| Title |
Factors Affecting Apartment Residents' Intention of Moving and Remodeling |
| Keywords |
Moving ; Remodeling ; Residential Satisfaction ; Post-Occupancy Evaluation ; Apartment Residents |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to identify apartment residents' intention of remodeling and moving, to find out its relationship to their residential satisfaction, to find out main factors influencing residents' intention of remodeling and moving and to evaluate residential environment associated with their intention to remodel or move. At first, for these purpose, the survey tool was constructed in such a way to examine the relationship between intention to remodel or move, residential satisfaction, and the residents' evaluation on both physical and social environment. Then, 26 residential complexes were selected to cover a wide distribution of locations and house sizes in a new town, digital topographic map and house plans were analyzed, and a sample of 1,027 residents responded to a questionnaire was collected. The findings were as follows. First, findings of analysis on relationship between intention of remodeling or moving and residential satisfaction included intention to move was triggered as a behavior to improve dissatisfaction on residential environments, while intention to remodel had a low relationship to residential satisfaction. Second, the explanatory power for the intention for remodeling and relocation, when all factors taken into account simultaneously, was 3.8% and 17.4%, respectively. Main predictors for intention of remodeling were years of residence and the respondent, and main predictors for intention to move were type of ownership and residential satisfaction. |