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Got it, thanks again!

These are all great suggestions on what to check, thanks @StockBeard! Noting all of this down :) Just curious about this though: - the sewage pipes were too close to "horizontal" which meant we had some issues with the flow. They did what they could to have it inclined a bit more. I guess ...

⇒ My house was 20 years and some months old when I bought it. :( ⇒ I couldn't get the ② above certificate without extensive and very expensive construction (still, survived the Kumamoto earthquakes back in 2016). Ah.. that is unfortunate :( Definitely go through the house as if you were an detail-o...

Yeah, I was actually reassured by seeing the kids toys next door. Even though I don't have kids of my own, I generally like kids (though I've probably jinxed myself and the neighbor kids will now turn out to be absolute terrors :shock: ) I actually just did all the hanko'ing of the contract with the...

Thanks Roger. At the moment I think I'm ok since I've pretty much settled on the place I found. I'll have more questions when it comes to buying the appliances :) I'm surprised you haven't heard of the deduction, it was one of the first things the housing agent mentioned to me when I was talking wit...

Thanks Tanuki :) I did check the hazard map and confirmed that the area is low-risk. I actually rejected 2 other potential properties during my search because they were in a high-risk area near a river. Another friend also suggested checking incinerators so I asked about that there are none nearby :...

Hm, good to know! I'll mention those points and see if they can lower the rate a bit more, thank you!

Heh - yeah, I was thinking the same (about not tempting fate when it comes to illness/cancelling of loans). In terms of banks, I've checked out MUFG, SMBC, and Prestia. MUFG had the best rate, but rejected me because the property land area was too small :( Between Prestia and SMBC, the latter has hi...

Thanks everyone! Today was just going to the city hall to register the inkan and print out the juminhyou, inkanshomeishou, and kazeishomeishou. And going forward I shouldn't even need to go to the city hall for these documents anymore since it looks like you can print it from your local combini :) @...

Hi all, I posted at the start of the year when I was going to start looking for a place to buy. Then covid hit and I kind of put a pause on everything for a few months. I started searching again with the help of an agent back in August, and this month came across a pre-built property that I've decid...