Inside a $400,000 STARTER HOUSE in Tokyo | AFFORDABLE TOKYO HOMES
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- In this house tour, Alex takes you inside a newly built $400,000 standalone house in Western Tokyo.
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🏠Location: 5-6 Yabemachi, Machida-shi, Tokyo 194-0214
💲Price: ¥54,000,000 (approx. $400,000 USD)
🛏️Beds 2 | 🛀 Baths 1.5
📐House Area: 1,030ft2 (95.71㎡
Merry Christmas! My present to all of you is a brand new vid -- do you want me to do more affordable home videos?
Definitely do it,Merry Christmas!
Yes please!
Merry Christmas! I enjoyed this video, but I think showcasing homes in this price range in rural areas/small towns/destinations (your ski lodge video!) would be more inspiring from a lifestyle perspective. Love having a Mega-Donki nearby, but I think most Western viewers would take a home with a ski slope or a beach-town vacation home for the same price any day!
love the more affordable houses; and exploring the bedroom communities around tokyo!
merry christmas :) yes you can
You should review a Hinokiya house. All their houses have central air and can have a garage. Both are very rare in Japan (and Hinokiya is about the same price as a normal JP Builder). We planned a 2500sqft house with 4 bedrooms, 1 office, giant walk-in closet, giant kitchen and family room, 2 toilets, 1 shower for $325K designed and ready to be built. Included the land too and close to Chiba Station. Was literally the day before signing the contract when my work reneged on working outside the US. 😭
Was there an advance payment that had to be made in order for the house plan to be drawn up, and can you talk about what happened after the remote work talk failed then? Did you have to give up the plan and return to the US?
I don't know why I read the title as Affable Tokyo homes and expected a wild Chris Broad to appear
That can be arranged... Aha
I had the same thing!!
Same here lol
Just to mention that laundry detergent in Japan is specifically designed to clean in cold water. When I was working at the P&G Asia HQ (Kobe), this is what the R&D department were working on. Also there are good microwave ovens that also double as conventional ovens. That is what I roasted my turkey in for the holidays.
Wait does this mean I can import Japanese detergent from P&G if I want to disable my washing machine's heating?
@@j134679 Yes. P&G, Kao, etc. All of these companies make detergents designed for cold water. In fact, you should NOT use them for hot water as they lose their cleaning power.
@@DadCanInJapan I use hot water with Japanese detergents on a Japanese washing machine all the time (well, 40C, since the washing machines here are kinda shit and don't have a heating element in them). Works much better on grease and summer sweat stains than cold water.
Most detergent will just work on most clothes anyway, since most clothes can just be washed cold and some can't be washed hot at all. It's only a few types of garments that need it the water to be hot, but when you can't wash them, it's a problem.
I love the house design and interior. Hope you can show us more of these houses with similar interior and price bracket.
Btw what about a carport or space for cars outside ? Or storage for bikes
This is actually a house I’d buy if living in Japan
with a reverse sized bathroom? the top bathroom needs to be on bottom... granted the price is good... but outside of korea u can get much more! but ya thats korea n not japan... not to mention the structural damage on it if a earthquake occurs?
are u guaranteed that it will sustain it self? he never addressed that... alot of stuff to be said about a property like this!! on top u have to add washer dryer a fridge etc! also the minisplit units! also u need to add a wall if u wanna make it a 3rd bedroom... alot of stuff needs to be done... i havent even added wallpaper or paint to it... even a oven if u want one...
@@joshualee8151 no
@@joshualee8151 since all houses built have to follow the regulations for earthquakes I think it’s just as safe as other houses.
@@joshualee8151 Sorry to break this but most country in the world you'd have to buy fridge and washing machine on your own if it's a standing property. All you get is an empty house. If you go to germany and rent a house, you literally have to buy and build your own kitchen lol. Also japanese ppl don't do ovens. They just buy those microwave that can double as an oven and toaster
@@joshualee8151 lmao, on pretty much every single country, when you buy a house, you have to buy all of the appliances...It's not a given. In fact, it would be a huge plus if someone was selling a house and leaving some appliances to you. This is the rule, not the exception.
