Perfectly Humble
"Humble's Cut & Curls" at The Pilgrim's Rest Inn
With over 80 in-game properties to pick from, choosing which one fits your individual needs can be a wee bit overwhelming.
It can be helpful to break down how you plan on using the home, what currency you prefer to use, and it’s location. Not much different than real life, actually.
Here are some great resources with details about in-game houses:
ESO Fashion List of homes
This is my process when making housing decisions - yours may be similar or completely different, and that’s quite alright.
Style: While I adore the early House Hlaalu style of Amaya Lake Lodge, Tel Galen Tower’s Telvanni design is…not for me. Sure, I can look past the fleshy-lumpy-fungal exterior and focus on the 700 item slots, but the cost is considerable. Spending money on ugly is a hard sell.
Use: What are you going to do with it? Style wise, building custom structures or reskinning pre-built homes are my main focus. This means the look of the home is weighted far less against location or price, for example. This means the look of the home is weighted far less against location or price, for example. Other considerations in this category: build height, location of any invisible walls, and how easily pre-built structures can be hidden (if necessary).
A typical guild hall/crafting area, for example, requires hundreds of attunable crafting stations, mundus stones, and targeting dummies. The average 200 slot house would just not work.
Size / Item Slots
Sizes at a glance:
(Note: Although ESO does not differentiate between the 600 and 700 item homes in their Large category, those homes with 350 / 700 items will be categorized as Largest on this site to note the difference in available item slots.)
200, 600, 700…? Sure, 700 would always be the best option, but properties that size are usually far more expensive, and 700 item slots are for those with an ESO+ subscription. Without ESO+ that house has only 350 traditional item slots available.
That said - a smaller, less complex build may work fine with only 400 slots. And there are quite a few great options in the medium size category. Domus Phrasticus in Craglorn was the first non-Inn room property I purchased. A great choice, if I do say so myself. It has a lovely, open courtyard in front, with space on both sides and the back. BUT the build height is only as tall as the house, and it’s not extremely close to a Wayshrine compared to many other houses.
Domus Phrasticus, Craglorn - Shown with custom garden
Location How close is the Wayshrine, crafting areas, daily turn-ins….etc? Keep in mind the area around the property may be visible if you build higher up or close to the property boundaries. Proudspire Manor has a lovely outdoor porch area overlooking an alley - complete with laundry hanging out to dry. Deeeeelightful.
Requirements Many properties require more than cash before you can take ownership. For example, to purchase some of the homes larger homes for gold, eaerning the Grand Adventurer achievement is required. Examples are Water's Edge in Leyawiin, Blackwood, Alinor Crest Townhome in Alinor, Summerset, and Proudspire Manor in Solitude, Western Skyrim. These are 600 slot homes if you have ESO Plus, 300 items if not, and cost a little over 1 million gold.
Alliance Hero is required for 3 major homes - Serenity Falls in Reaper’s March can be purchased with gold after earning the title of Hero of the Aldmeri Dominion. For the Daggerfall Covenant heroes there’s Daggerfall Overlook, and the Ebonheart Pact have Ebonheart Chateau. These are Manors with 700 item slots, 350 if you don’t have ESO Plus. They’ll also run you over 3.7 million gold each.
