125 Pacific homes ready-cut : California's choicest designs

1923·41.6 MB·English

by  Pacific Ready-Cut Homes (Firm)

PACIFIC
HOMES
Californias
Choicest Designs
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FOR PACIFIC REAL JY-UT HOMES,F.QB.M1LL
All prices F. O. B. factory, Boyle an Slauson Avenues, Los Angeles.
Prices of Ready-Cut materials do not include plumbing, masonry, wiring, lot, ready for occupancy, including labor, plumbing, wiring, masonry, etc.
lath or plaster. For terms see page 160. All prices subject to change The size of the studding, ceiling joists and other specifications of a few of
without notice. All previous prices void. Cost of freight or truck our smaller houses may have to be changed in your locality to meet your
delivery gladly furnished on application. We will quote, upon request, local building ordinance. These changes, if necessary, may be made at a
completed price for any design erected in or near Los Angeles, on your slight additional charge. Write us for estimates.
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480 36 1197.00 485 21.35 218 1366.00 517 21.10 12 X 18. 268.75 12 x 24_ 318.50
Ready-Cut, Lined with Plasterboard— 478 1307.00 w 532 25. bb 215 85 5466.00 2059 88.30
476 37 1646.00 669 24.25 207 86 1908.00 2161.00 649 29.50 SCHOOLS, OIL STATIONS, BARNS,
Prices include specifications as above and, 475 38 3086.00 pti 799 44.95 206 86 977.00 1101.00 317 15.60
436 1115.00 427 19.30 204 87 881.00 314 17.30 ' STORES, ETC.
in addition, all necessary plasterboard for 433 39 1575.00 486 22.10 193 88 2425.00 842 36.25 Ready Cut, Ready Cut Ready Cut for
432 41 2292.00 518 28.40 191 89 3440.00 1050 58.40 Styla Page Unlinad for Plaiter Plaiterboard
walls and ceilings, including tinting ma¬ 431 40 1475.00 443 21.70 176 90 2781.00 970 32.90 501 157 $376.00 $. $.
430 42 1108.00 z 388 21.60 173 91 3017.00 952 34.90 503 157 493.00
terials and either paste filler or battens 429 43 2108.00 612 20.30 98 92 1572.00 1796.00 575 28.35 581 157 918.00
with which to apply the plasterboard. 442212 4445 21666664..0000 o 473552 3213..9300 9846 9934 11219552..0000 11436382..0000 446414 2211..3800 559912 115565 1333366..0000 1356098..0000
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416 1783.00 620 28.60 83 97 1066.00 1246.00 462 18.95 595 156 772.00 739.00 826.00
spaced 1 6 inches on center, even in plas¬ 413 1480.00 514 22.35 79 93 1291.00 1460.00 433 22.95 596 156 _ 1267.00 1387.00
405 47 2167.00 650 24.15 78 99 1688.00 1855.00 428 27.95
terboard lined PACIFIC homes. 402 48 2396.00 711 30.10 77 100 1000.00 1150.00 406 17.90 GARAGES
393 49 2731.00 766 29.60 73 101 1574.00 1782.00 535 13.10
397 50 1884.00 CO 532 26.70 72 102 1244.00 1411.00 428 19.45 (Specifications on Page 126)
2% DISCOUNT 396 51 2194.00 632 38.75 67 103 989.00 1154.00 425 17.80 STANDARD GARAGE FORD
395 52 2192.00 W 658 29.85 64 104 741.00 851.00 283 15.60 Including door holders SPECIAL GARAGE
393 53 1365.00 509 15.75 61- A 105 757.00 855.00 276 15.90 9 X 12.. $ 67.50 9 X 12.... ...$ 50.00
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as stated on page 160. 379 56 1496.00 498 27.55 54 108 791.00 897.00 270 12.15 12 X 16.. 89.50 10 X 16... __ 62.50
378 57 1873.00 541 20.20 53 109 1066.00 1189.00 317 18.10 12 X 18... 95 25 12 X 14.... . 63.50
374 58 2589.00 768 37.10 52 110 588.00 671.00 214 11.30 12 X 20_. 101.25 12 X 16... .. 68.50
TERMS 372 59 1575.00 533 21.45 51 122 628.00 721.00 243 10.75 14 X 18. . 103 00 12 X 18..,. . 73.75
371 60 1974.00 Plh 474 19.65 49 111 716.00 806.00 230 15.50 14 X 20. . 109.25 12 X 20.... . 78.75
