Building a House in Chiba, Japan / currently in floor-plan meetings
What a custom home in Japan
actually costs.
A record of the two of us building a custom home (chumon jutaku) in Japan — written while it is actually being built. Real quotes, real meeting notes, photos taken before the walls closed up, and the things we disagreed on.
- Land + house
- 45M yen
- Floor area
- 119m²
- Land
- 208m²
- Builder
- Toyota Home
Quotes, arguments, all of it — it's here!
Where we are
- Bought land
- Signed
- NOW Floor-plan meetings
- Groundbreaking
- Framing
- Handover
What to read
Our house is still being built. The first articles are on the way.