Broadacre Farmhouse, Yamagata

On the town's official empty-home register A municipal akiya bank is a town-run list of empty homes, so this one may qualify for local grants.

1950s wood house, 16-min walk to station, Yamagata

Yonezawa, Yamagata

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Price
500,000 yen
approx. GBP 2,000
Building size
231.54 sqm
Year built
1950
Structure
Wood

Location

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Japanese address

Full description

Building demolition is recommended. (Demolition costs borne by buyer.) / Building registration and actual structure differ; property conveyed in current condition. / Municipal water supply has a 20mm pipe connection within the property. (Does not guarantee usability.) / Remaining items in building (residence and storage shed, etc.) are buyer's responsibility except for Buddhist altar removal. / Part of the property requires an application under Article 5 of the Agricultural Land Act and change of land use classification. / A small shrine is present on the property. / The property is designated as a flood inundation zone (0.5 to 3.0m depth).

Specifications

Land size1488.5 sqm
Building size231.54 sqm
Year built1950
StructureWood
Floors2

Where a detail is not shown, the source listing did not state it. We leave it out rather than guess.

Utilities

Water
City water

Area and hazard data

Landslide risk
Data not available
Flood risk
Data not available
Tsunami risk
Data not available
Strong-earthquake chance
About 3% chance of a strong quake (shindo 6-lower or above) in 30 years
Source: National earthquake-hazard model
Earthquake code
Built before the 1981 earthquake code (older seismic standard)
Source: Estimated from year built
  • About 482.7 km from the coast
  • About 495.8 km to the nearest primary school

A pre-1981 build predates Japan's current earthquake code, which can matter for insurance and renovation. We flag the era from the year built where we have it.

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Where this data comes from

  • Earthquake-hazard forecast, from the national J-SHIS model (2024).
  • Stations, coastline and schools, from Japan's Ministry of Land mapping data.

Source listing last changed: 2025-01-02

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