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When you look for a shared house in Japan, it is normal to use a portal site such as SHARE PARADE.
There is another way to look for it such as asking your friends, going to a real estate agent, but it is the most efficient to use a portal site.

Of course, there are some agents which introduce a shared house. However, there are few. When you ask “please help me to look for a shared house” to a real estate agent, they may be confused because no experience.

It is also good that your friend introduces a shared house, but such a friend is still few. If you have them, at first you should ask them.

The Different Things Between Shared House and Regular Apartment

When you look for a studio apartment, a real estate agent pick up some apartments and you go to see them. Then, if you like it, you are going to move in. However, as for a shared house, it is normal to look for a shared house by yourself. Although some of you feel uneasy, there are many merits by looking for a apartment by yourself.


Merit 1 NO brokerage commissions
When you use a real estate agent, you have to pay a month rent fee as brokerage commissions. You can save money, doing by yourself.

Merit 2: You can go to see a shared house whenever you want to go
When you tell a company to manage a shared house your available date, they adjust it. When you ask to a real estate agency, sometimes you have to reschedule. However, if you ask so suddenly “Can I go to see your shared house tomorrow”, they are going to decline. Therefore, please ask them with time to spare.

Merit 3: You can go to see many shared houses
If you have much time, you can go to see as many as you want.
If this is a real estate agent, you can go to see three to five apartments because they take transportation expense, labor cost and so on. Therefore, it is difficult to see lots of apartments.

Merit 4: You can decide your favorite apartment by yourself
If you ask a real estate agent, they are likely to introduce an apartment they want to lent such as their own apartment. They may introduce an apartment that they can make a profit. However, when you look for a shared house, you don’t need to ask them, so you can decide completely your favorite shared house. As a result, you can be satisfied with your apartment.

How to Look For A Shared House In JAPAN

Let’s use SHARE PARADE to look for a nice shared house! There are four ways to look for it.

No.1: By area
You can look for a shared house in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama.

No.2: By map
There is a pin on Goolge map, so you can check location of a house you want to llive.

No.3: By Station
You can look for a shared house from a popular station in Japan such as Shibuya, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Iidabashi and Shinagawa.

No.4: By some conditions
You can look for it by other conditions such as rent fee, only for women and good security.

What You Should Check on an Each House Page

Share Parade provides you with much information for you to look for a shared house easily.There are three points you have to check when you choose a shared house.


Management information
There are a house rule such as smoking or not, your friend can stay or not, how often a cleaning company comes.

Photo gallery
There are 20 to 50 images of the house such as a living room, a closet, a shoe box and private room. You can know the shared house more deeply.

Comments from a managing company
This is the most important information because a managing company has large influence on your life. You can lead an ideal life by knowing atmosphere of a company.

Recommended Shared House

To you who don’t have specific condition! Share Parade provides an original content to look for a nice shared house.


House Report
This introduces a real shared house such as a managing company, a resident and interpersonal relationships. You can understand deeper things that you may not know on a normal house page.

Opening Shared House
All shared houses uploaded in this web-page are built within a year. This is good for you who want to create atmosphere and community from the beginning.

Unique Shared House
This page introduces unique shared house which has unique points such as there is a pool and a bouldering in the house.

Various Themes Shared House
This page introduces a shared house which is available for a pet, looks a hotel resort and so on.

How to Apply For

When you find a nice shared house you are interested in, why don’t you send an email to see the house.


For Example)

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To: Whom it may concern with

Hello, I am John.
I am interested in your house, so I would like to go to see it.

I am available for 1st, 2nd and 3rd December.
I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.


Sincerely,


John

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Then, you are going to receive email from a managing company, making a schedule.
We hope that you can find your best apartment ever by Share Parade.