Real Estate in Absalom

Posts : 27 Join date : 2013-04-11

Keep:
A keep is a fortified building or set of buildings connected by a wall. The most powerful families, merchants, and organizations are often based in keeps within the city, forming a second line of defense should any attacker ever breach the outer wall of Absalom. Keeps normally reach at least four stories tall (at least in the main hall, though many are just a single four- or fivestory tower with a thick outer wall). A few have their own stables, smithies, and even gardens, but most are significantly less self-sufficient. In a true battle, a typical keep would last a few days at most. Thankfully, no enemy has breached the walls of Absalom in centuries, and the city has never fallen. Keeps are never for sale—those that exist each have a license for their military nature approved by a past primarch, and Lord Gyr is unlikely to approve any new strongholds from which his foes could plot against him. However, a few families that have fallen on hard times do rent out their keeps to fantastically wealthy visitors, sometimes for years at a time.

Palace:
The heads of the most important groups within Absalom stay in palaces, luxury buildings with small fields or outbuildings of their own and occasionally private ponds or parks. Palaces are generally larger and more well-appointed than keeps, but cost less because they don’t require special permission from the primarch to exist. A typical palace is one three-story building, with two to five one-story buildings supporting it (stables, kitchens, barracks, and private gardens are most common). Palaces are never for rent (there are easier ways to make money), but when fortunes rise and fall one is occasionally for sale.

Manor:
Far more common than keeps or palaces are manors, large and comfortable buildings that are far cheaper (and more practical) than larger structures. Manors typically rise to at least two stories and contain no fewer than five bedrooms or studies, two privies, a bath, a large kitchen and pantry, and a cellar. Most have “great halls” that can be used as family rooms, feast halls, or grand reception rooms (depending on the occasion). Most manors are built around a central courtyard that contains well-manicured yards and a few gardens or walking paths. Very few manors are for rent,
but a visiting king or major dignitary might be offered the use of one by a wealthy family looking to curry favor.

Villa:
One of the more common types of dwellings, villas look like small manors, with one or two floors holding up to four rooms, a privy or two, a bath, a kitchen and pantry, and usually a cellar. Most villas do not have a great hall, instead employing smaller, function-specific rooms (such as a den or family room). Villas have their own yards, usually consisting of narrow strips of hardy plants.
Moderately successful families and heads of powerful guilds often live in villas.

Townhouse:
Most business owners and relatively successful families in Absalom reside in townhouses. A townhouse is a narrow dwelling that abuts another building on at least one side. Most townhouses begin on the second floor of a building, rising above a shop or other business of some kind. Townhouses otherwise resemble small villas. Most townhouses are owned by their residents (and this ownership usually extends to the ground-floor business space), but a few are always available for rent by newcomers thinking to set up a new business in the City at the Center of the World. A townhouse that has a meeting space on the lower floor, and is owned by an organization or guild, is referred to as a lodge.

Flathouse:
Some buildings, especially near major markets, schools, and docks, contain nothing but living spaces. The largest and nicest of these buildings contain flathouses, one-story dwellings with one or two bedrooms and all the amenities of townhouses. Normally multiple flathouses are built on the same level, with each having a door accessing an outer balcony that wraps around the building. Flathouses can be purchased or rented.

Flop:
Flops are single-room dwellings that share communal privies, baths, and kitchens. Flops are smaller than flathouses, with as many as four flops taking up the space of one flathouse. Two to four f lops might be built together around a single set of communal rooms, or they might be part of a multistory flophouse cramming up to 40 flops in a single building. A flop has just enough room
for a bed, chest, chair, and desk, and is a common dwelling for visitors to the city (who don’t plan to spend much time in their room anyway), students, and the poor. Flops are rarely well-kept, as most are rented, but small flops owned by their residents can be quite nice.

Bunk:
With a name taken from the simple hammock or cot common to low-rank sailors on ships, a bunk is the simplest accommodation in Absalom short of homelessness. It consists of little more than a bed and a few places to store possessions. Bunkhouses provide a cheap place for short-term visitors (and those unable to afford better) to at least sleep out of the rain. Most provide just a curtain for privacy, with two locked drawers for securing possessions. It’s also possible to find bunks in the kitchens and stables of higher-class establishments, to allow menials to sleep near their workplace. Less common are free-standing bunks, but a few tiny buildings (sometimes as little as 20 square feet) exist that are bunks for one or two owners.

