Old Housing
House Information
Homes can be purchased by selecting the Real estate listings link at the bottom of your home page and selecting from the available homes.
There are currently 31 styles of house. Each house contains a Trophy Case and a Cabinet. All houses except the Gregarious Towers apartments and houses in Shimla Mirch have a 4x4 Garden. In general, house size and price are correlated with the number of Patches at a house.
Housing Locations and Details
The image on the left shows the interior and exterior of the 15 types of houses sold in the Estevan Meadows, Marrakesh Meadow and Marylpole Mount housing quarters.
- Large Houses have a 4x4 Cabinet and 5 Patches
- Medium Houses have a 2x3 Cabinet and 3 Patches
- Small Houses have a 3x3 Cabinet and 2 Patches
The Gregarious Towers apartments are shown in the top right, and can be found on Gregarious Grange.
- The apartments have a 3x3 Cabinet, 1 Patch (no Garden).
The right center image shows the interior and exterior of the 4 types of house sold in the Tallish Crest and Lethensome Lift housing quarters.
- The cave houses have a 3 x 3 Cabinet, one Dark Patch and 2 Patches.
The bottom right image shows the interior and exterior of the 6 types of house sold in the Pasha's Place, Doon Way, Fairgower Lane, and Tii Street housing quarters
- The tree houses in have a 3x3 Cabinet and 3 Patches.
Housing in Shimla Mirch has been eagerly anticipated by most glitches, and location beacons of the developer glitches have indicated that they have been busy at work behind the scenes not only preparing individual houses, but also apartment "buildings" within Shimla Mirch.
Just prior to the alpha test of the 9th & 10th of March 2011, some housing for Shimla Mirch was accidentally listed on the Realty page[1] on the Glitch website; They were only listed for a few moments, but glitch Cupcake was able to get a screen cap[2] of one of the listings.
On 21 March Misha observed the Shimla Mirch Housing Quarters were unveiled. Photos detailing the 3 types of house will be available soon.
- Small Houses have 2 outdoor spaces and 2 rooms, 1 Jellisac Growth, 1 Peat Bog and 1 Egg Plant OR 1 outdoor space, 2 rooms and a Firefly Swarm.
- Medium Houses have 1 outdoor space and 3 rooms, 2 Jellisac Growths and 1 Peat Bog OR 1 outdoor space and 2 rooms, 1 Jellisac Growth, 1 Peat Bog and 1 Egg Plant.
- Large Houses have 1 outdoor space and 4 rooms, A Firefly Swarm and 1 Egg Plant.
The Harbinger Lowrise contains 6 small, 6 medium and 1 large houses. The Leeteg Mews housing contains 4 small, 3 medium and 3 large houses. The Lowland Track housing contains 2 small, 3 medium and 2 large houses.
Home Security
Items in your home do not disappear when you leave the world so homes are often used to store extra things. In order to gain access to a house, the owner must give permission. If you knock on the door and the owner is online, they can grant you permission to enter from anywhere in the world. While visitors are in your home, they have full access to any items stored there and can leave items behind as well as remove them. Currently permissions expire at the end of each test cycle. *Note* If you leave the world while in a home, you will return to the world in the home, with or without current permission.
Moving House
When a player wishes to move from one house to another, the original house must be sold before a new one can be purchased. Houses resell for 80% of their original purchase price. Trophies are the only items that automatically transfer to the new house. Any trees, animals, or items in the old house at the time of sale will be left behind, and remain there for the next owner. Consequently, players must, prior to selling a house, pick up any items they wish to transfer to the new house. For players who use their houses to store many items, this may involve enlisting the help of friends to help with moving, possibly in exchange for food or drinks as is commonly done in real-life.
Trophy Cases
Main article: Trophy Case
A Trophy Case is a piece of furniture in your house where you can display your Trophies. Depending on house location and cost, your case will be one of many styles, but they all hold 5 visible trophies and have room for more non-displayed trophies as well.