Why not just have larger apartments?

Seems simple enough, make more apartment buildings with different sized instanced homes.

Penthouses and deluxe condos for alot more gilt, and even make full on 3 story open concept condos.

Lots of decorating possibilities, and you could make it so they have views across the ward theh are in, simulated picture, but still.

Yes/no??

A good idea, can help with the whole issue with the house buying. There's already enough problems going on with housing as it is.

About 2 years ago, they mentioned adding size options for apartments was one of the things they were considering but have said nothing since on the subject.

Certainly, it would help reduce demand for houses since many players are looking for more space to decorate and not garden access.

It'd also provide another much needed gil sink into the game by making people pay to upgrade their apartments or to buy the larger variant outright.

Would it need a 1 per account restriction like houses or allow any alts to have apartments/condos? Also maybe make a "deck/patio" for out door furnishings go go out to on the larger tiers.

You already can only have 1 per character, and tbh that's fine, I see no need to restrict it 1 to account as apartments are instanced. Not only are they instanced, but they are abundant, and I'm going to guess...easier to add more than house plots are.
I remember they mentioned this some few years ago when SB housing first came out, and I'M ON BOARD!!!! I'm still hoping they add it? It's a great idea and will take pressure off the current housing system.
If a normal Apartment costs 500k Make a Medium at least ...1million a large... 2million? I don't know or care, but PLEASE SE, PLEASE. As an added bonus, apartments definitely aren't tied to your sub so... you won't lose it if you have to suddenly leave.
I'm sure many more plots would open up too...
PLEASE SE. PLEASE.

I read somewhere that Yoshi stated that's the plan in future updates- larger apartments/ larger FC rooms or something along those lines

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I, for one, cannot for the life of me decorate outsides and prefer insides, and apartments are perfect for that but they are small :c

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Originally Posted by KingMeteo

Lots of decorating possibilities, and you could make it so they have views across the ward theh are in, simulated picture, but still.

Yes/no??

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Yes, been suggested plenty of times but for some reason they're rather silent on it.

No need to worry about viewing the housing ward itself either, all the apartment buildings are on the edge of the wards, just say that the deluxe apartments with outdoor balcony areas are on the back of the apartment building :P

I draw a layout I'd like for them a while ago, giving them the same internal space as a small house but arranged a bit differently.
https://i.imgur.com/mRklFEe.jpg

Sounds like a fair alternative. They could also propose a floating islands/aeronef. But we are waiting floating islands since ARR, even before housing to be released. Some people thought it was going to be some kind of Nym extension but finally it was the wards... all for a neighborood that is most of time dead empty.

Made this suggestion quite a while ago on the feedback.suggestion thread, it never got much feedback but I still think this is a pretty decent way to help solve the issue + make it accessible to everyone that wants to participate.

INTRODUCE AN NPC THAT WILL "RENT" OUT A WORKSHOP

For those FC's that still do not have a home and or any new FC's formed going forward, this will be a viable solution for those who are interested in doing workshop content. SE made the decision to lock this content behind home ownership, and while there are many FC's out there that would love to participate in it, they simply cannot because of how incredibly limited the housing is in the game. This was a terrible decision that the community has been voicing for years and while back in ARR the player base wasn't as large, Shadowbringers is your most successful expansion to date. With an ever increasing player base, I think it is well past time for some minor overhauls that make the content accessible to everyone, both old and new players.

There is also another reason behind introducing the option to rent a workshop and it is in regards to those individuals that own multiple FC plots. These FC's, 9/10, have 2-3 members, and are either held by RMT traders and or single individuals that farm airship & sub missions to make the gil. If we DO go this route, it would be best to limit workshop "renting out" on a per account basis similar to how housing works now, so that these said individuals cannot "rent" out multiple workshops en masse for gil farming. Now while I feel like it wouldn't solve the issue completely, as I am sure there are many players out there that do thoroughly enjoy trolling their fellows, I do feel it will combat the situation fairly well.


