I love the old plates. They are so cute. I'd put all the old things together so they can keep each other company. Make a small shrine just for them, to honor those who came before you, and also keep them from rusting/rotting away to nothing.
I'm actually really excited to see how this turns out. It's a beautiful house already and I can see you're gonna do good things with it! Do you have an estimated time when you want to complete the renovation or are you going to take as much time as you want?
Thank you Simone! The actually renovation (mostly by the contractors) should start around May and finishes by Nov-Dec this year. It's a long journey but can't wait already.
A huge thing u can do, which also accords with that first "ideal" photo, would be to refurbish all of the wood to the same light shade (if possible). That photo does this, the light shade if the woodnincreases the perceived space a great deal while, at the same time, drawing attention away from that wood (again, perception of greater volume). Any art u choose to hang, kr garden space display, will become the focal point as the wood / wall, etc, receed.
Keep the sock, it's hanging there for a purpose you'll find out, lol. I had moved into a very old house (built in 1350) and there were things left behind by previous residents in every corner. It was sometimes a strange feeling to decide what stays and goes. As if throwing out would end something that I don't really knew what it really was. Oh, sometimes I'm too superstitious, haha. Your house looks great and will become very beautiful with time and your sweet children will fill it with happy life. I think old Machiya is looking forward to it happily.
Thank you for the lovely comment. 1350 is very very old...! I think in Japan the oldest one can find for residential use are from the 1700s-1800s. Anything older than that is likely a museum or a cultural heritage. I am quite superstitious as well so whatever doesn't feel right I won't do it...
First off congratulations on the new Daughter, well done and second I really think you have it together every upgrade/improvement was great I can’t wait to see the finished product looking outstanding so far keep up the great work!!!
Hi Karl, yes would be nice too! Unfortunately the building-to-land ratio (decided by the city) is already at its maximum number and I cannot extend the house any further...
Thank you again for yet an other very interesting video ! If the other still stands to visit your renovated home and have a cup of tea i am also in the kyoto area. :) As an architect i always find these projects very fascinating to see how people adapt traditional architecture to their contemporary lifestyle. Looking forward to checking the rest of your video and maybe meeting in person. Happy Christmas week.
He Celine, thank you for the comment! If you are also in Kyoto please feel free to drop by and see the renovation progress ;) I am failing to make more video updates but let me know when you want to see the place. Enjoy the year end holidays as well!
I still love the interior spaces, and will be interesting to see how the work develops! For the house plates, if you're reworking the street facing wall for additional bike space and need to remove the plates, maybe use a display box or frames to display the plates on the interior walls of the genkan? Again, an amazing house, thank you for sharing it with us!
I enjoy watching videos like this, and I think what you have is going to look incredible once it is finished. Do you have any plans to add skylights or windows on the upper balcony area to allow for more natural lighting? It should be very interesting to see how the house looks as you transform it! がんばろう！
Thank you Kevin! Yes I do plan to have windows/top light around the balcony area otherwise it would be too dark as a room. I hope the house turns out even better than I'm imagining.
Would love to live in a house like that...its a bit too big for me though. Nice little space for the garden as well. Are there small machiya like this with larger gardens in the city? Or is it kept to a minimum?
Hi Marten, machiya in the city usually have small gardens (they are basically townhouses). It is rare to find a small property with a relatively big garden. For bigger gardens you would need to go for Kominkas in the rural area.
@@GoodOldHousesJapan You mentioned that there will be a company to do the renovation, therefore, I thought the company is responsible to give you an estimation before you decided which company to use. I had watched those “大改造!!劇的ビフォーアフター”, and I am very amazed for all those machiya renovations. Hardly wait to see the final product =)
Sorry but your plan designs are too cold, too stark. Everything is removed or covered in white paint and wood floors. The respect for the past is erased and in 10 years you may regret doing such a severe change. Please, please, leave the old wood alone. If you wanted a cold white box , why buy and strip down this maichi-ya?Just buy a modern house and leave this beautiful traditional house for someone who will try to retain and respect it's historical beauty.
Sorry that the illustrations weren't that good but I'm trying to keep most of the wood and there really aren't going to be any white walls (maybe just the 2F bedroom). Most will be mud wall or plaster wall.
I love the old plates. They are so cute. I'd put all the old things together so they can keep each other company. Make a small shrine just for them, to honor those who came before you, and also keep them from rusting/rotting away to nothing.
The degoshi windows are one of the things I liked most! I would keep them no matter what. I will check how the house turned, since it sounds awesome.
I'm actually really excited to see how this turns out. It's a beautiful house already and I can see you're gonna do good things with it! Do you have an estimated time when you want to complete the renovation or are you going to take as much time as you want?
Thank you Simone! The actually renovation (mostly by the contractors) should start around May and finishes by Nov-Dec this year. It's a long journey but can't wait already.
The house you choose is perfect ! The roof structure is amazing !
Thank you! That was the best part of this house :)
Brilliant new floor PLAN and innovations! I expect it will be a very bright happy home when you're finished!
