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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
Hey guys, how's it going?
We are here from a new studio.
All right.
Wow, I like this.
Yeah.
This reverb.
Nothing.
Yeah, like the natural reverb.
Oh yeah?
Yeah, you like it?
You like the naturalness?
Yeah, I like this.
Yeah.
We're gonna, uh, you know, within the next fewweeks, we're gonna get everything here
from our old studio.
And, uh, yeah, we're gonna be settled here.
Nice.
It's a good, cozy, nice place.
Nice place, yeah.
Yeah.
Nice place.
A bit further than I thought from the station.
Okay.
Okay.
Maybe it's because it's very hot outside.
Yeah.
And it's new.
Like, you know, when you go to a new place, itfeels further than like...
But like, when you get used to it, it's like, itfeels fast for a little bit.
Yes, yes, yes.
Yeah.
Nice place.
Nice place, right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's the first time here.
I'm coming, like, you visited here before.
Yes, yes, several times now.
But to me, it's the first time.
And it smells a bit like something new.
Like a new home?
Like a new building.
Oh, yeah.
New house.
Yeah.
Yeah, like a chemical thing, I guess.
You know, every time I, you know, enter a new,newly, you know, cleaned house,
you know, it just, it makes me wonder, like,
the amount of effort it takes to sort of fullyrecover the whole room.
Every time I walk into, like, an after-cleanedroom, it's, like, spotless.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Right?
And every time you leave your house, like, youknow, it's like a total mess.
But they, like, you know, the hokori and all thatstuff, right?
Yeah, shimis and everything.
Shimis and, like, nani?
Like, mizuwaka and everything.
And the haisuiko.
Even, like, small, like, kizus and everything yougot.
Right.
Get all that stuff.
Right.
But, like, you know, every time, you know, all,like,
the average quality that I walk into, like, when Ilook for a new house,
you know, the average quality of, like, the after-cleaned room, it's,
they're all very, you know, clean.
And it's just, I wonder how long and what kind ofwork it takes to
fully recover a room like this.
Yeah.
They change all those, like, wallpapers andeverything, too.
Oh, they do that?
Oh, okay.
Because I've paid for the wallpapers, like, when Ileave the house.
Is it because you scratched it or just...
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay, I see.
Right.
If there's a scratch, they do, they get rid ofeverything.
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Yeah.
Right.
I made a, last place, I made a dent in my floorflooring.
Okay.
Yeah, they charged me for that.
Oh.
You do it, like, for, like, this one particular,this board?
I think...
Or you do it, like, whole floor?
I think it's, like, a set of these.
I don't think you do the whole floor, but it'sjust, like, a block of it.
Ah, I see.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It was 30,000 yen.
I don't know how much, I don't know if that was...
I don't know how much that was, like...
Yeah.
If that was a good deal or a bad one.
Usually it's a bad deal.
It's never a good deal, right?
Never expect it to be a good deal.
Never.
Yeah.
Yeah.
True, like, wallpapers, like, it was expensive tome.
Oh, yeah.
It was, like, a few million.
Mm, yeah.
Yeah, I have to.
Right.
Yeah, I would pay it, but...
Right.
It is in the contract, yes.
Yeah, but...
You really?
Is it that much?
In my new place, I accidentally, like, after aweek into my new place, I made, like, a similardent.
Oh, you did?
Yeah, to the floating.
And I'm thinking about, you know, doing it DIYmyself.
Yeah.
Like, there's info on the internet saying that youcan fix it, like...
Oh, really?
Like, putty.
Oh, really?
Like, yeah, like putty-like stuff, and you sortof, like...
You squeeze it in, and then you sort of, like...
Oh, yeah, if she can do that, that's way better.
Right, right.
I'm sure it's not gonna cost me more than, like, 3,000 yen.
No, it's, like, a few hundred yen even.
Oh, yeah, maybe, right, right, right.
That's way better.
