*Obligatory "sorry for not posting more" comment* Don't worry guys, I got more in the pipeline.
@typerightseesight5 ай бұрын
It look's like a skatepark without ramps until you get to the roof. lol
@mixolydian5 ай бұрын
Nice to know there's more coming. I worried you were going to stop posting as I enjoy your channel so much.
@timr.22575 ай бұрын
Hope it's not anything closer to 3 months again...
@marcoh.63455 ай бұрын
great that you are back i liked your videos with Chris san ) The one with the 3 tiny flats was interesting
@kankun1235 ай бұрын
yay
@mashiroboy5 ай бұрын
What I admire most about Japanese houses is that they look like a dream from the outside and a nightmare from the inside.
@oliverseiler28715 ай бұрын
😂
@NotKimiRaikkonen5 ай бұрын
Low build quality too. I'll pay extra to have it sound and temperature insulated, instead of sitting in a freezing cold house listening to my neighbors.
@theveyron1645 ай бұрын
lmaooooo
@nolandderlugner13513 ай бұрын
Lmao and american houses are build like garbage cans in europe@level7041
@cooliipie2 ай бұрын
Opposite to here in Taiwan 🤔
@toni-kaku5 ай бұрын
The walls make it feel like a hastily constructed crack den
@mathisurien40315 ай бұрын
leaving the walls as bare plywood: they call it artistic expression, i call it selling a half finished house at an artificially inflated cost.
@InfernosReaper5 ай бұрын
Eh, if someone's gonna paint them anyway, it doesn't matter.
@Verchiel_5 ай бұрын
I personally do like that style of exposed wood style all over, but in this example it definitely has a sense of DIY unfinished house. The panels mismatch so much, there's hardly any accents, the subpar single bathroom and kitchen, windows are all scattered around randomly, and just the use of roller blinds as ways to cover things? it definitely seems more of a 150-250k house in my view.
@mamig32165 ай бұрын
😂 typical japanese house aka a glorified shack, with the crappiest materials
@Verchiel_5 ай бұрын
@@mamig3216 why do I get the feeling you live in US
@mamig32165 ай бұрын
@@Verchiel_ I live in Japan
@DeckDogs4Life5 ай бұрын
Imma be real with you, chief. The inside of the house just looks like they didnt finish building it lol The inside reminds me of a hunting shack someone would build in the woods to sleep in while they are hunting with the bare plywood interior.
@GameFuMaster5 ай бұрын
feels extra unusable how they keep breaking up the floors with "half floors"
@medicalgoose21265 ай бұрын
Yeah, and the curtains to hide wardrobes or divide rooms, like, really? You could have easily put normal closet doors there
@thatboyscotty5 ай бұрын
plywood is pretty popular as a building/finishing material. I like the look, though not with wood flooring as well.
@DeckDogs4Life5 ай бұрын
@thatboyscotty you gotta pick one or the other for it to look appealing. All wood isn't appealing. Wood floors are great, wood walls are great. Both together? Feels like a cheap Shack someone built. Definitely will agree that wood walls CAN look good. Just gotta be done right.
@aiccorp60015 ай бұрын
yeah I don't like it at all. I had high ecpectations from the outside.
@307630765 ай бұрын
Man the whole curtain parts feels like "Oh I spent too much of my budget, but I have to cheap out somewhere!"
@TheToneBender5 ай бұрын
I love watching these kinds of houses, because it shows me what not to get. When I'll buy (or build) a house it's gonna be square and rectangular rooms all over. Everything will be simple and practical.
@climatixseuche5 ай бұрын
IT WAS ABOUT TIME, indeed xD this was also the strangest home I have seen so far
@TokyoPortfolio5 ай бұрын
Don't worry, the next one I post will be stranger
@yekim1385 ай бұрын
Out of all the Japan real estate influencers in KZfaq I think you do the best job presenting these houses and apartments and feel like I’m transported to Japan. Please make more videos since I’ve watched them all, some multiple times lol.