Interesting (good luck charm), weird (sock) and just plain creepy ("mascot") stuff left behind.
Thank you Amy, all sorts of stuff in this house! I'm probably going to keep the good luck charm!
A huge thing u can do, which also accords with that first "ideal" photo, would be to refurbish all of the wood to the same light shade (if possible). That photo does this, the light shade if the woodnincreases the perceived space a great deal while, at the same time, drawing attention away from that wood (again, perception of greater volume). Any art u choose to hang, kr garden space display, will become the focal point as the wood / wall, etc, receed.
Thank you for the tips! No arts in the house yet when small kids are all running around...protection of the house (& the kids) first 😂
Very nice. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Keep the sock, it's hanging there for a purpose you'll find out, lol. I had moved into a very old house (built in 1350) and there were things left behind by previous residents in every corner. It was sometimes a strange feeling to decide what stays and goes. As if throwing out would end something that I don't really knew what it really was. Oh, sometimes I'm too superstitious, haha. Your house looks great and will become very beautiful with time and your sweet children will fill it with happy life. I think old Machiya is looking forward to it happily.
Thank you for the lovely comment. 1350 is very very old...! I think in Japan the oldest one can find for residential use are from the 1700s-1800s. Anything older than that is likely a museum or a cultural heritage. I am quite superstitious as well so whatever doesn't feel right I won't do it...
First off congratulations on the new Daughter, well done and second I really think you have it together every upgrade/improvement was great I can’t wait to see the finished product looking outstanding so far keep up the great work!!!
Thank you again for watching! Towards the end of the renovation and I'm really excited as well....!
I would absolutely love this home, but smaller 😬 I don’t think I could handle cleaning all that space.
You could extend the House to the fence line and put a garden space on the roof
Hi Karl, yes would be nice too! Unfortunately the building-to-land ratio (decided by the city) is already at its maximum number and I cannot extend the house any further...
Thank you again for yet an other very interesting video ! If the other still stands to visit your renovated home and have a cup of tea i am also in the kyoto area. :) As an architect i always find these projects very fascinating to see how people adapt traditional architecture to their contemporary lifestyle. Looking forward to checking the rest of your video and maybe meeting in person.
Happy Christmas week.
He Celine, thank you for the comment! If you are also in Kyoto please feel free to drop by and see the renovation progress ;) I am failing to make more video updates but let me know when you want to see the place. Enjoy the year end holidays as well!
The plan looks really good already! I'm looking forward to see the end result :)
Thank you! I am excited to share the result as well.
The mascot shall live on!!
And it will!
Beautiful house!
Thank you!
I still love the interior spaces, and will be interesting to see how the work develops!
For the house plates, if you're reworking the street facing wall for additional bike space and need to remove the plates, maybe use a display box or frames to display the plates on the interior walls of the genkan?
Again, an amazing house, thank you for sharing it with us!
Hi Haladmer thanks for the idea! I might just keep the plates (except the old name plate of course) as is. We will see :)
Great video!
Thank you!
Keep everything that you want to keep. After all, you buy a house like this for its soul.
That's the spirit!
I enjoy watching videos like this, and I think what you have is going to look incredible once it is finished. Do you have any plans to add skylights or windows on the upper balcony area to allow for more natural lighting? It should be very interesting to see how the house looks as you transform it! がんばろう！
Thank you Kevin! Yes I do plan to have windows/top light around the balcony area otherwise it would be too dark as a room. I hope the house turns out even better than I'm imagining.
Would love to live in a house like that...its a bit too big for me though. Nice little space for the garden as well. Are there small machiya like this with larger gardens in the city? Or is it kept to a minimum?
Hi Marten, machiya in the city usually have small gardens (they are basically townhouses). It is rare to find a small property with a relatively big garden. For bigger gardens you would need to go for Kominkas in the rural area.
@@GoodOldHousesJapan That’s what I thought.
If you don’t mind, could you please share the estimate renovation costs for your machiya, thanks.
I am working on it actually! Finalizing the quote took a lot longer than I expected partly due to the "wood shock" in the past few month.
@@GoodOldHousesJapan You mentioned that there will be a company to do the renovation, therefore, I thought the company is responsible to give you an estimation before you decided which company to use. I had watched those “大改造!!劇的ビフォーアフター”, and I am very amazed for all those machiya renovations. Hardly wait to see the final product =)
Spiral staircase?
Bicycle helmets required for staying on second floor!
That's correct.
Skylights on back roof.
Too dark otherwise.
Yes there will be a few skylights on back roof!
Sorry but your plan designs are too cold, too stark. Everything is removed or covered in white paint and wood floors. The respect for the past is erased and in 10 years you may regret doing such a severe change. Please, please, leave the old wood alone. If you wanted a cold white box , why buy and strip down this maichi-ya?Just buy a modern house and leave this beautiful traditional house for someone who will try to retain and respect it's historical beauty.
Sorry that the illustrations weren't that good but I'm trying to keep most of the wood and there really aren't going to be any white walls (maybe just the 2F bedroom). Most will be mud wall or plaster wall.