Lease Contract
Confirm the necessary materials
First, prepare the necessary materials before signing the Contract.
Because of the guarantor lives in far away, in order to avoid appearing alarm in the urgency, you should prepare and confirm them before signing. While, due to the things and the real estate companies are different, sometimes, some of the materials need not put forward or advance supplement, please confirm them carefully.
- Certificate of foreign immigration registered original evidence items for recordation
- Certificate materials of foreign immigration’s income. (Certificate of tax deducted at source, decided declaration bill etc.)
- Certificate of the guarantor seal.
- Certificate materials of guarantor’s income. (Certificate of tax deducted at source, decided declaration bill etc.)
- Agreement of implicative guarantor.
- Requisition of joining Fire Risk.
Explanation of the important items ·Contract
The single person who lives at the first time, he may feel a little nervous of the unfamiliar words. But for example, 『Explanation of the important items』means 「The house which you want to live is just such one」, and 『Contract』means the assumpsit of renting and leasing between you and landlord. Thus, it is much easier to understand.
Because the house is the important for your future life, if there are some questions that you couldn’t know clearly or doubting, you must confirm them on the spot, please.
※Explanation of the important items is not Lease Contract.
Please prepare a copy of Explanation of the important items and Leasing Contract, and then prepare your questions beforehand.
Remarks of Explanation of the important items
When signing the contract, the curtilage-building director of the real estate company on business should explain the conformation, equipment and the forbidding items.
General speaking, after the related personnel explained the important items, some people could feel “OK” then sign who are effected by the temporal atmosphere. That is absolutely prohibited.
You must confirm the content clearly, and then sign and seal. Please pay attention especially to: for avoiding dispute, please eliminate your questions and inquietude beforehand. If you say, “I don’t know” after signed, this reason is of no effect.
The essential knowledge and items for attention of Lease Contract
Important items are all recorded in Lease Contract. When rent dwelling house or boarding etc. civilian house, lessee and house head will sign a Leasing Contract.
A generic contract is in duplicate or in triplicate, the house head, lessee and implicative guarantor fill in address and name, then seal and each have a share.
Generally, house head prepares the format of Leasing Contract, but sometimes the principle of real estate company as the agent prepares it.Contract will become the evidence of term of Contract, content of Contract and rental deposit, so keep it in a safe place before relieving Contract.
Sign Contract when you understand the content fully.
Now matter in any countries, law terms are much difficult to understand. But if sign and seal on the Contract, it will be taking effect by law. So please sign and seal the Contract when you understand the content fully. If there are some questions, please seek advice from the principle of student studying abroad in your school or seniority who is familiar with Japanese circumstances.
The effective term of Contract
The effective term of Contract is generally two years. Its recordation can be renewed, but sometimes, it unable to be renewed. So please read the renewed content of Contract carefully.
Lessee should not live with his families or friends or sub-lease the house to another without permission.
Only the lessee could live in the Japanese civilian house. That is a particular social custom different from other countries. If you want to live with another, you must explain to the principle of real estate company (or landlord). There are some disputes of foreigners’ lodging, and in the most, because of the lessees are not original persons. Therefore, if you want to live with your relative or friend even though a short period, you must explain it to the landlord and with his permission.
Lessee should not transform the house without permission.
You should not transform the house without landlord’s permission. If you want to transform the discommodious place, you must discuss the matter with the house head.
Rules of returning the house.
The rules of announced term of returning the house are recorded in Contract. Generally, you should tell landlord one month ago. If not, but inform landlord casually, you must pay the rental of one month even if you don’t live in there. The returning house’s state must be the same as one’s that the lessee started to take up residence in. According to the rules, please put away the unused goods. After removed, the unused goods or garbage are leaved in the original house, it will bring some troubles to landlord. In addition, don’t forget to pay off charges for electricity, gas, water and telephone.
Items for checking of Lease Contract
The followings are the items for checking of Lease Contract. Please check them in proper order.
□ Rent and payment way
□ Charge for renewal
□ Superaddition of cohabitant
□ Starting date of the term of Contract
□ The way of relieving Contract
□ Rent of hardening
□ Forbidding items
□ Who bears the charge of repairing
□ Relieve Contract
□ How much rental deposit can be taken back
Seal on Lease Contract
Reading the Lease Contract carefully is the most essential general knowledge. Don’t sign and seal rashly. You must read it carefully till fully understanding. If you have some questions, ask them dauntless, don’t be shy.
If you have understood it clearly, the guarantor, house head and you will sign and seal on Contract, please. You need sign and seal in some places of Contract, so please don’t worry.
If you still feel afraid, please let your parents or relative accompany with you. According to the wholesome system to sign the import contract firstly, you may advance some questions and ask for explaining, this is not an ashamed thing. You are the dweller after all, please decide by yourself when you have already understood the content, while don’t decide by your accompanist.
