Finding a new apartment

hi! everyone if so helpful here I wanted to ask you a question about how to find apartments. First off I have one right now that is 350L a week and allows 200 prims- I have rented this for 2 weeks while I look for another. While searching I looked up different things such as rentals, real estate etc. How do i go about finding new apartments online - I would go to some of the sites and there wouldn't be any information about the apartments mentioned in the search. What are some reputable places to rent from, and is 350 a week for 200 prims a rip off? I didn't realize how small a number 200 prims is. I will be looking for land later on also and apprecitate any ideas you can give me to finding good decently priced land to buy. Thank you for your time- everyone here is really helpful!!

Well I may roughly that for 150 prims, but I am in a skybox and 150 prims is plenty for the things I have. So I think that is a good price. and am happy with it.

I am not going to start singing the praises of different owners because that would be unfair on the people i would undoubtedly miss out accidentally.
There are plenty of landlords/ladies on the fora, and as far as I am concerned they are all trustworthy.
There is a forum cartel notecard, that lists any business owners on the forum. If you look through that then you will see a few places which are worth looking. But the forum isnt the only places to look - its just the only place I looked.

Im sorry this isn't much help, I am sure others will have loads more advice lol.

good luck though.

Hi Monjolichat,

There are tons of apartments in SL and you're doing the right thing by searching...try just typing 'apartments'. But...I will say this, any apartment rental you find is going to have low prims because because the land itself can only accomidate so many, and the landlord is having to spread that prim use out between many renters.

Since you are willing to rent....you my actually want to just look for a parcel of land to rent that will allow you to put up a small house yourself...and you can control your prim use better. (the apartment buildings probably use tons of prims)

Sarah Nerd has some great rental properties...I rented from her for a while before I bought land....and she's been doing it a while, so she's legit and actually very nice. Also....Ace's Spaces has some really cool low prim houses that are relatively cheap compared to most of the homes sold in SL....

Just a thought.....but if having more prims is your goal....you're going to be much better off either renting or owning land, than looking for apartments. There may be a few acceptions...but over all.... every piece of land has a set number of prims allowable and apartments are great for the landlords to make tons of rent $$$, but not so great for prim use. (CherryTree rentals was the first apartment rental I used way back....if they are still around....check them out.....ya might have luck with them cause I think my first SL apartment had 350 allowable prims.)

That's actually a very good price and generous prim allowance for an apartment. I charge $300 wk for 150 prims, but I deduct the prims used by the apartment (skybox) and the rental box, so the 150 prims all belong to the tenant.

That is a good price,I charge $400L for 200 prims(skybox not included in your prims).

To be honest,you are not going to find much better for the price you are paying now. That landlord must be taking a huge loss every month.(unless they have a million properties and it somehow evens out)

FYI,there are a few places you can go to get quality,nice low prim furniture. Loki's,Essence and Prim savers for starters. You don't have to own a 50prim couch to be happy.

200 prims is plenty, depending on the size of the house you are in. But chances are, it's more than enough unless you've got several of the most elaborate beds, sex toys and other primmy pieces of furniture. And the price you are paying is extremely competitive, even by large landlord standards. Can you not buy extra prims? Are the prims of the house rolled into your prim count?

Hi Claire

I currently rent a large parcel of land but I've also rented a condo on Galveston Island that was very generous with the prims as well. What you have currently is an excellent deal.

However, after renting land and putting my own house on it, I will never go back to an apartment. The problem with apartments is a serious lack of privacy. I've been able to hear others while in mine and of course they've heard me. I learned to talk only in IM when I was in mine. And there are occasions, unless you're a voyeur, where you might as well be participating in a threesome for the things that you hear through the walls!

Keep your pad. I rent villas, and can't come anywhere close to your landlord's price and prim allowance and hope to make a profit.

Our smallest villas start at L$360 per week, with an allowance of 90 prims unfurnished, 70 prims if furnished with basic low prim furniture, and 20 prims if furnished as a model, with upscale furniture and scripted bed.

