Vacant house problem, extremely rare
I heard that the number of vacant houses that are neglected due to problems with disposal has doubled in the past 20 years.
More than half of them were inherited after the death of their parents, but the children are already living on other lands, have no plans to live in them, and cannot easily sell them.
I think “the house where my parents lived” is quite troublesome.
First of all, my mother gets angry when I say that there is a lot of junk, but I need to clean up the crammed things.
The author is planning to ask a contractor to wipe it out, but my mother said,
“Oh, there’s something pretty good.”
Most things are useless to others.
“Important documents, are over there, and here are over here…”
Please keep important documents in one place.
“Cash is in the hidden drawer of the Japanese chest of drawers, the altar, the shelf over there, and this shelf…”
Please stop hiding your belly button all over the house.
Or rather, if you put a hidden drawer in the chest of drawers, it will become bulky garbage without you noticing! !!
It seems that it will be difficult to clean up the inside like this.
When the house is empty, you have to rent it or sell it. In the case of a detached house, not to mention an apartment, it seems that this is quite difficult in some cases.
When you sell a single-family house, the old house has zero value and the land is priced, but it cannot be sold in a provincial city or in a rural area where transportation is a little inconvenient. In land where there are originally few people coming and going, it may be difficult to find a buyer.
Another common story is the problem of “duty of access,” which can also occur in cities.
“Road access obligation” is a rule stipulated in the Building Standards Act, which states that the site on which the building is built must be at least 2 meters in contact with a road with a width of 4 meters or more.
It is said that this is a law to secure space so that firefighting activities can be carried out smoothly, but of course, old houses built before this law may not meet this standard, so in that case, if the house is demolished, it will not be possible to build a new house on the land again.
This is called “non-rebuilding”. Of course, such land will not sell properly.
I don’t plan to live in my parents’ house that has become vacant, it is difficult to clean up the things in the house, it is difficult to sell, taxes will be high if the land is vacated, and the demolition cost will not be stupid.
I understand that it is left unattended, but vacant houses that are not well watched by people are at risk of becoming a pest or a base for crime, and if they get old, they will collapse.
Local governments with many vacant houses are asking the owners to take measures such as demolition, but it seems that it is difficult to contact them, or they do not know who the owner is because the inheritance procedure is not properly carried out in the first place, and there are cases where the local government bears millions of demolition costs.
Some people question the use of tax money, but there are aspects that cannot be helped to protect the safety of neighboring residents.
Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward has about 50,000 vacant houses, the largest number of vacant houses in Japan, and as the seriousness of the problem increases, last year it created a dedicated consultation desk for vacant houses.
At the counter, a private “vacant house specialist advisor” will consult free of charge and help solve the problem by connecting with lawyers and real estate agents while listening to the owner’s wishes in detail, such as inheritance procedures, sale, and renovation.
The idea that something must be done about vacant houses is being deliberated in the Diet, and cooperation with private companies such as the example of Setagaya Ward is being considered.
That’s right, if you leave it unattended, you’ll be fined! Before imposing penalties, it is important to properly analyze why vacant houses are left unattended and find ways to solve them.
And I would like to see inheritance, registration, and various procedures made simpler and easier.
By Admin|2023-06-09|2023,News Release|