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House for sale with huge garden in Shirogane Tokyo

fujioka — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 05:37:59 +0000

This house for sale with a land size of 254.64m2 and huge garden is in Ikedayama. Ikedayama is historically one of Tokyo’s premier residential areas favored by wealthy Japanese.

The offer price is reasonable at JPY 175 million and significantly below market value for land in this area (see chart below, the average land for this area is 1.13MJPY/m2). Thrown in for free is the house with a huge garden, a rare gem to find in this prime area of Tokyo.

The location is very convenient, only 6 minutes walk to Platinum Street and 5 minutes walk to Shirokanedai.

Price of the House: JPY 175,000,000
Size of the house: 167.67m2
Land size: 254.64m2
Completion: 1994
Station: Shirokanedai (5 minutes)

The current house significantly under-utilizes the zoning determined build-able area of this land.

Floorplan

http://www.housingjapan.com/real-estate-tokyo/sales-details/?bid=12340&pid=13288&webview=1

Motoazabu Land for sale

joe — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:18:57 +0000

Motoazabu has a long history as the premier residential neighborhood of Tokyo. This land promises a lifestyle unmatched anywhere in Tokyo. From ancient times the aristocracy of Japan lived in grand houses on the slopes of Motoazabu. To this day, Motoazabu maintains its status and commands a premium as the premier residential neighborhood of Tokyo. The area is well known by expatriates and Japanese alike for its safety, natural surroundings and convenient access to shopping and cultural amenities.

This inheritance related offering presents a rare opportunity to acquire land in this prestige location. The land area is 69.14 tsubo (228.6 sqm) would allow construction of a significant residence of over 300sqm. Long term residents of Tokyo and investors with an interest in establishing a residence in a prestige location should review this offering.

Price : JPY 298 million
Land size : 69.14 tusbo (228.6 sqm)
Address : Minato-ku, Motoazabu 3 chome
Access : Azabujuban (Namboku line) 7 minutes, Roppongi (Hibiya line) 14 minutes
Road : 4.9m frontage of 5.4m public road, South East facing

Motoazabu is the hill in the center of Minato-ku, overlooking the lively streets of Azabujuban to the east and the Hiroo to the south west. Azabujuban is a charming area, popular for dining and shopping and home of the annual Azabujuban festival. On the Hiroo side, exclusive shopping, the Tokyo Lawn Tennis Club and Arisugawa park, well known as a natural oasis in the middle of Tokyo.

Please see details page here

Land for sale in Omotesando for residential housing

hashimoto — Sat, 07 May 2011 05:07:18 +0000

Why not buy land in Omotesando ( Minamiaoyama 4 chome )and build your dream house and take advantage of record low interest rates.

Housing Japan has made a model house plan that will fit B plot.

The land is in between Prada and Nishiazabu crossing and is only a 8 min walk to Omotesando station. Land size is 157.83Sqm ( 47.7 Tubo) Price 167,000,000JPY.

Model house size is 252Sqm including a garage. A 4 bedroom with 3 full baths with a separate kichen off the living-dining room. on the roof you can have a huge roof balcony with great views.

The main goal is to provide clients the opportunity to buy premium land and build their own house. Buyers are free to develop the land with their own architect or with designs provided which offer very competitive pricing and take full advantage of the maximum floorspace allowed for this zoning. This project lets buyers build a custom house to their liking in one of the most sought after locations in central Tokyo.
Tokyo’s best address on a quiet residential street available now at this amazing price.

Scaffolding and Frames

joe — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:59:44 +0000

The scaffolding is in place and work has finally begun on the frames.

We met with the builder last week just as he finished putting up the scaffolding. He told us he will get the frames up by the end of this week. It sounded very aggresive to me but he seemed confident.. His little secret which became apparent is that the wood and steel frames arrive at the site already completely pre-cut. The builders just have to assemble the thing like a giant puzzle – so if they are good it can happen very quickly.

Here are all the pieces stacked up on the scaffolding early in the week and then..

Hey presto! All done..

Concrete Walls Are Being Poured

joe — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:20:27 +0000

The wettest rainy season on record has slowed us down but we continue to make slow progress. The foundation slab is done, now comes the concrete walls of the first floor. You can see in these recent photos the builders are constructing the wooden frames for the walls. They insert steel rods to reinforce the structure and then will pour in the concrete to make the walls. When it is dry the wooden frames are taken away leaving the concrete walls. This will be done by the end of the week in time to start on the timber construction after the obon holiday.

Foundation Finished

joe — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:29:34 +0000

The steel is in place finally and ready for the concrete to be poured. On the 16th of July the JIO insurance inspectors came in to examine the foundations before the concrete is poured.

JIO is an independent company which provides insurance against defects in workmanship or materials for the structure of the house for the first 10 years. They need to make sure the correct amount of steel is being used in the foundations to ensure the strength of the structure. Of course there is no problem with the inspection and on the 18th of July the concrete is poured.

By the next day the foundations are almost done. We are running about 2 to 3 weeks behind schedule mainly because of our unlucky timing with the rainy season.

Building a House in Japan

joe — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:17:05 +0000

Land prices in Tokyo have come down a lot recently. At Housing Japan, we have been telling customers it is a great time to buy land and build a house. In fact we think it is such good timing – we decided to give it a go ourselves!

We recently purchased some land in Meguro 4chome. Our aim is to produce a house for sale which is of better design, quality and value than anything available in the current market. We thought that blogging our experience may provide useful information for those who are thinking about building a house in Japan.

This is the block of land in Meguro. It has a 5m road to the south, good elevation and is in a quiet residential area.

The size of the land is 132.93Sqm. It fronts a 5 meter public road which is good but it also fronts a private road which is under 4 meters wide so we are obliged to “set-back” the boundary of our land so that the edge of our block is 2 meters from the center of this smaller road. For existing dwellings there is no issue being next to a road which is under 4 meters but when you re-build the law requires this set-back to widen out the narrow roads. After “setback” the useable land size shrinks to 121.95Sqm (36.95Tubo). Technically speaking we still own the “set-back” area of 10.98Sqm, but it will be used as a part of the private road that is shared by the neighbours. You can see the lay-out of the land on the map below.

We have employed an architect who has helped us with projects before. He is a Japanese guy who does very modern and clean design which we like. Check out his website:

http://www.iwanari-architects.com/

Next post I will go through our design phase..