Keep in mind that the standard prim allowance for a 512 m parcel is 117. The villa itself is 34 prims. So an allowance of 90 prims is pretty generous and is actually "borrowing" prims from the public areas.

That's why you rent skyboxes! I put all mine on their own parcels and 80-100M away from each other. So no one has to share music or listen to each other. I could never see renting in an actual apartment building. I would have to mute all my neighbors.

Well, you have to own a whole mainland sim to offer that price. Typically this model is to carve up the sim into 1024s, stick a prefab on it and no landscaping. Community features may be nil. It makes money, but is painful when you consider the price of mainland sims. Even when you offer 2L/prim, you're still staring at approximately 2 years before earning the money back... assuming that it is pretty much fully occupied.

Most places that you can rent will have a "Rent Me" type sign that when you click/touch, you will receive a notecard with details about the place. Also, if you zoom in close, there's usually hover text defining the number of prims and price.

Good luck!

I have a house on 1536 m with a bout 270 prims available in Porcupine 241, 12,51 that can be rented for 350/wk. Has 4 levels (kinda a 2 split level design) with an elevator. tinted windows and carpet. To the south of it rolling hills over to the Fhelzgud Mall. It is in pg land and has a ban box the teant could use if needed. We have been in world 2.5 years and aren't going anywhere soon(especially since I just pd my yearly membershp lol). We are not on a sophisticated rental system so if interested just contact rudy2zday eliot or myself in world

This just isn't true. The land space has nothing to do with it. A landlord can allocate the sim's prims to any amount of space they want. I could rent you 15,000 prims for one small apartment (minus the prims it takes to build the place) as long as you're willing to pay for them.

I have several tenants who rent elaborate houses on small lots, and pay for the use of 600, 900, 1100 prims on top of the house's prims. I don't pay much attention to the land size, but the lots are usually smaller than a 512.

Last night that the neighbor could see what we were typing. I didn't realize that- or think to ask that question. How do you mute a person?

I am pretty new here and I don't know what a skybox is- can someone share with me? Thanks- You guys are great!!

How much I appreciate the help this board has given me- I am not afraid to ask questions here- like I have felt on other misc. help forums in the past. I applaud you!!!!!!!

It's easier that way, I think, to let the builds and environment dictate the land size and then offer sufficient living prims.

Since we do themed rentals, each one is different on a different size landscaped region. But our calculation for prim allotment is the same over all.

However, I'm wondering from those who rent apartments in a complex, tenants are still using prims whether they are in world or not -- doesn't that add up to a lot of prims? Mind, I suppose they might have half a sim or something, mostly landscaped (budgeting prims), with one apartment complex where the residential area is. That makes sense.

Oh- what is the difference between PG land and Mature? I mean I think I know- but can someone explain it more to me? Thanks!!!!!!!

Lucrezia,

It does add up to a lot of prims in a small space, but it's not any more prims per tenant than if you have them spread all over the place. So it doesn't really matter if they're online or not. I'm sure there is a lag penalty for having all your prims in one place.

The example you cite is exactly right. If you take a look at my Masocado hotel, you'll see that nearly half of the sim's prims are on a few small parcels on the eastern edge of the sim.

I don't understand what you don't understand.

It's all the same - you give each tenant the allotment you desire that fits within your prim limits. Following up to make sure the limits are being observed is a different thing.

A skybox is a residence (or other structure) floating in the air. You still have to have land (rented, or owned) underneath it...but you can place your residence anywhere from ground level to 768 meters. Lots of people like them, because it frees up the land beneath for landscaping, you may experience less lag (fewer textures to be rendered up there), and there is a bit more privacy.

On PG land, you are not supposed to conduct any adult activities...sex, partial or full nudity, etc. On Mature land, you can...but you are still supposed to keep it a bit discreet. Bump pixels with your sweetie indoors, or behind the bushes...not in the middle of the shopping mall.