good morning guys i am up super early
this morning because i'm about to hop on
a
bullet train down to tokyo i'm going to
meet up with chris we were invited by
our mutual friend alex he's an american
guy who owns a real estate company down
in tokyo
and he has invited us to go on tours
of some insane luxury apartments
in tokyo and i don't know what you guys
picture when you hear luxury apartment
but
the place that i'm going to be doing a
tour of costs 13
grand us dollars per month
to rent how insane is that i can't even
fathom what this place is gonna look
like
i've been in japan about 15 years now
probably the max i've paid for an
apartment is about 800
or so u.s so 13 grand
i have no idea but i'm really looking
forward to it i hope you guys
are too let's hop on a shinkansen and
meet up with chris
and alex
so this is alex the owner of i home real
estate
and what do you have for us today well i
have a dog in my hand this is scotty hi
scotty oh
hello and i actually have two amazing
apartments for you guys you're
never going to believe these places
where are we going first well first off
we're going to be going over to
omotesando and
check out a nice place over there all
right after that we'll be going over to
a
very high end part of shinjuku wonderful
all right we've arrived at the apartment
building it looks really nice from the
outside
so let's go in and see what it looks
like i'm impressed already it's a nice
door
it's very nice if you take a look here
here is the entrance oh my god yeah this
is just the entrance
you come in over here this is
the what is this walk-in closet
all of your shoes you could have like
500 pairs of shoes
easily yes this is specifically for
umbrellas
so you can hang them off of here and
they even include
a little drip pan so it goes right down
there
to make sure you don't get anything wet
so it shouldn't be it's already 20 times
better than my apartment
honestly just just the gang gun and this
little bit of hallway
is probably the size of my living room
what is this place
all right where are we going oh my god
yeah yeah then we'll get to that later
get to that later now come on over here
this is this is the kids room
yes there obviously there was a kid in
here and uh
it is plenty plenty of you know closet
space in here
yep this is just for the kids remember
that yeah and
they get their own uh balcony over there
as well no way yeah
look at that it's quite crazy
that's a nice balcony and it goes all
the way down there it goes all the way
down to the other rooms as well
so again first of four bedrooms
here is the second largest bedroom again
it's just a normal bedroom
but you got the idea same kind of deal i
like all the greenery
it's very nice yeah so this is a very
green part of tokyo you have a lot of
it's an old part of tokyo a lot of
nice trees and stuff windy roads hard to
drive in a little bit but
uh it's still beautiful right this is
the third bedroom right what are there
so many bedrooms
i'm not sure if it sounds like this one
you don't get the balcony on it so uh
this is
i guess this is good for the kid that
you don't like too much
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actually i'm sorry five bedrooms i
forgot about this one sorry about that
but they call this the maids bedroom
yeah it is a man's bedroom because it's
the smallest bedroom and
it's closest to the kitchen but of
course the me gets
their own nice closets as well so yeah
you finally get to
the master bedroom oh my god this is big
this is the master bedroom and give me a
second i'll look up exactly what the
size is for this one
okay so the size for this one is 20 joe
so that would be 20 that's 20 tatami
mats yes
if you are unfamiliar with that
measurement system many rooms in japan
are measured by
how many tatami mats would fit in the
room exactly so one zatami mat is 1.82
square meters
which comes out to 36 square meters 36.
