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to nocca help them buy a house in the country its location is so remote our sat nav gets confused about 8 and a half 1000000 houses are standing empty in rural regions of japan the population is trying to. spend the week in tokyo the parents have office jobs there but country house is a tranquil refuge for the weekends. you've and i decided to factor was the price. we are wealthy so i thought buying a house for one year and then renovating it slowly would be a dream come true i did not. grow with 3 children and a dog it's not always peaceful still it's different from the city and friends like to visit me to it's wonderful looking out at the landscape i'm jealous i don't it's a wonderful escape from everyday life was not the way. for the cellars the house had become a burden even standing empty it cost them $300.00 euros a month. the months of course are installing a small kitchen in a lower story. anyone can use a hammer. on and it isn't all that hard on the. it doesn't have to be perfect. in some areas the local authorities offer subsidies for renovations here and he got the muscles ar