Purchasing Process

  • Go through necessary procedures regarding utilities
  • Take out fire insurance (optional)
  • Make vacant home maintenance contract with us (optional)

< Necessary Items for Applying Credit Card Payment for Utilities >

  • Credit Card (VISA, Master, JCB or Diners Club)

Immediately after closing meeting, we will help you go through the necessary procedures regarding utilities. In Kyoto, all utilities can be paid for via credit card. If you have a Japanese bank account, you may be able to choose payment by electronic withdrawal also.

Options
Housing Maintenance Service
If you purchase a house renovated by Hachise, you will receive a one-year free membership of our "Housing Maintenance Service", for whose members we provide after-sales services such as periodic inspections.
Vacant Home Maintenance Service
For those who have purchased house renovated by Hachise as a vacation home, we offer our "Vacation Home Maintenance Service" to help with maintenance while vacant for a fee. The service includes key storage, emergency response, monthly cleaning and ventilation of the rooms, and so on.
Vacation Rental Management Service
Short-term rental management service specifically designed for clients who purchase renovated machiya as holiday homes. It’s a full-scale management service. From property website creation, inquiries and reservations to acting as the contract agency and post-departure cleaning: you can trust all these matters and more to us.
Start-up Support Service
Package service to help our customers with small but nevertheless important procedures to move into a new house such as starting up utility services (Gas, Water, Electricity, Internet) which is English is often not available with the administrators.
Also regarding fire insurance, a non-resident property owner generally needs an attorney resident in Japan to take out fire insurance. Otherwise, we can introduce you to a foreign-based insurance company who provides fire insurance to non-residents.
Moreover we are happy to provide our customers the advice and support concerning the local rules such as how to associate with neighbors well or how to take out garbages which is very peculiar to Japan. Please ask our staff for the service details.
Shopping Support Service
Shopping support service to prepare necessary stuffs such as furniture, appliances and several kinds of housewares to start living in a new place. It offers an English speaking driver, translation and coordination service through out the shopping, and also receiving service of deliveries at your place on the later days on behalf of you in the case you are absent.
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