Stendhal Houses: Difference between revisions

:* The ability to buy spare keys

:* A shared chest which anyone inside the house can place items in and get items out of

You can ask the Estate agent for each area what houses are available there. If none are available now, check back in a few weeks as houses get can be repossessed by the state or sold back to the state by the owner.

===Tax===

House Tax is 1000 money per month payable to Mr Taxman in Ados townhall. You can check with him any time if you owe tax. If you pay over a month late then you get charged 10% interest. If you don't pay for 6 months then the house is repossessed, the locks are changed and anyone else can buy the house. The items you left in the chest remain there.

===Spare Keys===

Spare keys cost 1000 money each. You can give spare keys to your spouse or closest friends. Remember that anyone with a key has free access to your house, including items in your chest. Once you have bought a house you can buy spare keys for that house only.

You may end up carrying more than one house key. For example, if you own a house, and you have a friend who gives you a spare key to a house they own. But don't worry, you can still keep track of which key is which! Just ''Look'' on the key and you will see each has a number which matches the number of the house it unlocks, and the owner of that house.

If you die you can drop a key, if you don't retrieve it from your corpse then it might be taken by someone else, so tell the house owner to change their locks.

You can sell your house back to the house seller and regain some of the original cost. As the original buyer retains the right to buy spare keys for his house, it is impossible to sell a house to someone else - you must sell it back to the estate agent, who will then change the locks. Remember to empty your chest first. Another player can then buy that house from the house seller.

If someone offers to sell you their house, they are cheating you, as they can still always buy keys themself. They should sell it back to the estate agent.

Houses are equipped with a chest which anyone who can access the house, can use. If you give someone a key to your house they can take the items from your chest, so be very careful who you give a key. You must also trust that they would tell you if they lost the key, so you could change the locks.

===Changing Locks===

This costs 1000 money from any estate agent and you get a new key for it. Any spare keys can be bought too. Your old keys won't work. You should change your locks if you think someone has access to your house who shouldn't.

===House doors===

Anyone can look at the door to see who owns the house, or if it is for sale. Someone outside can knock on the door which sends a message to the people inside the house.