Quote Originally Posted by Qinari View Post
I'm curious, I've seen people say this and I don't get why it is they think an apartment that is very small, won't allow for gardening, you still have to clean the stables (that might be a perk if the apartment manager did it for you), have to go outside for a summoning bell or use one of few item slots you have for it, and don't have the option to relocate as house owners do, how is that a replacement for a house? Players can still have an apartment and a house, so I'm not quite understanding how one negates the desire for the other.
They were responding to a player talking about housing availability, not house availability. Apartments are a form of housing and they are available in decent to large quantities on every world. They at least satisfy part of what people are looking for until such time as they are able to purchase a house.

You can garden in your apartment with flowerpots, which will grow types of seeds than the outside garden plots won't. What you can't do is crossbreed seeds (which very few players with a house continue to do after their first couple of attempts).

I don't understand why you're mentioned the stables and summoning bell as negatives for an apartment. Stables have to be cleaned period. With an apartment, at least everyone with in an apartment in that building can share the responsibiity, not to mention also train other residents' chocobos (can only do that with a personal house if you have a tenant). Summoning Bell is still going to take up an item slot in a house just as much as it takes up a slot in an apartment. The difference is with an apartment, you 're going to be right by the Summoning Bell and Marketboard when you exit. With a house, you may have much farther to travel.

As for relocation, why would you want to relocate something that is going to look almost exactly the same regardless of what district the apartment is in?

You also failed to mention that apartments are significantly cheaper than houses. An apartment is only 500k compared to 3 million or more for a small house since it's unlikely any house on a NA world is going to devalue more than once before it's sold. An apartment is never subject to demolition. The only way you lose it is if you remove every single furnishing that is placed or stored in the apartment, then manually relinquish it from the Estate menu.

Apartments are definitely a good option for someone who wants access to housing while they wait to obtain a house.