空あき屋や敷しき

noun

empty residence; vacant house

Refers to an unoccupied house or mansion, often implying a large, possibly old, residential property that is currently vacant.

• この町まちには空あき屋や敷しきが増ふえている。

  The number of vacant houses is increasing in this town.

• 空あき屋や敷しきの管かん理りが問もん題だいになっている。

  The management of empty residences has become an issue.

noun

empty lot; vacant land

Used for a plot of land where a house once stood or where building is possible, but currently empty. Less common than sense 1.

• 空あき屋や敷しきだった場ば所しょに新あたらしいマンションが建たった。

  A new apartment building was built on what was once an empty lot.