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The House Index

• The Modern Builder
• Building, Buying, and Renting Houses
  • Locality
  • Climate
  • Aspect
  • Soil
  • Water
  • Local and Social Considerations
• The House
  • The Outlook
  • The Windows
  • The Rooms
• A Country Villa
  • The Dining Room
  • The Drawing Room
  • The Entrance Hall and Staircase
  • The Kitchen
  • Store Rooms
  • Bedrooms
  • Attic Plan
• Drainage and Sanitation
  • Drainage
  • Water Closets
  • Trapping and Traps
  • Wastes from Baths and Lavatories
  • The Drains
  • Flushing of Drains
  • Connection with Public Sewer
  • Ventilation of Drains
• Warming and Ventilation
  • Ventilation
  • Smoky Chimneys
  • Allowance for Gas
  • Natural Ventilation
  • Warmed Air
  • Ventilation by Open Windows
  • Artificial Ventilation
  • Ventilating Pipes
  • Extract Ventilators
  • Warming
  • Lighting
• Buying a House
  • Terminable Building Societies
  • Permanent Investment and Building Societies
  • Securing a Loan
  • Repayment of Principal and Interest
• Taking a House - The Law of Landlord and Tenant
  • Taking a House
    • Yearly Tenancy
    • Tenancy by Sufferance
    • Leases
    • Taking Lodgings
  • Binding Contracts
    • Written Agreements
    • Verbal Agreements
  • Repairs
  • Property Tax
  • Tithes
  • Fixtures
  • Distress
  • Ejectment
  • The Tenant's Obligations to his Landlord
    • Rent
    • To Keep and Deliver Up the Premises in Repair
    • To allow the Landlord to enter and view the State of Repairs
    • Restrictions on the Use of the Premises
    • Insurance
    • Waste
  • Rates and Taxes
    • The Tenant's Liability
    • Future Taxes and Outgoings
  • Fixtures
    • Fixtures and Chattels
    • Trade Fixtures
    • Fixtures for Ornament or Domestic Convenience
    • Removing Fixtures