An investigation on the conversion from buildings built for another purpose into the rental housings exclusively for elderly is carried out.
a) Questionnaires to all converted and newly-built rental housings exclusively for the elderly revealed that converted cases had less toilets, bathrooms and kitchens in each dwelling house compared to newly-built cases.
b) Through hearing investigations on the converted cases, different conversion tendencies were observed. Conversions from appartments required barrier-free renovations, which included utility re-works such as moving toilets. Conversions from dormitories allowed ease of eliminating differences on floor levels but required enlargement of the dwelling house sizes. Conversions from hotels required extra expenses on renovating non-dwelling spaces such as banquet halls.
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