最近、空き家などが大きな社会問題化してきています。調査では900万戸を超えるということですが、フルで活用されず、一時利用などのケースも合算されることから実際には本物の「放置物件」というのは350万戸程度とも言われる。
しかし少子化と人口減少局面では、無視できない問題として浮かび上がってくることでしょう。
わが家の場合は、そういう空き家問題ということではありません。より有効活用して家族の絆を強めたいというのが狙いでの既存住宅のメンテナンス型、有効活用型の「手入れ」であります。
新会社・略称「ミキ住宅ジャーナル」の事務所として有効活用することで、室内外の各所を改修する工事に入ってもらったのであります。これまでは戸建て住宅としての利用だけで、クルマの駐車スペースは屋根付きのカーポート１台分だけだったのですが、やはりクルマ駐車スペースを３台分くらいは確保したいことと、室内に事務所スペースを作るのに若干のリフォームをすることに。
事務所スペース自体は、いまの札幌市西区山の手にもあるのですが、まぁセカンドオフィス的に活用することでよりアクティブな使い方が出来ると考えている次第。ここからは北広島と札幌南のICが近いという立地条件。これからは高速アクセスはきわめて重要でしょう。
最近は「執筆活動」が大きな部分になって来ているので、菜園もあって「晴耕雨読」も可能な敷地条件は、活用するのになかなか面白そうなのであります。
こっちの方は敷地面積にゆとりがあり、将来的にもいろいろと活用することも考えられる。周辺にはCOSTCOの大型店舗もあって、市内有数の交通量の36号線の角地から２軒目という立地。家の前には新札幌方面に向かう幹線道路も交差するように走っている。駐車場３台分程度を確保しておけば、いろいろな活用方法が出てくるものと考えています。
建物自体は新築時、施主として建築会社といっしょになって木造での合理的建築、省エネで優れたコストパフォーマンスを実現できた建物。築後20年近くですが、基本性能的には満足できるレベル。
作家の谷崎潤一郎は引っ越し魔として有名だったようで、その住宅環境とかれの「作風」とは非常に強い関連性があったと言われます。もちろんそれとはレベルがまったく違いますが、環境にはしっかり配慮して、質のいい仕事に取り組みたいと思っております。
English version⬇
[House in Satozuka, Kiyota-ku to be used as an office, partial renovation work
Excited about "building construction" after a long absence (laughs). In an era when the number of vacant houses is increasing, effective use of buildings will become an important factor. ...
Recently, vacant houses have become a major social problem. Although surveys indicate that there are more than 9 million units, it is said that the actual number of genuine "abandoned properties" is about 3.5 million units, since the number is not fully utilized and cases of temporary use, etc., are also added up.
However, with the declining birthrate and population decline, this will emerge as a problem that cannot be ignored.
In the case of our house, it is not that kind of vacant house problem. It is a maintenance-type, effective utilization-type "care" of existing houses with the aim of making more effective use of them and strengthening family ties.
The new company, abbreviated as "Miki Jutaku Journal," will make effective use of the house as an office, and we have asked them to begin work on renovating various parts of the house, both inside and out. The house had previously been used only as a detached house, with only one covered carport for car parking, but we wanted to secure at least three car parking spaces, and decided to remodel the house slightly to create an office space inside.
The office space itself is located in Yamanote, Nishi-ku, Sapporo, but we think we can use it more actively by using it as a second office. The location is close to the Kita Hiroshima and Sapporo Minami interchanges. I think that highway access will be important from now on.
Writing" is becoming a big part of my life these days, so the site conditions, which also have a vegetable garden and allow for "sunny days," seem quite interesting to utilize.
This one has a more spacious site area and could be utilized in various ways in the future. There is a large COSTCO store nearby, and the location is the second house from the corner lot on Route 36, one of the busiest roads in the city. In front of the house, an arterial road running toward Shin-Sapporo also intersects. We believe that if we can secure about three parking spaces, there will be a variety of ways to utilize the property.
When the building itself was newly constructed, we, as the owner, worked together with the construction company to achieve rational construction with wood construction, energy conservation, and excellent cost performance. Although it is nearly 20 years old, the basic performance is satisfactory.
The writer Junichiro Tanizaki was famous for his penchant for moving from one place to another, and it is said that there was a very strong relationship between his housing environment and his "style. Of course, the level of performance is completely different from that of Tanizaki, but we would like to work on high-quality work while paying close attention to the environment.