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So I'm thinking of moving...
Jul. 31st, 2008 11:48 amIn the last month or two I've been thinking of moving, for various reasons. For one, I don't like being tied to GEOS housing. For two, I keep complaining about having such a tiny place in the middle of nowhere in Saitama.
So today I went and looked at a possible place to rent. It's owned by a friend of mine, who is willing to rent it to me without the ridiculous key money and other such hurdles people usually have to go through to rent a place in Japan. (Dunno if I should mention who, since this is a public entry.)
The place is HUGE for Japan, for one person to live in, anyway. It's a HOUSE. A 2-story house. The first floor has a living room, a dining room, a kitchen, a bath room, and a toilet room. The second floor has two rooms. And seriously, the living room alone is the size of my current apartment, no joke. And the rent would be basically the same as what I'm paying now (actually a little less, but I think my GEOS rent subsidy goes away if I move out of GEOS housing).
Anyway, so the deal is:
House:
Pro: Amazing amount of space. I could totally HOST BOARD GAME NIGHTS or various other small parties since there'd actually be a dining room with a TABLE. I could seriously offer for people to come crash at my place and it would be POSSIBLE and I could even offer them a spare room to stay in rather than "you can crash on that pillow in the corner". The friend who owns the house even was like "You could have a roomate if you wanted. This place used to be a dorm for 5 or 6 people, after all."
( eh, this gets long )
I guess I am more inclined to go ahead and move there, because my god, walking to work would be pretty awesome, and if/when I switch jobs someday I would also be closer to all the appropriate train lines. And there's no way I will ever be able to get that much space for so low a rent price IN TOKYO by someone willing to rent to foreigners otherwise. AND it would be an interesting change to have a landlord that actually speaks English and is contactable when I have questions/concerns about stuff (although it might be weird to have to bug a friend for help with the house).
EDIT> Thanks to the wonder of Google Maps and walking around on my dinner break, I found a laundromat that is a 2-minute walk from the base of the huge staircase leading to the house... so there's one concern... and seems like there's a LOT of stuff at the bottom of the hill further out, I just need to go looking, I think. It's just going to be difficult deciding where to have my bike, really.
So today I went and looked at a possible place to rent. It's owned by a friend of mine, who is willing to rent it to me without the ridiculous key money and other such hurdles people usually have to go through to rent a place in Japan. (Dunno if I should mention who, since this is a public entry.)
The place is HUGE for Japan, for one person to live in, anyway. It's a HOUSE. A 2-story house. The first floor has a living room, a dining room, a kitchen, a bath room, and a toilet room. The second floor has two rooms. And seriously, the living room alone is the size of my current apartment, no joke. And the rent would be basically the same as what I'm paying now (actually a little less, but I think my GEOS rent subsidy goes away if I move out of GEOS housing).
Anyway, so the deal is:
House:
Pro: Amazing amount of space. I could totally HOST BOARD GAME NIGHTS or various other small parties since there'd actually be a dining room with a TABLE. I could seriously offer for people to come crash at my place and it would be POSSIBLE and I could even offer them a spare room to stay in rather than "you can crash on that pillow in the corner". The friend who owns the house even was like "You could have a roomate if you wanted. This place used to be a dorm for 5 or 6 people, after all."
( eh, this gets long )
I guess I am more inclined to go ahead and move there, because my god, walking to work would be pretty awesome, and if/when I switch jobs someday I would also be closer to all the appropriate train lines. And there's no way I will ever be able to get that much space for so low a rent price IN TOKYO by someone willing to rent to foreigners otherwise. AND it would be an interesting change to have a landlord that actually speaks English and is contactable when I have questions/concerns about stuff (although it might be weird to have to bug a friend for help with the house).
EDIT> Thanks to the wonder of Google Maps and walking around on my dinner break, I found a laundromat that is a 2-minute walk from the base of the huge staircase leading to the house... so there's one concern... and seems like there's a LOT of stuff at the bottom of the hill further out, I just need to go looking, I think. It's just going to be difficult deciding where to have my bike, really.
