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You pay management fee besides rent fee every months.
You pay 3,000 to 10,000 JPY as management fee beside rent fee in a normal apartment. This is used to keep an apartment clean and safe such as cleaning and inspection of an elevator.
Management fee of a shared house includes not only cleaning fee and management fee but also everyday items, water bill and internet. Therefore, 12,000 to 19,000 JPY for a month.

Just compared price, that of a shared house is higher than that of a normal apartment. However, There are lots of merits to live.

Merit 1 Can Save Your Money

Just compared price, management fee of a normal apartment is lower than that of a shared house. However, if all of things are considered, it is lower than that of a normal apartment.

Normal apartment

Management fee: 3,000～5,000 JPY
Utility fee : 6,000～12,000 JPY
water bill　　　　　 : 2,000～3,000 JPY（Payment is once two months/ 1,000 JPY for a months）
Internet : 3,000～5,000 JPY
everyday items : 2,000～4,000 JPY

Total: 18,000～29,000 JPY

Shared house

Management fee is 12,000 ~ 19,000 JPY

If you try to save money in a normal apartment, it is almost same, but management fee of shared house is at reasonable price. Moreover, Although you might get a warn, you can use water and electronics as much as you want.
It is good to live comfortably and save money rather than just saving money.

Merit 2 Management Company Pays Instead of You

Usually, you pay internet fee, water bill and utility fee every single months besides rent fee. Although it is withdrawn from your bank account automatically every months, procedure is complicate. Moreover, you go to buy dairy products such as a detergent and a trash bag by yourself.
However, once you pay rent fee and management fee, a company to manage a shared house pay water, utility and internet fee instead of you. In addition, you don’t need to go to buy a dairy product because the company does.

Merit 3 Do Not Need To Clean

Cleaning fee in management fee means to clean an entrance and hall in an apartment. Therefore, you clean your room and kitchen by yourself.

In case of a shared house, all of common places are cleaned such as a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom and an entrance. Therefore, it is so very nice not to clean places without your room.
When you get a common place dirty, you have to clean it. However, basically a cleaning staff keeps a common place clean, so it is good for those who are busy.

Even management fee of a shared house is higher than that of a normal apartment, there is better environment to live comfortably.
There is a little bit difference of service in each shared house, so you should check it before moving in.