{"id":2343,"date":"2020-03-24T13:37:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T04:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vhbloglive.wpengine.com\/?p=2343"},"modified":"2020-03-25T13:33:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T04:33:19","slug":"moving-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/japanese-apartment-life\/moving-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving Out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Finding your\napartment is hard but moving from your current place can be just as difficult.\nOur article will go into some of the steps that you should take before trying\nto move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Living in a new\ncountry is a great experience and it gives you a great sense of how the world\nworks outside of your own country. You have finally gotten used to your new\nsurroundings, but now you have found a new place for less money, or you have\nfound a new job. Now you will need to get all of your things together and get\nready to move. There a few steps you need to take before you can settle into\nyour new place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Notify Your Landlord<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before you can\nthink about how to move all your belongings you have to notify all of the\npeople involved with your apartment. The first person is the landlord and you\nwill need to check your contract to see how far in advance you will need to do\nit. Most places need at least a minimum of 30 days, but some will extend to 35\nand if you miss the deadline you will be charged extra fees. Some fees can be\nup to 30,000 yen and can be a massive hindrance. If your company helped you\nwith the apartment and acted as the guarantor you will need to let them know as\nwell. They need to get their records together and since they are also on the\nlease, they must make sure everything is good. This is the same for your\nutilities, but they are more lenient on when you need to notify them. As long\nas you tell them within a weeks’ time, they will cut off the utility, but you\nshould make sure when the billing period begins and ends. If you go one day\nover you may get charged extra, and that goes for your rent as well. One day\npast the end of the month or your billing period will result in extra payment.\nTry to be as thorough as possible when checking for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Change of Address<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You will need to\ngo to the city hall in your area and let them know you will be changing your\naddress. You will have to file some paperwork that will need your new address\nand your hanko stamp to make in a complete document. If you don’t do this, you\nwill not be able to register in your new area’s city hall. It is extremely\nimportant to get this done as it can impact you negatively on your living\nstatus and even your ability to get a working visa or visa renewal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prepping Your Apartment<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before leaving\nyour old apartment for the new one, you’ll need to clean your current pace.\nCheck all the small areas of the apartment to ensure that there is no major\ndamage to the walls and floors. Any small scratches and scuffs will be noted by\nthe landlord when you leave. If you are renting any appliances form the\nlandlord, you will need to make sure they are in the same working condition as\nyou had received them. If they have taken any damage or aren’t cleaned, you\nwill be billed for the cleanup and repair. This bill will be higher than it\nactually costs to clean them, and they may even charge you for a complete\nreplacement if the items are too damaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Even if you try\nto clean your apartment from top to bottom with a fine-toothed comb you will\nend up having to pay a cleaning fee. All buildings must ensure the apartment is\nthoroughly cleaned and they hire cleaning teams to do it. It is a fee that\nranges from 20,000 to 30,000 yen and you will likely have to pay for it no\nmatter what. You can possibly reduce the amount by trying to be as clean as\npossible before leaving, but it may not matter in the end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Moving Your Stuff<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Moving between\ndifferent cities is relatively easy to do, but it will cost you to get your\nthings from one place to the other. There is a large selection of moving\ncompanies to choose from and they all offer prices that can fit most needs.\nSome have special moving packages that allow you to load all your belongings on\na cart and it will ship for a flat fee. Others will give discounts depending on\nthe distance the things need to travel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are some\nother options you can try when moving such as taking small boxes with you on\npublic transport, but it won’t allow you to move anything large and traveling\nso many times on the train or bus will be costly. You can rent a van or car and\nuse it for the day. If you have a driver’s license this is a great way to save\nsome money as rental costs are relatively cheap in Japan. You can get some\nfriends to help you move too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Getting Rid of Appliances<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you aren’t\nrenting your appliances, but you don’t want to take them with you, you’ll need\nto dispose of the. There is a pick-up time you will have to notify the city to\nhave them pick up the items for disposal. You will have to pay a disposal fee\nwhen you do this so make sure you want to get rid of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The next thing\nyou could do is try to sell them to others or bring them to a recycle shop. If\nthe appliances are in working condition, they will buy them from you. They even\ntake broken machines as they can be sold as spare parts. There are online\ngroups that will buy used appliances, and there\nare other giveaway groups for simply getting rid of things you don’t want. You\ncan find many groups on social media that will have people who come to your place\nto pick up the items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It can be a\nlittle troublesome when you want to simply move in as quickly as possible, but\nyou need to make sure all your paperwork is in order. Once you finish it all it\nis easy living. Just try to follow all the proper steps when doing the process\nand it will all be fine.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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