Name: Old Japanese Apartment vs. New House
Uploaded: 2020-03-23T05:52:29.000Z
Duration: 4 min 50 s
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[Aiko] Hello world! Last year we bought a new house,

and this is how it's different than our old apartment

[Aiko] So we don't need to share walls with our neighbours anymore, look!

[Greg, offscreen] Yeah, but you can almost touch the neighbour's wall

[Aiko] But that's a good thing because we can share rice

[Shin] Now I can scratch off the wallpaper

[Greg] Yeah, we don't have to worry about damage deposits anymore

But the floors and walls are easy to dent and scratch kind of like they're from a dollar store

[Aiko] The air conditioning uses less energy and less money

[Greg] And because the house came with none, it cost a lot to put all them in

We have two balconies and one's over here

[Greg] Although our old single Balcony was still bigger than both of the new ones combined

[Aiko] In our old house, we couldn't jump around

[Greg] And because there's no one below us the kids do jump around

[Aiko] You have a bigger kitchen  and you have more space to cut

[Greg] That little strip between the stove  and sink was all we had before

[Greg] The kitchen walls in the old place  were tile and grout

[Aiko] And it's easy to take apart and clean the stove

[Greg] In the new house the stove is made up a few parts, and it's a relatively flat surface to clean

Whereas in the old place there's simply more to take apart and clean

[Aiko] In our new sink, we have regular mode

[Greg] In comparison the old sink had a simple faucet

[Aiko] Our new bathroom is bigger and easier to clean

[Greg] This is huge for me because  the new place has less parts

and there's no space underneath for mildew  and mold to grow like in the old place

[Greg] And you can even easily change out the handles to get locks on the doors. Which I did.

Doesn't make the knocking sound of little fists any quieter though

[Aiko] Our interphone has colour and you can see who visited us before

[Greg] Which is great for seeing what weirdos visited your house

Our new house has double pane windows. So it has better soundproofing,

And there's a track to drain condensation from windows, if there is any

There were some things that were truly nicer about our old apartment

For example if you opens the doors and windows, you could get a nice wind flow going

Because the building was concrete the temperature inside was more consistent

And when you weren't home there were lockers that the couriers could use

[Shin] but kids can't play inside because you can be stuck

[Greg] Moving homes was an interesting experience

Because our kitchen is on the second floor we had the privilege of paying for a crane to lift up our fridge

Luckily our couch and the rest  of our stuff didn't require one

On moving day, the house was like a corrugated plastic play place

We ended up with only one small dent in the floor

Which to their credit, the movers did send a repair person the following week to fix it.

Since that day, we've made more  than a dozen ourselves

[Aiko] Are there differences between renting apartments and owning a house where you're from?

[Shin] Thanks for watching, see you next time, bye!

[Greg] Hey guys, we'd love to see your quick video about where you're from at the end of our videos

So please check the description to see how you can share with us.

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