Hey I know this is a long shot, but if anyone is thinking of selling their 15k cottage (maybe when the next batch of 30/50k houses come out?) I super want one and will bribe you large amounts of currants, food, goods, labor trades, or whatever you can come up with, if you synchronize with me such that I can buy the house ^_^ Extra bonus if it is in Bortola, and near-infinite amounts of bribery if it's in Venet Root. (Cos my sister lives there!). If you have the gamer-style 15k cottage in Venet Root and I can buy it I will pretty much be your slave 4 life.
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