Oh I'm sorry, I just now snatched one up. They're listed periodically, and also people move in and out occasionally to go to different areas. Just wait a little while, keep refreshing the realty page for your desired region, and you'll get one eventually. ^_^
they say they are going to overhaul the housing system and when they made the announcement some people complained because they had just released new housing the day before. You could always get a small bog house while we are waiting. You could lose it anytiime if the change comes soon so best not to get too attached to a certain kind of house.
How long will it take before this whole new housing system happens? In other words, if it's going to be in a couple of weeks, I'll wait to buy a house, however if it's months away, I'll just buy a small one.
Last I remember seeing a time frame being discussed by a staff member, April was mentioned. I can't find that quote for you, though, so take with a grain of salt. This is a huge revamp, so I'm not expecting it before spring.
Terror, I'm pretty sure until a couple days ago there were plenty of 7,500 houses up for sale in the swamp. There was an entirely new housing block being open, if memory serves it was in Koita Clutter, Chakra Phool.
There are still a handful 5K houses open for grabs in the area, and difference is only 3 herb plots; just look out as there are 2 different models of 5K homes, one with a peat bog and 2 jelisacs but no tree patch, the other with a tree patch. Here are links to each of the models - and both are available at the time I'm writing this:
April/Spring 2012 was a projected date for relaunching (subject to change) that I saw- not for the overhauls they're doing. I may have missed a post somewhere, but pretty sure they haven't so much as hinted at when any of the actual large changes will take place.
The last hint I saw for housing was right around the time they launched (paraphrasing now): "if you don't expect it before 2012, you won't be disappointed" (ala stoot) and "maybe, but not likely, by the end of the year". As a result, it's been stuck in my mind that the earliest we'd see anything would be January (if then). It's late, so I'm not looking them up tonight, but I may look them up tomorrow to find the exact words. One was a post in the forum, and one was either in the blog a month? after launching or a staff thread/post in the forum when they outlined the general direction they were working toward on bigger changes.
I would definitely say a couple of weeks is a bit too soon to expect any major changes, but it is possible in a month or two or three (and don't take my word for it- those are just my edumacated guesstimates, leaning toward the longer time frames) that the new systems for things like housing may be put in.
Just keep watching the realty pages for what you want and maybe try out a lower cost house while you look. The housing change could hit tonight or it could hit 3 months from now. We can only hope for the ever haunting "soon".
Kristabel: the swamp houses are down in the firebogs of Shimla Mirch, Jethimadh, Chakra Phool, & Kalavana. The biggest difference between them and other houses is that you get an herb garden instead of a crop garden. They may also have fireflies, barnacles, jellisac and/or a peat bog. And, as a swamp rat myself, I'm completely non-biased when I say they're the best looking & most cozy houses in all of Ur :)
As I write this, STILL no 7500₡. I understand it could be fun for some people the anticipation of trying to buy a rare house, but I don't...it's frustrating. I'm now level 15 and still waiting for a house to appear that I want. There are many, many 3500₡ that need to be converted by devs. I don't want to wait until for the new housing system...just give me my house; I have herbs to grow! ;-)
Terror, you may already have it, but there is glitch program that sorts houses by price that some ingenious person has developed. I am afraid I don't have the link anymore but I bet someone reading this does. If you don't have it already it will make your real estate searches a lot easier.
Too bad you don't want one of the 15,000c cottages--I just saw two for sale (also very rare) in Bortola, so if anyone is looking for them, hurry up! Maybe you could buy one of those and "share" with a swamp house owner?
Eventually your search will pay off, but I understand your frustration.
It is a shame you missed all the new large houses added last weekend, but there are still quite a few 5K places in Kalavana. You can live there and grow quite a lot of herbs while waiting for a 7.5K to open up, which they do as people move to other homes - then (as long as you haven't unpacked a lot of stuff) you can sell it and move, the instant a bigger house becomes available.
Thanks crassielassie...if you stumble across that sorting glitch program...let me know. I was thinking the other day that a search/sort option needs to be developed, which I wouldn't think would be hard.
i really really want a swamp house like mega bad and if anyone is willing to share a key with me (or even move out so i can buy it) i will reward them greatly. just add me as a buddy and IM me please! :D