Living in Japan info *apartment*
Sunday, 18. May 2008, 12:19:23
Here's a website which might be helpful for those who looking for apartment somewhere in Tokyo
http://www.kimiwillbe.com/aptrec.htm
The monthly rent is comparatively reasonable i think.
and
no key money & no deposit.
We have very weird old custom for rent a room in Japan.
it's 敷金 and 礼金（in English, it's translated as deposit and "key money")
Besides monthly rent, you have to pay those 2 extra money at the first month.
Deposit is no problem
Basically you can ask to give the money back when you move out
this deposit is used for cleaning up the room when you move out
and also, used as a guarantee.
like, when you can't pay rent, house owner deduct the rent from this Deposit money.
on the other hand,
this "key money" is the weird one.
It can be translated for "a mandatory gift money" to the landlord.
(already sounds weird, isnt it
)
and, well. sorry but this money is non-refunable.
make things worse, it's usually 2months rent
( alright, it IS exactly WTF kind of thing in Japan
)
i dont really wanna give you guys a bad image for Japan
but there's some stupid things like this keymoney..
oh well..
http://www.kimiwillbe.com/aptrec.htm
The monthly rent is comparatively reasonable i think.
and
no key money & no deposit.
We have very weird old custom for rent a room in Japan.
it's 敷金 and 礼金（in English, it's translated as deposit and "key money")
Besides monthly rent, you have to pay those 2 extra money at the first month.
Deposit is no problem
Basically you can ask to give the money back when you move out
this deposit is used for cleaning up the room when you move out
and also, used as a guarantee.
like, when you can't pay rent, house owner deduct the rent from this Deposit money.
on the other hand,
this "key money" is the weird one.
It can be translated for "a mandatory gift money" to the landlord.
(already sounds weird, isnt it
)and, well. sorry but this money is non-refunable.
make things worse, it's usually 2months rent
( alright, it IS exactly WTF kind of thing in Japan
)i dont really wanna give you guys a bad image for Japan
but there's some stupid things like this keymoney..
oh well..
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