The ACTUAL challenges of renovating akiya in Japan

<p>Today we sit down again with Anton Wormann, an akiya renovation specialist and content creator based in Japan. He sits down to talk to us about his renovation projects, the legal regulations about renovations in Japan, the failure and abandonment of his Chiba farm project, and the lessons he&#39;s learned along the way.</p><p><br></p><p>--</p><p>0:00 Intro</p><p>0:49 Meet Anton</p><p>1:38 First commercial project</p><p>7:41 Documenting the work</p><p>9:43 The Chiba farmhouse</p><p>13:26 The dream waterfall house</p><p>16:05 Chiba farmhouse failure</p><p>21:38 Lessons learned</p><p>25:22 What you should know about akiya</p><p>30:45 How to buy akiya responsibly</p><p>33:52 How the tax system creates akiya</p><p>36:38 Tokyo&#39;s anti-renovation legislation</p><p>40:18 Anton&#39;s Japandi company</p><p>43:16 Getting a real estate license</p><p>48:56 Renovating the waterfall house</p><p>1:01:34 How much did it cost?</p><p>1:06:00 Next steps</p><p>1:09:39 The power of social media</p><p>1:13:04 Looking back</p><p><br></p><p>--</p><p>Follow Anton:</p><p> @ANTONINJAPAN </p><p>https://www.instagram.com/anton.injapan</p><p>https://www.tiktok.com/@antoninjapan</p><p>https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091063962376</p><p>-</p><p>https://www.antoninjapan.com</p><p>https://www.japandihouses.com</p><p>https://www.japandirealestate.com</p><p><br></p><p>-</p><p>Follow us:</p><p>https://unpacking.jp/</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/unpacking_japan</p><p>https://www.tiktok.com/@unpackingjapan</p><p>https://www.facebook.com/unpackingjapan</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/@unpackingjapanshorts</p><p>https://www.x.com/unpacking_japan</p><p>https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/unpackingjapan</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe for more in-depth discussions about life in Japan! </p><p><br></p><p>Interested in working at a global e-commerce company in Osaka? Our parent company ZenGroup is hiring! To learn more, check out https://careers.zen.group/en/</p>