homes are renovated a number of times during their lifespan. although we can regard each of these renovations as new, it is more prudent to implement a future-proof solution to renovation. the purpose of this issue of a be is to gain an insight into how future-proof renovation solutions are for homes built between 1975 and 1991 that are currently being carried out or offered on the market. the study adopts a primarily architectural viewpoint to examine the hypothesis that we first need to be aware of what is architecturally possible and relevant before it makes sense to answer any further questions.