LOCATING THE HOUSELOCATING THE HOUSE Having chosen a lot in a desirable neighborhood, sufficiently large, and with what is called "natural possibilities," the next problem is to locate the house on it. The factors which determine this location are topography, accessibility from the street, style of house to be built, exposures the various rooms must have, views, and, most emphatically, the way in which it is proposed to lay out the area around the house. The house
must never be so located that when it comes
to arranging walks and paths, drives or
gardens, there cannot be found enough room
for them in the places where they belong.
This unfortunate impasse is encountered
unbelievably often. As practicing landscape
architects we have been on many jobs where
the ideal solution simply could not be
worked out, for lack of space where needed,
because of the ill-considered placement
of the house. By this
means all the property is saved for use
and none is wasted on the service side
of the house. Topography may often govern
the house location, even to the extent
of overruling other considerations. Locate
on high ground rather than low; on a flat
space, usually, rather than a hillside. planning
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