Before you build, sort out the money, the land and the builder.
- Also available online
Open nowToday 10:00–19:00
Days open for requests
- 9Mon
- 10Tue
- 11Wed
- 12Thu
- 13Fri
- 14Sat
- 15Sun
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Cancellation policy
Please let us know by the day before. Even on the day itself, you can change the date by phone.
Your visit gives back
When you pay, ask staff for the HAKOBUNE QR code and scan it. This place pays us a fee for your visit, and part of it goes to social causes. You pay nothing extra.
Didn’t get the QR?About the office
What you can do here
- Book a first consultation (90 min, free)
- Work out together how much you can repay each month
- Ask how to go about finding land
- Get a builder introduced (only if you want one)
From the representative
Life goes on for decades after you build your home. Let's decide based not on how much you can borrow, but on how much you can repay. We'll never rush you.
Why this place supports social causes
We want fewer families to struggle with repayments after they build. Once a month, at a community centre in the city, we hold a financial planning study session for people building a home for the first time. We don't introduce any companies there.
From the place
Because we are a consultation room that works out with you not how much you can borrow but how much you can repay, so that you can build a home with repayments you can manage.
What sets the office apart
Decide from what you can repay
Rather than how much you can borrow, we work out what you can comfortably repay on your current household budget, and from that, work backwards to what you can spend on the land and building.
How referral fees work, up front
When we introduce a builder, we tell you first that we receive a referral fee from that company. Introductions are only for those who want them.
We sit in on your meetings
We sit in on your meetings and show-home visits with builders free of charge, and show you how to read a quote.
HAKOBUNE Spot offers
For first-time visitors
Offer
Financial planning documents free
For first-time clients, we prepare the household budget table and repayment table (¥33,000) free of charge.
First-time clients
From your second visit
Offer
Reading your quote together
For returning clients, we add time (60 min) to go through a builder's quote with you, item by item.
Returning clients
Staff
Ishida
Principal
Handles financial planning and advice on how to go about a custom-built home.
Next opening: 11/10 (Tue) 12:30
Imai
Consultant
Handles land searches and consultations on building on a parent's land.
Next opening: 11/10 (Tue) 12:30
More details
About the housing advice office
What we can help with
- Custom-built homes
- Land
- Financial planning
- New condominiums
Companies we can refer
12 local builders and housebuilders who build homes in north-west Chiba (Funabashi, Ichikawa, Narashino, Yachiyo and Kamagaya). We make introductions only for those who want them.
How we’re funded
Consultations are free. When we introduce a builder and you sign a contract with them, we receive a referral fee from that company. If you don't want an introduction, we receive nothing at all.
How to consult
First consultation
Free
Consultation fee
Consultations are free, as many times as you need. Financial planning documents with a household budget table (optional): ¥33,000.
How to consult
- At the office
- Online
- Phone
Out-of-hours
- Saturdays
- Sundays & holidays
- Evenings
Service area
Funabashi, Ichikawa, Narashino, Yachiyo and Kamagaya. Online: Chiba Prefecture and eastern Tokyo.
At the office
- Private room
- Kids’ space
- Parking
The office
Representative
Ishida, Principal
Professionals
3 people
Office staff
1 people
Year founded
2018
Other qualifications
Financial Planning Technician (Grade 1), Licensed Real Estate Transaction Specialist (takken-shi)
Background
Our principal worked in sales at a housebuilder for 11 years. Hearing from families who struggled with repayments after building led to the idea of creating a place where people could get advice before they build.
Highlights
At your first consultation, we work out from your current household budget ‘how much you can comfortably repay each month’, and from that, work backwards to what you can spend on the building and the land. We introduce builders only to those who want it, and we explain how the referral fee works up front.
Examples of our work
For a dual-income couple, deciding how much to borrow while keeping aside their children's education costs For building on a parent's land, sorting out the land title and how to split the costs For a family torn between a ready-built house and a custom-built one, working out the total cost
How it works
First consultation (90 min, free): we hear about your household budget and work out what you can repay We give you a table of what you can spend on land and building You talk it over with your family Only if you want it, we introduce builders (up to 3) We sit in on show-home visits and meetings (free)
Fees
Fee schedule
Consultations: free, as many times as you need Financial planning documents (household budget table and repayment table, optional): ¥33,000 Builder introductions: free (if you sign a contract, we receive a referral fee from that company)
FAQ
- Nothing's decided yet
- Consulting us when nothing is decided is when we can help most.
- Do I have to build with a company you introduce
- No. Even if you build with a company you chose yourself, you can keep consulting us as before.
- Can I bring my children
- Yes. We have a kids' corner, and we're open at weekends too.
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Office details
- Name
- Ienowa Home Consultation Room
- Name in Japanese
- 住まいの相談室 いえのわ
- Type
- Professional advice · Housing advice
- Address
- 千葉県船橋市（架空）Shown in Japanese so you can show it to a taxi driver.
- Nearest station
- 船橋 Station · 6 min walkJR 総武線・東武アーバンパークライン 船橋駅 徒歩 6 分
- Hours
MonToday 10:00–19:00 Tue 10:00–19:00 Wed Closed Thu Closed Fri 10:00–19:00 Sat 10:00–19:00 Sun 10:00–19:00 10:00–19:00 / Closed Wednesdays and Thursdays
- Price guide
- Free–¥33,000
- Smoking
- No smoking
- Children
- Children welcome
- Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible, Accessible toilet, Stroller friendly
- Parking
- Yes
- Payment
- Cash, Credit card, Other
- Languages
- Japanese
The place sent us this information. It may have changed — please check with the place before you go. Last updated Nov 4, 2026.
Map & access
Online consultations are on Zoom. We build the repayment table together while looking at it on screen.
千葉県船橋市（架空）
Shown in Japanese so you can show it to a taxi driver.
Nearest station: 船橋 Station · 6 min walkJR 総武線・東武アーバンパークライン 船橋駅 徒歩 6 分