We assist home-builders in negotiating loans. For 369 61 2176.00 729 28.85 48 112 662.00 752.00 230 14.00
367 62 1179.00 354 15.70 47 113 716.00 828.00 288 11.15 CALIFORNIA GARAGE Colonial Garage
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construction, send for further information regarding 273 1263.00 383 17.45 35 124 470.00 545.00 192 10.50
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NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER: ATlantic 8141
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CALIFORNIA'S CHOICEST DESIGNS
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INDEX
Page Page
Architectural Service . 4 Ironing Boards.145
Bank Building.156 Library .156
Barn .1S7 Loans . 10
Benefits of Pacific System. 3 Mail Orders . 8
Building Laws . 9 Miscellaneous Materials . 17
Built-In Features.127 to 147 Miscellaneous Structures..!55 to 157
Carpenters, Contractors . 7 One and 2-Room Houses.125
Cement Work. 1 7 Order Blank.Inside Back Cover
Changes in Specifications. 17 Ordering By Mail. 8
Courts .86-87 Paints, Etc. 16
Disappearing Beds.142 Paint Factory. 10
Doors .148-149 Plaster and Plaster Board. 1 7
Duplex Houses.80 to 84 Plumbing Fixtures .150-151
Electrical Fixtures .152 to 154 Price List..Inside Front Cover
Elevations . 20 Quality of Lumber. 16
Erection Service. 11 Questions and Answers.159
Estimates . 9 Railroad Fare Refund. 19
Exhibition Grounds .18-19 Ready-Cut Home, Under
Export Shipments. 10 Construction . 13
Factory . 12 Ready-Cut Material.14-15
Flats . 85 Real Estate Offices.155
F. O. B. Mill Prices. 11 References . 158
Foreman’s Services.160 Saving . 5
Freight Saving. 9 School .156
Garages .126 Special Plans. 10
Gas Stations .157 Specifications—General .16-17
Guarantee .159 Sub-Contracts .154
Hospital .-.156 Summary of Pacific System. 12
How to Reach Exhibition Terms .160
Grounds . 19 Trim Detail .1.127
Liability Insurance. 9 Two-Story Houses.88 to 91
Industrial Houses .155 Wall Construction. 17
Interior Views.128 to 144 Window Shades .154
INDEX OF DESIGNS
Plans and designs, with individual Specifications are arranged in descend¬
ing numerical sequence ranging from the highest style number (Style
495), beginning on Page 21, to the lowest style number (Style 16),
ending on Page 125.
Compiled and FubUshed by
PACIFIC READY-CUT HOMES,
Incorporated
Office and Exhibition Grounds: 1330 SOUTH HILL ST.. LOS ANGELES. CAL.
Wm. P. Butte, President and Gen’l Mgr. Berne S. Barker, Secy-Treas. Cable: Pacificut
Copyright 1923, By Pacific Ready-Cut Homes, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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DIAL MARKED
FOR DIFFERENT
PITCH ANGLES x
A MACHINE THAT DOES THE WORK OF 20 CARPENTERS
This ingenious machine cuts, bevels, notches and finishes rafters with absolute accuracy.
Capacity, 5000 rafters per 8-hour day. It is one of many machines in the Pacific house
manufacturing mill that results in big savings of carpenter labor and provides finer workmanship.
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To fully sense the value of the Pacific System and to be accurately in¬
formed of the benefits of the Ready-Cut method, the reader is requested
to carefully note the text herein.
By W. P. BUTTE, President
ERBERT HOOVER, Secretary of Commerce, struck the keynote of
the building problem prevalent throughout the nation, when he recently
declared:
“A great field of service to the building industry itself and to the coun¬
try as a whole lies in the elimination of those great wastes which are beyond the
control of any one individual. If we would secure the housing and construction
now so badly lagging behind our needs, we must cheapen its costs.
