Any recommendations for a "Starter" House?

Tygerfire

I have the quested apartment, but in a small room, I find its not really worth the effort to be that creative. Also, my guild has an incredible house with all of the crafting stuff and npc's available, so I wouldn't really bother with that.

Basically, I'm just considering a basic house (no more than a million or 2 or 3 thousand crowns) that might be convieniently located (I basically use Belkarth as a homebase now) to banks, thieve's guild, traders etc..

I know I could tour these myself, but there are an awful lot, so I thought the masses might have already formed some opinions about good values and certain places to avoid.

Even though there's not a real benefit to having my own house, having maxed crafters and accumulating so many diagrams and materials, I almost feel like I have to mess around with it.

Or should I just save my money and crowns.

Bowser

Cyrodilic Jungle House. It costs under 100k gold, has plenty of room for bankers and crafting stations, and is located right next to a wayshrine and stablemaster.

Tygerfire

Thanks for that recommendation, that's probably one of the best value houses I've seen.

As far as the reason for getting a house now, I apologize. After taking a bit of a break from the game, I didn't realize they now had housing storage.

This is a huge incentive to, if nothing else, utilize my apartments and finally start with some crafting writs I've been hoarding.

Looking into the storage update, I also discovered the new "level-up" reward system, and it was a great incentive to create my stamina Warden finally.

Bellamy

You might also enjoy Sleek Creek, which is a fairly cheap medium sized house that is also right next to Rawl'kha, so good access to crafting stations, writs and turn ins, bank, outlaw refuge right by your door, and popular guild traders. I also personally jusr love the view and water feature.

davey1107

I agree with the two mentioned homes (jungle house and sleek creek). They’re great starter homes. A third for more ambitious decorators in Mournoth Keep in bangkorai. For the price, you get a load of space...indoor and outdoor, with huge patios and a lot of potential. It’s also right by a wayshrine.

DeadlyRecluse

There really is no substitute for touring the houses--there are so many variables. Do you want an outdoor area? A deck? multiple rooms? etc. etc.

One thing I will point out: some architecture is easier to "customize." The Jungle House is a good one for this, pretty much any crafted furnishing style looks okay there. Breton houses are relatively neutral, too. Sleek Creek is a great house with good features for the cost, but I have a hard time making khajiit architecture work, visually, with a lot of cool furnishings.

Tygerfire

So I just realized I can only put 2 of my storage chests in an apt, so now housing is sort of a must.

What size houses are these listed as above, and how many chests can I put in them?

Thanks again for the help.

strangeradnd

I would also recommend Black Vine Villa in Malabal Tor. It is lacking a bank and a couple other things but it is close to 2 way shrines, a delve, a dolmen, market and stable. I find them dolmen to be nice and I also like the style. If my memory serves me correctly it is only 53,000 gold.

DirkRavenclaw

I recommend Ravenhurst in Rivenspire, cheap, 2 Floors, Big Garden and, awesome for Thieving, Farming, Fishing, and a set (necropotence) that sells really good, millions of Bugs and Butterflies, you just need to buy the basic crafting stations, that is missing there.

Krainor1974

The Cyrodillic jungle house has a nice garden you can do a lot with and is a good starter house with a nice view and there’s a wayshrine just outside. It’s one of many houses I have and mine is set up with a lot trees etc to be a simple place to getaway and relax.

Dystopia2020

Out of all my homes the one I use as a hearth most is Sleek Creek, it was also my first home. The location is everything, best traders, outlaws refuge a few steps from your door, all the crafting stations and the bank right there.
Sleek Creek IMO is one of the best starter homes for location, for space and atmosphere I would go with Ald Velothi on Vvardenfell.

Slurg

Agree with Sleek Creek, it’s a medium size house so you can fit all your storage chests in there.

Also conveniently located to all of the things you originally mentioned in your first post, since it’s right outside the Rawl’kha outlaw refuge door.

strangeradnd

Although not my favorite due to style preference I will agree with all the others that are telling you Sleek Creek, for overall convenience it is exceptional.

TelvanniWizard

Snugpod is cheap, easy to decorate, and has lots of creative options to offer.

Tygerfire

I really like sleek creek (actually looks like a place I'd like to VRBO at), but since its 335k gold, I may atleast browse around some of the million dollar houses for a comparison.

Surprisingly, touring all of these houses is alot more fun than I thought it would be.

Making a decision...not so much.

Catsmoke14

If you have around 1.3 million to spend you might try Hunding's Palatial Hall.

Large inside and out, interesting, with a working (more or less) tower, ocean front property. Not convenient to the wayshrine so I always recall to some other property.

I also own Mournoth Keep (as already suggested above). It is also a nice place.

JWKe

Jungle house, Humblemud, Twin Arches, Autumn gate.

LadyHeloise

Autumn Gate is a lovely small house with an outside area and plenty of scope to personalise the inside. Not near much though. My second choice would be Black Vine Villa in Malabal Tor - small, cheap and near interesting things. And I like that sort of architecture. Sleek Creek I like too, especially as it is so conveniently located, but I'm not so keen on this type of architecture and don't use the house much. Decorating the underneath area is fun though. You can always set a budget and order the list at http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Player_Houses

Shadowfell

I've never bought it but am always tempted by the Old Mistvale Manor just outside Riften - close to a town and really pretty - nice balcony and garden

GimpyPorcupine

Twin Arches is a good starter size, with appropriately-sized outdoor space, and is somewhat near a wayshrine, and a town if you do the quest to clean it up.

Humblemud is crazy cheap, and all of Bal Foyen's services are in one room nearby. It's really small, so you won't have to do a lot of decorating for it to feel complete.

kylewwefan

I was considering the snug pod because it’s big open room. Then I bought something with crowns. I got all the basic housing stuff and lots of pictures.

Tygerfire

You guys keep coming through with great stuff, including the link to all the houses by price.

Side note: I can't help but giggle at the thought of living in the "Stay-Moist Mansion"

ghastley

GimpyPorcupine wrote: »

Twin Arches is a good starter size, with appropriately-sized outdoor space, and is somewhat near a wayshrine, and a town if you do the quest to clean it up.

Humblemud is crazy cheap, and all of Bal Foyen's services are in one room nearby. It's really small, so you won't have to do a lot of decorating for it to feel complete.

I have Twin Arches, and like the house itself, but Hallin's Stand is lacking several crafting stations, or bank, and you can't start/end crafting writs there. It's about on par with Autumn's Gate for convenience to a wayshrine, and is a little larger. Nimhalen is a small town with minimal crafting and no bank, too.

Humblemud and Snugpod are similar in having no exterior space, but being near to crafting. Snugpod is also close to bank/writ pickup/turn-in, so wins between those two for me.

Furnishing is another consideration. If you're making your own, you need plans and skills. Redguard stuff for Twin Arches seems to be easy to find plans for, and not too difficult to make. By contrast, the basic single bed for Khajiit style needed crafting level 8. Breton furnishings are probably the easiest to get started with, as you can farm plans at Montclair Manor, once the quest is done, and their skill requirements are reasonable. That could make the Daggerfall and Wayrest homes a good choice.