chokonen888 wrote:Grand Designs
Hmm, did you post that before? I have seen that very same episode.
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chokonen888 wrote:Grand Designs
BigInJapan wrote:Due to the amount of red bricks and roof style, I'm going to guess Edwardian, between 1901 - 1918.
(Second guess would be mock Tudor, from the 1860's onward)
chokonen888 wrote:Looks like timber frame on top of brick and mortar? No clue how old but it looks like it's been modified since it was originally built??
wagyl wrote:Judging by the window frames, the lack of vegetation on the walls, and the discolouration gradient of the half timbering under the eaves on the second floor, I am going to suggest that Wage Slave may be a winner.
Wage Slave wrote:Hmmm. having had parents who bought a repro house in the west country which looked convincing as hell after 20 years I'm going to say circa 1995, brick, cement blocks and bespoke reproduction tiles.
yanpa wrote:2003, oak frame, tiles are genuinely aged (2nd hand from a demolished school building). I'm not really a fan of the rustic look (though it's vastly preferable to that fake mock-Tudor twee housing estate shite Middle England so loves), but it should stay up for a century or two. This is the north side BTW, the south side has much larger windows and looks slightly more modern.
chokonen888 wrote:Yampa - They didn't add that wood portion on the side after it was already built??
BigInJapan wrote:Coligny wrote:BigInJapan wrote:In the photos it was in bad shape, and the minimum selling price was maybe 3 million yen. Obviously a real estate developer or construction company had bought and fixed it for a quick flip.
You mean 30 miliun ? Right ?
Nope, I really meant three million yen. There are lots of foreclosed houses listed on sites like bit.sikkou.jp.
You can download PDFs of the official foreclosure data that is available at the local courthouse in each area.
Each property or house will have a minimum selling price (bid starting price), and sometimes they even sell for less than that (you can see in the sold properties lists). I have seen inaka properties as low as one million yen, obviously not in great shape though. The caveat is that you cannot go inside the house prior to purchase, and have to rely on low quality scans of printed photos (they do label cracks and water damage in the photos though).
Coligny wrote:BigInJapan wrote:Coligny wrote:BigInJapan wrote:In the photos it was in bad shape, and the minimum selling price was maybe 3 million yen. Obviously a real estate developer or construction company had bought and fixed it for a quick flip.
You mean 30 miliun ? Right ?
Nope, I really meant three million yen. There are lots of foreclosed houses listed on sites like bit.sikkou.jp.
You can download PDFs of the official foreclosure data that is available at the local courthouse in each area.
Each property or house will have a minimum selling price (bid starting price), and sometimes they even sell for less than that (you can see in the sold properties lists). I have seen inaka properties as low as one million yen, obviously not in great shape though. The caveat is that you cannot go inside the house prior to purchase, and have to rely on low quality scans of printed photos (they do label cracks and water damage in the photos though).
Found mah dreamhouse there, how do you process with the purchase ?
Coligny wrote:BigInJapan wrote:Coligny wrote:BigInJapan wrote:In the photos it was in bad shape, and the minimum selling price was maybe 3 million yen. Obviously a real estate developer or construction company had bought and fixed it for a quick flip.
You mean 30 miliun ? Right ?
Nope, I really meant three million yen. There are lots of foreclosed houses listed on sites like bit.sikkou.jp.
You can download PDFs of the official foreclosure data that is available at the local courthouse in each area.
Each property or house will have a minimum selling price (bid starting price), and sometimes they even sell for less than that (you can see in the sold properties lists). I have seen inaka properties as low as one million yen, obviously not in great shape though. The caveat is that you cannot go inside the house prior to purchase, and have to rely on low quality scans of printed photos (they do label cracks and water damage in the photos though).
Found mah dreamhouse there, how do you process with the purchase ?
The caveat is that you cannot go inside the house prior to purchase, and have to rely on low quality scans of printed photos (they do label cracks and water damage in the photos though).
Coligny wrote:The photos show something average.from 2009. Giant workshop, two level, outside bubble bath, garden and 3 cars Parking...
Coligny wrote:The photos show something average.from 2009. Giant workshop, two level, outside bubble bath, garden and 3 cars Parking...
Coligny wrote:As for the bidding price... I use the usual ebay behaviour... It's something that I want, but at a certain price only...
Minimum bid is 32 mil, average quoted value is 38 mil. Planning on 35 mil top or fuck it...
kurogane wrote:On one point, very good caveat about trying not to aggravate any future neighbours. I could see a dream home quickly becoming a nightmare bunker in certain neighbourhoods if they found out you had bought it on the cheap under foreclosure. Apparently any so-called Inner City neighbourhood has that, and Okinawa is infamous for it.
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Russell wrote:Houses in that bidding range usually attract no bids if inconveniently located, or a bid around 64 million (twice the minimum) from a real estate company that wishes to sell it for even more.
35 mil seems reasonable to try your luck, but do not hold your breath.
How big is the land?
good point but not really detail i factor in right now. At least it's not heavy tiled traditionnal crap. Angled panels. Stuff that look really easy to replace/fix. (Say the guy who have been fighting 8 years of roof leaks in the bunker... And losing)What is the material of the roof? That should also be in the documents, because it is important to determine (repair) costs in the future.
What is the reputation of the contractor who built it? The contractor should also be mentioned in the documents, but I seem to remember you'll have to go to the court house to get this info.
Russell wrote:There is also a description of other special circumstances coming with the property, like is it only the house and not the land it stands on (for example, the land could be owned by someone else to which you would need to pay rent), are there certain building restrictions, etc.
If you buy a property at auction in Japan, you have the task to get the previous owners out. You cannot just kick them out, but you have to do that patiently, via legal procedures. Think one year or so. Even when you get them out, you are not allowed to throw away their stuff, but you have to store it somewhere for some time. OK, in your case the parking lot of your in-laws' hospital would be a good place for that. Trying to get someone out from their previous house is a mentally tedious job, and even more so if the previous owners have kids.
inflames wrote:The usual way to get tenants out is to give them cash to get them the fuck out, at least that's what happened to my friends (they each got around half a million for moving out, one also got them to pay for movers, where he scammed the landlord even more).
chokonen888 wrote:inflames wrote:The usual way to get tenants out is to give them cash to get them the fuck out, at least that's what happened to my friends (they each got around half a million for moving out, one also got them to pay for movers, where he scammed the landlord even more).
I think it's cheaper to park a van with solar powered speakers in the carport and blast mariachi music just within the legal range...believe me, they won't last very long.
Russell wrote:chokonen888 wrote:inflames wrote:The usual way to get tenants out is to give them cash to get them the fuck out, at least that's what happened to my friends (they each got around half a million for moving out, one also got them to pay for movers, where he scammed the landlord even more).
I think it's cheaper to park a van with solar powered speakers in the carport and blast mariachi music just within the legal range...believe me, they won't last very long.
But your new neighbors won't be happy either...
The problems are due to insufficient insulation prevalent in typical domestic construction methods.
The answer is the Star House proprietary construction method. We employed the ICF (insulating concrete form) construction method developed in North America for the walls.
Takechanpoo wrote:to be exact, its steel framed reinforced concrete one.
i too want to build it someday
but probably no chance........
If a contractor who specializes in concrete office and other buildings builds a house using the same construction method as for commercial buildings, the result is a house that is uncomfortable to live in. Moreover, condensation tends to occur in such a house, which may compromise human health. For all the investment in the house, it brings anything but comfort. And, you feel nothing but regret.
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