Generally speaking, both the Hakka and Southern Fujianese architecture seen in Taiwan are mainland imports and follow the same general lines. Chen Pan points out that since Hakka in Taiwan were living in the same environment as the Southern Fujianese people, and possessed the same building materials and ideas about courtyards that they did, it is not surprising that Hakka houses differ only in the details.
客家文化工作者陳板指出，台灣的閩客建築都是大陸移民建築，整體的形式大同小異，由於環境、建材、合院的建築概念都相同，台灣閩客建築只有細部的差異而已。