SELECTING A SITESELECTING A SITE In these days of high-pressure salesmanship the task of selecting a lot is not the simple process it once was. The developer of property to be put on the real estate market uses every known device to make his particular subdivision attractive. Extensive grading operations are undertaken, concrete walks are laid, light, telephone, and water mains are installed, and a few showy, but usually inappropriate, shrubs and trees are planted to impress prospective buyers. But the careful purchaser
who has inspected many "developments" realizes
that frequently such fine beginnings peter
out, and before many years present the
desolate picture of unkempt vacant lots
dotted over with a few scattered houses
of questionable design. The thoughtful
buyer will, therefore, not be too deeply
impressed by mere surface indications;
he will be concerned more with such things
as the natural possibilities of the site. garden planning continued... |
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