I love this house!! Perfect mix of a Japanese and American house.
This house has a way higher chance to be sold off to an japanese family with ties to machida or nearby area than a foreigner planning on moving to Japan. But with that said, it was a nice tour of a more "common" house in japan.
With a 400k pricetag i assume its pretty close to a station. Did it involve parking lots? i saw cars outside. The exterior, what else did it have to offer?.. it was a house after all.
It does have a parking spot on the left hand side, but nothing much else other than the porch
In Sweden we also use cold water for washing machine. That's not the norm everywhere? The washing machine heats the water to the desired temperature. :)
It's incredible how large Tokyo (incl suburbs) is. In my country if you travel 1.5 hrs from our capital city you can already cross three provinces. 🤣
In my country, if you travel an hour and a half from the capital, you're in another country... no matter which way you travel
This isn't even in the Tokyo suburbs. It's closer to Yokohama
@@-SP. what kind of logic is that?
My GF lives in meguro and it's closer to Yokohama than Tokyo central station but it's still considered part of greater Tokyo.
It's insanely huge. I know where I live is a similar size to Tokyo but has 5x LESS people so it takes a long time to travel on the highway to get places.
Do you live with your girlfriend in Meguro?
@@dankfarrik8376 Being a part of the Greater Tokyo area doesn't mean it's a suburb of Tokyo. That's some stupid logic
I see the "This Is Good Party Time" tablet is portable so you can make anywhere in the house have a "Good Party Time", value adding has never been more prominent.
Wow, this is good party time.
"This is good Party time" Chris would love this sign ... xD
The siting is terrifying. How long will it take for a vehicle to clip that corner? But I don't wanna jinx it or anything.... It is amazing, but very incongruous.
Aaah yes, Alex getting into the bath tub. My favorite thing to look forward to.
Really interesting to see this American looking house (at least on the outside) in the middle of Japan!
Well 400k is not exactly what i'd call affordable, but compared to the others, yes it is :D , especially for a whole house.
PS. For the washing machine, it's pretty normal to have only cold water attachment in most countries, since it's the washing machine that heats it up in case you need it.
FINALLY, I video I can relate to!
If I ever won the lottery and bought a vacation home in Tokyo it would definitely be an apartment sky-high as far away from spiders as possible
Spiders will still try to get to ya, they're great climbers lol
Finally, a house we commoners can probably buy
First Japanese home I've seen on here that I'd actually live in. Currently binge watching
The one pipe for washer is the same in Sweden, it's usually cold water but the washer it self heats up the water to the temperature you've set. :)
Love this, it's fun to see the over the top stuff you can get if you won the lottery. But showing what is normal make you really appreciate the grandness of the other places!
honestly this is the kind of house i would gladly live in regardless of country
whoaaa I've never seen houses like this in tokyo before.
Yes...keep viewing them mixed bags....we like to see it all alex.
The house is cool but the eclectic car selection outside is 😙👌
The bath tub sitting shot! YES! The only reason we watch.
Machida's a great spot to live. On the Yokohama Line, close to Kodomonokuni, good shops and restaurants near the station. When I tell friends in Auckland, NZ, that you can get something like this in Tokyo for around NZD650,000 , they think I'm taking the piss.
This is what I've been waiting for! Absolutely want more "affordable" vids like this. Also that house definitely was out of place in the area it was in. I know you build where you can in Japan, but good grief...
i really like that house, and you can definatly feel the american vibes from it, though the car park right next to it might be a bit much.
I wish you would do more videos like this, i love seeing the extravegent stuff, but stuff like this feels more "homey" either way great video
Good to see homes for normal people! That kitchen has plenty of room for a refrigerator and a nice prep counter.
i really like this kind of video, hope to see series of these videos
As someone with bad knees, I can't imagine having to reach under the floor every time I need something...
