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Housing Remix

I wish we could have a neighborhood with mixed housing. Meadow cottages next to boghouses, next to a cave, and so on. That way, the neighborhood would look more visually interesting, u wouldnt have to pick housing based on nearby resources, and friends wouldnt be split by housing preferences and the block parties could be even more raucous!

Posted 15 months ago by Dagnabbit Rabbit Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I kinda wish we could have herb and crop garden plots in the same house. Are there already houses with both normal patches and dark patches?
    Posted 15 months ago by Cheburashka Subscriber! | Permalink
  • While I like the idea of more visual variety in housing (especially in a place like Alakol), I have to say I'm not looking forward to the day when I see swamp houses in the Meadows, or Alakol Mansions in the Bogs.

    I hope that Glitch continues to maintain a certain amount of regional differentiation and housing of course plays a large part in that.

    +1 to more variety in Region Specific housing, along with the ability to upgrade/add features.

    -1 to a 50K Alakol Mansion detracting from my view of the Fire Trees in Shimla Mirch.
    Posted 15 months ago by The Cat Face Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I would like a Glitch trailer park.
    Posted 15 months ago by Violet Faulds Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I just reread OP. I see you say "I wish we could have a neighborhood" as opposed to all neighborhoods.

    I wouldn't have such a strong aversion if it was just one neighborhood. If it proved popular they could always add more, which I'm fine with as long as that doesn't become the norm Ur wide. I just don't want to see every neighborhood in Ur look like every other neighborhood in Ur.

    and @Violet Faulds:I would LOVE a Glitch trailer park! Isn't there already a trailer in Area 42?
    Posted 15 months ago by The Cat Face Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Diversity in housing would be a lot of fun.  I would like to live in various areas but can't because I'm unable to climb down and have to use a transport script.  Maybe we can buy empty lots and build what type of house we want as opposed to always buying already built  homes.
    Posted 15 months ago by xoxJulie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ya I agree Cat Face, and dont think those Alakol houses would look right sitting there in Shimla Mirch somewhere lol. I like that the areas have different style homes to them but I do think some areas, take Alakol for example, those houses need some variety to them at least in the way they look. And they're all the same in those surrounding areas too.

    I do remember a casual global chat some months ago and Stoot mentioning that in the future there may be options to make upgrades/expansions/changes to your existing home, which would be cool. I'm just not sure if that was(or will be) a subscriber/member only thing since that was the topic we were discussing. (not that that matters to some of you) =}
    Posted 15 months ago by Sir Mixalatte Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Augustus wrote: Are there already houses with both normal patches and dark patches?
    All houses with Dark Patches also have normal patches.
    Posted 15 months ago by Skwid Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Not true Skwid, my house in Jethimadh only had a dark patch. It also only had a herb garden.
    Posted 15 months ago by Sir Mixalatte Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 xoxJulie. Let us build our own homes!
    Posted 15 months ago by Sir Poox Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'd most like a house with everything: multiple regular patches, a dark patch, a vegetable garden, an herb garden, fireflies, barnacles, peat, and a large cabinet.  Barring that, I'd like to be able to add fireflies, barnacles, and a potted herb garden to my Groddle Heights cave. 
    Posted 15 months ago by glum pudding Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It's quite important to me that the visual design of the area retains its integrity...or I suppose what I mean is, firebog should be firebog and meadow, meadow!
    Posted 15 months ago by Violet Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Sir Mixalatte wrote: Not true Skwid, my house in Jethimadh only had a dark patch. It also only had a herb garden.
    Ack, you're right. I have a nasty tendency to ignore the Bog homes. Did it on the wiki last night too.
    Posted 15 months ago by Skwid Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Let me just say that I do not want my nice, beautiful Alakol house that I maintain with impeccable taste to be located next to a run down apartment complex. Those things kill property values. The AHA will not accept this.
    Posted 15 months ago by Skwid Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I am in negative equity as of the last reset....
    Posted 15 months ago by Sonneratti Subscriber! | Permalink
  • lol I'm with Skwid.
    While I respect that everyone has different tastes when it comes to their housing, I like the areas to stay very separate.  I wouldn't mind if there was the ability to have herbs and crops and light and dark patches anywhere, but I like the housing styles to stay area specific-ish.  
    Posted 15 months ago by Ebil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Skwid, I will be sure to move my boghouse with year round Christmas icicle lights, barking gnomes on chains outside, and my broken down pick up truck up on cinder blocks next to your Alakol house just as soon as Glitch allows me....  :P
    Posted 15 months ago by Dagnabbit Rabbit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Dag...only you would think of all these things to decorate your home!!!!You are such a hoot!
    Posted 15 months ago by AlmostSilver Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I had thought it would be cool that instead of purchasing houses, we purchased plots of land, and then could put any type house we wanted to on it...so if I want a mega small meadows house on a Alakol property I could do it initially, and then maybe demolish it when I had enough money to get a larger home.  Unfortunately, I thought of this in late beta...and it's something that probably should have been brought up in early Alpha.   

    But it was a thought...here's hoping being able to do renovations and decorating to our homes will give us some flexibility to show our styles and maybe make McMansions out of our preferred housing styles.
    Posted 15 months ago by b3achy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "I would like a Glitch trailer park."

    There is a trailer park in glitch, just not with trailers you can buy.
    Posted 15 months ago by Super Jeebs Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'd also like to be able to grow herbs in Alakol.  Maybe we can eventually buy an herb growing station from a gardening vendor?

    Ideally, I would like a mansion in Chakra Phool.  I just love the area and the name can't be beat!  

    I'm not sure I'd like to see different kinds of houses in the same area though.  I prefer the current stylistic visual continuity.  But I wouldn't mind having 2,000c houses next to 30,000c ones.  
    Posted 15 months ago by Reba Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Not to sound "house-ist", but I don't like the idea of mixed houses living by each other!  I'd really like to keep only firebog homes in the swamps, you moderny monotone mansions can stay in Alakol, and you cute bubbly meadows houses can stay in the meadows, and don't even get me STARTED on the cave homes (only cavemen live in caves ;), I don't want a bunch of wasp nests next to me either!!
    Posted 15 months ago by Laurali Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I would like the residential streets in Alakol to have trees on them to keep our shared piggies alive longer.  I swear, we are rich, of course we can afford trees!
    Posted 15 months ago by larky lion Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hmmm maybe some sort of virtual neighborhoods might be possible? Sort of a parallel neighborhood not really *on* Ur?
    Posted 15 months ago by gimmegames Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think it would look a little odd to have all the house styles mixed up in one street. They have been designed for the area they are in and not to intermingle and think they should stay that way.

    But i do wish we could add things to our homes. I have both dark and normal patches at my home... I would love to be able to add a herb plot or two to it as well.
    Posted 15 months ago by Emlinel Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I forgot about this thread. I added a new topic to the ideas forum
    http://beta.glitch.com/forum/ideas/7591/
    Posted 15 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink