its small, but not cannot-live-in small, and it’s cozy and cute. I wouldn’t mind a home like that. Really big houses make you feel lonely, maybe just a little, right?
I remember this home from a few years ago. One would have to be okay with traffic noise & obviously ‘tight spaces’ otherwise you could go insane. The fact that Mum & Son share is amazing & good on them.
Land is at a premium in Japan in general, but especially in Tokyo, so a big portion of the $500,000 was probably just the price for the land. The reporter never mentioned where in Tokyo these people lived, but the residential land price in 2011, for 30 square meters, was between ¥7,230,000, or ~$91,746 at the low end (in Yokohama) and ¥84,900,000, or ~$1,077,347, at the high end (in Ichigaya).
Damn, this house is so small, too small for liking though. Love Japanese houses and flats but theres a limit to where the rooms start to look cramped and ugly rather than small and functional.
You misunderstood. The second part was another architect showing the plot of land he is about to build a house on. I have been to see this house and I can tell you – it is too small for 2 standard cars.
When he gets tired of sharing a bedroom with his mother he could buy pretty much whatever space he NEEDS in Houston for that much or less. And he doesn’t NEED to be single, if it bothers him. He’s very good looking.
this is tokyo a very expensive city check out vancouver downtown in Canad youl be lucky to get a small apartment for 3 million dallors but you go to suskatchewan and youl live on a acre
Sad truth is as the population grows things are going to get more and more unaffordable, I feel bad for those big cities with not a lot of space available that are feeling the pinch already.
Japan is a country about the size of California , smaller actually, and it has about 1/3 the population of the States. So coming by open land is expensive.
The Entire of Tokyo is made of Trash land, they used Trash and paved over the trash to make new land. they could import trash from countries and expand their land.
The Entire of Tokyo is made of Trash land, they used Trash and paved over the trash to make new land. they could import trash from countries and expand their land.
yeah. china already makes plenty of trash, they could use some of that. in the 60+ 70’s japan made trash too but they only made good stuff by the 80’s.
I love these wonderful little homes. I am getting ideas for a house to retire into with my widowed sister and our 2 cats. Neither of us likes housework and would rather do things like gardening, teaching english to foreigners for free and other things to enrich our lives. Thanks for the great videos!
The cost USD 500,000 to build such a nice house is low when compared with the high price in Hong Kong. We can only buy a small flat of 400 sq ft with this amount of money in Hong Kong! He is a lucky guy to own such a nice house!
It’s all about location. In amsterdam(central) you’d pay a million euro’s for a =/-80m2 house. In The smaller cities it would be half of it and in smaller villages it’d be even less! It’s all about location, income and the status of the country.
My friend Steve lived and worked in Tokyo for a few years and his apt was so small he and his roomie took turns being there for 12 hours at a time each! There was no way to do it otherwise. Steve took to drink, got ALS & went to help at Fukushima & got a virulent cancer so he died last year. He said they drink like crazy in Tokyo & his job as an English language trainer was very stressful, but oddly, he & the roomie got along well (but never saw each other!).
It seems very well planned. I’m getting older and couldn’t handle those steps. I had two NYC apts, one a co-op & one rented & during a recession I legally sublet the rented one & lived in the tiny 1-bedroom co-op with my husband & that absolutely ruined a 12-year marriage. It was just too small for us. I gave him the co-op which I paid for, everything else or I’d have owed him alimony under NYS law, & took back the sublet place when the sublease expired. Never again a tiny home!
With that much money, they could get a huge house in the United States with Central Air and Heat, washer and dryer, great furniture, etc. But hey, is their decision.
You guys must live in Alabama because houses in CA are close to 1 million. Taxes increased, gas prices average $3.90 for unleaded, 1/4 of the population is homeless because a declining economy, lost their jobs, & business. Country is split in half due to gun laws, loss of constitutional rights, it will take 20 yrs until USA gets back to where it was in the 90’s. Look at the statistics of crime in USA & compare it to Japan, this isn’t fairy land you better be ready it gets very Real here.
looks stunning, amazing home
its small, but not cannot-live-in small, and it’s cozy and cute. I wouldn’t
mind a home like that. Really big houses make you feel lonely, maybe just a
little, right?
