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How We Bought Our Abandoned House in Japan | Process, Costs, Risks, Finance, How to Find One

How We Bought Our Abandoned House in Japan | Process, Costs, Risks, Finance, How to Find One

Tokyo Llama
3 HN recommenders · discussed 2020–2024
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About this video

The Tokyo Llama channel details how the creators found and bought an abandoned akiya minka house in Japan. It covers process, costs, taxes, financing and risks of renovation.

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Recommended as a candid look at the real costs and paperwork of buying and renovating an abandoned Japanese home.

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nataz · 2023-08 · strong rec

If you are interested in buying an abandoned home in the Japan countryside highly recommend the YouTube channel Tokyo Llama. He's spent the last four years renovating a beautiful traditional style Japanese house and property about an hour outside of Tokyo. He talks about the renovation aspects, taxes, paperwork process, and the pros and cons of doing this with a family. Lots of videos the watch. [VIDEO]

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rwmj · 2020-08 · rec

On a similar point, this video goes through the costs of buying an abandoned house in Japan: [VIDEO] To be fair, although there are a lot of "extras", the sums involved still seemed relatively small.

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shagie · 2024-01 · rec

Should head over to Japan... Exploring the eerie beauty of Japan's abandoned villages --- [LINK] -- [LINK] 171 points | 4 months ago | 126 comments The top comment by nataz: > If you are interested in buying an abandoned home in the Japan countryside highly recommend the YouTube channel Tokyo Llama. He's spent the last four years renovating a beautiful traditional style Japanese house and property about an hour outside of Tokyo. He talks about the renovation aspects, taxes, paperwork process, and the pros and cons of doing this with a family. Lots of videos the watch. > [VIDEO]

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gusgus01 · 2023-02 · reference

Well there's at least one person who has: [VIDEO] He mentions renovation companies as well as builders who will undertake renovations. He has many more videos detailing the process. However, being a youtuber does open up possibilities that aren't common.

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