Flats for "Flats"
A reader of this journal recently advertised fo: an apartment amongst the smal ndvertisements, and in reply received a printed notice from a Chinese setting out the "principal terms of flats in the—Bullding' In that' property there, fxe, in all cit apartinens, it i annetesar be taken of the manner' in which the landlord o-dear with all of them, bit ose example mr;
proposes 40 charge' his: tenorite, For an apart: ent consisting of one dining room, one irving, three "bedrooms, two. bathrooms, "pantry and kitchen the rental {a to be US $4i0 per snnuin, payable in advance. In addition to: that key Toney: amounting to US$350 dx charged, and the period of the Tease is to be one year' with option of renewal at a rental fo be mutually freed upon. Central heating fe net included 1 the rent, and the tenant will have to pay to the landlord a deposit of U'5 $300, or GN$9,000 fnsinst the account for coal constimption which Will'be charged for In proportion to the rental the flats. In this connection its interesting fo note that if there is any surplus it wil be Felurned to the tenants after the cold weather Is over. Hot water will be included in the rental, Soparently. the only. service which is, but cold water and the French mumieipal rates will have {o'be met by the tenant. The general effect these various charges is that for the tst year's tenancy, the occupant of the fiat will be charg:
somewhere in. the neighbourhood Gxvsi.000" per" mensem, with "the. realiza that the "option of renewal" at the end of that Derlod sat rental to be Mutually: agreed upon Should give the landlord an opportunity to. put the screw on just a litle bit more, Tt is quite apparent that the owner is very prot indeed of his apartments, so proud that he ought.
Jett with them on his hands. There. fy one small em he hay apparently overlooked; he inns forgotten to include a charge or lift ser= vies, at s0°mueh a tip.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.