that's almost the size of my entire
apartment and they have their own
bathroom yep you have your own answers
look at that yes it's called double
vanities
oh my god you know a nice toilet and all
that and you actually have
more closet space in here than most
apartments
entire apartments yes look at the bath
this is always my favorite part
yeah it's nice very spacious
yes what it doesn't have is a tv
like my bath it does not have a tv
you're absolutely
right that is something that your
apartment has on this one
i'm not sure one of the things that has
on this but this is still
probably that's probably about it i
didn't tell you what is this
this is the walk-in closet this is a
room
this is the walk-in closet for the
master bedroom
oh my god i would kill for this and i
have actually seen bedrooms in japan
that are of similar size oh my
my first apartment was probably about
that was the size of my kitchen and
living room so
sounds about right yeah if we head over
here
there's one thing i want to show you are
a couple things actually
so i show you the master bath this is
the other bath this is
you know for the other people again a
double sink yes you have the double
vanity sink over there
you come through here and you have the
full size bath again very nice
if you live in a place like this where
you have five bedrooms you're gonna need
you're gonna need a lot of towels
yes but what do you do with all those
towels once you've used them that's a
very good question
that's a good question you come over
here don't worry you have an entire room
to do your laundry
exactly you have your laundry room right
in here what yes with uh these are
proper washing machines yeah these are
proper washers
do they dry the clothes yes they do no
way yes i do if you're
unaware most apartments in japan have a
washing machine but
not a dryer so to see a proper machine
like this
that also has a dryer setting i'm so
jealous
and they have two of them and that was
only the bedrooms we've only seen the
bedrooms so far yeah
just the bedrooms and the bathrooms now
here's the other thing so in japan
uh most places only have one bathroom
for the entire house and that's not even
just for apartments that's for full
houses as well yeah
they might have multiple toilets but
when it comes to having multiple
bathrooms that is unheard of
this place you just saw the first two
bathrooms
there's some more there's no more full
baths no but but
there is a guest toilet no way yeah so
so three toilets exactly so three toys
so this is what they call a two bedroom
and another site so not two bedrooms a
two point five two
five thousand all right now you come
through here
and this is like a banquet home
this is the living room and dining room
and if you make your way over there you
will see
the kitchen look at the fridge yes now
by the way wow the living room and
dining room not including the kitchen
this is just about 100 squares
i believe it look at it so this all
closes by the way
oh that's cool yeah because why would
you want to see your kitchen
wow that's really cool
this shows you 100 square meters
actually looks like
in tokyo what would you fill it with
this would be the dining area right here
so you'd have a big table
we already have the light fixtures set
up so you can do
you know a big table over here and then
a kids table over here and
you come over here this is where the uh
the living room area would be
but the kind of people that would rent
this place wouldn't just use it for
you know their tv remember any kind of
stuff you're looking at people
usually high up in their own companies
and also diplomats
and diplomats tend to have a lot of
receptions to their houses so they
really need
a place like this 100 square meters they
need 100 square meters and this is a
very
nice room yeah let's open that up again
is that an oven an oven
wow a real oven how many aircons are in
the house that's how many you need eight
yeah you need eight aircon because the
living room and dining room has multiple
ac units this is called a built-in ac
it's not central heating this is
individually controllable
that's very good so you have one here
and you have one over here as well
what's this so that is a dishwasher
actually
this is also a full-size dishwasher you
can fit all your stuff in there honestly
if you have any type of dishwasher
you're probably pretty well off but
they're usually just like a dinky little
countertop dishwasher that's maybe this
size so to have a full
dish washing machine it's just amazing
i've never seen one
in a japanese house most of you probably
have one in your home but this is like
wow this is luxury can you imagine
having this much space to cook
in my house i have about this much yeah
speaking that's
a counter in japan so yeah this comes
out to 1.35
million yen 1.35 so about 13
and a half grand yeah us dollars
how many properties are you managing or
renting out that would be
this scale like this price is it common
or is this one of the
more top end of this is on the higher
end of the places
that i rent but um i mean i have
places that are a bit actually quite a
bit more than this as well the one chris
yes chris has gone with me to see
another one that is that's
a little bit more yeah
i'll link his video down below so go
check it out afterwards
but this is a very special place it is
it's you know it doesn't have like the
best views maybe but it does
just feel like an amazing place to be it
feels very luxurious
for sure yeah definitely yes i'm gonna
go back home and just feel like so
cramped
after seeing this thanks so much for
showing us yeah
today this was very eye opening i
honestly didn't realize that places this
large existed in the
middle of tokyo oh yes but yeah that's
right
clearly so we're gonna head back to
alex's office
and gonna ask him some questions and
learn a little bit more about his
business
so i'll see you guys there that
apartment we just saw in shinjuku what
would be