Efficiency in industry is m_—ore i;mp-or¬ Secretary Hoovcr has taken cognizancc
tant to the Nation than the margin of of the fact that the building industry
profit. lacks systematization—the very defi¬
ciency that we foresaw and have over¬
^‘We want a Nation of Homebuilders.
come. We contend, as does Mr. Hoover,
The standards of living, to a large part
that in order to cheapen building costs,
of our people, are higher than in any
waste must be eliminated. Efficiency
other part of the world, but if we
must predominate, standardization
would extend these standards to the
must transcend the hit-or-miss meth¬
remainder of our people it will be done
ods, and steady, rather than spasmodic,
only by full effort and the elimination
employment must be afforded to the
of every waste in industry.
millman and carpenter.
“Waste in manufacture and distribu¬
The Pacific Ready-Cut System has ac¬
tion must be eliminated. I do not in¬
complished all these thitigs and more!
tend to enter into details, for I need
only to mention the questions of sim¬ In a nutshell, the Pacific Ready-Cut
plification and standardization of System enables you to secure your home
dimensions and of quality, the stand¬ on a basis of predetermined value.
ardization of buying and selling speci¬ Without sacrificing quality we are able
fications, the greater uniformity in con¬ to deliver you a home at wholesale
struction contracts, the simplification cost, standardizing every operation
of building codes and the
—from the buying of raw
better synchronizing of dif¬
materials to the erection and
ferent construction indus¬ completion of the structure.
tries towards the elimina¬
tion of intermittent employ¬
ment
System—Plus
Qviantity Output
Provides Plconomy
All will agree that to lower the
quality of materials in the con¬
struction of a home is NOT econ¬
omy. The secret of true economy
lies in stopping losses, preventing
waste of lumber, devising ways of
reducing the amount of carpenter
labor and by buying all materials
from one dependable source at
LOWEST COST. Now this is ex¬
actly what the PACIFIC SYSTEM
will accomplish for you, whether
jfou build a 2, 5 or 10-room home.
Years ago when building mate¬
rials were comparatively the cheap¬
est of commodities and low wages
prevailed, the exercising of econ¬
omy was not so necessary as now.
But Times Have Changed
CHECKING PLANS FOR FINAL APPROVAL
In almost all lines of industry the
Each plan, produced by the Architectural Department must be approved
need for economy has been an¬
by every Department Chief before it can be accepted by the Sales
swered by standardizing produc¬ Division.
tion. Yet, of all the crafts and
industries. Home-building has been the last to heed Perfect Plans
the demand for standardization.
FhTe <^rchitectural Service
Present labor costs will not decline and lumber is be¬
coming scarcer and scarcer. Our Architectural service is a guarantee that the
design you select will be correct down to the most
The Pacific System of building has revolutionized the
minute detail. Every plan shown in this book has
methods of handling every piece of material that goes
had the close study of many building experts.
into the construction.
Every feature of the stock plan you select has been
The building of a home calls into operation literally studied, critically reviewed, and after meeting with
thousands of skilled workmen who must participate the approval of our Board of Practical Architects, has
directly or indirectly, beginning with the hewing of been finally released to our Sales Department.
the tree in the forest. With no effort made to co¬ Thus instead of having but one person plan your
ordinate these forces, building costs continued to home you have the judgment and talent of all our
increase. It was this woeful lack of system that experts. Every house shown in this book, has actually
determined us to devise and perfect a method that been built—the final “acid test” for correctness.
would enable the home-builder to centralize his pur¬ But our Architectural service does not stop with the
chases, buy his materials minus middle profits, earn a planning and perfecting of stock designs. When you
considerable saving in labor costs and prevent need¬ decide to buy a Pacific Home we will provide one of
less wastes. In providing the Pacific System we our Contact Architects who is a specialist in planning
believe we have accomplished a great good for the the type of design you prefer, to work with you in
public, and as our reward, have developed a business incorporating any individual ideas of your own.
that represents a sales turnover of several million dol¬ By distributing the cost of maintaining our Archi¬
lars per annum. With rapid and repeated turnover tectural Department pro rata to the thousands of
of our investment we can successfully sell homes on homes we sell annually, the cost apportioned to each
a very small profit margin. single structure is so trivial as to be negligible.
