You can own for cheap a huge country house in Japan for the price of a nice sushi dinner out 🍣 This spacious home sits in Akita Prefecture, on a green and quiet plot of 683㎡. Built in 1974, the two story wooden house offers an incredible 254㎡ of living space with 11 rooms, so you could easily create a warm family home with plenty of bedrooms, a home office, a workshop or guest rooms 🏡
Parking for 3 cars is already there, and the house is vacant, ready for its next chapter and the seller even estimates a potential rental income of around $3,400 per year 📈 Of course, a house from 1974 will need some love and renovation, and the sewage still uses an old tank system, but the house is in prestine condition, and the price leaves your whole budget for the work. Odate is the hometown of Hachiko, the famous loyal Akita dog, and of kiritanpo rice skewers 🐕 Snowy winters, green summers and true countryside peace await you here ❄️
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