this is a house in Tokyo you'd get for
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$400,000 so in this video I wanted to do
something a little different than the
usual and I wanted to give you a tour of
a $400,000 house in Tokyo Japan that's
60 million yen and I'm going to show you
what you really get for this price but
first to give you some background the
reason I have access to this place is
that my real estate friend is is
planning on renovating this house but
before he does he said I can give you
guys a full tour of the place but
anyways let me know if you guys like
this type of video if you want to see
more let me know in the comments that
said let's begin this tour I've actually
never been here before so let's go check
it out
now so this is the house a 160 me 4 LDK
house with two garages and a backyard
sitting on 181 s m plot of land a
44-year-old house with a market value of
60 million yen about
$400,000 so this is the actual front
door and apparently no one has actually
lived in here for the last I think 3
years so it'll be interesting to see
what's inside but just looking
around they do have this like cool drain
system some stuff that's kind of like
overgrown right here they have some
security like flood lights I guess right
here that's quite interesting but
anyways let's go
inside okay so it's not much warmer in
this house so I think I'm just going to
leave my jacket on but looking around it
kind of doesn't have that typical
Japanese Vibe it's kind of more like a
blend of like Scandinavian and Tokyo
home I guess for you know Japan sat just
like open entrance area is quite roomy
looks like the light is actually missing
oh wait actually look it's like typical
in a Japanese home they actually have
like a little Shoe Closet
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here as I go through here I'm trying to
figure out like what my friend would do
to like renovate this place and how he's
going to change all of it so let me know
in the comments also if you guys have
any ideas on what you guys would do
yourself let's continue on
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on okay so I think this is the main
living room area and you can see it's
still very very lived
in lots of interesting features you got
that cool chandelier area right there
you have that SEO clock I wonder if it
still works maybe put some batteries in
there you have these two wide open
windows that lead into kind of like this
balcony area I mean you can do a lot
with that AC there you got these really
kind of old curtains um it's still like
in Fairly okay condition you see the
floors are a little bit soft old TV
plugs here here it looks like these
cabinets are still pretty cool so you
might be able to refurbish them is that
the word refurbish maybe not refinish
okay so this is the backyard area if I
could figure out how to open this door
oh here we go
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okay so look at this this is actually
pretty cool I didn't even realize
there's like a little side gate over
there there's quite a lot of space for
Tokyo yeah there's so much that you
could potentially do with this I mean
you can just throw hot tub barbecue
throw a Jacuzzi maybe a sauna and a cold
bath you know I've actually been into
that recently so yeah this was my place
I could just like clear this out and let
Wolfie play and have like a place for
him and his friends to come at the end
of the day quite a bit of stuff you can
do just I think around the corner let's
go around this
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way just here this is kind of like a
cemented area you can put like a little
awning sit out here have some tea have a
beer just hang out with some friends
what a perfect spot and apparently this
right here is a Parson tree you know
twice a year you probably have some
fruits coming in okay so before we move
on I thought it' probably be a good idea
to explain the housing prices here in
Tokyo so in Japan housing properties are
evaluated based on the land Value Plus
the building value in Tokyo the average
land value is about 1.2 millionen
8,110 per square meter while in this
area on the outskirts averages about
$330 Yen
$2,230 per square meter which would
value this House's land at around
$400,000 but since a house was built in
1980 has been poorly maintained left
unrenovated with no one living here for
3 years the house value in Japan is
considered close to zero therefore a
total valuation of
$400,000 interested to see what the
kitchen is like it's kind of
low definitely not made for tall
westerners okay so this this is the
kitchen area right here and it's a very
typical Japanese Kitchen I love the fact
that there's so much space just looking
at this area in itself like I'm living
in central Tokyo and just feel like this
space alone is as big as our apartment
you have the stoves you have three
burners it even has one of these small
Japanese fish grills it's like an old
school air conditioning unit right here
oh and then you even have some storage
in here built-in storage it's not really
a refrigerator it keeps things cooler
got some interesting sinks right here oh
