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Abstract:

It is important to determine the optimal living accommodations depending on which stage of life a person is in. The authors of this paper present, with the help of previous studies, five different stages in life. They have also been in contact with eleven experts within the following areas: the house or apartments design such as architecture, the human beings´ private sphere, the area surrounding the living accommodations, environmental issues and energy consumption and the municipal standards and law regarding production and the building and restoration of old and new real-estate.

Purpose:

This paper aims to construct a handbook that covers the optimal living accommodations depending on in which lifecycle the focus is on .The handbook which has been developed, aims to help the people who operate on this market to coordinate their different areas of knowledge to provide the optimal living accommodations for each lifecycle.

Method:

A feasibility study has been carried out with the purpose of finding experts within each area mentioned above and also to have them be part of the semi-structured interviews that have been carried out.

Conclusions:

There are a lot of different factors which affects the way people wish to live. The conclusions made in this paper presents a handbook with recommendations on how cityplanners, politicians and contractors can offer the optimal living accommodations depending on different factors that influence the way we live, together with different stages of life.