[Asking Custom Home Buyers] Land vs. Building Budget Allocation: Which Did You Prioritize? Regrets from Experienced Owners

Any regrets about land and building? When considering a custom-built home, one often wonders how much budget to allocate to "land" and "building" respectively. It's not easy to make a decision within a limited budget, especially when you want to prioritize location and surrounding environment, but also insist on floor plans, facilities, and performance. Many situations arise where it's difficult to choose, such as having less budget for the building due to choosing an area with high land prices, or compromising on location as a result of prioritizing the building. Even if you were convinced at the time of purchase, you might feel "I should have done it this way" after moving in. Therefore, in collaboration with Smifulhome, a new-built and custom-built home builder in Isahaya City, Nagasaki Prefecture, we conducted a survey on "Custom Home: Land or Building" targeting 150 men and women nationwide who had previously responded "have built a custom-built home" in a preliminary survey. *When quoting the content of this press release, please take the following actions: ・Indicate that the source is "a survey by NEXER Inc. and Smifulhome" ・Set a link to Smifulhome (https://www.smifulhome.jp/) "Custom Home: Land or Building Survey" Overview Survey method: Online questionnaire Survey period: December 9, 2025 - December 16, 2025 Target respondents: Men and women nationwide who responded "have built a custom-built home" in a preliminary survey Valid responses: 150 samples Questions: Question 1: If you were to build a custom home, would you spend more money on "land" or "house"? Question 2: Please tell us the reason. Question 3: When you actually built a custom home, did you have any regrets about the "land"? Question 4: Please tell us about your regrets regarding the "land". Question 5: When you actually built a custom home, did you have any regrets about the "house"? Question 6: Please tell us about your regrets regarding the "house". *In principle, numbers are rounded to two decimal places, so the total may not always be 100%.

76.7% responded that they want to spend more money on the "house" than on the "land" when building a custom home. First, we investigated whether people want to spend more money on "land" or "building" when building a custom home.