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Only anecdotal, but aren't most buildings quite poor quality? Which I understood was part of the reason people knock down and rebuild.
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I think that used to be the case, especially with the number of earthquakes, people generally prefer something new and shiny, but I know people who bought older houses and they are still very robust. One thing here is they build for the summer rather than the winter so they can be quite drafty and cool in the winter, no central heating or double glazing as standard either unless you're in Hokkaido.
jpnrider
We are building in South Tokyo, Ota-ku, and that seems to be exactly what happened here, they knocked down a big older place and split the land in two. It's crazy, there are so many perfectly livable older houses around but nobody wants them.
We did visit a couple of those places outside of Tokyo, very bizarre, but good to evaluate all the different builders.