An alternative to the current housing system of cottage, house, and mansion

[Raphael_]

Why not change to a system where every plot would start from a small cottage, and then get updated to house and then mansion with each time more money invested? In this way we can resolve the problem that people are competing against each other for the only 3 mansions in each ward.

[Penthea]

I would love to see this but this would mean SE either changing the ward system or introducing a new one, and I think the first is very unlikely to happen. I would love a second type of ward system in which the plot of land you buy has no bearing on the size of the house you can build. I quite like the idea of starting from a cottage and working your way up to a larger house. Or maybe even having the option of three cottages, two mediums or one mansion per plot instead of just only one house of any size.

[Raphael_]

I would love to see this but this would mean SE either changing the ward system or introducing a new one, and I think the first is very unlikely to happen. I would love a second type of ward system in which the plot of land you buy has no bearing on the size of the house you can build. I quite like the idea of starting from a cottage and working your way up to a larger house. Or maybe even having the option of three cottages, two mediums or one mansion per plot instead of just only one house of any size.

Yes it'd be better if we can even have it like those in beast tribe quests where we build the whole places up little by little through each quest we take. Sound almost like day dreaming haha~

[Kenky]

Why not change to a system where every plot would start from a small cottage, and then get updated to house and then mansion with each time more money invested? In this way we can resolve the problem that people are competing against each other for the only 3 mansions in each ward.

While that would personally aleviate plenty of the stresses that house-owners have (which pales in comparison to the Homeless, but still.) it would require a total rework of the ward system, not to mention it would no longer look the way it is with small houses all curled around each other like the end of a street. Instead, every house will be Large / XL plot-size away just to make space for the POTENTIAL upgrades.

It'd be great, but it would take a lot of work that I don't think the current system can handle right now. The Spaghetti that it is.

[Elamys]

While that would personally aleviate plenty of the stresses that house-owners have (which pales in comparison to the Homeless, but still.) it would require a total rework of the ward system, not to mention it would no longer look the way it is with small houses all curled around each other like the end of a street. Instead, every house will be Large / XL plot-size away just to make space for the POTENTIAL upgrades.

It'd be great, but it would take a lot of work that I don't think the current system can handle right now. The Spaghetti that it is.

they would still have to redo the wards a bit but what if they made it so that the inside was what was upgraded and the outside can be changed to whatever you want? for example i vastly prefer the look of the cottage housing skins even though i have a medium. i would love to keep my medium interior but have the look of a cottage outside. i mean what's time or space anyways