I’ll BUY IT !
i like it lol
I like that alot…I wonder if the $500k included the plot of “land”.
It looks nice<3 I can live there
I remember this home from a few years ago. One would have to be okay with
traffic noise & obviously ‘tight spaces’ otherwise you could go insane. The
fact that Mum & Son share is amazing & good on them.
Honestly this isn’t small by Japanese standards… I live in a huge house
but I would be perfectly comfortable in this place.
kinda sad, it makes you think. $500 thousand dollars for that? I don’t
think it is right. And the developers must be smiling in their huge houses
$500, 000 for that little house? In the US, you can get a way bigger nicer
house for that much.
It’s in Tokyo. It would be like building it here in New York City. I doubt
the cost would be any less.
Land is at a premium in Japan in general, but especially in Tokyo, so a big
portion of the $500,000 was probably just the price for the land. The
reporter never mentioned where in Tokyo these people lived, but the
residential land price in 2011, for 30 square meters, was between
¥7,230,000, or ~$91,746 at the low end (in Yokohama) and ¥84,900,000, or
~$1,077,347, at the high end (in Ichigaya).
I know
Damn, this house is so small, too small for liking though. Love Japanese
houses and flats but theres a limit to where the rooms start to look
cramped and ugly rather than small and functional.
I want one!
Not small. Not really
You misunderstood. The second part was another architect showing the plot
of land he is about to build a house on. I have been to see this house and
I can tell you – it is too small for 2 standard cars.
very smart!
you’re right, but if you want to work / live in the city and can’t afford
own a bigger space that’s just the sacrifice you have to make.
she acts like stairs are soooo innovative…ya building rooms on top of
each other instead of side by side has never been done before
The size of a walk in closet?! I think not.
americans like things big, I have seen videos of cars crashing on to
motorbikes and sometimes they argue it was right becasue the car is bigger.
Yup! Big houses,big cars,big guns,big country,big people,big military,big
government,big dept,BIG EVERYTHING!!!!
Oops I forgot the most important of them all.Big titties and big
dicks.Yeah! U.S.A!
no, its just in proportion because americans are gargantuan giants
When he gets tired of sharing a bedroom with his mother he could buy pretty
much whatever space he NEEDS in Houston for that much or less. And he
doesn’t NEED to be single, if it bothers him. He’s very good looking.
Yeah ok, but not in the middle of the downtown. Unless you live in a crappy
city.
i want this home.
lovely house
@ClassicTubeTV That’s why I love being an American 😉
my sons pet rabbit has a bigger hutch than that house
2:32 ouch…..
Looks nice,but sharing the bedroom with his mom !! that’s too much
this is tokyo a very expensive city check out vancouver downtown in Canad
youl be lucky to get a small apartment for 3 million dallors but you go to
suskatchewan and youl live on a acre
Location, dude, location. Wherever land is scarce, real estate prices tend
to be really high. Don’t compare apples and oranges.
Sad truth is as the population grows things are going to get more and more
unaffordable, I feel bad for those big cities with not a lot of space
available that are feeling the pinch already.
Japan is a country about the size of California , smaller actually, and it
has about 1/3 the population of the States. So coming by open land is
expensive.
*Stops complaining about my house is too small*
The Entire of Tokyo is made of Trash land, they used Trash and paved over
the trash to make new land. they could import trash from countries and
expand their land.
The Entire of Tokyo is made of Trash land, they used Trash and paved over
the trash to make new land. they could import trash from countries and
expand their land.
yeah. china already makes plenty of trash, they could use some of that. in
the 60+ 70’s japan made trash too but they only made good stuff by the 80’s.
my 50 acres with house is less than half a million. i even get kangaroos
eating my damn plums off the tree thrown in for free.
