good water supply is, of course, the first | | | | site for your new home, but it can well be a very |
| necessity. You wouldn't want a house where | | | | important consideration. It must be admitted |
| you could not get good water and plenty of it. It is | | | | that there are not nearly enough sites with |
| well to inquire about the water supply. Is the | | | | magnificent views (such that everyone can have |
| pressure adequate during the dry season? Is the | | | | one). |
| water safe to drink, and does it taste good? | | | | Do try to get a lot that is large enough so that you |
| A dependable source of electricity is also a must. | | | | can do something with it. Perhaps you can buy what |
| What about the rates? To get so far out that you | | | | was originally planned as two lots and make it into a |
| try to generate your own electricity is only for those | | | | very attractive place. Then again,suppose you can |
| few hardy souls who do not mind poor or indifferent | | | | get only one lot 60' x 120' in size. You can still do a |
| service at considerable expense and trouble. | | | | great deal with it by careful planning. |
| Good telephone service is a necessity in our modern | | | | Select your lot with care and you will be well satisfied |
| civilization. Be sure it is available without your having | | | | with your home. |