Posts : 27 Join date : 2013-04-11

Keep:
Building Ownership in Ascendant Court: Not for sale
Building Rent (per mouth) in Ascendant Court: 10,000 gp

Palace:
Building Ownership in Ascendant Court: 500,000 gp and up
Building Rent (per mouth) in Ascendant Court: Not for Rent

Manor:
Building Ownership in Ascendant Court: 200,000 gp and up
Building Rent (per mouth) in Ascendant Court: 2,500 gp

Villa:
Building Ownership in Ascendant Court: 120,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Ascendant Court: 1,000 gp

Townhouse:
Building Ownership in Ascendant Court: 80,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Ascendant Court: 600 gp

Flathouse:
Building Ownership in Ascendant Court: 20,000-75,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Ascendant Court: 300 gp

Flop:
Building Ownership in Ascendant Court: 5,000-20,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Ascendant Court: 50-200 gp

Bunk:
Building Ownership in Ascendant Court: 500-1,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Ascendant Court: 5-10 gp

Posts : 27 Join date : 2013-04-11

Keep:
Building Ownership in The Coins: Not for sale
Building Rent (per mouth) in The Coins: 5,000 gp

Palace:
Building Ownership in The Coins: Not for sale
Building Rent (per mouth) in The Coins: Not for rent

Manor:
Building Ownership in The Coins: 100,000 gp and up
Building Rent (per mouth) in The Coins: 1,000 gp

Villa:
Building Ownership in The Coins: 60,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in The Coins: 500 gp

Townhouse:
Building Ownership in The Coins: 40,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in The Coins: 200 gp

Flathouse:
Building Ownership in The Coins: 7,000-25,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in The Coins: 100 gp

Flop:
Building Ownership in The Coins: 2,000-8,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in The Coins: 20-50 gp

Bunk:
Building Ownership in The Coins: 150-300 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in The Coins: 2-8 gp

Posts : 27 Join date : 2013-04-11

Keep:
Building Ownership in Docks: Not for sale
Building Rent (per mouth) in Docks: 10,000 gp

Palace:
Building Ownership in Docks: Not for sale
Building Rent (per mouth) in Docks: Not for rent

Manor:
Building Ownership in Docks: Not for sale
Building Rent (per mouth) in Docks: 1,500 gp

Villa:
Building Ownership in Docks: 60,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Docks: 500 gp

Townhouse:
Building Ownership in Docks: 40,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Docks: 300 gp

Flathouse:
Building Ownership in Docks: 10,000-35,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Docks: 150 gp

Flop:
Building Ownership in Docks: 1,000-5,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Docks: 10-50 gp

Bunk:
Building Ownership in Docks: 100-200 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Docks: 1-4 gp

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Keep:
Building Ownership in Eastgate: Not for sale
Building Rent (per mouth) in Eastgate: 7,500 gp

Palace:
Building Ownership in Eastgate: 200,000 gp and up
Building Rent (per mouth) in Eastgate: 10,000 gp

Manor:
Building Ownership in Eastgate: 60,000 gp and up
Building Rent (per mouth) in Eastgate: 800 gp

Villa:
Building Ownership in Eastgate: 40,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Eastgate: 300 gp

Townhouse:
Building Ownership in Eastgate: 30,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Eastgate: 200 gp

Flathouse:
Building Ownership in Eastgate: 15,000-25,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Eastgate: 100 gp

Flop:
Building Ownership in Eastgate: 3,000-7,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Eastgate: 20-75 gp

Bunk:
Building Ownership in Eastgate: 250-500 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Eastgate: 2-10 gp

Posts : 27 Join date : 2013-04-11

Keep:
Building Ownership in Flotsam Graveyard: Not for sale
Building Rent (per mouth) in Flotsam Graveyard: Not for rent

Palace:
Building Ownership in Flotsam Graveyard: Not for sale
Building Rent (per mouth) in Flotsam Graveyard: Not for rent

Manor:
Building Ownership in Flotsam Graveyard: Not for sale
Building Rent (per mouth) in Flotsam Graveyard: Not for rent

Villa:
Building Ownership in Flotsam Graveyard: Not for sale
Building Rent (per mouth) in Flotsam Graveyard: 1,000 gp

Townhouse:
Building Ownership in Flotsam Graveyard: 60,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Flotsam Graveyard: 200 gp

Flathouse:
Building Ownership in Flotsam Graveyard: 5,000-35,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Flotsam Graveyard: 100 gp

Flop:
Building Ownership in Flotsam Graveyard: 1,000-2,500 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Flotsam Graveyard: 20-80 gp

Bunk:
Building Ownership in Flotsam Graveyard: 250-500 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Flotsam Graveyard: 1-2 gp

Posts : 27 Join date : 2013-04-11

Keep:
Building Ownership in Foreign Quarter: Not for sale
Building Rent (per mouth) in Foreign Quarter: 8,000 gp

