Rose Cottage Ltd

So my Mom and I were having a whine-fest a day or two ago about how much everything costs in 2013. Anyone over a certain age does this from time to time when they realize they could have nearly purchased an entire house or car in the not-too-distant past – for the price now of one monthly payment.

She found a real estate example I thought I’d share with you. Let’s see if anyone can guess the year this home package was offered. I’ll update later today with the source and the answer.

The print is a little hard to read, but the guesstimate is that once labor costs are thrown in, the house can still be built for around $1556.00. No comments in the ad about land…but that’s not too unusual for the time frame.

Many people had parents or relatives who owned large parcels of land or had large farms. Graduate from high school, get married and want to start a home and family? Here’s 3 acres for you – you just have to pay for your home. Permitting and land transfers just happened – without the local, state and sometimes federal government all getting a $$$ piece of the action.

Here’s an image of the house…

And here is the floor plan…looks like the house is around 1,000 square feet total – give or take. Using rough “today” numbers might put this house in the $75,000 – $150,000 price range – dependent on location and land.

Probably no granite counter tops or stainless steel appliances planned for this house! In fact, I am a tad concerned that there is no notation in the plan for…a bathroom…

So in what year would you guess this house plan advertisement appeared?

A. 1919
B. 1934
C. 1950

Check back later today for the year and the source for this home plan.
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Did you guess?

This house plan advertisement appeared in a Montgomery Ward catalog in the year 1934.

Now if we could just find out about that missing bathroom!!!