Do you prefer houses or apartments?

[Lissandra]

Personally, houses.

They just have more space and utility.

I've seen a few smalls (not all of them) where the entire bottom floor is walled off, and the top decorated portion is poorly done; didn't use most of the item limit, etc. I can tell because of how little items they have out. They don't use the garden outside either so it makes me scratch my head and wonder why they don't just settle with a apartment instead.

[Elladie]

I had a personal house but surrendered it recently and now have apartments for my main and my alts that qualify. I prefer the space to items ratio in an apartment (I like clutter) tho I wouldn't complain about having more items. Don't miss the garden either to my surprise but I can garden at the FC house if I want to (I don't). I wouldn't complain if they made apartments bigger tho. Certainly wouldn't complain if they added more instanced housing with more variety, be happy to throw my gil at that

[ERMITANYO]

I have a house but if SE upgrades apartments to a better form of instanced housing having massive vertical and horizontal apartment space with a larger indoor gardening capability and a scenic balcony following day and night cycle and weather conditions, as well as a more aesthetically pleasing apartment building and sorroundings, plus the current apartment feature that renders it safe from auto demolition, i will give up my house.

[Mimilu]

I've seen a few smalls (not all of them) where the entire bottom floor is walled off, and the top decorated portion is poorly done; didn't use most of the item limit, etc. I can tell because of how little items they have out. They don't use the garden outside either so it makes me scratch my head and wonder why they don't just settle with a apartment instead.

Yeah. =w=
Some people just want houses to brag (I've seen a few empty private mansions with only summoning bells inside).
Others may want to do more things with their house but can't afford it or don't have any idea/direction on what to do.
It's just the option of having more space and utility (plus the street cred) makes it more appealing.

[Bobkitty]

There are things I like and dislike about them both:

Apartments
+ Affordable
+ Availability
+ Permanent; you don't have to keep paying/having to login just to retain it
+ Marketboard + Aetheryte right outside your door (not all houses have that convenience, spots that do are usually more pricey/difficult to obtain)


- Cannot be shared
- Only comes in one size, but there is still a lot you can do if not for...
- 100 Furnishing slots
- Scrolling through the list everytime to enter a friend's apartment can be a pain
- No gardening? (I'm not certain about this as I don't do any gardening either way)
- Lack of a neighborhood feeling, apartments don't get a whole lot of visitors either.

Houses
+ Comes in three different sizes
+ Every plot has a unique scenery
+ You have a garden for gardeny things?
+ You can decorate/customise the exterior as you see fit
+ Shareable
+ Depending on whose in your ward, it can feel like living in a neighborhood


- Some housing spots are a bit far from the marketboard
- Ugly neighbors can obliterate your landscape
- Non-refundable (unless using the demolition timer)
- Limited number of houses:
-- Demolition timer; because of the issue above, you have to login at least once every 45 days which means you're paying rent via subscription.
-- Lack of a permanent solution
-- Placard clicking game