Other fee (move-in)
Other fees you are responsible for paying when you move-in are…
1. Fire Insurance
In general the tenants must pay to join the fire insurance for your safe.in
case of earthquake and disasters. The amount is about JPY 10,000 yen～.
It is paid once when signing the contract.
2. Advanced Payment for the Rent
In general,
the rent is paid in advanced, therefore it will be paid when signing the
contract. If the move-in date is in the midway of the month, the payment for the
remaining days of the month and also the following month will be paid in
advance.
3. Key Exchange Fee
This may vary accordingly to the owner. This is to avoid troubles of the
past tenants making the copy of the key. Therefore, key exchange fee may
be asked to pay accordingly. The fee varies, but generally speaking it
is said to be JPY 5,500 yen～.
Merit
： Easy to move in (Good for traveler)
： rent by day
： No inspection for moving in , No guarantor required.
： Clean room
Demerit
： Rent is more expensive than a Guest House when calculated monthly.
： Limited option to choose the place.
： not suitable place for long term stay.
Guest House
It’s like a Share house, the building has more than 10 rooms.
Merit
： Easy to move in (Only passport required for moving in)
： Paying less initial cost (No Agent fee, key money, deposit, only advance
rent required)
： Many opportunities to meet different people over a short term.
： No Guarantor, No Key Money required.
： In comparison to accommodation, the monthly rent is cheaper
： Recommended for 1-3 months short stay.
Demerit
：The house may not be as clean as other properties due to sharing by
many people.
：Difficult to have own your private space.
：Same reason of above.
：Sometimes common space is not so convenient.
For example: coin operated washing and internet, possibly even shower.
Share-house
It’s like sharing a big family house with several people.
You would have own your room in house.
Merit
：Easy to move in.(Only passport required for moving in)
：Easy to make a close friends with many nationalities.
：More opportunity to learn Japanese, even other languages.
：Paying a less initial cost( just one month of refundable deposit).
：Its good for mid-term stay, ideal for less than 1 year.
Demerit
：Sometimes it can be a concern to share the common space with other housemates,
especially bathroom and toilet, kitchen space.
：Its sometimes difficult to stay more than 1 year.
Monthly furnished Apartment.
Merit
：Don’t need to waste your time to look for
furniture.
：Easy to move in (only passport required for
moving in).
：No guarantor.
：Possible to stay short-term, monthly
contracts available, not recommended for leasing greater than 6 months.
Demerit
：Monthly rent is higher than regular apartments,
due to convenience.
：Due to the convenient nature of monthly
apartments, you may find your neighbors are regularly changing and they may be
less concerned about keeping noise to a minimum.
： Bare essentials are provided by the monthly
apartment, but you may need to supplement these items by purchasing some cheap
goods.
：Generally designed for solo living, monthly
apartments will give you limited opportunity to mingle with other tenants or
meet friendly Osaka locals.
：Some of apartments are not prepared the
internet and utility not including
Regular Apartments
Merit
：Quality of apartments are much better than
monthly apartments.
：You will have complete control over the
choice of floor plan, layout and design of the apartment.
For example: furniture, floor plan, type of room,
room size.
：The rent could be cheaper than monthly apartments,
if you calculate by year.
：There are many more styles of room available,
to better meet your needs or tastes.
：Possible to find your properties at the particular
place you like.
：No house rule.
：Its recommend for long-term stay, idea for
more than 1 year.
Demerit
From these options are required by regular real estate agency.
：Initial cost is bit expensive, (About double
of rent, which is not refundable)
：Some times difficult to procedure.
(Especially for foreigner)
：Sometimes feeling
frustration to prepare the application documents.
For example: Guarantor, workplace information, language skills.
：If the above options have not been prepared completely you may have limited choice of apartments.
But our company will help your language barrier and consider your budget, assist to correcting your documents instead of you, makes easer to procedure the apartments for you. And some apartments are not guarantor required.
Please don’t hastate to contact and visit us for the things concern you.
| in Japanese yen. | Accommodation | Guest House | Share House | Monthly furnished apartments | Regular apartment |
| rate/rent | 3,500 yen per/day | 30,000 yen | 50,000 yen | 60,000 yen | 40,000 yen |
| deposit |
50,000 yen |
60,000 yen (one month of Deposit) |
70,000 yen (Nonrefundable) |
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| utility | 10,000 yen as single | 10,000 yen as single | |||
| internet line & shower,washing machine | Free if available | sometimes coin operated | Free | 3,500 yen | 3,500 yen |
| Fire insurance | 10,000 yen | ||||
| refund | 50,000 yen | 60,000 yen | |||
| Total 1 month | 105,000 yen | 30,000 yen | 50,000 yen | 60,000 yen | |
| Total 3 month | 540,000 yen | 90,000 yen | 150,000 yen | 220,500 yen | 240,500 yen |
| Total 6 month | 300,000 yen | 441,000 yen | 400,100 yen | ||
| Total 1 year | 600,000 yen | 882,000 yen | 722,000 yen |
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