Teaching English in Japan episode 12: Life after Leopalace! It's your next apartment in Japan!
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- Опубликовано: 11 ноя 2024
- In this video I give a few pointers about things to think about before getting your own place in Japan, especially as far as guarantors are concerned. This is helpful to know not only as an ALT but for anyone moving to Japan for their first time.
After those quick pointers I give a tour of my apartment in Japan. My goal in showing each room is to give a clear idea of what 46 square meters looks like so that you can plan accordingly when you are ready to get a bigger place for yourself. My place is a 3DK and you'll see just how many appliances and furniture you can pack in and see if there is till room to breathe!
Thank you for watching this video! I really hope you will leave comments and questions and I'll be happy to offer any further knowledge that I can!
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LEOPALACE!
That was my first place! Now is a small step up,
Nice apartment and a good price. Typically your 40sqM size unit is going to be less outside of the main urban areas, so I think you got a good deal there. I was hoping to hear more about the 家賃保証会社 in details, particularly how you found it, how difficult it was to get approved, what was the process? There are a number of companies out there, do you know which one you are using?
I went through Rental House レンタルハウス株式会社 和歌山本社. First I searched online in English for apartments just to see what would pop up, but I also used the "Chintai" website to help narrow things down. Under "joken" (条件) it will usually say if there's an option for Houshogaisha 保証会社. I was actually approved quite easily. I had a Japanese person help me with some of the translating when I met with the realtor and that realtor gave me a tour of available places. There are new homes and apartments springing up in the town where I'm at so my current place by comparison is years older and those places appeared to have a harder time finding people to live there so I'm sure the owners felt this was a case of "some money is better than no money." I didn't even have to ask and I was given half a month for free and no reikin or shikikin gift money. The only catch is that I'm under a 2 year contract and can't do a year at a time. Also if I don't convey my wish to leave at the end of the two years, then my lease automatically renews for another 2 years. But yeah, the process was easy and I just signed on the dotted line, using Hoshougaisha as my guarantor as I mention in the video
Also, just in the event I hadn't properly clarified it in the video, this was done completely independent of an ALT company. Granted, as mentioned, I had a native speaker help me, but just want to stress that this can be done solo. However, since this is done independently, should work locations change abruptly there might be some trouble. I'm on a 2 year contract for the apartment but the work contract is year-by-year.
@@MyRadicalKanjiWorld レンタルハウス is the realtor, not the 保証会社, which is probably one of the big 25 in the market. It does help bringing a Japanese person with you. The 2-year contract is standard everywhere, so moving to the bigger place is probably for the person who's more certain they're staying for a while.
I often wonder what the absolute value of that Japanese person is? A lot of times it is a BF/GF/Spouse, so it's considered a sunk cost, but what about the single person who can't arrange that? Would it be worth 5000/hr for a bilingual "Paperwork Advocate" who would likely help ensure the smooth facilitation of the process, and maybe even get you the best deal? I think LJC might be able to arrange such a service.
@@LinkJapanCareers Yes, absolutely. I think the advantage I had with my first ALT company is that the company likely rented the place and simply swapped out ALTs yearly or every 2 years. Yes, Rental House is the Realtor and in the conditions section of certain apartments it would say thart Hoshogaisha is possible.
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And now I'm in a new place! But this place and the new place is definitely better than a LeoPalace!