PARTIAL VIEW OF THE ARCHITECTURAL DEPARTMENT
The staff of a score of Architects maintained by the Pacific Organization specializes in the creation of economy
plans. We maintain the largest corps of Architects of any homebuilding concern in the West. Their com¬
bined experira.ce is at your service.
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Your New Home al.t' ^thDeu Bysr oakieorAs buys this much
this size first choice lumber
in your Ready^Cuf
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at the Retailer^
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Ours is an Organization of specialists in home-build¬
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ing thrift,—men who join their abilities, with one aim
in view—the building of homes at less-than-market- We buy lum¬
cost. ber direct from
the forest cut¬
Imagine the difficulty and risk that would be entailed
ters, accepting
in purchasing an automobile if you were obliged to
only the most
buy the engine from one factory, the body from
select grades.
another, the chassis from still another source, the
radiator from another place, and none of the manu¬
facturers would be responsible for the complete
assembly.
Twenty Per Cent or More
Yet this is the system, or lack of system, that a home¬
builder must follow when he builds by the ordinary
is Frequently Saved
method. You prevent this waste by selecting a
Pacific Ready-Cut Home. Concentration of your pur¬
chasing power eliminates loss of time in selecting Some Homebuilders say it can’t be done.
materials and prevents shift of responsibility. We Many carpenters of the “old school” scoff at the idea.
assume the responsibility for the many and varied And yet the reason for the daring claim that we can
items necessary in the construction of your home. save 20% or more is plainly evident when the pros¬
pective Homebuilder carefully studies the Pacific
Our force of buying experts keeps in close touch with
Ready-Cut System.
all the mills. These men know when to buy, where
to buy at the lowest cost consistent with quality, and If a rafter that requires from 5 to 10 minutes of car¬
how to buy. They devote all their time to making penter labor to prepare ready for nailing, can be
intelligent purchases of materials in immense quan¬ measured, sawed, notched and beveled by machine in
tities in order to deliver them to you at WHOLESALE 12 seconds, then surely there must be a saving of
COST. A single home-builder could not ordinarily labor—particularly when like savings are effected by
expect to have at his command the services of such other details of machine cutting.
a force of experts—but every purchaser of a Pacific It is conservative to say that the Pacific Ready-Cut
Home obtains this advantage. Our colossal pur¬ System saves the Homebuilder approximately 20%.
chases mean prices cut down to “bed rock.” Many of our customers report savings of one-third
and frequently higher.
Then there is the greater satisfaction of knowing that
the construction is right; that it meets the building
laws and approved architectural standards; that the
The lumber is
materials are the finest for their respective uses; that
purchased in
the paints and enamels are of the highest quality
cargo quantities
made to special analyses in Pacific’s own paint fac¬
and is transport-
tory.
ed from the
Beyond these advantages is the security of dealing
great lumber
with the largest manufacturers of homes in Western
ports of the north
America; of knowing that their reputation is your
direct to Los
protection and the assurance that the Pacific Home
Angeles Harbor
you select will be right in every particular.
by boat — the
most direct Pacific Ready-Cut Service implies more than correct¬
route. ness of design, more than accuracy of measurement,
more than the saving of dollars. We dare not use
inferior lumber. Our reputation is too much at stake
to risk such a step to gain temporary profit. The
placing of your order for a home with us is a demand
that we furnish you with the finest
materials and the consumate skill
of our entire Organization.
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Why Pay for
Lack of System?
If you ever built a home you probably experi¬
enced the same condition as countless others—
you secured bids and found that there was a
wide variation. Perhaps one contractor figured
cheap labor; another figured good lumber, good
workmanship and judicious planning and yet
his price seemed out of reason. Don’t blame
the carpenter or contractor. Blame the lack of
system.
The board that cost originally at the forest say
6 or 8 cents generally costs 20 cents or more by
the time the Homebuilder gets it—unless the
latter resolves to buy direct.
By the Pacific Plan extra profits are cut out,
waste in cutting is eliminated and the Home¬ versus
builder pays us only one small profit on his
entire bill of material.
