It's always hard to know where to start with these things, but here goes. We are Tom and Yuko and we have decided to build a house in Osaka, Japan. Well, sort of.
At present, we live in a perfectly nice, modern but small, rented apartment in the centre of Osaka, close to a raft of fantastic restaurants, bars and convenient transport links. We are both in our late twenties and working in the centre of the city.
Sounds great right? It really is, and we're not ready to give it up just yet, but what we both yearn for is more space. Space that just cannot be found in the centre of the city unless you are a Hedge Fund Manager or you happen to own a park. Space to have a barbecue in the summer without fear of setting the neighbour's apartment on fire. Space to sit outside without having to reposition all of the washing on the balcony. Space to cure and smoke bacon on an industrial scale. Space to perhaps work or run a business from home. Space for some kids to run around in. Perhaps even a
It's with space in mind that we started looking at properties to purchase about 9 months ago. That search has subsequently morphed into visiting predominantly land plots with a view to building our own house. Although this blog will feature any existing properties that we look at, we have set it up with the intention of telling our story of building a house in Japan. If we end up buying a house rather than building one, this will be a rather short blog indeed!
At any rate, we hope that you will enjoy reading this (Mum) and that we are able to shed some light on the process for any other foreigners or mixed couples who may consider building or buying a house in Japan.
PS: For anyone interested in reading the stories of others who have done the same, I highly recommend checking out https://catforehead.com/, http://kichijojilife.blogspot.jp/, http://japanhouseblog.tumblr.com/ and https://gaijinhouse.wordpress.com/ all of which have proved to be really informative for us in starting out on this process.
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