Traditional houses which has importance for society in historical, cultural and structural means, is worn and vanished through a long-time usage for different reasons. Many scientific researches showed that, traditional houses can not answer to the up-to-date needs and requests which arose from the changes in cultural and living styles, and it is impossible to protect and sustain living for these houses without adopting them for today. The most important problem in this issue is to achieve conservation / renovation balance. This study aims to examine that conservation and renovation applications on traditional house exapmles of Bursa which is the first capital city of Ottoman Empire, with a critical point of view.