Hello everyone,
long story short: I have spent 1,5 years for a working holiday living in various locations such as a guesthouse 8work in exchange for living there for free), share house and even my own apartment.
I will go back to Japan and I wanted to try getting an unfurnished apartment this time because they are cheaper, but they would require me to do the contracts for electricity etc by myself.
Has someone experience with living in an unfurnished apartment and doing everything on their own? I wanted to know how expensive it would be in the end since the furnished apartments I have been suggested by Tokyo Forent (really not a great experience with a certain agent) and besides the small size for an apartment in Tokyo area it costs me like 110.000 Yen per month + 430.000 Yen (approx. 2.500 Euros) when moving in which…is an insane amount of money considering my salary in Japan.
I found cheaper apartments that are not furnished as mentionned before, but I couldnt find out if they also have such high initial costs. For some agencies I have heard you need to pay 4-5 months of rent up ahead even when moving into an unfurnished apartment?
I'd love to hear your experience and if anyone is interested, I can also share my experiences with the share house I lived in (it was disgusting) and the apartment I spent some time in (it was quite nice but didnt feel like home at all since…all the apartments suggested by this agency looked like a cheap version of a airbnb and they dont look like a normal home…or at least how I imagine it. Not cozy at all. But maybe thats how japanese apartments looks like unless you buy your own furnitures).
Anyway, would love to hear your thoughts and experiences! Thanks a lot in advance :3
by AfterEffective3508