So, yeah, I'm thinking about doing that.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You know the, um...
You paid, um...
The, um...
Shokihiryo for this place for me, right?
Yes, yes.
Did you see the koumoku?
Or I can give you...
Yeah, I had to, like, pay quickly.
So, the amount I just paid, but...
Yeah, I...
Yeah, I didn't...
I don't even remember, at least.
Right, so, one of the koumoku was, um...
24-hour warranty, something like that.
And I knew that that was, like, something that youcan, like, get rid of.
So, I asked.
They said no.
And I asked again.
And they said no.
And, like, later on in the episode, like, I askedagain.
Like, this should be something that I don't haveto pay.
Sorry, we asked the kanigaisha multiple times.
But this is a must.
And you have it.
Yeah, and it was also in the tokki koumoku.
Oh, I see.
Was it tokuyaku?
It was a...
Yeah, there's a special section.
Keyakusho.
It's like, what kind of building...
So, if we lose keys, water fucks up, we got anumber for that.
Okay, right.
We need to use them.
Yeah, we gotta use them.
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Right.
Yeah, one of my friends, one of our kouhais, hehad that contract like this.
He had to pay for, like, nijiyo jikan hoshou,like, yachin hoshou, things like that.
And he didn't like that, but he had to pay for it.
And then he, like, he intentionally, like, dosomething and just call them.
To use them, to make them work.
No, no.
I don't know if that financially makes sense, butokay.
And he said, like, I have to do it because I paidit.
I have to make them work.
Like a reverse psychology, you know?
I was like, what?
But you gotta pay for it though, right?
Like, it's your fault that you dropped this.
I don't think anyone else is gonna pay for it.
Yeah.
Right.
Yeah, it's funny.
Yeah, Fudosan World is kind of...
To this day.
I mean, it's 2026.
How are we still at this level where it's all,like, a mystery, you know?
It's all mystery.
It's all paper.
It's all trying to, like, if we don't know,they'll fuck you up.
What level are we on?
What are we doing, right?
They're really not honest at all.
I know, I know.
They always try to cheat people.
Right, that's very mean.
Yeah, very mean.
Yeah, very mean.
Did you fight against the people?
Like, Kandegai-shan, like, Fudosans?
For this one?
For this one?
No, I only fought against the...
Well, I did a little bit of, I don't know,
Chukaichi Studio.
Like, I'll sign a contract now if you discount forme.
Yeah, that.
But also the...
I'll do my own Kasai Houken.
I don't need yours.
Yeah, and I tried to take off the...
Yeah.
But all the other ones were, I think, that was allokay.
Like, you know, reasonable.
Okay.
Yeah.
Did you fight on your house when you...
Yeah, I did a little bit of...
Yeah, like Yachinko-sho and Chukaichi Studio.
Yeah, that's better.
Yeah.
The surprising thing is, like, when we do that,
when we negotiate about those things,
they can, actually.
Right.
It was so quick.
So, the keiaku of this is like,
if you have the...
It was like 1,100,000 yen,
and I wanted to go to 0.5.
It's like, if you do 0.5, I'll do it now.
Okay, let's do it.
That was so quick.
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That's the proof of, like, how much they areputting things on.
Right.
I know.
I know.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It looks...
It feels a good place.
Yeah, yeah.
New place.
I wonder how much they're actually getting from acontract.
What do you mean?
Like, the Chukan Geisha.
How much they're actually getting.
Their actual margin is.
I mean, margin is important, right?
That's necessary.
Absolutely.
But, like, how much, though?
Yeah.
Yeah, I'm sure they are, like, hidden money.
Yeah.
They're getting...
At least they can get half from the borrower side,
and the half from the renter side, is what Iheard.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Right?
So, if they're asking for 1.0, then that'shalvable.
Yeah.
This is what I heard.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Right.
Yeah.
So, this is gonna be our new studio.
So.
Good.
All right.
Nice.
Okay.
So, thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.
