Discourage'd!

(sigh)

just got back from the house giver place. here's how it breaks down:

¥ 17,709 Pro-rated rent for the end of december (which i don't even want to do)
¥ 61,000 Realator's fee
¥ 15,000 Lock-changing cost
¥ 24,000 Land upkeep for 2 years
¥122,000 Deposit (which *could* be returned if the apartment were in
good enough shape, but they never, ever are)
¥ 20,000 Two years required fire insurance
¥ 61,000 First month's rent
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TOTAL: ¥320,709.

at about ¥120 to the $$, that comes out to a reasonable $2,651.36 to move into a 3-room place that is 46 square yards in area. this country sucks sometimes.