UPGRADE & ADD A "COMMUNITY" GARDEN TO APARTMENTS

Gardening, another part of the game SE decided to lock behind home ownership. Adding apartments was a great idea to try and help those wanting to have their own piece or Eoreza, but again, it is incredibly limited and basically an FC room. Please allow us to either upgrade our apartments (let's say, the first floor of a medium house) or just overall make the apartments themselves larger, while also introducing a community garden to the apartments. We would have an option to go out to our "patio" and from there, can garden to our hearts content! Again, solving the issue of content being locked behind home ownership now being accessible to everyone, while also giving those of us enough room to make our living spaces a bit more comfortable and unique.

I've got a medium plot myself that I use for gardening because I cannot garden otherwise. If SE gave me the ability to garden outside of house ownership, I would gladly let go of my housing plot.

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Would it need a 1 per account restriction like houses or allow any alts to have apartments/condos? Also maybe make a "deck/patio" for out door furnishings go go out to on the larger tiers.

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Apartments should be allowed for your main and alts. I can understand having 1 house per account but, if it's one house per account let my alts live there too.

I thin it'd be neat if apartments were like animal crossing houses, and you could pay to upgrade them over time. Or all at once if you already have lots of gil to throw at it. Even if the upgrades were just single room > small house equivalent > med house equivalent > large equivalent for whatever housing district the apartment is in.

I’d be perfectly happy if this alone got implemented because I just want more than a small room to work with. Seems like a good compromise between instanced housing and limited housing at least.

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I’d be perfectly happy if this alone got implemented because I just want more than a small room to work with. Seems like a good compromise between instanced housing and limited housing at least.

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I'd agree to this. I'm already used to it coming from EQ2 which was basically the same thing except you had to pay rent monthly in that game.

I'd like to see apartment get updated. It would lower the stress on housing which I'm sure everyone agrees is in a bad place.

I like this design, but for an upgraded apartment. The second floor could be a mezzanine floor so no more need to install lofts and float non table top furniture.

Credits to Forums Member: Jandor

https://img2.finalfantasyxiv.com/acc...0d4699bf3f.jpg

Also, the mezzanine floor will serve as access to the instanced balcony/garden, having a door mechanic same as the door to additional rooms of an fc house.

https://img2.finalfantasyxiv.com/acc...9c7d6142f5.jpg

But with a better door design kinda like this one.

https://img2.finalfantasyxiv.com/acc...8b68731a7e.jpg

I hope they consider this as an option.

Seems like the best solution that wouldn't be too difficult to implement.

I hope ishgardian housing, is not the usual district and ward housing system.

I'd like to have access to all the outdoor furnishings, but mostly, just give me an indoor deluxe garden plot for apartments and I'll never give a damn about houses again.

I'd like SE to focus on making apartments great again. Give us a 2nd floor, space on par with a small house on each floor and a balcony for gardening and were good.

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Originally Posted by ERMITANYO

I like this design, but for an upgraded apartment. The second floor could be a mezzanine floor so no more need to install lofts and float non table top furniture.

Credits to Forums Member: Jandor

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Could go in paid installments?

Basic apartment: ground floor.
Upgrade one: top floor.
Upgrade two: outside balcony garden area.
Optional upgrade: second floor indoor balcony, i.e. turn the top floor into a mezz floor.

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Originally Posted by Jandor

Could go in paid installments?

Basic apartment: ground floor.
Upgrade one: top floor.
Upgrade two: outside balcony garden area.
Optional upgrade: second floor indoor balcony, i.e. turn the top floor into a mezz floor.

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I hope SE gives this a chance. Minus the viewable/interactable outdoors area of a plotted house, if the indoor novelty, aesthetics and functionality of apartments are greatly improved, apartments will be a very viable starter or i daresay permanent housing system for players. Given that housing districts and wards are limited bordering to rare, and not so easily increased.

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Originally Posted by Jandor

Could go in paid installments?

Basic apartment: ground floor.
Upgrade one: top floor.
Upgrade two: outside balcony garden area.
Optional upgrade: second floor indoor balcony, i.e. turn the top floor into a mezz floor.

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Would absolutely love this if it was possible, ngl. Would really cut down on house-pressure.

