Because Japan has lots of people and not as much space, interesting housing solutions are a necessity. Some of them are cool. Some of them are terrible.
In the past, people have posted crappy real estate under the tag #クソ物件オブザイヤー2017 (#kuso bukken obu za iyaa 2017 or “shittiest real estate of the year 2017″) or uploaded images on bulletin boards. There are some doozies, making you wonder what exactly the architect, interior designer or property owner was thinking.
Let’s have a look at the different properties
こんなのもあったｗ
#クソ物件オブザイヤー2017 pic.twitter.com/mDQ47oMfmW
— やるおレンジ軍団 (@Yaruo2024) November 14, 2017
Looks like the toilet is separated from the rest of the apartment only by a curtain.
Yep. That it is.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/930567172551688193
In this apartment, the bathtub is on the balcony.
Is this a thing?
全室トイレからアクセス可能。 pic.twitter.com/bOoh6kSNRC
— 朱里/shuri (@ebiebieshrimp) November 14, 2017
Here, the toilet is smack dab in the middle of the apartment and, oddly, can be accessed by multiple doors. Also, it’s the only way to get from room to room!
【UB現しの部屋】
スケスケ風呂は建築家の大好物だが、この物件のスケスケで見えるのはUB。部屋の中心にUBが鎮座しているのである。あまりの個性にボキャブラリー豊富な大阪の不動産屋さんをもってしても｢個性派やで！」というキャプションを入れるのが精一杯 #クソ物件オブザイヤー2017 pic.twitter.com/Y7hLjhhE2I— お鯛 (@otto_morgen) November 14, 2017
That weird, ugly looking thing in the middle is a unit bath
コンパクトなお風呂が3つも付いた女性限定物件。2階は洗濯機専用ルーム。#クソ物件オブザイヤー2017 pic.twitter.com/cHKZsQ4WZl
— きら (@kira_j3d) November 15, 2017
This apartment has three tiny bathtubs in a row. Stairs to the second floor lead to a small alcove for the washing machine (and that’s it!)
https://twitter.com/embed/status/930693897076035584
This apartment ad asks people with the ability to sense the supernatural to refrain from renting
https://twitter.com/embed/status/930729168634970113
You can do laundry and go to the toilet. Efficient!
https://twitter.com/embed/status/930740810752057344
I can only hope this is real
https://twitter.com/embed/status/930774087898603522
Wash and cook next to your toilet in this tiny apartment!
Another unit in the same building, I guess.
Strange concept of privacy!
【1LDK】
売り出される家の広さや間取りを表す方法として広く認知されている｢nLDK」という表示。一般的に数字は居室数、Lはリビング、Dはダイニング、Kはキッチンを表す。しかしこの物件のDはダイニングではなく道場。そう、道場！ #クソ物件オブザイヤー2017 pic.twitter.com/n8czuL4q7q— お鯛 (@otto_morgen) November 14, 2017
Not necessarily crappy, but there is a dojo in the middle of this apartment
変な間取り見つけた。 pic.twitter.com/Je99hEvF5y
— K (@tf4qdd9u) September 25, 2015
The bath is separate from the apartment and located in…the garden
室外機ファンに朗報。
これならいつでも室外機を鑑賞できます。 #クソ物件オブザイヤー2017 pic.twitter.com/zejIkFiE9g— 🍊 (@HDJPA) November 14, 2017
Doesn’t the air conditioning unit go outside?
“Room.”
https://twitter.com/embed/status/930563664062570496
Small houses went up in what was previously a parking lot, giving the adjacent apartment residents a terrible view
https://twitter.com/embed/status/930693451712221185
The fuck
#クソ物件オブザイヤー2017
3人で見つめ合いながら用を足せる画期的なお部屋 pic.twitter.com/2XoeKtKnYD— ライスマン (@ramenkuisugi) November 15, 2017
The restroom has three toilets in it. Why?
#クソ物件オブザイヤー2017 pic.twitter.com/Pmfcmlq9d0
— 毛玉氏 (@mojya_0) November 16, 2017
Nothing like a bath with windows in the middle of your one room apartment.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/953242505830477825
A “shower box” in the middle of a regular room
賃貸探してたら面白い間取りを発見！
中央に風呂ｗｗ しかもガラス張りｗｗ pic.twitter.com/G1pWC5hiMY
— ソーマ (@souma6048) December 11, 2015
Is this a thing?
https://twitter.com/embed/status/930580289188798464
How about a toilet right by the door?
The #クソ物件オブザイヤー2017 (crappy rental properties of the year 2017) tag is gold. This place has been rented for ¥96,000/month. pic.twitter.com/LSuEV4dIuf
— Peter Durfee (@Durf) November 15, 2017
Or a toilet at the other end of apartment?
Why? No, seriously. Why?
コンロがシンクの奥（おれの家） #クソ物件オブザイヤー2017 pic.twitter.com/4FayPBDVH6
— 上 原 俊 (@LuckyHappySHUN) November 15, 2017
Some kitchen!
#クソ物件オブザイヤー2017
やっぱ前に見たこれが一番意味がわからないw pic.twitter.com/PBDiql8lwd— まろにいさん。Δ (@Mrbr3R) November 15, 2017
The entrance is in the middle where the elevator is. Then, there’s a room, the toilet and shower, and the living room and kitchen. This makes my head hurt
屋上ワンルーム
#クソ物件オブザイヤー2017 pic.twitter.com/o2a9iDbLP3— ポイさん💉💉💉 (@ryopoi_twi) November 15, 2017
Once you take the stairs to the roof, you’ll find this small rooftop apartment
都内なのに家賃もソコソコ、小田急線の駅チカ、ふつーにコスパ良し。
ただし、屋上に………
＿人人人人人人人人＿
＞ 突然のゴリラ ＜
￣Y^Y^Y^Y^Y^Y^Y￣#クソ物件オブザイヤー2017 pic.twitter.com/YFyNuwGxvG— U-Die (@TYudai) November 15, 2017
This property has a giant gorilla on the roof, which doesn’t make the apartment. It makes it the best.
This article was originally posted on November 16, 2017. It has since been updated.
