I am moving to Nagoya and I been wondering should I get my own apartment and go through all the annoying process or move in to a share house if someone lived in share house before pls share your experience
Yes and it was hell. The other tenants were loud and dirty. Peeing in the shower, garbage overflowing, dirty kitchen, dirty toilets, stealing stuff and more. I complained to the management again and again but they couldn’t do anything because “we don’t know who is doing it”.
I’m glad those days are over.
I spent 3 years in a big share house (more than 100 rooms) and it was great. The price was relatively cheap, I don’t have to worry about any additional fee or buying my own appliances. The kitchen, bathroom, wc… are cleaned daily by the staff. I can use the gym and theater room for free.
If I hadn’t got married, I would not have moved out.
I spent one year in a share house in nakano. It was great for the first 9-10 months. Then most of the fun and well behaving people left and were replace dby a bunch of dirty, loud, obnoxious people unable to communicate. I left because of that.
I’ve lived in two of them and it wholly depends on your roommates. If they’re cool, then you’ll have a great time and likely meet some longtime friends. If not, it’ll be hell on earth.
It really helps my 1st year living here as a student; especially if you found one that is gaijin friendly, but its really a hit or miss. It’s best to check some places and make sure you do 内覧 not on their cleaning day; it would show you the true nature of the place like how dirty is the kitchen or toilet, and whether you can accept that condition in daily basis. You wont know what kind of tenants they have unless you live there but good things is you can move out easily any time if you start to feel uncomfortable.
Kind of lucky I found a nice small one (mixed gender) at the heart of the city with decent price. No management fee or anything, just a simple 40k rent, furnished includes internet and electricity and i was able to use AC as much as I want. The house is 2 mins away from chikatetsu and JR, it has 8 rooms and I lived there with japanese and other gaijins who are chill and aren’t so sensitive about noises.
It was the most fun co-living experience I had. We had party once a month using kitchen tools that are provided (hotplates, takoyaki etc) and had a cleaner come once a week. Yes its not the cleanest and the most peaceful, but my tolerance is high so i dont mind. Few months before I moved in with my bf, new tenants, a noise sensitive bitch and hentai ojisan came and messed with our fun environment so I’m glad i moved out at the right time lol
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Don’t drink the water. They put something in it, to make you forget.
I live in sharehouse in hiroo and its really great
I lived in one in Tokyo for a year. I did not enjoy it. I lived about 10 doors away from the common room on the 1st floor. Sometimes you had drunk people just making noise at night. I remember one drunk foreign woman who wasn’t a tenant just screaming in the middle of the night. I believe people had to keep the noise down after 10pm, but when you’re drunk you don’t follow the rules, especially if you aren’t a tenant. I complained to the building management, but nothing came out of it. I wouldn’t recommend it.
Thanks for posting your experiences what I understood is it is literally coin toss if my experience living is gonna be hell or heaven
I lived in one in Tokyo for almost 2 years. I believe there were 11 of us. Honestly, I had a ton of fun and made friend(s) for life with a few. Occasionally there was 1 or 2 people who love drama, a bit messy, complained a lot and whatnot; but I was young and carefree so it was tolerable.
i lived in one, it was great with everyone else was japanese and quiet and no one using kitchen etc, saved a lot of money from that. but its impossible to be in a relationship with someone worthy while living in a share house
Mine was really cool, but I couldn’t speak Japanese well at the time so it was a little difficult.One of the roomates was an asshole, everyone else was cool. I moved out bc there wasn’t AC in Kyoto, in the summer, and the house had a giant skylight, so it was HOTTER than being outside. It was like sitting in a car, in Kyoto in the summer.
If you cook a lot and food prep like me it’s probably not gonna work. I cook tons of food at once and eat 6 times a day. If you have 4-5 people sharing one fridge/freezer it’s pretty rough. Usually they’re expecting everyone to eat like Japanese people. Eat from the rice cooker, cook a little bit of meat, maybe, eat out a LOT.
They got AC installed the week I moved out I think.
I have lived in four share houses here. They were all terrible. All cost around the price rent for a similar place in that neighborhood costs, but instead of getting a whole apartment to yourself you are crammed in with 5-20 others, all paying that price.
For example I was staying in Nishi-Nippori for a while. Rent was 85,000yen, I got one room and shared toilets, shower, kitchen etc. I also shared my room with rain, the roof leaked, till I moved rooms then shared with mold, tons of mold. If I could have rented from the same price I would have had a whole clean apartment to myself. But instead me and 14 others were paying minimum of 60,000yen each, meaning they were getting over 800000 yen conservitavely per month for a place that on the normal rental market might get 200000yen max. It was a dump.
