The preservation of traditional houses is an attempt to maintain the local identity of a region.
The existence of a traditional house in a village becomes one of the indicators of tradition that
still survive, especially if the traditional houses are still inhabited by their owners. Related with
the development of the village into a tourist village, Brayut tourism village has a uniqueness in
maintaining the existence of traditional houses as part of the tradition as well as a cultural tourism
attraction. The tradition that survives in the Brayut village can not be separated from the strong
bonds of kinship among villagers. This paper intends to examine the influence of family ties as
local wisdom to preserve traditional Javanese houses in Brayut village. The method used is
the description analysis of some cases of traditional houses that are still well maintained. The
results obtained are the kinship owned by the people of Brayut village become an influential
element in maintaining the existence of traditional houses.