A single point of contact checks, negotiates and signs for you, through to the key handover. Flat fee, zero commission on the property price.
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Three steps, one point of contact: everything reported back in your language.
Pay online: the scoping of your project starts within 48 h. A question before you commit? Write to us via the contact page.
Property checks, purchase offer, negotiation in Japanese, contract read and explained, funds transferred safely.
Signing in person or by power of attorney, title registered in your name by the shihō shoshi (司法書士), then post-purchase follow-up.
These items are paid directly to the professionals, at their rate, with no margin on my side:
That is true of nearly every buyer we support. A single point of contact translates the listings, runs the viewings, negotiates with the agency and reports back in your language: you never write an email in Japanese. Start with the free guide →
Buying remotely works well: filmed viewings and a written report, then signing by power of attorney (ininin-jō 委任状) and registration of the title in your name by a shihō shoshi (司法書士). How a remote purchase works →
That is the real risk with cheap akiya. Before any offer: zoning and saikenchiku fuka status (再建築不可), hazard map, road access, frame condition, seismic retrofitting (taishin 耐震) and costed renovation quotes. If a property fails those filters, we tell you not to buy it. See analysed akiya →
Retail banks: no; they require residency and a Japan salary. A niche exists (post-1990 apartments, 40–50% down, floating rate) via specialist lenders such as Yen Loans, not a French-style fixed mortgage. Most buyers still pay cash. Mortgage or cash in the guide →
Not a money pit, but not free either: in Japan the climate attacks wood. Three real line items: damp and mould (kabi カビ), termites (shiroari 白蟻, re-treatment roughly every 5 years) and insulation (dannetsu 断熱), which was long non-binding for detached houses. Priced before you buy, they are predictable and absorbable; discovered afterwards, they hurt. Damp · Termites · Insulation →
€5,000 in one payment, or 3 monthly instalments of €1,700 (€5,100 in total), search included: that is the single Search + Transaction package. Flat fee, zero commission on the property price. On top, budget the purchase costs (≤ 6% of the price) and the professionals' fees (survey, licence, works) paid directly, with no markup. See the package →
Pay online: the scoping starts right away. Zero commission on the property price, ever.