Question About How Apartments Work

[KasumiG]

Apartments are better than some players make them sound. It's really just the small size plus lack of outdoor space for a garden patch if you want to garden that are drawbacks. You automatically get a teleport direct to the apartment building and access to a chocobo stable, both of which require separate furnishing purchases if you want them at your house. And of course, you will never lose your apartment unless you intentionally give it up.

They're a good first housing investment while you're saving up/waiting for a house. You have a chance to explore all the interior items available in the game and practice with decorating so you can come up with a style you like plus store interior housing items you might have already acquired through quick ventures, seasonal events and other content.

If you and friends want to be able to share a house but can't get one, you can always all get apartments in the same apartment building (or you can do the same if you have multiple characters on the same world). A click on the door lets you move between rooms as if it's all one big house.

Apartments will never be the same as having a house but they are a decent substitute until you can get one.

Honestly I loved the idea of having my own space in game to decorate but never thought I needed a full house especially since I tend to play on my own outside of events and dungeons. So I started to look into apartments

[KayRadley]

So, from my understanding when you locate an apartment, it is an one time purchase and when you place furniture in it it is then yours. Also that you won't lose it if you are inactive for a period of time. Is this correct? Also can you decorate it as much as I do for my FC house room?

Yes, for the most part. It is a one-time purchas for 500K. Items you place inside it binds to you, the same as with houses and FC house rooms. And unlike houses, they aren't auto-demo'd, so you can keep it indefinetly. Its item limit is smaller than other housing units, but still generous enough.