The READY-CUT SYSTEM is sometimes criti¬
cized by retail lumber dealers
THE STOP WATCH TELLS THE STORY
because it offers a way to the
To saw a 2 x 12 plank in halves by hand requires 40 seconds of the
Homebuilder to keep that extra carpenter’s time. The same operation requires only 4 seconds by machine.
retail profit—and that profit is It is such savings as this that are provided by the Pacific System.
a big saving, too, for it includes
its proportionate share of the expense of extra handling in the local yard, credit losses, etc. If
your local lumber dealei who has no facilities for rendering a real homebuilding service, says:
“Don’t buy your lumber out of town and don’t order by mail,” ask him where he gets his. He
buys from the Wholesaler by the thousand feet and he sends his orders through the mail most
likely. Why shouldn’t you also, if you can save and be served better?
What You Will Save
“How much will I save by buying a Pacific Home?” is the question Homebuilders often ask.
It is difficult to set down a hard and fast rule of percentage because each order involves
different conditions. But from close records we have kept and in comparing figures of
complete costs for the average house, we find that the labor saving will approximately
amount to 15% to 30%. This is due, of course, to the way the materials are prepared, the
ready-cut pieces being machine-cut at the mill ready for nailing. The carpenters can
devote most of their time to actual erection operations. Then the saving in freight amounts
to usually 10% or more. No special charge is made for architectural services, which means
another big saving. Another fea¬
Pacific’s million-doUar buying power ture is the high quality of lumber,
commands lowest prices. Lumber is cabinet work and other building
purchased by the shipload; other
materials. By buying all our lum¬
materials are secured direct from
manufacturers in carload lots at job¬ ber from the forest cutters we
bers’ prices. secure nothing but the choicest
grades. We feel conservative in
placing the average saving at 20%.
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SQUABEfi Ease of
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Selecting a
Pacific Home
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It is an easy matter to order a
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READY-CUT Home. You simply
Paint
select the plan that meets with
your approval, either from this
book or from our files. Detail
work has already been done by our
experts who have spent weeks in
planning and perfecting each de¬
sign. After selecting your plan the
contract is drawn covering the de¬
tails and specifications, guarantee¬
ing in writing our agreement. The
order is sent to our mills and the
material is assembled by PACIFIC
SYSTEM methods and everything
for your new home is on the way to
its destination without delay.
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Never Any Delay
In Picking Out the Pieces
The READY-CUT lumber—in fact the entire material for the house—is
shipped at one time. When the shipment is deliverd the carpenters can
begin at once with the actual erection. They do not have to spend days
in cutting pieces to proper lengths, studying out complicated details, trial
fitting and recutting. Much to their delight they can start right in with
the nailing. All the tedious work has been done at the mill. The work
that the carpenters dislike most and the kind that is usually the most
expensive—that of hand cutting—has been done by accurate machinery.
The carpenters are not obliged to pick out the raw lengths of lumber
and study where each piece should go. A complete list is furnished,
with the aid of which the carpenters can immediately identify each item,
its intended use and where it is to go. The rafters, joists and other
ONE OF THE GIANT PLANERS
standard integrals of the frame work are of course uniform in length
Finish lumber is cut in quantity lots, in¬
and can be fitted in place and nailed in a “jiffy.” The plain instruc¬
spected and graded. The most modern types
tions enable the carpenter to locate any desired piece at once and he is of machines are used to prepare the material.
never in doubt. Everything has been planned with precision and it is
actually a joy for the men on the job to handle Pacific material, as any
carpenter who has been employed in building one of these houses will
attest. It usually happens that even the carpenter of the “old school,”
after once erecting a Pacific Home, develops into a big booster for the
Ready-Cut System.
The Greatest Aid to
Carpenters and Contractors
The average carpenter can accomplish only so much a day. He can
probably measure, square and saw through about 200 feet of material
a day. The carpenter earns from $5.00 to $9.00 a day for tedious work
or straight hand sawing. But at the Pacific mills the unprofitable
work—that which costs most—is almost all done by power machines
which operate all day long on 25 or 30 cents’ worth of electricity and MATERIALS READY FOR STORAGE
will cut thousands of feet of lumber an hour without tiring. The ready-cut pieces are carefully classified
and piled in their respective places so that
Some contractors and builders feel that the ready-cut system is going to
an order can be quickly and systematically
take some of their business away from them. We can easily understand filled.