@Darur13085 ай бұрын
@@TokyoPortfolioyay!!! Looking forward forward to it. I love ur vids there the best ❤❤❤
@bspencer63565 ай бұрын
Maybe it’s just me but the plywood all over the house looks cheap. In fact, the whole house looks cheap and just thrown together. You done small apartments that are much more esthetically pleasing. Nope. Can’t see anyone paying that kind of money for it. Still, once again I really enjoyed you showing us another home. Thank you.
@kevinvantassell45285 ай бұрын
Such a cool, unique property - this is what I watch house tours for at this point. I don't necessarily care for the next $58m Malibu mansion, but the architecture here is so interesting and the finishes are clearly well thought out. Thanks for the tour!
@deadmanschest43225 ай бұрын
From a European perspective, I wouldn't consider this residential house ideal for a family with one or two children. However, it's perfect for a couple needing or desiring up to two workspaces and a lot of storage space, especially considering the two interconnected rooms in the lower area. Moreover, if one enjoys frequently inviting friends over, it becomes perfect with the almost obscenely spacious kitchen/living room/mini-loft area.
@lukabozic55 ай бұрын
One of the best channels on KZfaq, I love the concept of this channel so much
@paulsadowski4035 ай бұрын
I usually don’t comment but my god, whoever that builder was needs to come back and finish the job. Don’t even try to pass off plywood walls as something “designer” haha. OTHERWISE, the place would be very nice!
@neonnwave15 ай бұрын
It looks more like a WIP. I would have painted the walls and made the windows bigger in some rooms, and replace the closet blinds with doors. Also, I think someone might have made a mistake with the beam placement since the window blinds are blocked (@7:20) XD
@pobstrel5 ай бұрын
I'm guessing that the windows are small because the building is probably right up against another building.
@jeremylittman36955 ай бұрын
Great house. One of the best you’ve shown. Love all the wood and the layout. Glad they left the quality control stamps on the wood. So creative. Nice kitchen. Open space. Score 🎉
@kittypawpaw13655 ай бұрын
Funny but I agree with everything you said
@Laura_Darkspear5 ай бұрын
I’m not a huuuge fan of the plywood walls everywhere but, you know, if you slap some art on the walls and decorate with unique furniture/items I think it would look super cool. I do love the crazy stairs and how many floors it has. It needs more windows though. Enough about the house… let me just say Alex’s mismatched socks are the best. 😆
@CastSenpai5 ай бұрын
I would really like to see more standard rent properties, like $1k - $3k range!
@backslashio5 ай бұрын
Once the walls/ceilings are painted it would be really nice - kind of difficult to visualise rooms with so much wooden texture. Not sure if I'd ever use the blinds but could be useful
@Tetsujin-285 ай бұрын
It did seem to be much larger inside with a lot of usable space. Even fully furnished all that wood might create an echo chamber. Alex doing "the artist thing" with the mismatched socks. Great content.
@prof.mikerotchburnsphd.49155 ай бұрын
Finally a new video from you. Post more frequently pls 🙏
@diabolistic5 ай бұрын
A truly unique property in a beautiful neighbourhood. There's definitely something to be said about the clean and modern exterior vs the "unfinished" interior aesthetic, the shared closet, and the off-center kitchen. That linen shelf door not closing properly at 3:51 was triggering.
@IanFarquharson25 ай бұрын
Great episode Alex. It’s quirky, but at least it’s a blank canvas that a few 1000’s could finish off nicely. Floors are fine, but walls are bit too raw to make it homely.
@DaleNorth5 ай бұрын
I love the little around town look before the tours.
@TheBrokenEclipse5 ай бұрын
This is such a unique house
@meiungm5 ай бұрын
I love these videos, please bring more out when possible. I might not be able to live in Japan, but it's very interesting to watch and you have a great presenting style.
@hannes88355 ай бұрын
It's great to see another video from you. This house really is unique. I like the high ceilings. Looking forward to your next videos.
