Free or Super Cheap Ocean Plots

Hi, so Ive never considered home ownership in Second life, untill I found the neatest house, Its kind of a House boat, And I would like to buy it put it somewhere and set it as my home. Most of the places I have looked at to rent are Land, But I kinda think it would be neat to just set it out in the middle of the ocean, lots of Privacy etc. There is so much Ocean are there any free places to put a houseboat like this? Or would I have too rent a place and make it into an ocean. Any advice would be appreciated

Almost every bit of ocean there is out there is paid for by another user. I seriously doubt there are freebie spaces, but someone might correct me. 'fraid rent or buy it is, just like in RL when you want to set up a home...

Even worse: "middle of the ocean": that sounds like a Homestead sim of its own. So... no, not cheap. Very not cheap.

On the other hand, you may be able to rez such a thing temporarily at a boat launch rezzing area, and edit it out to the middle of that big bunch of Blake Sea sims near Nautilus City, then sit on it. If everything is linked together, it won't be auto-returned while somebody is sitting on it. It's kind of a pain to do every time you want to have a house, and couldn't really set your home location there, but I think it would get you a nice place to park it for a while. You could even have guests, as long as somebody remained seated at all times (and *not* on an unlinked MLP poseball ).

Well....I tell you what I tell everyone who is looking for their own space in the SL world.....look up Lucy Horton. She is my previous landlord, before I got a homestead.....and she is a sweetheart. She has a few private islands full of rentals....and she may be able to rent you some 'space' to keep your houseboat.

Look her up....tell her Milla sent you. You likely wont be in the middle of the ocean.....but, if you have a beach plot on a private island.....the land can be terraformed down to make the water line further in.....and then the house boat can be placed.......and it's quite possible you can find a quieter area without too many neighbors.

Thanks everybody, I guess I thought Second life might have some "wild west" settlement areas, where anybody could grab a plot, But ill Shall look into renting. An i will certainly give your landlord a call Milla, thanks

The closest to wild-west settlements would be in sandboxes, but remember that those have auto-returns, ranging from 1 to 6 hours. And those wouldn't be like "grab a plot", it's just a big plot where anyone could dump his or her stuff.
In ages long past, there used to be some "land grabbing" scheme, where residents were able to "claim" unclaimed land, but for various reasons, that system was discontinued.
If you are a paying SL member, then you can still buy a plot upto your total land allowance. Land is rather cheap at the moment, so now would be a good time to get yours. This would always be mainland though, so part of your plot would always be on land or very close to land (in case the beach was unprotected and the land ownerlowered it below water level).

Come to think of it, some water-only mainland areas with water-only plots wouldn't be a bad thing. No landscaping needed, just some smart plotting to maintain some waterways.
Many people live in skyboxes anyway, so the empty space below might as well be usable for sailors etc. Just disable the stupid banlines simwide, lol.

Sorry - ocean front property, just like in RL, is prime and it costs as if prime. You might be able to find someone who will let you rez your boat on their land, but no free land as such in Second Life. It is a for profit enterprise, as much as any other quality it has.

To give you some idea - I just paid 50,000 Lindens for a little patch of land that has a little bit of water in front of it. (That's quite high, but it isn't unusual either.)

After you've been in the game a while you will understand just what it is you're really asking.

There are a ton of small 512 plots in Hypolazy and surrounding sims for sale right now...most are listed at about 4500L. they arent protected water, but they ARE water plots.

hmm, only ocean side plot I have right now is a 4032 sqm plot, though to be hounest from my experiance with house boats you need a lot of prims for a good looking boat so it might be what you are looking for, landscaping is fully alowed so you can just sinck the land to 20 meter below waterlevel (the sl limit) just im if you need prices, I'm not going to put them here because this is not the advertising forum, but like more estates parcels upto 4032 sqm are cheaper to rent or lease then it is to buy on mainland especialy counting the cost of buying a waterplot. to be hounest it might be cheaper to rent mainland if you can find water plots for rent. you have to keep in mind that not all estates and definatly not mainland alows the land to be sunk below water level but at least on estates you can ask the estate owner to sink it for you, only a foolish one would refuse.

Well , yes Im not asking anyone to give me a free Waterfront Estate..lol. I actually dont want any land, just a place to put my Houseboat. And with the amount of ocean that exists Im surprised more places that offer Service for houseboats dont exist, but im still looking. And its little to, A three room house. Im thinking i might just get a skybox and have it become a floating houseboat... Although having the sea nearby would be neat.