Wouldn't everybody just pick the largest one though? Seems kinda pointless to make any between.

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Wouldn't everybody just pick the largest one though? Seems kinda pointless to make any between.

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I'm assuming a lot of people would start with the base apartment and upgrade as they raised the gil. Depending on the cost, everyone may not be able to afford the largest size.

C'mon Square Enix. Toss us a bone. Were not asking for much here. Just a better apartment system. You can do it. I believe in your ability to achieve this.

Well if the Firmament in ishgard has anything to do with plotted housing,

https://img2.finalfantasyxiv.com/acc...b3b805bc0a.jpg

basically what the players are seem to be rebuilding are the perimeter walls, welcome gates, roads, landscapes, as the plots are kinda determined already,

https://img2.finalfantasyxiv.com/acc...c3e879c28f.jpg

But most importantly the players are building the biggest structure at any housing district ward, its apartment building, lets all hope for the best.

https://img2.finalfantasyxiv.com/acc...776fecbc28.jpg

I would gladly trade-in my small house for a large apartment if your idea was in the game.

I'd actually NOT want a second floor/staircase as a static part of apartments. A BIGGER apartment, with a HIGHER ceiling, and a much bigger item limit? YES! But a second floor that I have no say in its placement/design? NO, I don't want that.

I want SE to simply allow us to place any object that can be place on the floor, on a loft. Let us make our own second floors. We have placeable stairs already too. Maybe we can get new kinds of placeable stairs and lofts added as well for variety.

I wish lofts would carry items aside from table tops.

And for improved apartments to have their own unique districts.

https://img2.finalfantasyxiv.com/acc...717aca2433.jpg

I was thinking of ishgard then i saw this concept art.

I would love apartments in Crystarium. I love hanging out there and Pendents would be an awesome location for them. Interestingly enough they spoke about small, medium and large apartments and that they were looking into them. One can hope that is part of what is in development with housing coming to Ishgard.

I'm not going to hold my breath on Ishgard housing being any different than the rest of housing, but I would love it if they did do a nice overhaul on apartments. Maybe let the current apartment entrances actually be entrances to the apartment district some have mentioned?

Taking Lily Hills as an example...

In this setup you zone into the lobby from whatever Lavender Bed ward you're in. This place is a bit like a leasing office, you have all the various npcs there where you can buy upgrades, furnishings, etc. Exactly like the housing district npcs but geared towards apartments. You can browse occupied apartments to visit, stable chocobos (who are maintained by an npc), send mail, hit the marketboard, etc.

Beyond that, a large courtyard opens up with all the various buildings for the complex. Maybe something a little bit like the Crystarium Inn where you can actually run up and down stairs to get to specific floors or residents can use to get to the npcs. There could be a nice pool and landscaping situated in the center of the complex (or maybe private lake/beach access for those in LB, Mist, or Shiro?), and outside each door is a nameplate saying who the owner is and a built in mailbox? There could even be an aethernet solely for residents to use.

Inside, you start out with the basic apartment and gradually upgrade it to a size approximately equal to that of a medium house. You could also set up a bunch of secondary upgrades for amenities. Like... maybe when you build your balcony, building out a garden box is one upgrade, building a penthouse style pool is another, etc. We could even have some fun with floorplans and unlike a house, you could actually purchase a specific floorplan to construct. So if you get tired of the stairs in one spot, or want a ranch style apartment, you can do that.

There's a lot that could be done with this concept if it's done creatively, and honestly as much as I love my current house, if this was done right I would not hesitate to move.

I think the Crystarium Inn room is the perfect size for an apartment now only in size but also height. It has plenty of room and you can even make a section specifically for outdoor furnishing placement.

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I think the Crystarium Inn room is the perfect size for an apartment now only in size but also height. It has plenty of room and you can even make a section specifically for outdoor furnishing placement.

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Building off my floorplan idea above... the Crystarium Inn would make a great floorplan option!

I did not ready every response, but I just think yes, I like this idea, larger apartments even if more costly would be fine for me. Having the ability to own both a new larger apartment and a smaller one would be nice, but either or is fine as well.