We buy vacant houses in Toyama City as they are.

Yes. In Toyama City too, we buy with the contents and the altar still inside; we dispose of them, so no clearing out. From townhouses in the centre to farmhouses in the hills of Yatsuo and Oyama, we take them all as they are.

As little as two weeks from the site survey. A few days from your request to the visit, and the price within a week. Toyama City is easy to reach by car and the quickest area from first contact to survey, so it goes smoothly.

We don't assume demolition. We repair the houses we buy and pass them on, so there is no demolition cost to deduct from the price. Many requests here come from heirs living outside the prefecture, and the better the condition, the bigger the difference. Appraisal is free, with no charge if you decline.

Yes. Our head office is in Yatsuo, so we see the townhouses and storehouses of the hill town, and the way snow damages them, every day. We can propose restorations that suit the festival-float streetscape.

Yes. Houses worn by heavy snow and houses with farmland or forest attached — we look at the condition first. Where a price is hard to reach, we consider renting out, a guesthouse and other routes besides selling.

Yes. You can consult us while it stays listed on the bank, and decide whether to keep it listed after seeing our offer. Our price is lower than a sale through an agent would fetch. In return, no clearing out and no repairs are needed, and there is no worry about it going unsold. The contents can stay as they are, and handover can be in as little as two weeks.

Because we buy the house as it is, you don't need to repair anything first just because a notice has arrived. Once the city's warning progresses to an “advisory” (a strong warning from the municipality), property tax on the land goes up, since the rule that lowers tax on land with a house standing no longer applies. Once the first letter arrives, start moving right away. As a rule, we can still buy up until the city issues an “order.” At the “guidance” or “advisory” stage, once we've bought the house, we also handle explaining things to the city. How to tell the stages apart is set out in A notice from the city.

It varies a great deal with the district and the condition of the house. We look at how houses sell in that district, the width of the road in front, snow damage, and whether the house can be repaired to live in or rent out. We plan to repair rather than demolish, so we do not deduct demolition cost from the price. The purchase price is lower than what an agent might sell for, but you need no clearing and no repairs.

Yes, please show it to us first. Houses with roof leaks, tilt or termites, houses where inheritance registration (the procedure for moving the name from the deceased) is not done, and non-rebuildable houses are all welcome. We plan to repair and use the house, not rebuild, so we can set a price even when the conditions are ones agents avoid. If a price is hard to set, we will think with you about other routes, such as renting it out or turning it into a guesthouse.

Brokerage (an estate agent looking for a buyer for you) means waiting until a buyer turns up. With a direct purchase we buy the house ourselves, so there is no waiting for a buyer and no brokerage fee. The price is lower than a successful brokered sale would bring, but you need neither clear out nor repair anything. Start by getting an as-is purchase appraisal, then compare.