Joglo is a type of traditional vernacular house of the Javanese people (Javanese omah). The word joglo refers to the shape of the roof. In the highly hierarchical Javanese culture, the type of the roof of a house reflects the social and economic status of the owners of the house. Over a villa or house built with cement and brick these sort of houses have few advantages.
- Ease of Maintenance
These old teakwood houses are over hundred years old and well immersed with the tropical weather conditions. Unlike a typical cement / brick buildings these “joglos” aren’t affected with humidity, rainfalls. - Safety over earthquakes
Due to the suspension and absorption ability of movement of the wood over concrete buildings, these Old teakwood built “joglos” doesn’t collapse or get damaged due to earthquakes. - Never Lose the Investment as a Foreigner
As a foreigner you cannot buy a Landin Bali, But you can lease for long term. So there are two options either you can extend the time of the lease with the land owner or you can simply take of this type of a wooden joglo like a Lego structure and install it any other place you like or else you can simply sell it as the value of it has gone up due to the lack of supply of old wooden joglos as long as its included in the agreement .