If you use something frequently, put it elsewhere.😅
My parents live in a typical Japanese house and they store bulky stuff such as big soy sauce bottle in the kitchen floor storage. They use small soy sauce container for daily use and when it’s gone, they kneel down to pick up the big bottle to refill but it’s less than once a month.
it‘s a nice house - might stick out a bit too much in that area though. It‘s obviously very foreigner friendly with how the inside of the house is designed but nice that there are still some traditional Japanese elements stuck.
I love this video. Thank you for showing this off. I watched it twice
Proud Swede happy to see so much IKEA!
Thanks Alex… nice presentation of a pretty good property. Is that a public carpark on the right?
Pretty large house for Tokyo. One thing you have to mention is the distance (in walk minutes) to the nearest train station.🚂
Looks like a good place to start an izakaya downstairs maybe considering that kitchen/bar combo
Living in the USA, I’m so grateful for the amount of space our homes have. 400K can get you three to four times the SQ ft space in most markets. Not to mention the appliances, full size dish washers and oven.
Me over here in Los Angeles thinking this is a great deal 😂
My home in Dallas is around 1800sq/ft and goes for around the price as this house. Although the neighborhood is getting more expensive so maybe trade my house for this one?!?!
I live in a one bedroom condo outside of Toronto that cost this much...
@Loggeyboy one bedroom!?!? Dang that's crazy.
This man did a Christmas video and didn't even bring it up
Nice, also the home is crazy cool I like it better than some of the mega houses
EDIT: I wash cloths with cold water exclusively; hot water can help shrink your (low quality) cloths plus cold water is just generally better for fabric health
0:37 I had to give myself a few minutes to compose myself after this
I wonder what the immediate outside surroundings looked like. The house almost seemed awkwardly positioned.
can you do more videos on what an average person can afford
Loved this video please post more affordable houses in Japan :)
Some of this design is a real eye-opener for a European. I love the cost saving touches like, mains plumbing all on the ground floor, cold water washing machine & bathroom doubling as a drying room! I wish people here weren't so used to "ensuite bathrooms" and nonsense like that.
The house is cool and all, I like it a lot. But what I /really/ like is Alex's jacket.
I love how your socks coordinated with the kitchen floor pattern.
In our country we also use cold water to wash our clothes in the washing machine, dear Alex. The water warms up in the machine to the temperature that is needed.
Warm greetings from Pinkie
Loved the big bedrooms.
This is a gorgeous house!!! I love all the amenities
This is a great video.
More realistic. I know it isn't your youtube brand, but seeing what you can get in Tokyo for 40M to 55M yen is interesting.
Everyone compliments the house design and interior.
Me: Ohhh yellow RX-8!!
More of these videos please
I really like this house.
My favourite part of the home is also is that tacky canvas that reads "This is good party time" . The quality and execution of it perfectly sums up the finishing of the house, also whoever staged the home needs some help next time. Nice to see how people in Tokyo live with the extra space further out of the city, but thats about it. I'd happy take one of the shoeboxes cleverly designed by an Architect over this prefabricated dwelling.
Agreed, it feels tacky and off
At the intro, 90's Buick Roadmaster wagon, that's an odd car to see in Japan. Its about 2 kei cars wide and 3 kei cars long, would be really hard to find a place to park it other than the one giant spot you own/rent. Or maybe its 2 parking spots cause it won't fit in one.
The thing under the kitchen floor is for pickling,like umeboshi.
I love this house
Sooo nice to see, totally in our budget... just a few 1000 miles from us
i want a tshirt with "this is good party time" xD
I love the underfloor storage. Such a neat feature, wish it was a thing in my country.
Built in garden spider! Very convenient. I may have asked this before - and I'm just daydreaming of retiring - are there any single story houses in Japan? Oh, and Happy New Year!
