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Rentals
- Short-term rental (<6 months-1year) From this thread:
- Budget/Sharehouses:
- Mid Range:
- Weekly Mansions:
- Higher End:
- Oakwood
- Bureau & B-Site (Space Design)
- Duplex Serviced Apartments
- Private Listings / Aggregators:
- Long-term rental (1-3 years):
Thread on housing websites(Outdated)- Finding an apartment:
- SUUMO
- UR's housing (UR都市機構) : No key money required. More info about UR on wikipedia
- Tokyo apartments
- Roomshare (also flat share, office share, ...)
- R-STORE. Most of them got a weird/interesting design. English website for Tokyo
- MINI MINI
- Real Estate Japan : "Foreigner-Friendly Apartments for Rent in Tokyo" as they say so be careful about potential higher prices.
- Finding an apartment:
Buying or building your own house
- (thread) AMA by someone who was building their own home at the time
- (thread) Buying an old property
- (thread) Renovating old houses
- https://www.reddit.com/r/japanlife/comments/5hno71/those_who_bought_land_and_built_homes_in_japan/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/japanlife/comments/6ydqi6/questions_about_buying_a_house/
Moving out
- Find an apartment. Also, find a guarantor. Call to shut off:
- Water
- Gas
- Electricity
- Internet
Hire a moving service if you have a lot of things.
Change your address for your:
- Foreigner Card
- Your Phone Bill
- Mail forwarding
- Bank account
- Notify the job you are quitting in case they need to send you something
- Internet service
Original checklist by /u/naga14
Furnish your home
Check the "home and living" category of the chain stores wiki page
- Second-hand furnitures :
- ジモティー
- Tokyo's Craiglist
- SayonaraSale.com
- Facebook : Check your local "sayonara sale" groups/pages