In addition to the intuitive effects such as ventilation and lighting, the factors that adding elevators to old buildings may lead to the depreciation of housing prices of low-rise residents should also be taken into account. It is an established fact that there is no elevator when the owner buys a house and the property right is confirmed. Whether it is the transaction price or the expectation of living, it does not include the different values of elevators to different floors. So adding an elevator is equivalent to changing the rules of the game. As a major variable, it is completely normal for the elevator to cause a strong reaction from residents.
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Precautions for installing elevator:
1. management coordination organization: relevant departments shall, according to their respective functions, do a good job in the examination and approval and management of elevator installation in existing houses, and assist and coordinate elevator installation in existing houses.
2. The installation of elevators in old buildings must be approved by more than two thirds of the owners, and the cost of elevator installation should be shared equally. The original examination and approval drawings should be inquired and copied from the local archives, and the design unit with architectural engineering design qualification should be entrusted to issue the design scheme for elevator installation.
3. The design scheme for installing the elevator should include the original building plan, the general plan for installing the elevator, the plan, elevation and section of each floor. In line with practical principles, it will not occupy urban road space, waste land resources, occupy existing greening as little as possible, and increase living space in disguise.
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