Village House reviews

The manager who helped me see the apartment was very friendly and attentive with me, we had a good conversation, it's a shame that there are too many unnecessary and tedious bureaucratic procedures to obtain an apartment here, they make it very difficult and complicated to make a rental contract for any client, I sent the application and something was always missing and if I sent them what was missing for them it was not enough and they always asked for more information and personal documents, if you do not want to rent the apartments, it would be better if you did not announce that you have apartments available

You get what you paid for. A reasonable priced living place in a 40 years old building for the people on a tight budget who would like to live within 24-ku of Tokyo and within an easy reach for the city. The apartments are tiny, I expect 3LDK to be 80+ m2, but here we have something like 50m2 divided between 3 tiny rooms, little kitchen and dining place. Probably ok for a couple or a couple with one child, but too small for anything beyond that. Can't even invite more than 2 friends at a time. The rooms were barely cleaned up, tatami are old with the prints of the chairs or other things that were standing there before, and I assume with all the hair and skin particles of the previous owners -- these are practically impossible to clean up -- that's why tatami are usually replaced (but not here). To be fair, there are other types of apartment with hard wood floor instead of tatami, though I haven't seen those. The apartment has one air conditioner installed by default. If you want a gas stove to cook or another air-conditioner for another room or a heater or anything -- they rent it for additional money. The electricity breaker is set to 30A, which means that using air-conditioner while running laundry machine will put it on the edge and any extra hair-dryer or microwave or vacuum cleaner will trip it for sure. And there's absolutely no chance to replace it with something higher (I usually do 50A to avoid tripping the breaker 5 times a day). The building manager was nice, explained everything well and answered all questions, can't complain about anything. He explained that the contract has special clause about people leaving before 1 year or before 2 years required to pay an extra fee -- that was something new, and made me think seriously about the possible churn rate in these buildings. Finally, the location. Next to the building there are 3 (three!) highways, probably busiest in Tokyo, with 2 usual roads that are constantly in a traffic jam with huge trucks pumping a lot of exhaust in the air. Behind these roads there's a yard for shinkansen trains where I could easily see 20 or 30 of them getting serviced. Above the building is the landing approach for Haneda (runway 16L or 34R) which provides low-flying planes in the afternoon (south wind). A few kilometers to the North there's a burning center of some kind with a huge white pipe that is connected to 2 or 3 burners and should provide nice clean smoke when the wind comes from the North (probably in the morning). Saw a bunch of signs like "3.4m above sea level", which is probably nothing to be concerned about if you rent an apartment above 3rd floor... The place has schools, shops, playground for kids and other useful facilities, not writing about them here since I saw only the apartment.

Cheap rent、can move without any other cost like deposit and key money but the parking is outside so little bit inconvenient..5 floors without elevator..

Rooms are good but the garbage disposal and garbage bins are frequently disoriented and also the area for the garbage has flooded with drainage water

I decided to visit the property due to the low price and claim to be foreigner friendly. I would say that you do get what you are paying for, a apartment that was built in the 70's, and has been kept up with paint, and vinyl flooring, ie a full renovation, replacement of kitchen cabinets etc has not been done and explains the low price. Try to find an apartment already equipped with ac and other equipment you might need, for that is included in the rental price, but if you need to add it to the room, and rent from the company, you will incur a monthly fee. To save time recommend that you contact the firm before you arrive for it will take a couple of days to set up the appointment for a visit. Application is an online process which takes 2 weeks and ultimately the main reason I chose not to apply. Cleaning fee when you move out will be about the monthly rent, and can be more since the price is based on square footage. Additionally, if you will be away from the apartment over 2 weeks, the company needs to be informed.