the initial move-in costs because when i
moved into my apartment in morocco it
was about three or four months rent
when i moved in yeah so generally
speaking in japan you have about
anywhere from
three to seven months of rent you have
to pay up front yeah
so i can give you the break do you want
to hear the birthday i do okay so first
off
you have uh two months of advanced rent
okay right and then you also have the
key money and
the security deposit there is no key
money on this one oh but there are three
months of security deposit
and we're up to five months of rent just
right there you're at five months of
friends so just to give you
uh a reminder of how much the rent is
for this one
it's one i haven't forgotten all right
well just to give you guys a reminder
it's
one million three hundred fifty thousand
yen which comes out to
exactly thirteen grand u.s times five
times five and we're not done yet
because there's
also a lot changing fee that's nothing
right overall
it's not that much just a few hundred
it's still two hundred dollars uh the
two other big ones
is you know what a guarantor company is
yes oh do i ever
so aguero a guarantor company is
basically renters
insurance so if you for some reason
cannot pay your rent
for that month uh the guarantor company
will step in
in your place and pay the landlord and
then uh
you know basically chase you down later
so they charge a fifty percent
of one month's uh rent for sop no yeah
and that comes out to yeah over six
thousand almost seven thousand dollars
uh plus you have my commission which is
a month's rent plus
tax so depending on when you move in uh
during the month right the first month
depends
uh i'd say it'll be anywhere from eight
million to eight million
five hundred thousand if not more um
for our north american viewers that's
about eighty grand
yes eighty five thousand dollars uh
initial moving costs
just uh for your first month exactly you
manage all different
types of properties right not only these
super
expensive ones you also have some more
affordable i do i do options
yes i mean my places tend to be a bit on
the more expensive side
um but the reason being is that i don't
look for the cheaper places i don't look
for the places that have
you know the cheapest moving costs or
anything i always think you know you get
what you pay for but at the same time
uh i want to show my clients places that
they'll enjoy being in that they'll
actually want to be inside and say yeah
you've actually chosen
very important a few properties to look
at here um so this first one is
actually quite a small apartment yes
just one room with a washroom
where's this one located so this one is
right between uh these two stations
gakuge daigaku and utenji they're on the
toilet
okay yeah they're right there it's a
nice nice location it's a very nice area
i noticed the cement wall it looks very
similar to my apartment but is this a
real cement
yes this is actually a concrete wall
yeah it's very stylish yes but yeah just
to show you the prices of these places
in tokyo my place is
probably about 50 square meters so it's
about half the size
um but twice the price yeah but this is
a brand new building actually yeah
it's also very fancy very high-end yes
here's one that's kind of similar to the
apartment i live in in morioka
size wise and layout wise two-bedroom
living room dining room
and a kitchen and it's almost five grand
a month
well the reason for this one is that it
is in uh shibuya
and it is not just near shibuya it's
literally two minutes
away from the station from the station
yes it is also
a brand new building it was just built
last month oh wow so in september of
2020.
i see that they don't allow pets they
don't allow pets
how common is it for pets to be allowed
in
apartments it's very uncommon in fact
that's one of them yeah
it is and i should have been in my
experience yeah i i lucked out because
my apartment
actually was pet friendly before i got
hurt
yeah it's it's very hard to find pets
pet friendly apartments here and also if
you do find a place that is pet friendly
if you want to have a pet in there
you're going to have to pay another
month of security deposit on top of it
yeah so by the way the security deposit
on this one is two months of security
positive plus one month of
uh key money do you know the differences
by the way uh the deposit you can get
back the key money is basically just a
gift
exactly you're the landlord yes thanking
you thanking them
for allowing you to live in their uh
apartments
how gracious this is yes how gracious is
it so this third one here is really
pretty
uh it's very modern i love the concrete
walls
i just love that uh where's this one
this one's in oh gakuge as well yes so
actually this one it not only is in the
same area it's actually the same
building
yeah it's the exact same building as
that one oh no way oh the price isn't
that different
exactly yeah this is 40 square meters
that one is it comes out to 25 square
meters
so yeah it's almost double the space
plus this one you have plenty more
lights because it's a corner unit as you
can see yeah and you also have a walk-in
closet which is
amazing thank you so much yeah thanks
for coming in
i will link alex's website uh your
instagram yes
and facebook down below so if you're
interested in renting an apartment
in japan check him out um if you're just
interested in looking at some really
cool apartments to see
what's available yeah go check them out
yeah and i have those listings but i
also have listings that i can't show on
my website so if you guys want anything
just let me know and i'll show you
something cool perfect
yeah thanks so much thanks so much for
having me and thanks for watching guys
again go check out chris's video i will
link his down below he wanted to see a
20 000
a month apartment it was quite good so
definitely watch that
i'll see you guys very soon thank you
very much
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