wow look up there in the cabinet area
they have some old school alcohol I
don't even know if you're able to drink
this stuff but
15E malt whiskey Highland Queen fine old
scotch whiskey I got some santory old
whiskey dude this might actually fetch a
good price look at that I love it
finding these Little Treasures from the
house of santor limited the oldest
distillers in
Japan okay I guess it's just Sor you
know it's probably at least 3 years old
for sure would you guys drink
this okay let's put this
back literally there is so much
potential that you can do with this
place almost wouldn't mind living here
myself if I renovated it anyways let's
continue on so what is interesting I
think this is a 4 LDK so that means that
you have the living the dining and then
you have four rooms so we have four more
Rooms To Go so let's continue on this
light right here keeps bother me just
like keeps on flickering but you know
what would you
expect okay so this is the bath area got
the sink here little outlet for your
washer dryer system right here you got
some the cabinets got this cool little
heater then you got the the breaker here
as well this is the tub area kind of
like a smaller size bath perfect for the
population but it's cool so this here is
a you know Japanese style bath just
press a button have some coffee or tea
and then after like I don't know 15
minutes the bath will be like perfectly
heated to what level you want so
definitely love that part about Japanese
houses and then also you know you Al
just take a shower here if you don't
want to take a bath even has some side
handles here for people that need
handles let's keep on going okay and I
think just around the corner here is the
toilet area nice this toilet has a
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fan okay so I think there's one more
room over here here so let's go check it
out okay so this room here has some cool
tatami action going on pretty standard
Japanese room so I don't know if I
renovated it if I keep it or not maybe
some people like it but pretty cool
because it like leads out into the
backyard area you have a lot of closet
space just over here they have some
closets from like for futons yeah
there's quite a lot of storage space in
this house and like per room they have a
lot of storage
space um man my allergies are starting
to kick in so maybe the dust or maybe
some pets but who knows I might have to
finish the rest of this video with a
mask you have I don't even know what
that
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is oh cool so just right there they have
like this old school gas outlet I guess
if you wanted to to cook or maybe like
just have like na together like eat here
like more like traditional Japanese
style and then you have the Shi which is
pretty typical looks like they have some
Tel cabling going on here before I
continue I should probably also just
mention the location of this place we're
actually in Kai city which is kind of
like on the outskirts of Tokyo what's
kind of interesting is that there's a
lot of like cool spots in this area let
me just um cut to some buau of this like
this area so a 12-minute walk away Kaya
train station has many stops and cool
restaurants and of course a supermarket
also it's about a 20-minute train ride
from Shinjuku station this area has a
downar relaxing Vibe and my favorite
three breweries in the area with just
one across the street and at the same
distance away kitami station which is a
bit smaller than Kaya station but also
has everything you need such as a
supermarket drugstores and some
restaurants okay so let's go upstairs
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these steps are pretty fairly steep very
typical in the Tokyo
standards kind of a balcony area that
you can Overlook the entrance right here
I like that makes it feel more spacious
just having this like open area right
here just right here like a separate
sink area so I guess people that are
sleeping upstairs they might just want
to brush their teeth and not go all the
way downstairs they can do it here you
know get a cup of water or something so
that's kind of convenient okay so let's
see what's in door number
one okay so it's a toilet uh it's pretty
standard toilet I guess this one unlike
the one downstairs doesn't have the
Japanese B so I don't know for me I'd
probably use the one downstairs at least
for now huh interesting that I was like
hey what's that and that one actually
has a board coming out of the toilet
seat so I think it's a heated seat at
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okay check out this
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room okay so this room is pretty similar
to the one downstairs minus the fact
that it has this huge cabinet area right
here it does have like Corner Windows
which is nice this one also has a gas
content so maybe all of the rooms have
it probably not for cooking but more for
heat cuz as I look around there isn't
any air conditioning so probably that's
what it's meant for again it has tatami
mats which is pretty standard wondering
if the other rooms have that as well
let's have a quick look outside of the