Meredith don't give up on the ocean idea before you talk to Lucy! Her estates are private islands......rentals....so it is very possible you could wind up with a nice little water area for your boat.

But, the idea of SL being full of open ocean is deceiving. What we are seeing as 'ocean' is actually just more grid space.....with the land lowered so that there is ocean. But, whether you're using land or sea....you're still purchasing memory space on the servers to rez whatever prims you need. Many private estates are islands surrounded by ocean.....and often times there is some open water 'space' for sailing or water sports. I used to rent from another landlord that had multiple island estates.....and quite a few folks had boats......they simply had their land area lowered so that it was all 'water'.

Talk to Lucy......explain what you're looking for.......she may have an edge plot......in which case the land can be lowered and you'll have an area of ocean to set your boat, with a view of open ocean. It's very do'able!

Also.....there are places like the Nantucket sim that rent space at the docks.....and there's a slew of little islands surrounding the nantucket sim to make it resemble some of the areas off the New England coast. The waterways there are all open and it's quite beautiful to explore. Check it out.....it will give you a nice feel for what is possible with using water space in SL.

And....you do NOT have to spend a fortune.....renting is probably the best way to go because whether you rent or buy....you still have to pay a tier every month, and since this is a first time venture for you.....renting will allow you to get your feet wet (pardon the pun lol) with the whole concept of land ownership.

if you are talking about all the water that is on the horizon that looks open like a big huge ocean..that is really dead zone..off grid until someone puts islands or more mainlands out there..i'm sure there has to be some dock areas where you could set a boat..

i can't think of any off hand but if i do i will sure place the slurls in here for you..i wish you the best on your hunt for a space

Another way to describe those "dead zones", areas of water stretching to the horizon and looking awfully like unclaimed space:

There's nothing there. Like the "outside" of the RL Universe, there's not even a "there" there to be there in. But the clever thing is, your viewer doesn't display them as empty spaces - it shows them on your screen as fake water, like a perfect mirage, to make it look like it all stretches to the horizon. And if you tp to the furthest point in any direction on the grid and look out, you'll see .... more illusory water, stretching off to nowhere at all.

A simplistic explanation, sure, but maybe it clears up what people mean when they talk about things like "not on the grid", "off-world", "empty spaces" and so on. It's pretty confusing when you first come to it.

I haven't read all the answers in detail so please forgive me if this has been suggested:

There are several plots for sale at reasonable prices in the Warbluster sim which is a water sim. There *is* a houseboat there currently as well (on property I used to own..lol). I lived on the sim for close to two years. It is quiet and is bordered on two sides by protected Linden oceans.

Okay well to be fair - this was your headline:

I never said you wanted an 'estate' (not sure you know what that term translates to - that's a whole sim.)

My point was that even small lots that face the ocean, or are the ocean, cost. About 4500 Linden (for a 512 lot of ocean water) sounds right. Depends what you mean by cheap but since you're brand-new I'm thinking you mean something like 200 Linden or no Lindens.

I understand your wish and your plan sounds lovely. But it's like being new in town and asking "where can I find a cheap beach house in Malibu" No offense meant. I'm answering your question.

You can't rez things in Linden-owned water or privately-owned water which most water on SL actually is. Even if it's all water (no visible land) you have to buy the lot first, or again, find some kind hearted soul who will give you the use of theirs.

Rental is a good way to go in SL. I also recommend the premium membership - you get tier on a 512 lot (big enough for a small houseboat) for free, then. You buy the land but after that it's yours with the membership - no tier (land upkeep) fees.

Pssst...

https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=1193806

Just, uh, don't abuse the privilege or nothin' - 'kay?

Wow! Thanks, Clarissa! I'm trying out the demo. I'm sure more info is included with the demo, but I was thinking if one (like me...lol) purchased the appropriate amount of land needed, this could be a new twist on a sky home.

I LOVED living in Warbluster...but all ya need is someone who has a ban-line fetish to move next door and ruin the lovely ocean view. Or decide that a monstrosity of some kind of oddball build (I know, I know, that's in the eye of the beholder) would look just jolly on what used to be fairly congruent-looking builds.

Thanks Clarissa, that clears some things up for me, I pretty new to SL and very new to SL home ownership, So i probably do have allot of naive Questions to ask. And I still dont have the lingo down pat. But I guess when i saw the houseboat, and then looked at the vast expanses (or so it seemed to me) water i thought "Hey I have an idea" now I see that that was not possible. But thats some good advice on premium membership. Sorry if i seemde snippy in my post, and thanks to everybody who gave me good advice

Clarissa, does that thing survives auto-returns?