@@sshaw4429lol, correction: some* Japanese people are respectful, stop putting people on a pedestal because of where they’re from, there is vandalism in japan too, you just don’t see it because people don’t show those parts of japan.
Sure vandalism exists there but nowhere near like here in North America. The momment it becomes vacant it will be overrun by the homeless and gutted by thieves. The vast majority of abandoned houses in Japan will be left untouched for years and decades.
Nice and beautiful work , congratulations ! only a pity you have had all trees removed, a tree surgeon would have cut those that were dangerous for the house and conserved two or three for freshness and shadow in summer. It takes years to grow one. In my renovation i made the error of cutting a tree that seemed out of place , and now I understand that is was the only shadowed place in late afternoon. I regret it every summer.
I think we will see a lot more of these traditional house renovations happening since Covid has opened up the possibility of remote working. The need for more space in the home as more time is spent there and a desire for fresh, country air with natural surroundings might create a renacance of country life and slower living in Japan.
The unfortunate reality is that a lot of these empty houses are out of code with current regulations. Japan has pretty extensive codes due to earthquake risks. In the west as soon as you apply for any kind of building permit to make major changes in a house, you get hit with updating up to code order. It costly to tear down a house but also a lot of them aren't high quality houses so they can't get any money out of the house or the land, because the house is in the way, so they just abandon them. They usually are riddled with hidden costs and unpaid taxes so even a free house can cost tens of thousands yen in town/city fees alone, then everything else & taxes on top. Updating earth retaining walls up to code on the lot might cost as much as half the price of a new house. Doesn't mean there aren't houses worth saving. I wandered through the akiya banks listings for empty and abandoned houses and among the rotted shells there some old classic and as new as the nineties houses up for cheap to affordable. I'm also hoping for more appreciation for the older houses in japan.
@@heathermccain In Japan the idea of a home having a resell value, or even houses going up in value at all, is a pretty foreign concept. Homes are not seen as an investment but are instead seen as a depreciating asset. These homes are not some get-rich-quick scheme. They are for people to actually live in.
I really love this channel, and I deeply admire this team work. But I beg to the restorator not to remove ALL the trees. I understand some of them needs to be removed to help insulation, and in some cases the trees can compromise the structure, but is such a pity have all of them removed. Trees are awesome not just for the shades and fresh air in summer, but helps to keep privacy. So please, try to keep the elder ones. =)
Hello from Russia. Good idea with the computer game. Change camera to make better videos. Renovation is ok, but the linoleum spoils the view of the floor, in my opinion. This is a very practical material, but not very beautiful and does not suit the traditional Japanese home.
Great work. 4 months is not bad. I liked the music. I liked the material choices. I liked everything you did. You should be very proud of yours selves. I am an American and i think your house is very pretty.
Your hard work has paid off! The house looks amazing. I’m in love with the grey wallpaper. It doesn’t look like solid grey. It looks like it’s textured. It’s absolutely beautiful!
I'd like to know HOW well the house is "breathing" after using plaster on the walls and covering up the wooden floors with plasticized linoleum? How are you able to regulate humidity getting trapped under the flooring, etc...? The wooden floors would have absorbed some of that moisture, would it not? Is mold a problem in the home after renovating with plastic materials? 🤔
I think it's an inexperience and money problem. They're probably on a very tight budget, with local wages being significantly lower in Japan. Also, I don't think they wanted to change any more than absolutely necessary to make it habitable. I predict mold and rot will set in about 6-7 years from now.
How does the renovations help with the heating and cooling? I know from other videos that the typical home is built thin walled so it’s hard to heat and cool etc. I didn’t see much insulation going in..
Usually the home is built of the ground a little bit there is space beneath and then you have an oven or a furnished type heating situation where they burn wood or whatever material and they're terrified of bricks underneath that retain the heat that's why everything is so close to the floor they live in the floor because the floor is heated from underneath and also in the summer when is hot the air can pass underneath the home keeping it cool ...hope this helps...
Not judging but you didn't sand first before varnishing? If bits of the previous finish are coming up won't that affect the varnish's finish? Maybe I missed it?