@Nynke_K5 ай бұрын
What a cool house! The plywood aesthetic is not my thing, but I don't think this is largely unusable at all - it would comfortably fit a family with two kids! And yeah, borrowed scenery or borrowed landscape, that's the best - we have a garden that's surrounded by the neighbours' trees. I love looking at them and the squirrels and birds that use them!
@wolfteeth23345 ай бұрын
If you manage to sell or rent this house, you will surely be the greatest realtor of all time!!!
@RafaelW85 ай бұрын
I totally watch these videos for the ASMR effect.
@TokyoPortfolio5 ай бұрын
I think my videos are better at putting people to sleep
@RafaelW85 ай бұрын
@TokyoPortfolio something to be proud of. You have a soothing voice and are well spoken.
@Darur13085 ай бұрын
@@TokyoPortfoliour voice is just so calming but it complements ur videos so well.
@DeGoosey5 ай бұрын
@@TokyoPortfolioI do use them to sleep. Especially on nights when I m too tired and can't fall asleep easily.
@TheJohn87655 ай бұрын
You've made noticeable improvements in your presentation, editing, and production since I first watched. I enjoy your videos even more. Nicely done, mate.
@Jikuro_5 ай бұрын
Very interesting property, the aluminum looking outside being contrasted by the wooden aesthetic inside is quite unique.
@jasonsmith61065 ай бұрын
Love it. Might have to grab you when we move from Sapporo to Tokyo this year and check out some properties. Keep up the video posting ….enjoy your content.
@Mickmickster5 ай бұрын
Always great to see a new vid. Love your work.
@danielogana39725 ай бұрын
Beautiful! I love it all.
@rice_frying_shrimp5 ай бұрын
"With the nearest train station being 15 minutes away by foot, this neighborhood might not be the best for people commuting by train" In the European metropolis I live in, that's still considered a pretty accessible train station. We're a city of roughly 2 million people and my daily commute is around 90 minutes each way, involving around 25 minutes of just walking (or a bit less of it when cycling depending on the season). 15 minutes to the station would currently be an upgrade to me :''D
@Lexbian5 ай бұрын
literally i was shocked like what 15 minutes is perfect
@TokyoPortfolio5 ай бұрын
Most Tokyoites want to be within 5-10 minutes from the nearest station
@Brian-jv8iy4 ай бұрын
Yeah but you live outside the demanded commute area time. There are many people in your city who have 15 minutes and also 10 and 5 and 1. I lived in a 2 million Euro city, and that was not called pretty accessible, it just was accepted by people who had to accept it, while they new half that would be pretty accessible. Thankfully Europe is great for cars, tokyo is too, so when my offices moved once, I just used the car. But I never livedd outside center.
@runestonedk5 ай бұрын
This is too much of a mess. Looks more like a summerhouse thing vibe going on
@Trisvangough4 ай бұрын
I’ve watched this 3 or 4 times and I Honestly think this place would be stunning if you spent a chunk of money to renovate and took the interior and gave it a similar fallout/bioshock/bond lair aesthetic to the exterior and made permanent closets, the room shapes and communal areas would be absolutely perfect for it
@TheLaughingPanda5 ай бұрын
Truly bizarre house, compels me tho. Love how the video doesn't even really seem like you're trying to sell it to us XD
@Elonquin5 ай бұрын
So... When are they coming back to finish the place? All the plywood makes me think it is all placeholders till they get the drywallers, tile setters and flooring specialist in there. Joking aside, I... Like the place. It is strange design that really got to me. I won't even dare venture into mind it's architect. It is either a bizarre place or a silly place. This place however does claim the number two spot on my list of "weirdest houses in Tokyo Portfolio's portfolio". Though the reigning champion still is the shizofrenic pawnshop/old storage house/vault from a long long time ago. That place was a hot mess. This house is, at least, on message with it's design. The design being a rundown hunter shack somewhere in West-Virginia. I hope to see more of these unique houses. They are a sight to behold.
