[Assessed 186.9%] Detached house in Chuo Ward, Chiba City, Chiba — 16 min from Soga Sta.

A two-story wooden detached house in Imaicho, Chuo Ward, Chiba City. It is a 16-minute walk from Soga Station on the JR Keiyo Line and an 18-minute walk from Omoridai Station on the Keisei Chihara Line. According to the listing, Shukutoku University is about 323 m away (5-minute walk), and a drugstore and a post office are nearby (names and distances are not given). In a straight line from the center point of Imaicho (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan), the soba restaurant Yabukyu is about 140 m away, a 7-Eleven about 200 m and Saizeriya about 330 m. These are distances from the town's center point, not from the property.

The price is 4 million yen. The 3DK house was built in December 1974 (51 years old), with 55.76 m² of floor area on a 95.90 m² lot (registered area). It is freehold with no private road burden, in an urbanization promotion area zoned Category 1 medium-to-high-rise residential (60% building coverage, 200% floor area ratio). It is vacant and available for immediate handover. The expected rent of 65,000 yen a month (19.5% gross yield) is an estimate based on nearby cases. ⚠️ The toilet is a pit (non-flush) type and the bath uses an old balanced-flue gas boiler, so the bathroom, toilet and kitchen areas must be renovated whether you live there or rent it out. Part of the flooring is also damaged. An earlier listing on Rakumachi stated that the water pipe is shared with the neighboring lot and well water is used (utilities can be brought in from the east side), and that the house is sold as is, with the seller exempt from liability for non-conformity and belongings left behind.

⚠️ The lot faces an Article 42-2 road about 1.7 m wide on the east, so a setback will be required when rebuilding (the listing says rebuilding is possible with a setback). On the west is an access strip about 1.9 m wide (the "pole" of a flag-shaped lot), which the listing says can take a light vehicle. The assessment uses the fiscal 2026 road price of 105,000 yen/m² and an effective lot area of 71.2 m², excluding about 24.7 m² for the access strip. The 51-year-old wooden building is valued at zero, giving an assessment ratio of 186.9%. Excluding the setback area as well (estimated at about 8 m²) gives 165.9%. The road price moved from 81,000 yen in 2024 to 98,000 yen in 2025 and 105,000 yen in 2026.

The price is far below the land value implied by the road price. This is likely because it reflects the flag shape, the 1.7 m road and the setback, the pit toilet, the well water and water pipe shared with the neighbor, the 51-year-old building and the exemption from non-conformity liability. The same property was listed by another company for 5.8 million yen in June 2026, so the price has fallen by 1.8 million yen in about three months. The photos show no retaining walls or steps up from the road, and the house stands apart from its neighbors. The measured areas of the access strip and the setback, and whether a separate water supply can be connected, need to be confirmed with the agent.