And it’s the same story with the other three. All massively overpriced, share houses pray upon those who cannot get a normal rental property. The nicest was one in Nakano, rent was 90,000 though to share with 6 others, and again, for 90,000 I could have rented a better place and had it to myself.
I went from that 90,000 to my own full apartment for 25,000 less per month. Share house companies are scum.
I wouldn’t recommend it. Too much of a risk as to what kind of roommates you’ll get.
I had some cool people in my house but my overwhelming memory is the recently divorced guy in the room next to mine who figured it was time he play the field, and the…creature that was growing in the shared rice cooker because no one ever cleaned it after they used it.
I’m living in one now. My place is cheap, definitely cheaper than renting a unit. I chose to live here just because before I got a job I was a broke ass student working baito. With sharehouse you can just bring your stuffs and pay rent every month, no need to install utilities and buy furnitures. Also I can turn on the AC 24/7 in summer 😀
My room is shoebox tiny, perhaps just 2-3 times a manga kissa room. I have 3 other neighbor in my floor whom I never talk to. We don’t have living room here so everybody just spend their time holed up in their rooms. Kitchen is dirty, no one throw out the trash (I do it max twice a week, other than that fuck it I’m not the cleaner), people leave their unfinished dish in the sink, so the kitchen is swarming with little flies now. Also roach occassionally.
It’s cheap so I can’t complain much, but for the sake of my sanity I’m looking forward to move out.
I stayed in one in Nagoya for about a year. Only 2 minutes from Kanayama station, so pretty convenient. Cost me around ¥55000 a month for my own smallish room on the second floor, but I had my own AC unit and I didn’t have to pay any utilities. I went with this over my own place because it was convenient and much cheaper when you factor in the upfront cost, bills and furniture.
It was an ok experience, but it depends a lot on the people you’re with. If they are relatively clean and quiet everything will be fine, otherwise it’ll be frustrating since management will rarely do anything about issues with tenants. I was lucky enough to have some really good people who ended up being good friends of mine – a part from one guy who was almost offended because I wasn’t socialising and partying enough (because I had a full time job).
Overall I’d actually recommend it just for the experience, but only for 6-12 months.
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If you value privacy, get your own apartment.
Yes and it was hell. The other tenants were loud and dirty. Peeing in the shower, garbage overflowing, dirty kitchen, dirty toilets, stealing stuff and more. I complained to the management again and again but they couldn’t do anything because “we don’t know who is doing it”.
I’m glad those days are over.
I spent 3 years in a big share house (more than 100 rooms) and it was great. The price was relatively cheap, I don’t have to worry about any additional fee or buying my own appliances. The kitchen, bathroom, wc… are cleaned daily by the staff. I can use the gym and theater room for free.
If I hadn’t got married, I would not have moved out.
I spent one year in a share house in nakano. It was great for the first 9-10 months. Then most of the fun and well behaving people left and were replace dby a bunch of dirty, loud, obnoxious people unable to communicate. I left because of that.
I’ve lived in two of them and it wholly depends on your roommates. If they’re cool, then you’ll have a great time and likely meet some longtime friends. If not, it’ll be hell on earth.
It really helps my 1st year living here as a student; especially if you found one that is gaijin friendly, but its really a hit or miss. It’s best to check some places and make sure you do 内覧 not on their cleaning day; it would show you the true nature of the place like how dirty is the kitchen or toilet, and whether you can accept that condition in daily basis. You wont know what kind of tenants they have unless you live there but good things is you can move out easily any time if you start to feel uncomfortable.
Kind of lucky I found a nice small one (mixed gender) at the heart of the city with decent price. No management fee or anything, just a simple 40k rent, furnished includes internet and electricity and i was able to use AC as much as I want. The house is 2 mins away from chikatetsu and JR, it has 8 rooms and I lived there with japanese and other gaijins who are chill and aren’t so sensitive about noises.
It was the most fun co-living experience I had. We had party once a month using kitchen tools that are provided (hotplates, takoyaki etc) and had a cleaner come once a week. Yes its not the cleanest and the most peaceful, but my tolerance is high so i dont mind. Few months before I moved in with my bf, new tenants, a noise sensitive bitch and hentai ojisan came and messed with our fun environment so I’m glad i moved out at the right time lol
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Don’t drink the water. They put something in it, to make you forget.
