Do you know of any literature investigating the motivations of house-owners (institutional, private and owner-occupier) to think about renovating their housing? Is there any study that went down the line until this very first spark, that ignited the owner's will to renovate? Was it a tenant calling, a leaking roof or a cold living room? And what made this particular event special, so it lead to action?

I'm mostly interested in qualitative studies from central Europe, but quantitative are of interest too?

A plus is given for studies, that have a focus on energy issues in renovation :)

Many thanks in advance