My husband and I are currently apartment hunting around Ichikawa/Funabashi area, as he got a new job and will be working in Tokyo soon (will be remote most of the time). We were looking at 2LDK-3DK so that he can have a room designated for his work space.
We visited Tokyo this past weekend (we live in Gifu prefecture) and last minute found an apartment that we both liked, despite it only being a 2DK. We were pretty settled on this place after we returned from Tokyo, but one of his friends (who is also helping us search for apartments in that area) sent us a link to a place that is not only cheaper but also comparatively bigger (3LDK). I vaguely remember one of the real estate agents also pulling up this place for us as an option from this weekend, but I can’t remember why we overlooked/passed on it (I don’t speak Japanese very well, so it was really my husband doing all the talking to the agent. He was pulling up a lot of options for us so I’m unsure of anything that was said).
Our dilemma is that from the listing the place seems nice (though I know not only to rely on pictures), and I did a street view of the area on google and it seems like a quiet residential area, located near a river. All the appliances seem pretty up to date in the pictures and the apartment has a lot of natural light. It’s about 12 minutes walking to the nearest station (the 2DK apartment was like 5 min walking), and the closest grocery store is probably like a 10 min walk too.
We need to decide soon if we want to take the 2DK apartment because it will go fast if we wait, and unfortunately Tokyo is too far and way too expensive for use to take another trip there again, so we cannot see this 3LDK place before we need to decide on the 2DK.
For 9.1万円 in the location and size, is this too good to be true? In my head I’m thinking surely there must be something wrong with the place for it to be that cheap. Are we overthinking it? My husband is also very skeptical but we both agree that it seems nice and it’s a bonus that it’s cheaper.
Should we risk it or stick with the knowledge of apartments that we did see in person and sign the 2DK? We were really sure up until today and now we’re second guessing everything.
by Ok_Sound_6713