The big majoritie of the houses build in Finland are wood frames too, i think 99% (wood does not cost much here) but the expected time they are usable are at least 80 years to infinite (depends how well you maintain them)
The only stone houses i know about in my village is 2 between about 450 houses.

Bigger cities build most of what is less than 3 levels wood too.

Hi!New user here!

I wonder if there are people interested in buying
land and build their home.
I sell and build wooden houses from garden cottages to two stories houses.
My location is Sweden but that is not a problem.

We live in a 39 year old rental house. We have no plans to buy in Japan at this stage but wish to continue living in this house for many years. It's a great house-6LDK and only 15 minutes walk to the city.
The only problem is that the living room has no windows do we need to have a light on st any given time of the day.
This erks me, especially with the onset of rising electricity prices.
Anyway one of the walls backs on to a private car park so a window could be installed there.
I was wondering if anyone would have any idea how much it would cost to get one put in.
Its a timber house with the iron sheeting on the outer walls.
It doesn't have to fancy just functional in regards to light and breeze in summer.

Are you a handyman?
Would you do it yourself?

If not, maybe get some quotes from some local builders?

No I am not a handyman. Of course I'll get quotes but i just wanted to see of someone on here has had experience with doing this in Japan.

So to buy new or old. That is the million dollar question. In my country buying old is the most popular thing to do.
My husband and I are looking to buy a house here and would prefer to buy old (no more than 40years old) as these homes have more character.
I want to know people's experiences with buying "used" properties.
I love watch The Japan Channel's videos about buying an old house but they don't talk about this like getting a building inspection, fees and loan insurance and other things involved in buying an old house.

We are currently looking at two houses. One is a non structural renovated 1973 wood house and the other is a 1981 wood house that has some non structural renovations done to it.