You can find single story houses in country side, but in city side it’s rare. Elderly people living in a city who don’t want to use stairs would choose apartments. If you have couple million dollars you may afford a piece of land in Tokyo for a good sized single story home.
This house looks good
MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSE TOURS PLZ
I wish that the USA house could do an underground storage area thing that looks like it could come in handy. Hopefully the USA does this idea?!
I’m thinking to move to Tokyo Japan
Are the walls in the bathroom magnetic?
And I have heard that the sink above the toilet is actually bad. Is that true?
It's like a tiny piece of texas was copy-pasted in 1 simcity square into Tokyo!
OMG I really love this house and I can see myself living there.❤❤❤ By the way, my current house price is around that price too.😂
That. IH cooker is the same as my apartment. The cooker hood looks familiar.
Always great videos 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
for those that don’t know that’s a Joro spider. I live in America. I know this because they have just recently invaded my state. They are harmless, but extremely invasive.
Which state?
I think you are mistaken. It looks to me like the Argiope bruennichi, a widely spread species.
this was very interesting (more so than the richi rich rich rich houses) but this seems very cheap? how long does a place like this stay on the market?
Interesting house and location. Looks very close to Camp Zama and NAF Atsugi. I wonder if that influenced the design.
Good point, you’re probably right about that
I don't remember exactly where I saw it, but it was some house tour video and one person asks "What's the entranceway called in Japanese?" and the other person answers "Genkan." And the person replies "Genki... desu..."
It just pops into my head once in a while, but I personally find it funny. A funny little misunderstanding. And now everytime I hear someone say "Genkan" I just remember that exchange and chuckle.
This looks like a doll house made of plastic with stickers all over, like the floors and walls are plastic with stickers that simulate tiles or wood.
Pity that they had to burn the house down, but the spider had to go.
That from the exterior is the most American Cookie Cutter looking house I've ever seen in Japan.
Wonder how the genkan concept in Japan is adapted for universally accessibility for folks that use wheelchairs and such.
In posh developments, it's pretty much on the same level. Just different tiling/material. Easy to add a ramp to if not already level.
Some of the ones intended for foreigner rental don't have them at all.
Minus a couple of Japanified details (genkan, no oven, in-floor storage, handwash sink on toilet) this could very easily be a starter home in any American suburb.
Alex! You should pay a visit to Jinya in Tsurumaki onsen! they have gorgeous ryokan there!
More affordable homes in tokyo!!
I would buy something similar when I eventually move 😜
Alex, only 360k because of the spider! 👀 Merry Christmas!
That is a really nice looking house. :)
What really makes this house feel more American is the old Buick Station Wagon and Dodge Magnum in the parking lot next to it.
so i'm assuming in the usa people have a hot water line going into washing machines?
in germany we just have cold water and the machine does the heating (there's probably exeptions but all machines houses and flats i have seen so far only have cold water)
My gnome prince returns y’all. He left his kingdom to travel to the far east to bring us real estate videos.
Uffff Gorgeous 🥰🥰🥰🥰
One thing I can’t get over is the location on a corner next to a parking lot. It just feels…very exposed.
The washer has one water in because it heats the water in the machine.
I wish I could import alot of these finishes into the US, especially the bathroom fan.
Why is it beside a parking lot?
Love the house but the parking lot next door would be a deal breaker for me.
Is it well insulated like most North America homes?
What is going on with that american car bone-yard for a neighbor. I love the Buick Roadmaster Station-wagon...
400k USD is still quite expensive. The house looks nice but has that manufactured feel which would be considered a "cheap" home in the states. What kind of homes do average families in Japan live in? I would think this price is still unaffordable for many people.
It's expensive and mostly for foreigners.
A good 3 bed 2 bathroom with everything cost 300k to 400k in USD.
And those are way bigger and better than these
Im more intersted in the yellow Rx8 outside of the house, is that also for sale?
Would you look at that, it's a starter house