The Changs had two expectations for their new house. Firstly, it should be a traditional family home in which they could look after their parents in their old age. Secondly-and this was the main reason for building a new house-it should have space for the family's second and third generations, who work or study elsewhere, to return home at holidays.
張家對新房子的期待有二：一為傳統供父母安養用的家宅；二、也是起新房子的重點，是年節供在外工作或就學的第二、三代回家休閒渡假，平時亦可供遊客休閒的民宿。