What a $1,750,000 BRAND NEW House in Tokyo is like in 2024 | TOKYO PORTFOLIO HOME TOURS 

Three necked or bust

Hell yeah

@@yonaloamabsolutely agree. 3 neck or no deal, Mr Shapiro!

Why is it that japan has been a developed country for decades and yet they can’t develop homes anywhere near as nice and luxury looking as Homes in America or Australia or the U.K. or France. Why??

@@harry8201because they don't retain value. So why put in insulation, or central air, or make it nice in any way. It's the one thing that drives me nuts about Japan, that your house it basically a total write-off.

In my country its pretty common to use one of the first floor room as a master's bedroom even in a 3 storey huge house despite of how luxury it actually is

When you get old, you’ll love it. No stairs.

@@Mickmickster i love it when i dont have to climb , am i old 😭

i've never lived in a house where the master isn't on the ground floor, is it common outside of the US? I love the master being on ground level

@@Mickmickster Why do you need an upper floor? or a house, instead of flat (condo)?

yes

LMAO "standard house" for nearly 2 MILLION DOLLARS !!

@pillepolle3122 This is a standard sized house. Try Vancouver where I live and this house in a good neighborhood would cost around 5 million which makes this a steal.

@@timr.2257 sooo houses here and in neighbouring countries on the land - can still only gooo for 200k - so no this is no steal it is still fucking expensive .,... like 90% of humanity will not even come close to that number in saveings

@@timr.2257 You're comparing the most expensive cities in their respective countries. You're going to need a better term than "standard", especially given how above the average this house is for Tokyo, both in terms of size and price.

Tokyo vibes

Exactly what i thought lol. I'd rather have a less expensive house without the view

bro, is in the middle of one of the densest cities in the world, what were you expecting?

@@SanOcelotl not to call it a "spectacular view", that's what we expected

@@yabbamita To be fair tho, if you ever feel like the rat race is getting a bit too much, the power lines are so close you could just reach out and enter the next life. Pretty nifty.

I've been living in Tokyo for 14 years and in four different neighborhoods. Spectacular could mean different things to different people but this view is by all means is VERY NICE by Tokyo standards considering how urban this place is - a house 2 minute from the station in central Tokyo and of that size to have that view? Unheard of. Good luck ever finding one - condos (mansions as we call them here) are easier to find in the vicinity of a train station, but houses, never in the central Tokyo area. I'd be very surprised if the commenter lived in Tokyo (or ever looked for houses for purchase here), because anyone from here who's looked for properties to buy would be impressed by that view (again, considering the location, the size, and the place being a house, not a condo).

@@lildrunken Yup, for Tokyo it's probably a good view as you explained. But from an absolute measure, looking at the unending horizon of wires and roofs is very dull and depressing. No nature, panorama, movement, or nice architectural or city planning elements. I bet any apartment would have a 10x better view of the city than the one shown in the video.

unfortunately quite expensive to be the bang for the bucks.

Just to give you an idea, all of the ones featured on my channel have sold, and mostly to Japanese people

@@TokyoPortfolio oooh okok thanks for the answer i was genuinely curious about it :)

@@TokyoPortfolio That's wild given that most Japanese people are poor lol

​@@TokyoPortfoliomy dead ass brain thinking "huh.. people bought those micro apartment that was reviewed. Damn weird people" until I realized that was Tokyo Lens.

Paying 0.3% on a housing loan (+ income tax break) is what sells these.

tell me about it. the showcase of that artist house 2 months ago felt unlivable

There were better houses for a better price.

When's the last time you used 4 burners simultaneously? I think the rest of the works could catch up to 3 or even 2 burner supremesy. Lack of oven is terrible though. 😂

@@LordButtersI Only for christmas dinners or large family gatherings tbh. I usually use 2 or 3.

@@upupa_epops_1000 assuming that Japan has safety regulations similar to Europe, those cables should be at least 3m away. But it's also just really ugly.

they could have made the roof top on other side, the whole house is a mess design wise, verry unergonomic

@@blarfroer8066 Its normal in Japan for those power lines to be up close to the balcony like that. About 30cm away.

i agree about the separate kitchen. perhaps bc i'm indonesian and our food are spicy and oily. kitchen is not a place to hang out, especially for guests. in fact you wouldn't want them to be there when someone else is cooking, bc you'll cry and you'll smell.

