How Much Rent you pay

concerned · Post by **concerned** » Sat Jun 26, 2021 7:12 am

Hi,
Guess with questions about Occupation and how much paid for a Car.
Thought I would ask this one.
I am paying 180,000 for a Terrace house in Yokohama area including car parking. We previously lived in a second floor apartment but our neighbour downstairs complained about our 2 year old daughter being noisy, so decided to pay a bit more for some privacy and peace of mind...

Kanto · Post by **Kanto** » Sat Jun 26, 2021 7:29 am

concerned wrote: ↑Sat Jun 26, 2021 7:12 am Hi,
Guess with questions about Occupation and how much paid for a Car.
Thought I would ask this one.
I am paying 180,000 for a Terrace house in Yokohama area including car parking. We previously lived in a second floor apartment but our neighbour downstairs complained about our 2 year old daughter being noisy, so decided to pay a bit more for some privacy and peace of mind...

Maybe you might want to rework this question as a poll thread?

concerned · Post by **concerned** » Sat Jun 26, 2021 7:49 am

Thanks! Kanto

Ori · Post by **Ori** » Sat Jun 26, 2021 7:51 am

I think that since we all are living in different cities and have different incomes, absolute numbers are of little value.
I would be more curious to know what part of other people family income goes to rent/mortgage.
In our case the rent is only 9%, but it will be a double of that (if not more) after we take a mortgage.

Kanto · Post by **Kanto** » Sat Jun 26, 2021 8:00 am

4万. 3LDK in South-Eastern Tokyo. 20min train ride/10km bike ride from Shinagawa Station.

YouTube · Post by **RetireJapan** » Sat Jun 26, 2021 8:16 am

Assuming housing costs = rent

Mortgage 30,000 yen
Manshon fees 20,000 yen
Insurance and property tax 10,000ish

68m2, 3LDK, 3rd floor, next to station and expressway exit.

goodandbadjapan · Post by **goodandbadjapan** » Sat Jun 26, 2021 8:34 am

Been zero for 5 years now!

captainspoke · Post by **captainspoke** » Sat Jun 26, 2021 10:44 am

House, paid off. We pay the property/fixed asset tax as a yearly lump sum, since it's just over ¥50,000. Parking for our two cars is included, can squeeze in three more if need be.

TJKansai · Post by **TJKansai** » Sat Jun 26, 2021 11:06 am

one room 13sqm ¥40,000 (station 5 min walk)
2 LDK 55sqm ¥55,000 (no trains, but 2 car parking)
4 LDK 80sqm ¥85,000 (30 min walk to station, ¥90,000 w/parking)

House 200sqm (50 min walk to station, was ¥80,000 but now paid off). Property tax I think around ¥120,000/yr (that includes the lot next to us which we use for a garden and parking.

Housing has always been cheap relative to income. I am not one to go out more than once or twice a month, so I have no problem being far from a station. Most of the time over the last 30 years I could bike/walk to work.

Gulliver · Post by **Gulliver** » Sat Jun 26, 2021 12:02 pm

TJKansai wrote: ↑Sat Jun 26, 2021 11:06 am House 200sqm (50 min walk to station, was ¥80,000 but now paid off). Property tax I think around ¥120,000/yr.

If you don’t mind my asking, what is your homeowners insurance and approximate electric/gas costs on this?

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