I was pretty discouraged about getting a house. I had gotten bored with my pre-reset one, and decided I wanted to try planting herbs this time, for a change and cuz their purrrty. Didn't think Shimla Mirch looked like my sort of area, buttttttt... there's housing there *just* a stone's throw from Groddle and sunshine and live food stuffs. So I gots me a reasonable house with an herb garden and a fishbowl, and a rope to climb, and I's a happy Glitchen :-).
I was tempted to buy back my old house, but the temptation of having a place right on the ground was too great. The price increase came as a small shock, but it wasn't impossible to stomach.
Finally got my giant Ojan Rapine house back this morning - just in time for game close. Feels good to get that out of the way, I think play will be more enjoyable now.
I bought the most expensive house available in the furthest available region I could find. I wish Glitch mansions were available there, but I'm satisfied at the moment.
From Glitch's facebook "The test has come to a close. Newly named piggies are sleeping in their pens, and butterflies wonder when they'll be massaged again. Their wings won't ache for long. There is another, and it will open Monday."