I`m going to agree on the mold - insulation makes it VERY hard for a house to naturally dry out... And over the years the moisture that becomes trapped beside the insulation will really destroy the house. That is part of the reason that insulation options are limited - the ones that are used tend to have serious testing and treatments done to them to prevent any increase in moisture.
As for "eco" - if you aren`t trying to heat/cool the space to begin with...
Most people don`t, really. They use heaters in specific spots to heat them and not much else, and use AC so sparingly that it seems like a crime to say you turn it on at all.
Regarding house value and the bubble - the bubble really has nothing to do with it. The value of buildings did nothing but depreciate LONG before the bubble. It`s been that way since at least the 1960s - likely long before, as one of the big reasons people cite for not wanting to live in a house someone else has lived in is ancestors. Tradition says not to live somewhere a non-relative has put an altar to deceased ancestors. In other words, pretty much any "used" house.
Currently, the growth in land prices is dependent on new development. Popular suburbs are shooting up in price, bubble inflated to begin with inner city areas and villages with few job opportunities are dropping. When we bought this room 5 years ago, the area around was about 180,000/tsubo on average. Now it`s 400,000, and painfully reflected in our property taxes. On the other hand, small villages are often prepared to hand out land for free if you promise to actually live there with a family. It all depends on the area, the convenience, and the development/future development plans. Sometimes it even hinges on things that are remarkably silly. A good example was an area we looked at purchasing in before deciding on this one. There was a massive shopping center nearby - and then it closed for renovations without any indication of when it would reopen. About a year after closing, the property values in the area had dropped about a quarter. When it reopened with a new and fancy facade, the prices shot to double what they`d been before.
Nothing else had really changed.
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I have had less mold problems since I hung my fiberglass
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Beware the space on the
other side of the insulation. Mold in the room is easy to spot and take care of before it causes a problem. The big issue with insulation is that it tends to hide the mold behind it until it gets to the point of serious damage.