sooo how are the 4 side jobes to your main working out xD - like even then no ordinary person will reach nearly 2kk - it is kinda insane how houseing prices have developed and yen is really fuckin weak right now -- like super weak - this house would easily go for 5 kk in that location .... damn it is a pain to be poor

@@ManiX207 lmao yeah, there is no way I'll ever make enough money to buy this house, not in my life lol

I don't like them separate, for me a kitchen is a living area so should be combined. For smelly food you just use a second kitchen, popular all over the world and never an expensive addition

@@palalabu in the Philippines it's common to have 2 kitchens. A pretty one to make drinks/snacks in, and a separate one for the heavy cooking

Glad someone noticed

You think so? There is no bathroom and washroom on the 3rd floor where the bedrooms are. Only a toilet and a sink to wash your hands after using the toilet. You got to walk down to the 2nd floor to do your morning routine. I can imagine the staircase becoming a bottleneck when people need to move around in the morning.

@@zam023 I admit good point. If the 3rd floor had a full bath instead of 1 of the 3 bedrooms it would probably be better. Then the powder room on the 2nd floor could move into the old bathroom spot and the dining/ living could be open. But I bet the people buying this would not have someone living in every bedroom.

Whoops Edit -- Looking back at it, it's 12.5 Jo, which is a Japanese measurement of area equal to 1.52㎡. So it comes out to 19㎡!

@@TokyoPortfolio There was 2 in there somewhere, so obviously, close enough, right?

Real estate agents 😅

@@ibarocky He corrected himself, 12,5 Jo, it's around 19 square meters

If it's your own house, all kinds!

Yes, the price includes the land

@@TokyoPortfolio Ah okay, combined with the location the price makes sense

I don't think so. The house isn't on Google maps street view, but the property is easy to find. Find the neighborhood. Find the coffee shop. Go south of the tracks a couple of blocks in. Look for the Adobe colored apartment building across the street. This property is covered by a blue tarp. Nice place, I wouldn't have trouble living there, but the immediate neighbors look like they all live in spaces only a fraction the size of this one.

​​@@dlewis9760Found it. After seeing the surrounding from the Google map, the exterior of the house is not normal compare to its surrounding. It's just that house design kinda 'bland' modern home for me. I do agree with you, the house area is big and having 2 car space is a big plus for this house.

You obviously haven't seen the artist's house I showed a couple videos back

@@TokyoPortfolio Ha! Ha! Yeah, okay, that house is at bottom. I'm wondering if you can gut the interior and redo it. Or maybe just tear it down - lol.

Well you gonna charging overnight anyway. And for daily almost every within walk/bike.

It's a hidden sliding door

@@TokyoPortfolio Ah, that makes a lot more sense

The floors come with the territory if you want the living space. The house goes right out to the perimeter of the plot of land. Only way to get more floor space is to go up. Especially with that garage and carport. It's not a big plot of land. There was a smaller house there before. It was set back a bit. There was some greenery in front of the house and a tiny yard on the right (the house is on a corner), so they had the width of the road as empty space to the property across the street.

Yeah but the food's better here

Take out a loan with a bank.

@@hvmanara Doing that you won't own the house yourself ever. The bank will own the house until you die and if you fail to pay monthly your debt they take the house from you.

@@wekkimeif7720 Yes and no. While the bank can seize your property and foreclose on the loan if you fail to keep up with your payments, the home is still an asset that can be used in multiple ways to offset the cost of the mortgage while simultaneously allowing you to earn real income from the property. For example, rooms in the property, or even the entire property, can be rented out on the open market. Another way is to use your home as collateral in order to take out lines of credit for personal expenses and capital expenditures. Renters cannot do anything close to that because they do not own the property and lack the rights and privileges afforded to those who hold the deed. Also, bear in mind that in order to even get a mortgage loan from a bank you have to demonstrate credit worthiness and show your ability to pay off the loan. They're not going to just hand out a loan to any broke boy joe schmo off the street who wants one like they were doing in America before 2008 financial crisis. Furthermore, most working professionals who earn close to six-figure salaries and higher, and have good job security, can easily afford the payments on those loans.

owning a business

@@atloos Most businesses don't earn enough profit in Tokyo to buy 1,75 million US dollar house. It's rather few businesses that are so successful. Even if they earn so much profit the business owner nor the workers will all that 1,75 million USD to spend.

That's why there's always the option to build your own place from scratch

Go on Suumo and see how many places have a separate living and dining/ensuite bathroom. Also, $2m+ houses in Tokyo are actually quite common, especially in the nicer areas.