Abstract
The purpose of this study is to propose the way to maintain and manage imported houses. The damage on imported houses was examined and we also studied to what extent the inhabitants paid attention to their houses with respect to maintenance and management while examining the relation between the owner and the supplier in that respect. Our investigation is based on the questionnaire survey on the inhabitants of seven complexes of imported houses in Kinki area. The results are as follows : 1) The greater part of the damage on the imported houses less than eleven years after construction is related to the imported wooden parts such as doors, windows and flooring as well as the painted interior decoration. 2) Most respondents state that they are usually careful of ventilating their house, and that the parts they find hard to clean daily are the skylight, stairwell and carpeted floor. 3) The respondents find quite useful the information from the supplier as regards the maintenance and management. 4) The inhabitants should be aware of the quality of the natural materials used as well as of the fact that the natural materials, which should prove excellent in quality in the place of origin, may not always prove good in foreign surroundings. In other words, they should be careful of maintenance and management, and they should enjoy retouching and repairing their fine houses in case they find any damage or inconvenience.
