Help from the search stage / Toyama, Ishikawa, Hida
With a kominka you can find out only after buying that it cannot be repaired. We take enquiries before a house has been chosen. We join the viewing and tell you, before you decide, whether the house can be fixed and what it will cost. There is no charge.
As a pre-purchase inspection, we check the following.
On the spot we give you a rough figure for the repairs. You can then judge by the total — purchase price plus work — so a cheap house does not turn into a budget overrun.
Tell us what you are looking for and we will search the akiya banks and the open market for houses that can be repaired. If you prefer to search yourself, Using the akiya banks has links and tips. Because we are builders, we can often tell from photos and documents that a house should be left alone. Avoiding the wrong house is where our help starts.
Sometimes we can offer a house we have bought and still hold — a house whose condition we know better than anyone. If you are a company looking for staff housing, Company housing and staff dormitories in Toyama compares leasing with buying and sets out the accommodation rules for technical intern trainees.
All of Toyama Prefecture, all of Ishikawa Prefecture, and northern Gifu (Hida). From our office in Yatsuo, Toyama City, we drive throughout the prefecture and as far as Kanazawa and the Takayama / Shirakawa-go area. Gokayama through to Shirakawa-go in particular still has many old houses, including gassho-style farmhouses. It is an area where you can readily find a property suited to living in, or to a guesthouse or shop. If you live too far away to visit, you can start with a consultation by photos and documents.
No. Viewings are free and come with no obligation. Some end with us saying "don't buy this one". If that saves you from a house you should not buy, the viewing did its job.
Yes. We attend the agent's viewing as the builder. Tell us the date, time and place in advance and we will arrange it. Even if we cannot get under the floor or into the roof space that day, we tell you what we can judge from what is visible.
Send us the listing URL or photos and we will tell you from the documents whether it is worth a trip. Many people group their viewings around a visit home or a holiday. Everything can be done over LINE.
From a listing URL or photos alone we can tell you roughly whether it can be repaired. Viewings are free.
We publish real construction periods and costs. Use them when you work out your total.