RetireJapan

Thanks for the testimonies and suggestions. The problem with the offer from the construction company is that it comes as an "option" on top of the building work - i.e. you are charged separately, and on the official retail price (which is way higher than the market price as I learned when ...

Hi everyone, it has been a while! So I finally bit the bullet and became a home owner (by building - that's a story in and by itself). Before moving it I need to equip my new home with air conditioners - probably 4 or 5. I am not going with the home owner on this one because of their limited choice ...

Wow, I didn't know about this, and this seems to be the best way to use one's points as it allows you to change them all (well, non expiring ones at least) into direct money.

Thanks a lot for sharing this!

I don't have the answer to your question, but may be interested as a buyer depending on the location and size of the land.

I tried to contact you privately but you seem to have deactivated private messages.

Thanks everyone for the comments so far. I am really on the fence between getting that house built in a convenient location, with a good environment for the kids, and slowing down my walk towards FI, or going the other extreme and getting something much cheaper with a 1 hour commute to Tokyo, knowin...

RetireJapan wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:28 am Personally speaking, I would go for the cheaper house and borrow the money.

Hopefully this will be useful to you as a mirror to find your true feelings

That's what my rational self says as well.

The emotional self however yells to blow it all on something really nice.

Well, the cheapest you can build a house that size is around 1500万 (think tateuri quality), and for 2500万 or so you can build a good quality house with local komuten (but without any luxuries like natural wood or designer stuff etc). I wouldn't mind tateuri quality as long as the bare minimums in t...

So, I am facing a financial dilemma and thought I would ask the wiser people of the forum about it. ;) My finances have been doing pretty well lately, in no small part thanks to the advice of this site. On the other hand I haven't been making much progress when it comes to owning my own residence, s...

I received it too. Guess that's good news for most people on the forum who want a non-Japanese broker with basic security like 2FA.

Same experience with email and phone harassment earlier this year. That alone was enough to convince me not to deal with them, but I also took a look at their homes and they look very cheap. No I'm not talking about the price (even though they are definitely on the lower end of the market). They loo...