I live in sharehouse in hiroo and its really great
I lived in one in Tokyo for a year. I did not enjoy it. I lived about 10 doors away from the common room on the 1st floor. Sometimes you had drunk people just making noise at night. I remember one drunk foreign woman who wasn’t a tenant just screaming in the middle of the night. I believe people had to keep the noise down after 10pm, but when you’re drunk you don’t follow the rules, especially if you aren’t a tenant. I complained to the building management, but nothing came out of it. I wouldn’t recommend it.
Thanks for posting your experiences what I understood is it is literally coin toss if my experience living is gonna be hell or heaven
I lived in one in Tokyo for almost 2 years.
I believe there were 11 of us.
Honestly, I had a ton of fun and made friend(s) for life with a few.
Occasionally there was 1 or 2 people who love drama, a bit messy, complained a lot and whatnot; but I was young and carefree so it was tolerable.
i lived in one, it was great with everyone else was japanese and quiet and no one using kitchen etc, saved a lot of money from that. but its impossible to be in a relationship with someone worthy while living in a share house
Mine was really cool, but I couldn’t speak Japanese well at the time so it was a little difficult.One of the roomates was an asshole, everyone else was cool. I moved out bc there wasn’t AC in Kyoto, in the summer, and the house had a giant skylight, so it was HOTTER than being outside. It was like sitting in a car, in Kyoto in the summer.
If you cook a lot and food prep like me it’s probably not gonna work. I cook tons of food at once and eat 6 times a day. If you have 4-5 people sharing one fridge/freezer it’s pretty rough. Usually they’re expecting everyone to eat like Japanese people. Eat from the rice cooker, cook a little bit of meat, maybe, eat out a LOT.
They got AC installed the week I moved out I think.
I have lived in four share houses here. They were all terrible. All cost around the price rent for a similar place in that neighborhood costs, but instead of getting a whole apartment to yourself you are crammed in with 5-20 others, all paying that price.
For example I was staying in Nishi-Nippori for a while. Rent was 85,000yen, I got one room and shared toilets, shower, kitchen etc. I also shared my room with rain, the roof leaked, till I moved rooms then shared with mold, tons of mold. If I could have rented from the same price I would have had a whole clean apartment to myself. But instead me and 14 others were paying minimum of 60,000yen each, meaning they were getting over 800000 yen conservitavely per month for a place that on the normal rental market might get 200000yen max. It was a dump.
And it’s the same story with the other three. All massively overpriced, share houses pray upon those who cannot get a normal rental property. The nicest was one in Nakano, rent was 90,000 though to share with 6 others, and again, for 90,000 I could have rented a better place and had it to myself.
I went from that 90,000 to my own full apartment for 25,000 less per month. Share house companies are scum.
I wouldn’t recommend it. Too much of a risk as to what kind of roommates you’ll get.
I had some cool people in my house but my overwhelming memory is the recently divorced guy in the room next to mine who figured it was time he play the field, and the…creature that was growing in the shared rice cooker because no one ever cleaned it after they used it.
I’m living in one now. My place is cheap, definitely cheaper than renting a unit. I chose to live here just because before I got a job I was a broke ass student working baito. With sharehouse you can just bring your stuffs and pay rent every month, no need to install utilities and buy furnitures. Also I can turn on the AC 24/7 in summer 😀
My room is shoebox tiny, perhaps just 2-3 times a manga kissa room. I have 3 other neighbor in my floor whom I never talk to. We don’t have living room here so everybody just spend their time holed up in their rooms. Kitchen is dirty, no one throw out the trash (I do it max twice a week, other than that fuck it I’m not the cleaner), people leave their unfinished dish in the sink, so the kitchen is swarming with little flies now. Also roach occassionally.
It’s cheap so I can’t complain much, but for the sake of my sanity I’m looking forward to move out.
I stayed in one in Nagoya for about a year. Only 2 minutes from Kanayama station, so pretty convenient. Cost me around ¥55000 a month for my own smallish room on the second floor, but I had my own AC unit and I didn’t have to pay any utilities. I went with this over my own place because it was convenient and much cheaper when you factor in the upfront cost, bills and furniture.
It was an ok experience, but it depends a lot on the people you’re with. If they are relatively clean and quiet everything will be fine, otherwise it’ll be frustrating since management will rarely do anything about issues with tenants. I was lucky enough to have some really good people who ended up being good friends of mine – a part from one guy who was almost offended because I wasn’t socialising and partying enough (because I had a full time job).
Overall I’d actually recommend it just for the experience, but only for 6-12 months.