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The end of the house
Last Updated January 15, 2025
Why don't you start "the end of your house"?
It is sad that the house you live now will be left without knowing who owns it in the future, causing inconvenience to the surroundings, and burdening the remaining family.
If something happens, you will not be able to convey your thoughts about your home to the remaining family. It is very important to check, organize, and decide before birth so that it does not become a complicated story in advance.
Why don't you think about "the end of your house" when you come up with it now?
Benefits of end-of-home life
１： Improving a sense of security
By ending your home, you can eliminate anxiety about your future home. For example, planning the repair and relocation of an aging house can create an environment where people can live with peace of mind. We can realize a more comfortable and safe living environment by making barrier-free and energy-saving measures through relocation and renovation.
２： Reduce the burden on family members
By organizing and disposing of your home while you are fine, you can reduce the burden on your family in the future. By clarifying what you want to do with your home before you live, your family will not have to worry about managing or disposing of vacant houses in the future.
In addition, by creating a will and clarifying the method of distributing property, trouble during inheritance can be avoided.
３： Effective use of assets
The proceeds from selling or renting out unused real estate can be used for retirement and living expenses and medical expenses. It is also possible to dismantle the vacant houses and make effective use of the land.
４： Tax-saving measures
By selling real estate, you can reduce the burden of property tax and city planning tax.
In addition, if a property that became vacant houses is not properly managed and adversely affects the surrounding environment, it is designated as a vacant houses, etc. or a specified vacant houses.
By starting the end of your home early, you can prevent such risks.
Let's start with what we can do
Let's talk with your family
Let's talk with your family in advance what you want to do with your home in the future.
1.Confirmation of heirs
Make sure that all heirs know who the heir is.
2.Housing management
When you decide to be hospitalized or enter a facility, decide who will manage your home.
3.Inheritance of homes
Let's decide who inherits and disposes of residence or sale.
4.Relics and luggage
Decide who manages and disposes of household goods and Buddhist altars.
In addition, let's sort out household goods from now on and dispose of unnecessary items.
By creating a will or applying for a lifetime gift, you can leave and communicate your will before inheriting. In addition, by utilizing the adult guardianship system, it is possible to ask reliable people to support judgments.
Let's check about your home
Who is currently the owner of the land or building where you live? Let's check with the registration certificate.
Even if you inherit from a parent or spouse, if you do not change the registered owner, it will take a lot of time and money when the next inheritance occurs.
Confirming the registration of buildings and land and making the registration up to date will reduce the burden on those who remain.
※From April 1, 2024, the application for inheritance registration has become mandatory. If you inherit the real estate, apply for registration as soon as possible.
※Buying and selling real estate may need to determine the boundaries with neighboring land.
Real estate (land / building) may have various rights.
The main thing is:
Mortgage: Let's check the remaining debt if the real estate has a mortgage. If you have paid off, let's cancel the registration of the mortgage.
Leased land: If the land is a leased land, talk with the landowner about what to do with the building after death and what to do with the leasehold.
Let's talk to an expert
Inheritance and registration cannot be considered separately from laws and taxes.
It is necessary to organize the rights issues between heirs and change the name.
Consult an expert such as a lawyer, judicial scrivener, tax accountant, residential land and building trader, land and house investigator, etc. according to the problem.
In Yokohama City, you can use the consultation desk of an expert group that has concluded agreements on various issues faced by those who own and manage vacant houses in the city free of charge.
| Contents of consultation | Expert groups, etc. (jump from the link to the information at the counter) |
|---|---|
Matters related to inheritance of vacant houses, arrangement of rights related to adult guardianship, settlement of disputes over vacant houses | |
| Thing about general legal consultation such as inheritance registration of land, building, adult guardianship, trial, multiple debt, etc. | Kanagawa Prefectural Judicial Scrivener Association |
| Investigations on rights, such as inheritance, wills and adult guardianship, and preparation of documents | Kanagawa Prefectural Administrative Scrivener Association |
| Investigation and confirmation of unregistered buildings and land with ambiguous boundaries | Kanagawa Land and House Investigators' Association |
Click here for contact information for other professional organizations.
Let's make a final note
End-of-life note of "My House" that does not become an unoccupied house
It is said that more than half of the factors that lead to vacant houses are attributed to inheritance, and considering how to take over buildings and land in the future and discussing with family members will help prevent the occurrence of vacant houses.
The Kanagawa Prefectural Housing Support Council, which also belongs to Yokohama City, has created an ending note for “My Home,” which focuses on “home” to prevent the spread of vacant houses.
Please use it as a set with a general "ending note" and talk about your current future with your family using this material.
End-of-life note (PDF: 9,947KB) of "My House" that does not become an unoccupied house
Kanagawa Prefectural Housing Support Council (outside site)
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Inquiries to this page
Housing Policy Division, Building Bureau Housing Department
Telephone: 045-671-4121
Telephone: 045-671-4121
Fax: 045-641-2756
Email address: kc-jutakuseisaku@city.yokohama.jp
Page ID: 691-813-797