how this viewpoint may be
taken by those who have not
investigated the possibilities of
the ready-cut system. Pacific
Homes do not infringe upon the
rights of the carpenter and con¬
tractor, but rather are a great
benefit. To the thrifty carpen¬
ter who desires to accomplish
the most, with resultant increase
of revenue, we wish to say that
you can greatly benefit by our
modern system. We furnish the
plans, we do all the slow hand
cutting by fast machinery, we
STOCK IN THE DRY KILN
FILLING AN ORDER
Pacific lumber is thoroughly seasoned. All
siding, exterior trim and interior finish Material lists tell exactly how many items
lumber is dry-kilned. You get the best the of material are ordered for each house.
world offers. These items are collected together quickly
and without confusion.
MACHINE JOINTERS DRAWER MATERIALS
SEPARATE BINS FOR EACH ORDER
There are more than fifty types of wood¬ Extra fine 3-ply veneered panel¬ The complete materials for each order are
working machines in the Pacific Mill to ing is used for cabinet work. brought to a specified bin ready for loading
prepare and finish ready-cut materials in Materials for built-in features are in the minimum of time. Every handling
the quickest time. carried in stock. operation is systematized.
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work out the intricate details and do all the plan¬
The slow hand method of
ning and attend to the details of shipping so that squaring a door is obso¬
you can devote your entire time to the actual erec¬ lete. At the Pacific Mill
tion of the structure. The work that is unprofitable doors are squared on both
to you and that which entails the most risk is done ends at one operation.
by us. The time that is put in on sawing lumber by The same machine squares
hand can be put in much more profitably on erec¬ and bevels sash with
tion work. lightning speed. We op¬
erate our own sash and
If you are hiring your own labor, our system means
door factory.
more profit to you because slow hand labor cannot
compete with our accurate machine cutting system.
You purchase the material ready-cut from one of
the largest material supply mills on the Pacific
Coast, based on a cost which is much lower, com¬
paratively speaking, than you could buy the same
quality material from your local yard. As a matter
of fact, it is doubtful if you can secure as high a
grade of lumber from your local yard. We invite
comparison. You secure all the materials at a
guaranteed cost and there is no chance for you to
forget to figure in necessary items. Therefore your
legitimate profit is assured.
By devoting your entire time to the details that
require skill you are able to construct many more houses during the
year than would be possible by following the ordinary hand-cutting
methods.
The PACIFIC System makes available the opportunity you have
always wanted—the chance to increase capacity. We save you time,
we save you detail work and at the same time give you a chance to
reap more legitimate profits.
We invite your investigation of this modern system of construction.
Come to our mills,
study the proposition
from every angle,
make comparisons,
ask us questions.
City Building Advantages
For Country Localities
The fame of Southern California Architecture has spread to
all parts of the world. But its advantages have not heretofore
been available to Homebuilders in every locality. Now, how¬
ever, you can pick the California home of your dreams direct
from this book.
It is no longer necessary for the Homebuilder far removed
It takes a carpen¬ from any city to be forced to get along with just any sort of
ter 15 to 20 min¬
structure. He can actually enjoy the advantages of a Pacific
utes to cut the
mortise and bore Home at less cost than he would have to pay for a plain, unat¬
the holes for the tractive structure. Labor costs are high in out-of-the-way
door lock and
regions. It is almost impossible to secure choice material in a
knobs. One ma¬
chine at the Pa¬ remote locality. But by ordering a Pacific Home the buyer
cific Mill performs secures the same material, the same advantages, the same
both jobs in one-
service and the same satisfaction as the city buyer. Further¬
tenth the time—
and the work is more, his savings are GREATER in proportion as he pays less
cleaner. labor costs than he would ordinarily; the freight cost on his
lumber is less because the finished ready-to-nail-in-place lum¬
ber is shipped, and he is never delayed for lack of material.
Security of Ordering by Mail
Pacific Homes are priced the same to every one. The Home¬
builder living 1000 miles from Los Angeles secures identically
the same price F. O. B., mill, as the person coming direct to our
office to close an order. The manufacture of Pacific Homes
has reached the point of perfection and our methods have been
standardized to such an extent that the selection of one of these
houses is no more difficult than the purchase of an automobile.
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