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[Tara2117]

I know JETs always get their own places. I've heard that NOVA requires you to live in their apartments, with a roommate.

Anyone know which of the big companies require you to live with a roommate, and which don't?

Just curious. Cause, you know, I'm soooooo done with living with roommates...

Thanks.

[callmesim]

ECC give you a choice depending on where you want to live. I was given the choice of Kobe (shared) or Osaka (shared or alone). I chose the alone option.

[ironopolis]

Nova has advantages and disadvantages on this one.

With Nova you would indeed be very likely to have a roommate (or two!), although it's not always the case. Other schools are likely to give you your own place, with varying amounts of furnishings.

The plus point about Nova though is that they do NOT require you to live in their accommodation at any time. Obviously, your own accommodation might be something it's not feasible for you to arrange. But with Nova you can move out of their places very easily, just giving a month's notice - and you DON'T have to take their accomm in the first place, if you don't want to. Most other schools will either require that you live in their accommodation for at least a certain period and/or will penalise you financially if you move out. You can also move into Nova accommodation, irrespective of whether you lived in it before, at similarly short notice.

If you don't fancy sorting out your own place (and it usually ISN'T such a good idea financially if you don't intend to be in Japan for very long) and desperately want to avoid sharing, then Nova's not for you. But otherwise, the above may be useful to know.

[tokyo376]

When I interviewed with Nova a couple of years ago (I no longer work for them), they told me that Tokyo and Osaka are where Nova holds the most single apartments (or has real estate contacts with single apartments). If you request another area, you are most likely going to get shared accomodation. I requested a single in Tokyo, and got it. It was tiny, but clean and quiet. I liked it. I paid 60,000 a month. 20 minutes from Ueno.

[Tara2117]