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The ability to go on a waiting list for a $50,000 currant beach house.

Hey,

Just had to buy in Stora Rede Quarter today. After saving up 50,000 currants all I could find was a 30,000 currant beach house. There are no more 50,000 currant beach houses.

Is there a waiting list for the type of houses we want to live in?

Juliette.

Posted 14 months ago by Juliette Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Agreed. The 50K houses are the ones that we should all aspire to own, but mining Sparkly is far too easy to make quick money and being able to buy the top-end house in the game doesn't feel like a great achievement - hence they're all sold already.

    I currently have a tree house in Fairgower Lane - it felt great early on in the game to get my first place, but my bank balance has gone from 0 to 50K+ in less than a week of casual gaming, and now I have all that cash and nothing to spend it on - unless I want to settle for second best that is.
    Posted 14 months ago by Private Jammy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • To answer the question: There is no waiting list for any of the housing areas. At least not one you can be put on to reserve a house when it comes open.

    Andra and Kajuu still have lots of 50k houses. They're in a savanna rather than near the water, but other than the backdrop, they're the same.

    The 50k and 30k houses are far from the best or second best for me, and I can hardly see myself aspiring toward either one. I had one for the last two or so weeks of beta just to try them out, but decided I wasn't going to go for them again.
    Posted 14 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "The 50k and 30k houses are far from the best or second best for me, and I can hardly see myself aspiring toward either one"

    My feelings exactly. In fact the 50K houses appeal to me even less than the 30K houses because the crops are up on the balcony. Why would I want to recline in the middle of my corn and tomatoes? 
    Posted 14 months ago by Becky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Haha. Good question. I didn't mind the garden up there, though. I loved the space offered and the region I had chosen (Salatu). I just missed the extra tree and general coziness of my cottage (and 16 plots is definitely sufficient). So I shall wait to see what home improvements we may one day be able to make!
    Posted 14 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think what I really want is a cottage similar to the ones currently offered, but that also includes an animal pen. That would rock.
    Posted 14 months ago by Becky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "The 50k and 30k houses are far from the best or second best for me, and I can hardly see myself aspiring toward either one"

    I loved my 50k house in Kajuu & aspired to get one... until I moved to the swamps! I adore my house there, one of the 5k ones with the fantastic rocky yard. However, I've had to sacrifice much of what I loved about Kajuu to get that yard... namely the pen & larger cabinet. 

    I might have to settle for a 30k or 50k Alakol style house if I can't upgrade my place at some point (or, better yet, a larger swamp house with more storage and equally fantastic yard but maybe with a patch & firefly swarm), but I can't see myself aspiring to one. Not now, anyway.
    Posted 14 months ago by Vera Strange Subscriber! | Permalink
  • There are currently no 50k houses on the market.
    Posted 14 months ago by Sajin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thankfully new housing seems to come up relatively swiftly after they sell out.  Just have to hold onto your currants and wait it out until what you want becomes available.  I have a 50,000c house on the water (in Salatu) and I LOVE it. :)
    Posted 14 months ago by VorpalCheese Subscriber! | Permalink
  • why should we all aspire to a 50k house?

    because it's the most expensive?

    i could have had any kind of house i wanted, but after a lot of research i settled on something tasteful in GM for 15k.

    the animal pens are nice, but not worth quite that much money to me. and my garden's big enough.

    if expensive houses came with more features i guess i'd get one, but it's not an aspiration of mine.
    Posted 14 months ago by flask Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't really like the style of the 50k houses, but I decided I'd try one for a while, so I packed up, sold my (probably much desired) 15k Groddle Meadow house, only to find there were none on the market! Silly me, I assumed there would always be a few around!  Luckily I managed to quickly rebuy my old house, but now I'm all atwist because I was all ready for some new scenery and some more room, and now I find there are only 30k houses, which don't have much more room, and have even less patches than my old house.  Here's hoping some new (and maybe some newly styled) expensive housing opens up soon! I'd LOVE to see the 50k version of the vegetable themed house :D
    Posted 14 months ago by Trowzers Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I sold my 50K house for a 7.5K bog house in Shimla Mirsh - it was closer to the facilities I wanted (spice, machine room) and I liked the separate rooms to sort my goodies.  I don't miss the crops; all I cook is Expensive Grilled Cheese, and tomatoes are cheap.
    Posted 14 months ago by Jewel Stoned Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Has any thought been given to even larger, fancier homes? 75K? 100K? 200K? 500K? Those would be pretty cool aspirational items in the game. Plus my 50K home is full o' stuff...
    Posted 14 months ago by Bozuman Subscriber! | Permalink
  • There are huge plans with housing customization in the works- I highly doubt any new housing models will be introduced until it is.
    Posted 14 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 on insanely large and expensive homes
    Posted 14 months ago by WizSteve Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I go back and forth on loving or disliking my 50k Stora Rede house, but ultimately, I find the decor soothing, because I do quite a bit of traveling and social activity, so it feels sort of zen to head up and garden a bit, or tithe my icons on my way to the balcony to gaze out on the cliffs and water for a while.

    I am excited and stupid curious to see what customizations will bring, though. :D
    Posted 14 months ago by Wellsie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I love my swamp house in Shimla Mirsh too much to move, but I really wish I could get a bigger swamp house there.  I like the style of the swamp houses.
    Posted 14 months ago by Cloudie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Come live in Andra if possible! Its conveniently located near the Ancestral Lands and it still has a subways system :)
    Posted 14 months ago by r0gu3 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Love my 50k mansion
    Posted 14 months ago by Hobbes Meta Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Love my 15k Pac-man cottage. It's in a very convenient location for me, and I love the 5 trees. I feel no need to move to a more expensive house for now, but I agree there should be more options for expensive locations :D
    Posted 14 months ago by Mandy.23 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like the 50K houses.  Nice view, soothing decor, plenty of room to spread out and pile stuff up. 
    Posted 14 months ago by WalruZ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I actually felt fairly disillusioned after buying a big house- enough so that I found myself playing quite a bit less till I moved back to the bogs. It was a situation of getting to the top tier (the houses we "should aspire to"), finding that I was better off where I'd come from, and being a little disappointed by the revelation.
    I can see why some might enjoy them, but, as I told somebody else, I felt like a zombie movie character squatting in an office; it just wasn't very homey to me. Plus, I hate cooking in the game so crop-plots proved nigh useless to me, and I missed being able to organize my loose items on tables like I could in the bogs.
    Posted 14 months ago by Djabriil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I currently live in a 50k home in Alakol. I understand the even agree with many of the critiques about these houses, but for what I do in the game and how I like to spend my time, it's the very best option the game currently offers.

    If, however, they ever brought out a 50k firebog / swamp house, I'd be moving there in a shot. The music and general atmosphere of those places are amazing.
    Posted 13 months ago by Papa Vodou Subscriber! | Permalink
  • There are Beach Houses?
    Posted 13 months ago by NaTz the Badger Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I recently downgraded from a 7.5K to a 5K firebog house.  Price isn't everything, there are good features to every type of house.  And in every single house, for that matter.
    Posted 13 months ago by Parrow Gnolle Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah, I love my current bog house too. Being able to organize your stuff into rooms is a big plus.
    Posted 13 months ago by roderick ordonez Subscriber! | Permalink