I see them all over and i cant imagine them being good for any reason other than cheap but i have to wonder if its really that much cheaper than alternatives.
Also if anyone has information on when they were popularly built, would be interesting to hear
Edit: i didnt really say it before but the main reason i wondered was because, SURELY it gets insanely hot during summer inside of them.
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if it’s in tokyo?
owner waiting for someone to meet their 1,000,000,000 yen ask for the property
countryside?
costs more to tear it down than its worth
Very popular in the early postwar years, because even cheap, dodgy housing is better than none. After that, it’s mostly for slapdash repairs/remodeling done by the owner rather than by someone who charges money (read: knows what they’re doing).
Not sure exactly what houses you are talking about exactly. Is this some kind of specific shape or something?
But corrugated cladding itself is pretty standard in lots of countries.
Usually it’s just to provide contrast to other bits of cladding, but sometimes even very flash houses are made almost entirely with it.
I imagine there are probably lots of variations available.
It certainly isn’t any worse than some of the fibre or particle board alternatives!
There should be a law against them. So tacky and crap.
To piggyback, anyone have cultural info on the all-wooden (quite ramshackle) old houses made of slatted planks I see dotted around my city? I’m assuming they must be very old, but what’s the deal? I don’t know what time period they date to. Super interesting, looks like something from a wild west movie.
>reason other than cheap
There is your answer.
These are typically referred to as “Showa houses”. They were built in mass during the early postwar period. During the time there was a massive housing shortage and material shortage. They are built cheap and in many cases are not really safe for domicile.That they still exist today is a testament to Japanese land ownership rights and lack of governance over property.
Pre-painted metal siding is cheap, and it’s also fire-resistant–there’s a slight break on the cost of fire insurance if you have it.
The newer stuff, galvanium, is very long-lasting. It’s even a solid option for roofing.