Home Sweet “Small” Home ?? lol
wow it’s so tiny!!!
I love these wonderful little homes. I am getting ideas for a house to
retire into with my widowed sister and our 2 cats. Neither of us likes
housework and would rather do things like gardening, teaching english to
foreigners for free and other things to enrich our lives. Thanks for the
great videos!
If they are really calling this an ultra small house then they must be new
to japan. There are people in tokyo forced to live in even smaller homes.
500,000 USD for that small thing?! DAMN!!!
But then you’d have to live in the US. Eww.
I like it. I would live there. I’ve lived in trailers that small, in the
United States.
wow .. Nice $500.000 in indonesia u get 10 house Y_Y
$500,000!!!!!!!!!! You can get a mansion in Zambia! And I mean really big
Mansion
its all about the cost of the land this tiny spot costed about 250,000 i
guess it has to be a really good location even for tokyo thats very
expensive
The cost USD 500,000 to build such a nice house is low when compared with
the high price in Hong Kong. We can only buy a small flat of 400 sq ft with
this amount of money in Hong Kong! He is a lucky guy to own such a nice
house!
The past tense of “cost” is “cost”, not “costed”. 😉
I wonder why he’s got a Mercedes?! 🙂
I would be happy with his home 🙂
It’s all about location. In amsterdam(central) you’d pay a million euro’s
for a =/-80m2 house. In The smaller cities it would be half of it and in
smaller villages it’d be even less! It’s all about location, income and the
status of the country.
yeah whatever haha
Thier should be more public housing in japan and people should just go on
wlefare and not make it such a big deal.
What a beautiful house. Honestly, that’s all the space two people would
need, and the price, at that location, is more than worth it.
WITH A TOMB THIS PEOPLE CAN BUILD A SKYSCRAPER.
ma andate in culo
soylent green
Thank you. “I seen” instead of “I saw” really bothers me, too.
My friend Steve lived and worked in Tokyo for a few years and his apt was
so small he and his roomie took turns being there for 12 hours at a time
each! There was no way to do it otherwise. Steve took to drink, got ALS &
went to help at Fukushima & got a virulent cancer so he died last year. He
said they drink like crazy in Tokyo & his job as an English language
trainer was very stressful, but oddly, he & the roomie got along well (but
never saw each other!).
It seems very well planned. I’m getting older and couldn’t handle those
steps. I had two NYC apts, one a co-op & one rented & during a recession I
legally sublet the rented one & lived in the tiny 1-bedroom co-op with my
husband & that absolutely ruined a 12-year marriage. It was just too small
for us. I gave him the co-op which I paid for, everything else or I’d have
owed him alimony under NYS law, & took back the sublet place when the
sublease expired. Never again a tiny home!
TINY PEOPLE CAN LIVE IN TINY HOUSES.. It’s not for a 6 ft 4 American man
I like it!!
That anit the U.S bro
or a 7 foot russian woman, LOL
hahaha… Why “Eww” ? My dream is to move to US out of Japan…
With that much money, they could get a huge house in the United States with
Central Air and Heat, washer and dryer, great furniture, etc. But hey, is
their decision.
$500.000 and he’s sleeping in the same room with mom at age 39. This must
be the crappiest deal in history, lmao
You guys must live in Alabama because houses in CA are close to 1 million.
Taxes increased, gas prices average $3.90 for unleaded, 1/4 of the
population is homeless because a declining economy, lost their jobs, &
business. Country is split in half due to gun laws, loss of constitutional
rights, it will take 20 yrs until USA gets back to where it was in the
90’s. Look at the statistics of crime in USA & compare it to Japan, this
isn’t fairy land you better be ready it gets very Real here.
go to europe
the Up and Downside of where one lifes lol.
Thats cool easy to maintain and keep neat 🙂 I”d buy one maybe not 500,000k
though o.0