No Written Policy

William A. Burnham, Jr., property manager for Hunneman's Cambridge office, said there is no written policy regarding the type of maintenance done by the realtor and that which is left to the tenant.

"In general," he said, "all exterior maintenance [grounds keeping] is to be performed by the individual tenant.

EKarefa-Smart was one of 25 faculty and administrators who rent Harvard-owned homes. A Crimson investigation revealed last week that at least 8 of the 25 tenants receive a rental subsidy from the University.

Both Hall and Brown said that Harvard had originally contracted with Hunneman for property management to provide a buffer zone between the University and the tenants.

"I don't feel I have to have a buffer zone," Hall said. "I feel more secure if I'm closer to the students."

He said Hunneman "wasn't providing any buffer advantages. People felt Harvard was the owner, and we were."

Brown said that the decision to transfer maintanance to B & G was "entirely in keeping with the philosophy of the new Administration."

The "new philosophy" broke a traditional arrangement, and not everyone thinks that the tradition should be broken. L. Gard Wiggins, administrative vice-president under President emeritus Nathan M. Pusey '28, said yesterday that "the University should leave things like insurance and real estate to the experts."

An Administration official said that Henry H. Cutler, the manager of the Real Estate office, was not in favor of dropping Hunneman.

Cutler, head of Real Estate while Hunneman's dealings with the University expanded, declined to discuss Harvard's decision to drop Hunneman. He said that Hunneman had acted as the University's realtor and would not elaborate on that relationship