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Thread: Home Ownership
I am now ready to buy a house so I have a place to call home.I actually bought a deed for a small Corellian house but I’ve been having some trouble finding a place to put it.I guess I have to be a citizen of a particular town/city in order to build my house there? How do I become a citizen? Can I build my house outside of a city? One of the main reasons I want a house is for storage.I almost always have my personal inventory completely full so I would like a place where I can leave a lot of my stuff that I don’t need to have with me at all times. Is there something in particular that I should be looking for that would help me maximize my space? I am also grinding Artisan at the moment and would like to eventually have my own shop. Can I run it out of my house?What s the difference between a house and a business? Is there any? Is there an easy way to place furniture in my home? I’ve heard that this is not a simple task. (Sorry for the randow thoughts, I'm just brain dumping at the moment.)
I've searched the forums for some sort of guide on residences, vendoring and home owning but have so far been unsuccessful. Can anyone help me out or perhaps point me in the right direction? Any help is much appreciated.
Lapoot wrote:
I am now ready to buy a house so I have a place to call home.I actually bought a deed for a small Corellian house but I’ve been having some trouble finding a place to put it.I guess I have to be a citizen of a particular town/city in order to build my house there?
In some towns with building restrictions - ask the mayor for zoneing rights
How do I become a citizen?
Build a house in a player town
Can I build my house outside of a city?
Yes anywhere but endor, dath, yavin
One of the main reasons I want a house is for storage.I almost always have my personal inventory completely full so I would like a place where I can leave a lot of my stuff that I don’t need to have with me at all times. Is there something in particular that I should be looking for that would help me maximize my space? I am also grinding Artisan at the moment and would like to eventually have my own shop. Can I run it out of my house?
Yes
What s the difference between a house and a business? Is there any?
None
Lapoot wrote:
You need to be a merchant to place a vendor. Finding a trusted merchant on your server might be a good idea.
I am now ready to buy a house so I have a place to call home.I actually bought a deed for a small Corellian house but I’ve been having some trouble finding a place to put it.I guess I have to be a citizen of a particular town/city in order to build my house there?
Hehe, you need the mayor to grant you zoning rights before you can place a house there.
How do I become a citizen?
Once your house is down, go inside and declare residence on the little terminal.
Can I build my house outside of a city?
Yes, you can.
One of the main reasons I want a house is for storage.I almost always have my personal inventory completely full so I would like a place where I can leave a lot of my stuff that I don’t need to have with me at all times. Is there something in particular that I should be looking for that would help me maximize my space?
A medium will offer more space and does not take up many lots.
I am also grinding Artisan at the moment and would like to eventually have my own shop. Can I run it out of my house?What s the difference between a house and a business? Is there any? Is there an easy way to place furniture in my home? I’ve heard that this is not a simple task.
It is actually a very simple task. Where you heard from may not have tried recently, but commands have been put in place. You buy or find somethings, and go to your inventory while in your house. Select drop on the item in the place you want it to be. Now you have commands, move up, down, forward, or back, rotate left and right. If you want to put something on the wall, go to the wall, drop the item. Then select it, and type /move up xxx. I would say 150 to start with, then you can /move up /move down however you want.
(Sorry for the random thoughts, I'm just brain dumping at the moment.)
I've searched the forums for some sort of guide on residences, vendoring and home owning but have so far been unsuccessful. Can anyone help me out or perhaps point me in the right direction? Any help is much appreciated.
I was nervous about my first house, it wasn't until a few months into it I finally bought one and joined a player's city. Its pretty fun because you meet the mayor plus a few citizens. Don't forget to pay maintence on it, I think its like 16 credits/hour for a small, 34 credits/hour for a medium, and 50 credits/hour for a large...if you don't pay maitence it will slowly decay til its gets destroyed....then poof.
Lapoot wrote:
I am now ready to buy a house so I have a place to call home.I actually bought a deed for a small Corellian house but I’ve been having some trouble finding a place to put it.I guess I have to be a citizen of a particular town/city in order to build my house there? How do I become a citizen? Can I build my house outside of a city? One of the main reasons I want a house is for storage.I almost always have my personal inventory completely full so I would like a place where I can leave a lot of my stuff that I don’t need to have with me at all times. Is there something in particular that I should be looking for that would help me maximize my space? I am also grinding Artisan at the moment and would like to eventually have my own shop. Can I run it out of my house?What s the difference between a house and a business? Is there any? Is there an easy way to place furniture in my home? I’ve heard that this is not a simple task. (Sorry for the randow thoughts, I'm just brain dumping at the moment.)
I've searched the forums for some sort of guide on residences, vendoring and home owning but have so far been unsuccessful. Can anyone help me out or perhaps point me in the right direction? Any help is much appreciated.
asoivall wrote:
You can also get a safety deposit box at a bank terminal. only bad thing about doing this is you can only access the safety deposit box from the planet you join the bank on. In safety deposit boxes you can store up to 100 items i think.
Heh, Imperial players should get an option to join the First Imperial Bank, or something like that. Banks located EVERYWHERE 
OK, I was going to make a joke about low monthly fees, but then it started to sound like a good idea. So here's a proposal:
For a fee, you can access your safety deposit box from any banking terminal. You can already deposit and withdraw credits from any bankning terminal, so why not? There's no fee for accessing it from the bank you joined. I think I'll go post that in the In Concept thread, or wherever it is we can post these ideas.
Mox Shehalis
quitch wrote:
Lapoot wrote:
One of the main reasons I want a house is for storage.I almost always have my personal inventory completely full so I would like a place where I can leave a lot of my stuff that I don’t need to have with me at all times. Is there something in particular that I should be looking for that would help me maximize my space?
A medium will offer more space and does not take up many lots.
Actually a Medium home hold just as much as a small (exception is small naboo style 2). all medium and small homes use 2 lots and hold 150 items. All a medium home is eye candy with higher maintnence.