Great work, turned out very nice, the only thing is that if you spent all this pain and effort to renovate you should have picked a better quality floor other the these cheap vinyl wraps, you probably will have to redo this in just a few years.
I watch renovations all over the world but am curious about building codes in Japan....here in the US it's no joke if you live in say a hurricane zone or flood area...seems lax there.
Earthquakes put my floor out of level in California. I pulled up the sub-flooring and added a lift to some of the floor joists to get everything back to level. Once the sub-flooring was back in place, you couldn't tell it was altered. When you do the flooring in the bathroom, pull the toilet out, get the flooring under it, and caulk the toilet base when you re-install it. It will give you a nice and easy to clean finish. Waterproof too.
That's a pretty sweet Akiya you guys found. A lot of work for the cleanup, but relatively mild renovation. I'm surprised you didn't steam the wallpaper off to prevent the tearing of the underlying wall. Also, for the bathroom floor, you could have removed the toilet, by disconnecting the plumbing. All you'd need to do is replace the wax seal. (Though you will want to cover the hole to keep the sewer gas from coming in while the toilet is out)
That floor was horrid. A 7-8 mm difference throughout the room is hard to balance. Your shikui looks very similar to Tokyo Llama's, though he took his down to the gypsum board before applying the shikui.
29:26 personally, I would have mudded and painted the ceiling. Wallpaper is hard enough with 4 people on a ceiling. Doing it yourself without tools to hold it in place is impossible.
The labor costs you two saved alone by doing the work yourself is pretty sweet. I'm surprised you didn't do the roof repairs and update the electrical yourself. Are there restrictions in your prefecture that prevent you from doing that yourself?
I love the outcome but some of the after videos are hard to watch because of the editing :/ it's so bright it burns to actually look at the screen and I can't actually see anything.
I enjoyed watching this video and learned a great deal. I am considering buying a vacant house in Gunma, near the Tone River. It has over 300 tsubo of land. The house will need to be renovated.
I'm going to rent my house in America and renovate an Akiya in Japan while I work as an English teacher for three years. There are English teaching jobs that don't give you an apartment; You get some more money to find a living situation for yourself when you arrive. This is going to be an awesome adventure. With my house renting for $2000 a month, I will net $20,000 on the rental. for a year... $60,000 for the three years. I will make $42,000 a year for the job without an apartment. $126,000 + $60,000 = $186,000 for the three years, and I can return to my home with three years of appreciation. Sounds like a plan. Life can be an amazing adventure, or it can be nothing. Choose wisely.
Love how you're getting so much done. How long did you spend to do the kitchen and bathroom upgrades? I have to completely build a bathroom that didn't exist, and am overhauling what was the kitchen.
Loved the video, can't imagine how long it must of took to make both the video and the renovation.I have to say I was really into the good mood songs that you use, might i have a playlist of the songs used in this video or a list of them, i would really love to save them for later and listen when i have the time/itch for this kind of vibe
I would have been tempted to leave the sliding doors their natural wood color rather than covering them with the black wall paper together the more natural wood tones throughout that room.
this was a dormant dream of mine - looks like it will stay that way...i hadn't considered the 'house guests' before....ouch. hopefully they are not a recurring presence!
So I am an American that’s always been infatuated with Japan & Japan’s culture but I’ve always liked the country and never liked the big city. I can’t afford to buy a American house but it looks like I can afford to live in the countryside of Japan. Too bad they don’t let ex convicts live in Japan. I would totally renounce my US citizenship immediately. After doing a little more research, I also found out the most of these abandoned houses come fully furnished with everything inside I so wish Japan made it easier for people with my situation to move over there.
I love how this place has been vacant for so long and yet nothing has been vandalised.
Because Japanese people are respectful.
@@sshaw4429 nah, there is vandalism there too, it's just bc it's in the middle of nowhere
@@sshaw4429lol, correction: some* Japanese people are respectful, stop putting people on a pedestal because of where they’re from, there is vandalism in japan too, you just don’t see it because people don’t show those parts of japan.
Japanese culture so beautiful I love it
Sure vandalism exists there but nowhere near like here in North America. The momment it becomes vacant it will be overrun by the homeless and gutted by thieves. The vast majority of abandoned houses in Japan will be left untouched for years and decades.