@Bloopbliepbloop5 ай бұрын
liked the video! also, I can understand why someone wants to get rid of this building (I refuse to call this a house)
@jnaughten15 ай бұрын
Welcome Back!
@ColonelPeppers5 ай бұрын
Alex: Look at these high ceiling and amazing storage spaces. Everyone in comment section: Wood, unfinished walls and more wood.
@Alex-Rocks5 ай бұрын
I feel like all this wood around you might feel "heavy" pretty quick but a bit of paint, mainly white mixed with beige or light greens (think summer colours) and a bit of nicely placed lighting could transform this house into something incredible! Really nice video!
@dlewis97605 ай бұрын
Sand off the labels and make it look pickeled with a white wash or tint of your choice.
@n4rut089animereviewer5 ай бұрын
Idk if I live on there, the last floor could be an entertainment room where occupants could watch movies or play party games, or could do VR gaming. I think the place could make a great RBnB.
@KyoushaPumpItUp5 ай бұрын
It's been 3 months. I only found out about this now through recommendations since KZfaq didn't notify me of this upload despite the fact that I'm already subbed to your channel 3 years ago.
@TokyoPortfolio5 ай бұрын
Love how that works
@KyoushaPumpItUp5 ай бұрын
@@TokyoPortfolio kind of pissed that I didn't receive a notification from youtube
@mukeshvig1745 ай бұрын
You do have your way with words where you describe a 'sauna', as house ~ Good Luck
@_Dingu5 ай бұрын
There's no way I'd be able to live in Japan (finances aside, I'm Korean and would receive harsh backlash from both ends), but looking at these houses is so interesting because of how different they are from the suburban sprawl I've been accomstomed to.
@rsmith025 ай бұрын
You'd mainly get it on the Korean end. Just don't go home and problem solved.
@cedricrobertson28935 ай бұрын
Cool, a good place to go insane at
@jimjimgl35 ай бұрын
For better or worse, any possible Olympic medal for me would probably come from the "bouncy castle" competition.
@marcoh.63455 ай бұрын
The kitchen makes the Monk (Adrian Monk) crazy in me
@kittypawpaw13655 ай бұрын
Like I always say, respect the wood
@chisamosa4 ай бұрын
I quite like this quirky place
@wehojm73205 ай бұрын
Unique property. I like it a lot👍🙏😎
@cjadams74345 ай бұрын
very cool I totally would live there!
@rayvanwayenburg9984 ай бұрын
As an architect, I gotta say - this is an exercise in how to make the interior as unliveable as possible! Nice neighbourhood though. Thanks for the great videos. Are you doing the crazy different socks thing?
@TokyoPortfolio4 ай бұрын
You are so right
@Bloodworia5 ай бұрын
If you want to make your family live in a wooden shipping box, i guess it is pretty nice. The wood feels super claustrophic and visually messy/hectic and i am somebody who likes tiny spaces. Even tiny student apartments feel more comfy. The idea of the two rooms connecting might be pretty cool for kids, but the problem is the curtain shuts off one room's access to the "closet".
@omerahmed3105 ай бұрын
I love Komazawa olympic park! it's the album cover for that ryusenkei tokyo sniper album
@CorrodingShark5 ай бұрын
I’d love to see if there’s a house designed for ceramics. Would be interesting to see how it’s set up. 😮
@CalsiferXdemonYT5 ай бұрын
I wish he was able to upload more often. Great channel!
@anastasiyalupashko14275 ай бұрын
This is even more weird than the (modern 90s) apartment Alex reviewed with Sharla!!! 😮😮❤
@SnowWolfK5 ай бұрын
500k for unfinished house, what a steal! /s
@adriansolis53625 ай бұрын
Really unique property and I like the aesthetic, but you're right when you said it's basically unusable. I'd say it's a 1 bedroom house with an office and a guest bedroom and possible studio/living area. Not sure. I suppose it could be a small family home....maybe.
