I'm going to Japan soon, so I wanted to talk to one of the experts, Life Where I'm From, about what I should look for when I'm there, and we ended up having a great conversation about why Japan has stayed (relatively) affordable while other developed nations have not!
Hear our conversation in the latest episode of the Urbanist Agenda podcast (currently early-access for Nebula supporters, public release next week).
@notjustbikes Greg mentioned that new houses have double pane windows. It is true but the windows are not airtight most of the time. Most of the windows are on rail (imagine a barn door airtightness). I figure that out when I bought a brand new house that I had to buy new windows without rail for soundproofing.
At the end, my window (the physical hole) had 2 double pane windows.
@notjustbikes for the 60cm to the road to build an house is not true anymore. Many still exists with 60cm to access to the road but it is illegal to rebuilt.
The nation wide law is 200cm.