Building a home is often the biggest purchase of one’s life. But most people are not experts in home construction, so to avoid being cheated by the builder, some people hire a 3rd party company to inspect the house to ensure no corners were cut during the construction.
Read moreWe bought land in Tokyo last year and just finished building our house. We are financing both the land and the house with a mortgage, and just run into some delays with the mortgage. This won’t affect much, but it makes the interest on the bridge loan about 50,000 yen higher, and makes the mortgage of the house start later.
Read moreLast week our house was finished, and we had the official handover (家の引き渡し) yesterday.
Read moreA while back I took a look at life insurance in Japan and now I’m getting close to actually buying one. As I was thinking about the coverage to get, I looked into how these payouts are taxed (since I care about the net payouts).
Read moreWe are building our house in Tokyo, and as the construction is coming to an end, we had to decide when to update our address at the city hall.
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