A Framework for Buyers’ House Selection Criteria vs. Post-Occupancy Residential Satisfaction Levels in North Cyprus

Egemen, Mehmedali

doi:10.3846/ijspm.2020.13725

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“…Nguyen et al (2018) studied the satisfaction of residents living in affordable apartments while Nguyen et al (2019) found that the characteristics of the houses like the number of balconies, the location, or the distance from schools were all major factors affecting residential satisfaction. Egemen (2020) carried out a study about house selection criteria and the overall satisfaction of clients' in the speculative housebuilding market. Mohit and Mahfoud (2015) carried out a study in Malaysia and highlighted that that two housing designs and five neighborhood elements can enhance residents' satisfaction.…”

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Building Construction Clients’ Design Consultant and Contractor Selection Criteria Versus Post-Occupancy Satisfaction Levels

Egemen

2022

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In today’s competitive building construction markets, achieving clients’ satisfaction is of utmost importance. The choice of a design consultant and a contractor for a building project has a crucial influence on the post-occupancy satisfaction of the client. Hence, this study provides insights into private building construction clients’ perceptions of a set of criteria contributing to their selections of design consultant and contractor together with the resulting post-occupancy overall client satisfaction levels eventually reached, by presenting survey findings of 330 clients in North Cyprus construction market. Unlike previous studies, the current study combined all the interrelated and vital stages of design consultant and contractor selection with post-occupancy client satisfaction levels. A further contribution is differentiating among various types of client groups’ behaviors in each of the three specified stages. Clients in different categories had distinct approach differences in selection stages, and different post-occupancy satisfaction values indicating that firms may benefit from market segmentation. “Residential” and “<120,000£” type building clients were the least satisfied groups, while “project execution stage” and “functionality” emerged as major features creating dissatisfaction. The findings revealed the importance attached by the clients to “references about the firm” in the selection stages and low client satisfaction with the completed projects. Regression analysis findings revealed different design consultant and contractor selection factors predicting overall clients’ satisfaction while assigning high importance to the “cost-effectiveness approach of the firm” emerged as the only strong predictor of dissatisfaction. This study provides a guide for building construction clients to attain higher post-occupancy satisfaction and assists design consultants and contractors in adopting specific customer-focused strategies.

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