Nice and beautiful work , congratulations ! only a pity you have had all trees removed, a tree surgeon would have cut those that were dangerous for the house and conserved two or three for freshness and shadow in summer. It takes years to grow one. In my renovation i made the error of cutting a tree that seemed out of place , and now I understand that is was the only shadowed place in late afternoon. I regret it every summer.
That was my first thought. Not necessary to cut all the trees. Such a pity. 🙁
I think we will see a lot more of these traditional house renovations happening since Covid has opened up the possibility of remote working. The need for more space in the home as more time is spent there and a desire for fresh, country air with natural surroundings might create a renacance of country life and slower living in Japan.
I hope so i love these renovation videos
The unfortunate reality is that a lot of these empty houses are out of code with current regulations. Japan has pretty extensive codes due to earthquake risks. In the west as soon as you apply for any kind of building permit to make major changes in a house, you get hit with updating up to code order. It costly to tear down a house but also a lot of them aren't high quality houses so they can't get any money out of the house or the land, because the house is in the way, so they just abandon them. They usually are riddled with hidden costs and unpaid taxes so even a free house can cost tens of thousands yen in town/city fees alone, then everything else & taxes on top. Updating earth retaining walls up to code on the lot might cost as much as half the price of a new house. Doesn't mean there aren't houses worth saving. I wandered through the akiya banks listings for empty and abandoned houses and among the rotted shells there some old classic and as new as the nineties houses up for cheap to affordable. I'm also hoping for more appreciation for the older houses in japan.
With Japanese work culture that won't be happening. Remote work just isn't a thing in Japan.
Will this house have any resale value ??
@@heathermccain In Japan the idea of a home having a resell value, or even houses going up in value at all, is a pretty foreign concept. Homes are not seen as an investment but are instead seen as a depreciating asset. These homes are not some get-rich-quick scheme. They are for people to actually live in.
With growing abandoned houses Japan is heaven for DIY renovator enthusiast.🤩
Easily the most underrated channel I’ve seen. The editing is so great!!
This channel reuploaded someone else’s video don’t praise this person
I really love this channel, and I deeply admire this team work. But I beg to the restorator not to remove ALL the trees.
I understand some of them needs to be removed to help insulation, and in some cases the trees can compromise the structure, but is such a pity have all of them removed. Trees are awesome not just for the shades and fresh air in summer, but helps to keep privacy. So please, try to keep the elder ones. =)
watching this really makes me want to go back to the university to start learning renovation
You don't need uni for construction work. Better to learn by apprenticeship.
Hello from Russia. Good idea with the computer game. Change camera to make better videos. Renovation is ok, but the linoleum spoils the view of the floor, in my opinion. This is a very practical material, but not very beautiful and does not suit the traditional Japanese home.
i have to say that cushion floor looks so much easier to put down than trying to carpet every room!
Great work. 4 months is not bad. I liked the music. I liked the material choices. I liked everything you did. You should be very proud of yours selves. I am an American and i think your house is very pretty.
So sad to see all those old trees cut down.
Thank you for sharing, a fan from Portland Oregon, USA.
Your hard work has paid off! The house looks amazing. I’m in love with the grey wallpaper. It doesn’t look like solid grey. It looks like it’s textured. It’s absolutely beautiful!
Oh- putting up wallpaper on the ceiling! I think I would have painted!!!! Great JOB!
I'd like to know HOW well the house is "breathing" after using plaster on the walls and covering up the wooden floors with plasticized linoleum? How are you able to regulate humidity getting trapped under the flooring, etc...? The wooden floors would have absorbed some of that moisture, would it not? Is mold a problem in the home after renovating with plastic materials? 🤔
In my country we would"float in" a new sub floor. czcams.com/video/eDg6pjD001o/video.html
I think it's an inexperience and money problem. They're probably on a very tight budget, with local wages being significantly lower in Japan. Also, I don't think they wanted to change any more than absolutely necessary to make it habitable. I predict mold and rot will set in about 6-7 years from now.
Spacious house, I salute you in renovating the house, its a hard job needs a lot of work!!!
Very interesting, thank you for sharing!
