Thread: Question about Small houses in 2.2

We all know that in 2.2, small houses are receiving a basement in which they can expand into. People are assuming this means they will be double the floor space that they are now, but looking at the screenshots provided by the patch notes, this likely isn't the case. If you look at the ceiling in the screenshot, the ceiling running side to side is much shorter than the distance that it runs with the stairs.

The question:
Are they adding additional floor space for the stairs, or are the stairs taking up approximately 30% or so of the existing floor space to add another level? I only ask because my FC owns a small house, and we'll have to rethink how we organize it if the stairs are going to consume space that we're already using. It sure looks like that will be the case. I know we're getting more space overall, but is it really 200% of what we have now, or is it more like 140% because of the stairs?

Really we just don't know, can only go off of images we have seen. Arkham Native posted this image which is a good estimate:

It looks like the size will increase from the pictures. In our house each wall is divided into three sections by the beams. In the picture one wall has three sections and the other has five.

I was going to make another thread but I will ask here as well if that's ok.

For existing Small houses, after the update, does the house just get a basement added or do you need to "re-do" the house.

Our FC is thinking of buying either before or after 2.2.

Also, is it possible to sell the plot/house some time in the future in case we want a medium or large?

I'm wondering if only the basement will be that size, as I can't see how they will increase the above ground size of the small houses on the plot size they already have without a) having the front door put on the side and b) having no room for a "garden" and other outside furnishings.

the house size will incease as well, to fit in 8 ppl they said in the early live letter (part A)

Originally Posted by Shneibel

the house size will incease as well, to fit in 8 ppl they said in the early live letter (part A)

BTW, I don't undersatnd why NPC vendors will live in your house..., did YoshiP mean fit in 8ppl including those NPC? ^^;

Originally Posted by Rosy

I'm wondering if only the basement will be that size, as I can't see how they will increase the above ground size of the small houses on the plot size they already have without a) having the front door put on the side and b) having no room for a "garden" and other outside furnishings.

I imagine they'll fiddle with proportions and the inside will be bigger than the outside, as with the medium-sized houses.

Originally Posted by FJerome

I imagine they'll fiddle with proportions and the inside will be bigger than the outside, as with the medium-sized houses.

I did wonder if we'll have the "Tardis" effect