noun
rental house; house for rent
Refers to a house built specifically for renting out, often used in real estate contexts.
この地域には古い家作が多く残っている。
Many old rental houses remain in this area.
noun
building a house; built house
Rare; can mean either the act of constructing a house or the house that has been built. Modern Japanese usually uses 家を建てる or 建てた家.
「家作」は、家を建てること、または建てた家を指す古い言い方だ。
家作 is an old term for building a house or a house that has been built.