@ronochow5 ай бұрын
It's definitely very creative as to how the the floorplan works. But there's a lot going there that leaves me wondering WHY?! The top floor is quite beautiful though.
@Bot-sr5sx5 ай бұрын
honestly this house i believe is a little to unique to be sold, and the lack of properly size windows and the plywood on all of the walls makes it feel like a coffin at worst or a home trap in perpetual construction at best, regardless really enjoy seen the complete lack of foresight of Japanese home truly one of a kind in this world also loves the videos.
@lamalache5 ай бұрын
He's ALIVE!!
@paradox92575 ай бұрын
I like your video
@Peter_Schiavo5 ай бұрын
Fascinating.
@darkalman5 ай бұрын
Interesting house with a lot of character, but totally impractical
@sonicase5 ай бұрын
lol hate those plywood walls, feels like a kid's outdoor playhouse someone's dad made. but I don't think you would straight up paint it...wallpaper maybe? or some type of wallpaper prep that can be painted, or maybe some type of thin fiber wallboard, in any case you'd have to finish those walls. the price, i dunno, i guess you're paying for location.
@kimberlygraham21075 ай бұрын
I would love to live there
@wtfshuk5 ай бұрын
It seems like its almost unfinished and rushed lol. I'd probably have to fix the inside to make it livable.
@theperson54575 ай бұрын
Kinda reminds me of those houses that people build in Minecraft or other survival games Entire interior made with wood
@wydm2085 ай бұрын
where were you, i was anticipating on your post for months, about time
@vinyalonde5 ай бұрын
Thanks for posting this. I really like the interior as it offers so many possibilities - very practical choice to leave the walls unfinished as this would allow for hanging many other works of art. As well, I think this house offers many different internal views; for some people, being able to change perspective so easily would be a great benefit.
@dota2tournamentss5 ай бұрын
waste of space with these many steps
@nagasako75 ай бұрын
If I was wealthy, I'd by 2-3 assortment of quirky condos around JPN. And just choose 1x to be my main storage home but the others for vacation/fun.
@robertwestlasvegas5 ай бұрын
Lovely house, if I were in the market I would be very intersted.
@zannusx5 ай бұрын
I think I saw you back in January at Haneda airport or at least someone who looked and dressed similiar. I wasnt 100% sure cause you walked past and I wasnt going to chase down a stranger. I believe it was the 21st.
@user-lw4ic9tr5w5 ай бұрын
Looks like a indoor airsoft hall
@paradox92575 ай бұрын
i don't like this house.
@FunRageDIE5 ай бұрын
i think youtube unsubscribed me from your channel for some reason never mind i resubbed, anyways alex love the videos i will say i would love to see more cheaper and weirder properties on your videos
@TokyoPortfolio5 ай бұрын
That's not nice of KZfaq, but nice to have you back!
@SteelyTheVan4 ай бұрын
Nice job in showing the house. It looks like they ran out of money to finish it. Reminds me of a clubhouse I built in my backyard when I was a kid. Plywood walls. I guess it’s just a matter of different taste.
@experimentalcyborg5 ай бұрын
What a fever dream of a house. Fun to watch but i wouldn't want to live there even if i got paid the asking price.
@Replier5 ай бұрын
Just what every millionare wants. A dark house with tiny clouded windows, tiny kitchen with hardly any cooking space and a million random stairs in every direction, plywood walls, ceiling and zero privacy haha. Should be called the "Stair house". I admire the creativity, this should be an artist sketch but not a real persons house. $500,000 and has a tiny bathroom should be a red flag that something went wrong. Kinda felt sick with all the twisting and turning on this property haha. Felt like we were going up a stairwell the entire time. Unfortunately with the lack of sound insulation between rooms, once you add fridge noise, washermachine/dryer noise, watching TV might be quite difficult in some of these rooms. Interesting idea though. The crawlspace near the frontdoor is probably the most private room. Would really suck to hafta crawl in there and dig around to pull out the vacuum to go vacuum every step in that house seems to be the only spot you'd be able to hide utility closet type stuff like vacuums, etc.