Amazing work! As a tip, you could paint over the plaster to seal over it. I have done similar to hide any bleed through.
Very interesting; impressive how well preserved was the house. Very helpful adding all the costs list
Fantastic! Thank you for sharing a tough but also very rewarding part of your life with us!
Your edits with the video game fonts is fantastic!! Good work in the house too!
How does the renovations help with the heating and cooling? I know from other videos that the typical home is built thin walled so it’s hard to heat and cool etc. I didn’t see much insulation going in..
Usually the home is built of the ground a little bit there is space beneath and then you have an oven or a furnished type heating situation where they burn wood or whatever material and they're terrified of bricks underneath that retain the heat that's why everything is so close to the floor they live in the floor because the floor is heated from underneath and also in the summer when is hot the air can pass underneath the home keeping it cool ...hope this helps...
Doesn't look like any air sealing or insulation was done as part of this renovation- missed opportunity.
Not judging but you didn't sand first before varnishing? If bits of the previous finish are coming up won't that affect the varnish's finish? Maybe I missed it?
Sanding before varnishing is a must!!! 😊😊😊
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Great job. Well done!
Really enjoyed this fun & whimsical way of producing the video. Very entertaining - and *informative*
Great work!
Awesome carpenter, he is so skilled, lucky to have him!!! Good job, amazes me!!!❤❤❤
Great work, turned out very nice, the only thing is that if you spent all this pain and effort to renovate you should have picked a better quality floor other the these cheap vinyl wraps, you probably will have to redo this in just a few years.
I am a bit worried about the structural integrity after you demo'd the wall, but the end result was beautiful.
I watch renovations all over the world but am curious about building codes in Japan....here in the US it's no joke if you live in say a hurricane zone or flood area...seems lax there.
Is their a reason why you used wall paper instead of painting the walls? Love watching the transformation of this house. Well done. Very beautiful.
I love how much natural light it gets
This place needs a new and loving home owners. ❤
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I love what your are doing and I haven’t seen the whole video yet!! This is great.
Very beautifully done. Thank you for sharing this video.
Congratulations, you have made a house into a lovely home.
Astonishing work, and well documented. Congratulations and thanks for sharing.
Earthquakes put my floor out of level in California.
I pulled up the sub-flooring and added a lift to some of the floor joists to get everything back to level.
Once the sub-flooring was back in place, you couldn't tell it was altered.
When you do the flooring in the bathroom, pull the toilet out, get the flooring under it, and caulk the toilet base when you re-install it.
It will give you a nice and easy to clean finish. Waterproof too.
That's a pretty sweet Akiya you guys found. A lot of work for the cleanup, but relatively mild renovation. I'm surprised you didn't steam the wallpaper off to prevent the tearing of the underlying wall. Also, for the bathroom floor, you could have removed the toilet, by disconnecting the plumbing. All you'd need to do is replace the wax seal. (Though you will want to cover the hole to keep the sewer gas from coming in while the toilet is out)
That floor was horrid. A 7-8 mm difference throughout the room is hard to balance. Your shikui looks very similar to Tokyo Llama's, though he took his down to the gypsum board before applying the shikui.
23:19 Ah, retro Brite.
26:00 the pink sink would definitely be gauche in the post floor and wallpaper bathroom. The white sink looks much better.
29:26 personally, I would have mudded and painted the ceiling. Wallpaper is hard enough with 4 people on a ceiling. Doing it yourself without tools to hold it in place is impossible.
The labor costs you two saved alone by doing the work yourself is pretty sweet.
I'm surprised you didn't do the roof repairs and update the electrical yourself. Are there restrictions in your prefecture that prevent you from doing that yourself?
You have very good taste in music!
Wonderful work on the house, great video editing too! Hello from down under!
Great Job
Nice work
I love the outcome but some of the after videos are hard to watch because of the editing :/ it's so bright it burns to actually look at the screen and I can't actually see anything.
Your soundtrack for this video is excellent
I enjoyed watching this video and learned a great deal. I am considering buying a vacant house in Gunma, near the Tone River. It has over 300 tsubo of land. The house will need to be renovated.
