Makigumi Co., Ltd., which primarily utilizes vacant houses with low asset value to operate them as share houses and guesthouses, released the "Vacant House Portal Site for Closing Down Houses" in the spring of 2023.
Using this portal site, Makigumi is working to "decide on a course of action for a house before it becomes vacant."
Therefore, we have decided to create an article explaining how to use this portal site, so that people who own vacant houses but don't know what to do with them can easily utilize it.
This article is a must-read for anyone who has concerns about owning vacant properties, such as those who are thinking, "Come to think of it, my family home might become vacant," or "I have inherited a property, but I'm not managing it properly."
First, let's discuss the options available when you're thinking, "I want to make use of my vacant house, or I want someone else to own it."
One way to utilize vacant houses is to use them yourself as a shop or residence, but we will not consider that option this time and will instead focus on cases where others utilize the property.
This is a case where you put a price on a property you own and sell it to someone else.
While there are advantages such as receiving a lump sum of money and the ease of transferring ownership to someone else, there is also the disadvantage that once you sell it, you will never get it back.
This is a case where a lease agreement is made for a monthly fee of ◯ yen, and the property is then sublet to another party.
While it offers the benefit of a regular income stream and the risk hedging of being able to use the property again once the contract period ends, it also carries the risk of having to constantly worry about the property because ownership remains with you.
If the asset is considered to have low value, and you cannot find a buyer or borrower, or if you do not like handling money, "donating" it is one option.
As long as you own the property, you will incur costs such as management fees, so transferring ownership to someone else free of charge is a perfectly valid way to hedge against risk.
The reasons why Makigumi launched this "Vacant House Portal Site for Closing Down Houses," and by extension, introduced a system to prevent vacant houses from arising due to inheritance, are as follows:
Many people inherit real estate they don't plan to live in, only to find themselves faced with the lingering traces of the previous occupants' lives. Unsure where to begin, they become preoccupied with inheritance procedures and end up neglecting the property. By the time they decide to dispose of it, the interior has deteriorated further, leaving it beyond repair. We have encountered numerous such cases in our vacant house revitalization project, which involves converting vacant properties into shared housing. Why does this happen? We believe that to solve this problem, a system is needed to prevent vacant properties from arising in the first place, by clearly defining the disposal policy for inherited real estate before the inheritance occurs. (PR TIMES | Makigumi introduces a system to prevent vacant properties from arising due to inheritance by utilizing "deathbed gifts (donations)")https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000009.000080525.html)
In short, this initiative began with the desire to solve the problem of neglecting properties and letting them deteriorate because people know they will become vacant (or inherit them), but they don't know where to start. We want to solve this problem "before they become vacant" in the first place.
Furthermore, by creating a platform to list such properties, we hope to connect those who want to utilize vacant houses with people who want to make use of them before they become vacant, and that's why we launched this portal site.
Given this background, we would like to recommend the use of the "Vacant House Portal Site for Closing Down a House" to the following people:
Those who are planning to inherit their parents' home, shop, or other property in the near future
Now, let's explain how to view and use the "Vacant House Portal Site for Closing Down a House".
Please read it in a way that suits your individual needs.
First, if you scroll down a bit on the homepage, you'll see three menus: "I want to find a vacant house," "I want to do something about my property," and "Contact Us."
Clicking (tapping) these will take you to the corresponding section within the same homepage.
If you click on "I want to find a vacant house," you can view information on properties already listed on the vacant house portal site for house closures.
You can view the vacant houses based on their unique features, or in the order they were added.
Clicking (tapping) on each property will allow you to view information about the vacant property, as shown below.
While information such as the year of construction and floor plan is often missing from vacant houses on the market, here we publish information based on on-site surveys conducted by Makigumi.
Next, we will discuss "What to do with your property."
Here, there are separate pages for each of the four needs: "Sell," "Lend," "Donate," and "List."
I will introduce how to use each of them.
First, let's talk about "selling".
Clicking (tapping) "Sell" will take you to the details page.
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