Hello everyone, I am quite struggling to find an apartment in Tokyo.
I explained my situation; I was doing an exchange in the Kansai region and I had absolutely no problems finding an apartment on my first time there. I just returned to Tokyo a few days ago for an internship, and I actively I mean actively searched for an apartment and couldn’t find anything affordable. The problem is in addition to being a foreigner, is always the initial fees. I stay for 6 months for my internship, and the initial fees are always at least 300.000, which raises the rent of 40k if you consider removing the 50k rent out of it.
I am here in research to help my conditions are simple. I want something close to a Tsukuba Express station (before Kita Senju and Kita Senju included) for less than 80k if you include the initial fees. I really don’t care about the size or the inside i just want a basic appartment with bathroom and small kitchen even if it’s 7sqm I don’t care. I’m also down for sharehouses but I just visited one with 18 people, and it was absolutely disgusting so maybe one with fewer people would be good for me.
My search methods have been going to real estate agencies and spamming new sumo requests that meet my conditions.
If you have any tips or recommendations or space in a good vibe sharehouse, I would really appreciate it, I’m in quite a hurry my internship begins tomorrow and I still don’t have anything. Thank you !
by Toorano