Housing Ideas and Feature Requests

[Kytrin]

Another thing I would like to see is an interior feature where we have the option, not mandatory, to split space up according to floor plans complete with doors, windows, and walls (or just walls and doors) without having to put down a single partition. They would vary based on house size and style and the walls on them would function as walls on the room at large so you could put up wallpaper inside that's different from the main space.

That would free up considerable slots used in partitions currently, and allow for some reconfiguration of the interior without actually having to redo the whole interior floor plan.

Alternatively, we could try doing this room by room for even greater customization, but that might get excessively complicated.

[ERMITANYO]

In case SE decides just to increase the number of wards. New players should still be assured of something nice to look forward to in terms of housing alternatives, that is just as pleasing if not on par with plot housing.

Apartments their Buildings, Flats, Sorroundings, and Amenities should be improved.

The Building/s should showcase the architecture of the city state they are located, one should be able to run around the building and see how it looks like and not just see the front gate.

The Flats should be upgradable from the default studio type with a medium sized balcony area priced at 500k, to a large area apartment for e.g. 40M, that can be divided to easily fit 3 rooms, as well as having a large balcony instanced area.

The Sorroundings should highlight the most beautiful landscapes of the apartments' city state location.

The Amenities, apart from the default npc, mb, summoning bell, and mailbox, if possible have an allotted 1 deluxe sized garden plot for the default studio sized apartment, and 2 deluxe sized garden plots once the flat is upgraded to a large area apartment. Also, stables that are always clean.

[Feronar]

Sell large apartments. They could have twice the floor space and cost 1 million gil.

[MizArai]

Sell large apartments. They could have twice the floor space and cost 1 million gil.

I would totally buy a small house (literally twice the floor space of an apt/ FC room) that won't be demo'd for 1 million gil!!! Sign me up please!

[ERMITANYO]

Sell large apartments. They could have twice the floor space and cost 1 million gil.

With an exterior design mechanic similar to the HOH tower, you can move around the exterior of the tower and even see it from a distance, but the apartment units and balconies are instanced, they could probably design the exterior walls of the building to make it appear as though it had balconies for each room.

[ERMITANYO]

Apartments their Buildings, Flats, Sorroundings, and Amenities should be improved.

The Building/s should showcase the architecture of the city state they are located, it could possibly be placed in rural locations e.g. in the middle of the Ruby Sea, using an already existing design mechanic like that of the HOH Tower, one can fly or warp to the location, move around the building and even see it from a distance.

The Flats, to have the already existing design mechanic, "Entrance to Additional Chambers" enabled (so no need to redesign the flat to make it upgradable)

But limited to e.g. 10 chambers, the only options would be "Purchase Additional Chamber and Move to Specified Chamber"

Consequently it will not include a workshop. The additional chambers can be purchased by the owner of the flat at his/her discretion.

Also, Indoor gardening should be implemented, and enabling some outdoor furniture for indoor use should be implemented as well (so no more need to redesign for instanced balcony)

The Sorroundings should highlight the most beautiful landscapes of the apartments' city state location.

The Amenities, apart from the default npc, mb, summoning bell, and mailbox. The location must have its own aetherite, and connected to other city states via airship, and places to hold in game events, as well as, stables that are always clean.

For Private Estates:

I suggest for the coming expansion, that the building area (the highlighted area on a vacant plot), would have "preset" adjustble* options, for the plot owner to select or rotate (like when one is arranging the angle of furnishings) which direction their house is facing.

the same goes for the entrance gate which is adjustable to face a desired direction, consequently outside grounds details e.g. rocks, steps, trees, ditches in front of the gate adjusts to the directional setting chosen by the plot owner.

And if possible enable the "Entrance to Additional Chambers" for private estates, but limited to e.g. 10 additional chambers only, and without the workshop. The additional chambers could be purchased by the owner of the estate at his/her discretion.

[ern815]

I currently would just want the feature to move my apartment without having to demolish and rebuild from scratch.

[Kytrin]

Apartments their Buildings, Flats, Sorroundings, and Amenities should be improved.

You have really put a lot of thought into this. I'm impressed. I think I would prefer a blending of suggestions. Your instanced ideas and the idea that you can upgrade your apartments up to the equivalent of a large house for gil. I would cheerfully work my butt off to get a penthouse suite and unlock a few private rooms for bedrooms/guest rooms/bathrooms. If they implemented that along with a feature to change the layout/design in a room we could get some really fun things going.

[ERMITANYO]

I'm sure that SE knows what to do to improve housing, its possible that there are some financial as well as technical constraints that have to be resolved before they can implement such changes, but since the next expansion is a couple of months away, we might see some changes in the patches that follow, thus now is the best time to bring suggestions to the table, I also suggested the upgradable rooms in a previous post together with an instanced balcony, but i just amended it a bit to give other options.

As of now if we compute the number of Housing Plots in all the worlds in all data centres combined is not even 1/10 of the FFXIV player base which they say is more than 10 million. That is why to meet housing demands, a form of instanced housing that is just as pleasing if not on par or better with that of plot housing is needed.

You have really put a lot of thought into this. I'm impressed. I think I would prefer a blending of suggestions. Your instanced ideas and the idea that you can upgrade your apartments up to the equivalent of a large house for gil. I would cheerfully work my butt off to get a penthouse suite and unlock a few private rooms for bedrooms/guest rooms/bathrooms. If they implemented that along with a feature to change the layout/design in a room we could get some really fun things going.

[Gula]

A way to save layouts. I really like some ideas I create, but if I transfer/demo I lose it. I'd like to be able to save my work so when I move apartment locations or free companies, I can keep my layout.