Abstract
This paper deals with clarifying the present states of newly built residences for sale in Japan from the viewpoints of the orientation to lifetime homes. A series of surveys has been recently carried out through five typical urban regions on the basis of an evaluation method regarding about universal level, which is the combined method between the sixteen criteria in "Lifetimes Homes" proposed in United Kingdom and five retrofitting levels for satisfying the criteria. As a result, the following items are clarified. 1) Universal level is so low in general that non-structural components shall be retrofit. 2) The trends evaluation to lifetime homes is also low in order to predict the conditions in the near future. 3) Universal level is the highest in commercial flat type from the viewpoints of supplying system.4) Among all the criteria in Lifetime homes, access and water-related parts such as toilets, bathes, and water basins are seriously low because of the conservatives in life behaviors of Japan. 5) In general, the higher the land price per unit area is, the lower the universal level becomes.
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