@dbl0fluff5 ай бұрын
What kind of wood was that on all the walls? Struck me as a type of particle composite. Threw me off on the walk through the house. Like the short steps between areas.
@user-pv5ed3er5z5 ай бұрын
A unique house
@TechneMoira4 ай бұрын
Sure, the interior (and exterior) design is minimalistic and reflects, in a sense, the motto: form from function. As such it's sober and clean, something one would expect from a Japanese design. However, I've seen this kind of house in Germany, where these were plentyfully built during the seventies. This design was quickly abandoned for two reasons mainly: The spaces are too fragmented and too small, and therefore totally impractical. The second (third ?) reason why this architecture was abandoned was that, it meant having to navigate an inordinate amount of steps to get from one end of the house to the other... something elderly people definitely did/do NOT appreciate. In my opinion, this house is perfect for a well-to-do (very) young couple who have an active social life and invite friends over regularly, or perhaps a wealthy (foreign) hermit who wants a pied-a-terre in Tokyo when he/she is on one of his/her world trips P.S. : one goes to a place by car, by bicycle or by train but does it on foot
@Bloodworia5 ай бұрын
Is it an Asphalt running track though? Makes my knees hurt from the thought alone.
@PiksyMexxy5 ай бұрын
Its a new age apocolypse bunker with a built in priest hole! Jokes aside, i actually like the rooms but think all those stairs would make me dizzy carrying the shopping to the top.
@julianvenedig19635 ай бұрын
Really interesting house, but man are some of the design choices questionable haha. Who though that wood on wood on wood on wood would ever look or feel good with almost no windows on the lower levels? Also, those sliding doors and roll-curtains certainly don't provide any privacy. Idk, kind of weird, I don't think it's appropriate at all for a family but theres too many weird rooms for just a couple and none of then are pleasant. 8/10 on the weird scale overall haha
@hydiyn95535 ай бұрын
So from a practicality perspective, they cook their food and then have to carry that potentially scolding hot food up 1-2 sets of stairs before sitting down to eat?
@xotoast5 ай бұрын
The wood panels look soooo bad. It's definitely unique for japan, but it looks like an unfinished basement. But after seeing the loft, some good interior design would make that place look so cool and cozy
@AnthonyGreenMountain4 ай бұрын
That's the kind of home you would build on Minecraft, adding more floors each time you need more space lol
@elund4083 ай бұрын
No one over the age of 50 would buy that house, I just kept thinking about what if you broke your leg, you would have to get a hotel room until the cast came off. the plywood walls are going to discolor immediately as people brush against them. you would have to seal them with somthing because you can not get stains out of unfinished plywood.
@JennRugg5 ай бұрын
I HATE IT! I LOVE IT! i think i would like it better if it was less wood. i love the layout though
@raruteam5 ай бұрын
Reading the comments I guess this house is not for everyone. I really liked it and It feels much cheaper than it should. Not like half a million dollars is cheap but I mean compared to other houses in Japan this one seems relatively cheap.
@dlewis97605 ай бұрын
Cheap for Tokyo.
@msump995 ай бұрын
More like... you haven't uploaded a video in a while, we miss you dude!
@amenbrother87855 ай бұрын
As a house to live in, its completely atrocious. As a studio or office for multiple people to work at, like a small company, perfect.
@dlewis97605 ай бұрын
The bathroom at a minimum should have been a compromise on a middle floor. The current situation is a hike for the kitchen and beyond.
@amenbrother87855 ай бұрын
@@dlewis9760 thats the least of the problems. the bedrooms are shit, why the ever living fuck would you have 2 bedrooms connected by a curtain? even if you had a kid, eventually the kid grows up and hates you for living in a house like that. House is completely unusable as a house lol, but for a small company headquarters of sorts, its pretty great.