Amid global warming, the peak of extreme heat will be reached in August. The highest temperature today is 37 degrees Celsius.
However, on the hills in a suburb after the official start of autumn in the old calendar (August 7), it is cool at 5 am. The scenery of the sunrise this morning was spectacular.
The appearance of the rising sun reflected on the trees in the surrounding mountains was a European atmosphere. It was like the landscape paintings displayed in museums in Paris, London and Florence. I thought I'd take a picture, but figured that the subtle shades would change while I went to pick up the camera, so I stood on the balcony and stared at the beauty of nature.
Professor Susana Mourato of the London School of Economics, where I majored in environmental policy, has studied the relationship between the rich natural environment and real estate value. In England, there is a correlation between the two.
You can see that just by looking at London. There are high-class residential areas near Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park and beautiful green tree-lined avenues. Even in Tokyo and New York, properties with a panoramic view of parks such as Rikugien Garden and Central Park have a premium.
The convenience of the city center and the rich natural environment are trade-offs, and the price of a rare property that meets both of them jumps up.
Hikawa Gardens is one of them, and the selling price was over 500 million yen ($5 million; 20 years old, 185 m2.) Currently, there are no properties for sale, and there is only one rent with a monthly rent of 1.65 million yen ($16,500.)
Every time I passed in front of this condominium, I felt it was wonderful and thought about how to earn money to buy this property. However, because it is a low-rise condominium, the view is limited, and if you look at the richness of the natural environment alone, you will be better off in the suburbs on the hills and in the countryside.
Considering the risk of corona infection that we never know when it ends, increasing online work and events, the development of online shopping, and the coolness of the morning and evening even as global warming progresses, the real estate value in the suburbs and rural areas is higher than the actual selling price.
I think that having a house in the rich natural environment is a great idea for asset management as well.