Palace:
Building Ownership in Foreign Quarter: 400,000 gp and up
Building Rent (per mouth) in Foreign Quarter: Not for rent

Manor:
Building Ownership in Foreign Quarter: 160,000 gp and up
Building Rent (per mouth) in Foreign Quarter: 2,000 gp

Villa:
Building Ownership in Foreign Quarter: 100,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Foreign Quarter: 800 gp

Townhouse:
Building Ownership in Foreign Quarter: 60,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Foreign Quarter: 500 gp

Flathouse:
Building Ownership in Foreign Quarter: 15,000-50,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Foreign Quarter: 200 gp

Flop:
Building Ownership in Foreign Quarter: 4,000-10,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Foreign Quarter: 35-150 gp

Bunk:
Building Ownership in Foreign Quarter: 200-500
Building Rent (per mouth) in Foreign Quarter: 4-8 gp

Posts : 27 Join date : 2013-04-11

Keep:
Building Ownership in Green Ridge, Ivy District, Merchants' Quarter, Petal District, Precipice Quarter, Westgate, Wise Quarter: Not for sale
Building Rent (per mouth) in Green Ridge, Ivy District, Merchants' Quarter, Petal District, Precipice Quarter, Westgate, Wise Quarter: Note for rent

Palace:
Building Ownership in Green Ridge, Ivy District, Merchants' Quarter, Petal District, Precipice Quarter, Westgate, Wise Quarter: Not for sale
Building Rent (per mouth) in Green Ridge, Ivy District, Merchants' Quarter, Petal District, Precipice Quarter, Westgate, Wise Quarter: Note for rent

Manor:
Building Ownership in Green Ridge, Ivy District, Merchants' Quarter, Petal District, Precipice Quarter, Westgate, Wise Quarter: 75,000 gp and up
Building Rent (per mouth) in Green Ridge, Ivy District, Merchants' Quarter, Petal District, Precipice Quarter, Westgate, Wise Quarter: 8,000 gp

Villa:
Building Ownership in Green Ridge, Ivy District, Merchants' Quarter, Petal District, Precipice Quarter, Westgate, Wise Quarter: Not for sale
Building Rent (per mouth) in Green Ridge, Ivy District, Merchants' Quarter, Petal District, Precipice Quarter, Westgate, Wise Quarter: 8,000 gp

Townhouse:
Building Ownership in Green Ridge, Ivy District, Merchants' Quarter, Petal District, Precipice Quarter, Westgate, Wise Quarter: 20,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Green Ridge, Ivy District, Merchants' Quarter, Petal District, Precipice Quarter, Westgate, Wise Quarter: 450 gp

Flathouse:
Building Ownership in Green Ridge, Ivy District, Merchants' Quarter, Petal District, Precipice Quarter, Westgate, Wise Quarter: 4,000-15,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Green Ridge, Ivy District, Merchants' Quarter, Petal District, Precipice Quarter, Westgate, Wise Quarter: 50 gp

Flop:
Building Ownership in Green Ridge, Ivy District, Merchants' Quarter, Petal District, Precipice Quarter, Westgate, Wise Quarter: 1,000-5,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Green Ridge, Ivy District, Merchants' Quarter, Petal District, Precipice Quarter, Westgate, Wise Quarter: 10-40 gp

Bunk:
Building Ownership in Green Ridge, Ivy District, Merchants' Quarter, Petal District, Precipice Quarter, Westgate, Wise Quarter: 100-200 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Green Ridge, Ivy District, Merchants' Quarter, Petal District, Precipice Quarter, Westgate, Wise Quarter: 1-5 gp

Posts : 27 Join date : 2013-04-11

Keep:
Building Ownership in Puddle: Not for sale
Building Rent (per mouth) in Puddle: Note for rent

Palace:
Building Ownership in Puddle: Not for sale
Building Rent (per mouth) in Puddle: Note for rent

Manor:
Building Ownership in Puddle: Not for sale
Building Rent (per mouth) in Puddle: Note for rent

Villa:
Building Ownership in Puddle: Not for sale
Building Rent (per mouth) in Puddle: Note for rent

Townhouse:
Building Ownership in Puddle: 1,000 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Puddle: Note for rent

Flathouse:
Building Ownership in Puddle: 500 gp
Building Rent (per mouth) in Puddle: Note for rent

Flop:
Building Ownership in Puddle: 200-400
Building Rent (per mouth) in Puddle: Note for rent

Bunk:
Building Ownership in Puddle: 100
Building Rent (per mouth) in Puddle: Note for rent

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