Housing
22.1 Property may be purchased as a weekly action for cash only (no mortgages) according to the housing table. Property may sold back to the market for 75% of cost, or sold to another character for any terms agreed. Shortages of supply in an area of the property market will be announced in the press. Property may also be received from estates, such property may not be sold. No property may be left in a will, but is confiscated by the state upon death.
22.2 Failure to pay the monthly cost of property owned results in a loss of one SL. Falling below the minimum SL required to purchase a property already owned incurs no penalty. Note: Nobles do not have to pay a monthly cost for their estate.
22.3 A house or larger property must be owned by the potential groom before a wedding can take place.
22.4 Private parties may be held at one's house with the maximum number of guests shown in the property table (carousing costs as normal). The owner of a Large Mansion or Castle may host a ball once per season (carousing costs are doubled). All attendees and the host get a bonus SP for being at such a ball, and there is a 1 in 6 chance that the Crown Prince will attend (can be influenced) and allow all guests to toady to him. The potential host of a ball may invite the Crown Prince before confirming it, thus allowing him to charge guests an appropriate fee. Guest totals include any mistresses taken but not the host and his mistress/wife. The effects of drunkenness do not apply at private parties. Guests at a private party receive half of the difference between their SL and the minimum SL required for that class of property in SP, rounded up. For example, an SL 7 guest at a party at a large mansion gets 2 SP in addition to any from carousing and toadying. If a party is held at a Noble's Estate outside of London there is a 5 crown transportation cost to attend the party (The host may offer to pay this).
22.41 If more people try to attend a party than can be accommodated at the property, they will be admitted in descending order of social level.
22.5 Selling property and buying off other characters is a pre-monthly action which takes place at the same time as borrowing and lending.
Property
|
Type |
Min SL |
Initial Cost |
Monthly Cost |
SP/Month |
Max Guests |
|
House |
4 |
400 |
10 |
1 |
8 |
|
Fine House |
6 |
600 |
20 |
2 |
12 |
|
Small Mansion |
8 |
1000 |
30 |
3 |
20 |
|
Large Mansion |
10 |
2000 |
40 |
4 |
30 |
|
Castle |
12 |
5000 |
60 |
6 |
40 |
