Dragon's Gate - Housing Page

HOW TO BUY A HOME IN ARADATH �

This is a handy guide to all your questions about purchasing your dream home!

How much will it cost?

1500 gold per parcel/room for the land only.

Any additional comforts that you add are extra. See the list below for the prices.

Where can I build my home?

You may build your home in the housing districts of:

Spur
Meetpoint
Treehaven
Emjedah
Auerhaven
Rathan - Rathan has currently CLOSED its housing offices as per the order of King Loa'kass.

How do I begin the process?

First, pick out a spot that you like the most and send it in a scroll to my scribe (dgatefox@comcast.net )

I will return your note with the costs of building your new home attached and will await your approval before we begin.

I will collect a 500 gold non-refundable down payment from you.

I will notify you when your home is finished.

Ok, I got the gold, now what?

Deciding where to live is only one small part of the process. You can design your home to be exactly how you want it within the guidelines set up here.

Send me an exact description of each parcel/room. (ROOM DESCRIPTIONS CAN NOT EXCEED 999 CHARACTERS INCLUDING SPACES)

List the room with the appropriate containers, items, or amenities in as detailed description as possible, I will do everything in my power to accommodate your wishes. (THERE CAN ONLY BE 20 ITEMS PLACED IN ONE ROOM)

What if I don�t have all the gold to buy a home today?

Wait until you have earned enough gold to build the home that you wish. I require a full payment when we walk through the finished project.

If you wish, we can begin by building one room at a time. Payment is due for each room as we finish.

What if I want to buy a home with someone else?

Because of the nature of the realms, one person alone is the titled owner of the real estate. You may take gold from as many partners as you wish, but my company does not recognize such partnerships and you will be liable for all the costs and/or responsibility.

Can I sell or move my home?

Yes, you may sell your home to someone else. There will be a 100 gold title fee.

You may sell your home back to me for a 20% commission.

Yes, we can move your home. The cost of moving will vary from region to region and is at the discretion of my foreman.

What if I don�t like the house after we are done, or wish to make changes after construction is done?

Construction mistakes are common in our business. I will endeavor to correct any mistakes that my crew has made as quickly as possible. I will guarantee our work for as long as you own the home.

Beyond the final payment, the real estate owner is responsible for a fee of 100 gold for each item or room changed in addition to the cost of the item or room being changed. This includes, but is not limited to: containers, room descriptions, room names, (other then typos and errors made by the housing coordinator), portals, exits, home location, items, and triggers and read-texts.

If you still are not happy, I will work with you to solve the problem.

What if I neglect the outside portion of my home?

All home owners are required to keep their property respectable and kept. Those who leave Aradath for a period of time of one Aradathian year (6 elven months) must drop a note to the housing coordinator to set up a maintenance crew for their estate. However, if after 6 elven months a home is in disarray from lack of use and maintenance, the home will revert back to the city proper to be reconditioned and sold for lack of tax payment to the city.

What is the difference between a shop and a home?

A home is a dwelling where one lives.

A shop is a place of business where customers come and exchange coin for items. Please contact the shop coordinator, :: Nils Hegins :: , if you wish to own a business.

You may purchase a total of 8 parcels of land in Aradath. They can either be a home, a store or a combination. Please see the :: merchant page :: for rules concerning stores.

How many homes may I own?

One.

Below is a list of prices for items to add to your home.

BASIC ROOM

Cost: 1500 gold

Includes

One outside door that includes our BEST lock with autolocking ability.
One simple container without a lock (10 hold/unlimited weight) per room.

You may own a MAXIMUM of 8 rooms per resident in Aradath. No Combining of homes are allowed at this time.

You may only build a house in the in the housing districts.

CONTAINERS

(Number of items the container holds/weight of all the items the container holds)
Basic Container (20/15) - 100 gold
Gem Container (60/5) 200 gold
Small Container (25/50) - 150 gold
Large Container (25/100) - 300 gold
Armor Container (5/650) - 150 gold
Small Item Container (40/40) - 200 gold
Heavy Weapon Container (10/400) - 200 gold
Food Container (30/60) - 200 gold
Light Weapon Container (20/150) - 250 gold

LOCKS

Lock style 1 - Good - 50 gold
Lock style 2 - Better - 200 gold
Lock style 3 - Best - 500 gold

Lock rules

All items (containers) with a lock on them � must be visible or searchable.
No containers will be auto-closing unless their locks are the best.

KEYS

Each house comes with one free key number, and up to 5 key duplicates.
Each key number beyond that costs 100 gold each.
Each home may only use 5 key numbers
Each home can have up to 5 duplicates of each key number.
Be careful of who you give your keys to, no exceptions will be made.

Filling your home with items.

BASIC ITEMS- 25 gold each ~ (example: A table)

Your Items should look like this ...

[Modifier] [Color] [Composition] [Name] {No more than 23 characters in the name}
(example: Tall(mod) black(color) wooden (comp) coat rack (name).
Modifier and colors are adjectives coded into the data base. If you haven�t seen an item in the game with that adjective, it probably doesn�t exist (in the data base).
Compositions are exactly that: what things are made out of.
Names can be just about anything, up to 23 characters including spaces.
** 11/04 :: NO NEW COMPOSITIONS :: can be used on housing items. (These include: bloodsteel, bloodstone, chitin, cuprum, damask, demonskin, electrum, latten, moonstone, niello, quicksilver, runesilk, runesilver, samite, silksteel, starsteel, sunstone, darksteel, luminar)
**If you wish for a new composition for your home,
you must seek PC merchant. **

Pool - functioning at 5 feet deep - 2000 gold

Fountain / Well - 500 gold

Portals - ANY PORTAL - 50 gold

Portal rules:

Portals are inside doors, arches, stairs, steps, ladders, and chutes:

No one way doors and no Race/Religion/Class only doors.

Doors, arches, other items you walk through to get to another room can be searchable hidden or perm hidden if you put its description in the room.

All doors with LOCKS must be either visible or searchable. No perm hidden doors.

Windows and Peepholes - 25 gold

THERE CAN ONLY BE 20 ITEMS PLACED IN ONE ROOM

Special Housing Items

One unique description (read-text) on items per home � 200 gold

Password key / Triggers - 5000 gold (one per house hold)

A trigger is a phrase or action that can trigger an exit to appear or disappear in your home. You may also have various other actions result from given actions.

No trans spell placed on all the rooms in your home. - 5000 gold

MORE HOUSING RULES .....

Titles are no longer granted to those who purchase housing/estates.

Noble Lane housing areas are restricted to discretion of housing manager and city officials.

Currently, no housing will be built in Eastern Housing or the Poor Quarter.

No more than 20 feet drops in homes.

Fly up in homes Okay because of flight spells. No more then 20 feet.

Everything else is negotiable

Addendums ....

Please take note of the following:

1. If you are caught AFK SCRIPTING IN YOUR HOME, you will LOSE your home and NO REFUND will be given.

2. Rules subject to change without notice.

Gia Afari
Lead GM
~ Gia's Scribe ~

MAPS ....

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Click to view housing regions ... It should be noted that the areas highlighted in YELLOW on the maps are the only areas I can build in per that region.

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