ARCHITECT: WILLIAM G. LYLES, BISSETT, CARLISLE & WOLFF
OWNER: CLEMSON HOUSE, INC.
BUILDER: DANIEL CONSTRUCTION CO.
Yes, it's a pair of semidetached, two-family houses, a genus you don't hear much about these days. It's not a type we recommend universally, but it does offer such a neat solution to a number of problems that we latched onto this particularly imposing example when we found it in Clemson, South Carolina, where it was built for members of the faculty of Clemson College. There is nice variation in the exterior design of the two units, and nothing of the twin-house look about it. Actually, at first glance, it appears to he an attractive, large single dwelling, a fact that would make it a fine neighbor on a street of one-family houses where zoning permits. The economics of building this way are so sound that we prepared blueprints and materials lists for those of you whose bill it fills. For little more than building a single. house entails, you get two complete dwellings, and this basement-less design with its rectangular plan doesn't waste a penny nor an inch. You pay for only one piece of land, and one landscaping job. You need only one heating system, one plumbing system, one set of foundations, one roof, and, of course, that party wall cuts down the costs of construction. When it's all finished, you really have something. Building it would be a good joint enterprise for parents and married children who want to be together, yet independent. It is also an eco-nomical way for two young couples to pool their resources, and perhaps their baby sitters. (And one unit can always be sold without the other!) It's an excellent solo undertaking if you can occupy one house and use the other as an income producer. Rent it. to a family, or as professional offices to a physician or dentist, and your own housing costs, if not cut to nil thereby, will be very substantially lowered.
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