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window open this side right
here okay so that's pretty nice it
overlooks the yard right here man that
yard just has so much potential there's
so much stuff that you know I would love
to do with it if it were you know my own
property and my own
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renovation
oops um I just broke the screen right
here let's just take get out for now oh
okay so this one just looks straight
into the other house so probably
wouldn't leave this one open you know
maybe just to get some fresh Breeze like
going through both windows okay so let's
just quickly look into this cabinet area
you know see how people used to live
back in the day well I guess not back in
the day it's like 3 years ago there's
like Ultraman there's I don't even know
what these things are let's see ultam
man have Godzilla there I got like all
sorts of stuff you got some Disney
characters here you got Donald Duck Bell
old school toy cars too familiar with
what type of cars these are but yeah
little classic cars Oh I thought that
was a drink it said rll the unique drink
piggy bank of some sort huh interesting
anyways let's move
on okay so this this room itself is more
Western it actually has wooden flooring
has another Corner view which is pretty
cool has a balcony outside this one has
AC so I guess it's kind of like more of
a western style have all the cabling
there for TV internet I think plenty of
closet space so as I mentioned earlier
my real estate friend is planning on
renovating this place he's actually
going to turn it into an Airbnb it does
have like a lot of potentials I do like
his kind of like business plan about
what he's like trying to do with this
I'm not actually involved in this
project at all but who knows maybe this
thing works out I might get involved in
the future I just want to see how things
go with what he's doing at the end of
the day he's given me kind of this
opportunity just to film it before he
renovates I don't think he has the
designs available yet I I think he's
still like getting estimates on like
renovating this place yeah I can see
like definitely a lot of things that he
could do um if it were my place there's
a lot of things that I would do but you
know I think I approached it from if I
were actually going to live in this
place myself but you know when it's a
business I guess it's a little bit
different if you guys do want to see
kind of like how this place is renovated
what the results are let me know in the
comments if you guys want me to break
down the cost or show you guys actually
how it's all done just let me know but
anyways let me show you the rest of this
place I think there's a few more rooms
left oh actually I didn't
show you this outdoor section right here
if you can get
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outside oh cool it's like a little
balcony area then you have the clothes
hangers up here which is very typical of
Japanese homes sandals here and like
little sandals so maybe there's a little
kid that used to live here there's even
like a little satellite dish right here
it's overlooking the yard pretty cool
and then I think over there as well it's
connected to the other room with
probably like the same height as all of
the other houses around here they're all
twostory houses so you can't like see
above it to see more but yeah
nonetheless pretty
cool so I should probably also say if
you guys do want to check out this
Airbnb or if you guys want to see what
my friend is doing with his Airbnb
business um I'll leave a link in the
description he know he was kind enough
to let me show you guys this house
so this room itself I think probably
needs the most work out of all the rooms
you can see like the carpet torn up
probably needs to be redone maybe even
the walls need to be redone this one has
some of the like old school
characteristics that definitely needs to
be updated there's actually also two
garages um I think they just being used
at storage yeah let's go check that out
you can go outside but it's pretty much
the same as
before that was the other room this is
the room next to it this is the the
front entrance area
so okay so the garage itself is actually
on the outside it's not connected to the
house so you have to go from the front
area here and just around this corner
okay so this is the garage area you
can't actually like fully stand up in it
until think about this stage right here
it's pretty deep probably feel like a
limousine in here it's so long but um it
doesn't go anywhere so you just have
that one entrance and you have to kind
of back out it doesn't like connect to
anything okay so there's actually
another garage just right there so let's
go check it out
okay so this second garage just looks
like a bunch of storage let's go
inside you can see there's just all of
this storage space all in here so you
can probably fit maybe like a small car
or just like bikes in this one or just
use it as storage what do you guys think
um what would you guys do if you had
this place would you move in just as is
would you renovate what what would you
do if you renovated let me know all this
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