This is an amazing video and editing. I can't wait to see more from you guys! :)
great video! The music was also cute and the gameboy inspired animations are so fun. Amazing result! I would live there
Awesome job! Loved this video!
WOW!! I AM SOOOOO INSPIRED WITH YOUR WORK!! I want to see it in person!! I wanted to learn from you.. I wanna do it with my new Kominka too😀
Wow, great job so far!
Please make more videos and show us your neighborhood and what's nearby! Thanks! By the way, I love your renovation and want to get an akiya myself! 😊
Well done! Congratulations!
Beautiful house. I love it.
How did you work with the potential molding between the outer walls and inner walls?
I want to see more Videos like this 😊
Beautiful! Yes,I would love t o live there!❤❤❤❤
Wow what a difference
More please!!! Well done you should do a follow up video on this maybe a finished walk through,but very cool!! Well done
Cool.
You did a great job!. Loved the end result 😊
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It,s really nice, some new tatami maybe?? Everything else just spruce up!
The layout is so beautiful tho
Whatever made the floor so unlevel is likely still happening - should have gotten in the crawlspace and fixed the probable foundation damage.
I'd be very curious as to what's under the floor, including potential wood rot.
That is cool. More and More my dream to move to Japan in a house like this visualising for me.
love the work! hope to see more from y'all :)
Waoo beautifull house good job congratulations, my dream have a Japanise old house, best regards from Madrid Spain!!
Thank you.
Congratulations!
This video is really well made
Wow! This is truly amazing 😍😍😍😍😍
Great job! Hello from the US 👋🏽
Love the music
Lovely great job.
I'm going to rent my house in America and renovate an Akiya in Japan while I work as an English teacher for three years.
There are English teaching jobs that don't give you an apartment; You get some more money to find a living situation for yourself when you arrive.
This is going to be an awesome adventure. With my house renting for $2000 a month, I will net $20,000 on the rental. for a year... $60,000 for the three years.
I will make $42,000 a year for the job without an apartment. $126,000 + $60,000 = $186,000 for the three years, and I can return to my home with three years of appreciation.
Sounds like a plan.
Life can be an amazing adventure, or it can be nothing. Choose wisely.
Cool video. Good job
Why do you hate trees?
I had to turn off the sound while watching the video, since the noise was too bad.
Love how you're getting so much done. How long did you spend to do the kitchen and bathroom upgrades? I have to completely build a bathroom that didn't exist, and am overhauling what was the kitchen.
Loved the video, can't imagine how long it must of took to make both the video and the renovation.I have to say I was really into the good mood songs that you use, might i have a playlist of the songs used in this video or a list of them, i would really love to save them for later and listen when i have the time/itch for this kind of vibe
I would have been tempted to leave the sliding doors their natural wood color rather than covering them with the black wall paper together the more natural wood tones throughout that room.
this was a dormant dream of mine - looks like it will stay that way...i hadn't considered the 'house guests' before....ouch. hopefully they are not a recurring presence!
So I am an American that’s always been infatuated with Japan & Japan’s culture but I’ve always liked the country and never liked the big city. I can’t afford to buy a American house but it looks like I can afford to live in the countryside of Japan. Too bad they don’t let ex convicts live in Japan. I would totally renounce my US citizenship immediately. After doing a little more research, I also found out the most of these abandoned houses come fully furnished with everything inside I so wish Japan made it easier for people with my situation to move over there.
A similar house in my city in Italy , with the yard and a similar conservation situation will costs more than 90.000 euros 😅
Hope you're doing good Takumi
Incredible job! Are your budgets represented in USD?
What method do you use for heating of house? Thanks in advance...
beautiful except i think painting the doors a dark color was a horrible decision. i would have loved to keep the natural brown colors.
Only one video? You got any more updates on how it's holding up??
how did you find this house?
WOW supper
I noticed they do not use any drywall in these traditional homes....
i hope you fixed the leak in the roof! Did you find the source from the outside?!?
What are the names of these songs??? They bang!❤❤❤
love the video, i have been considering to buy a kominka, DIY scares me a bit though, was it hard to do the floor?
What was the all in cost to fix up the house?
Hi, whats the wooden floor varnish used at 30:09 please, thanks