I need a low-prim small house... all I can find are shacks and mansions

[Foggypebble Muircastle]

I'm currently sharing land with people who have a full house on it. I tried the houses at freebie galaxy but they were all too prim-heavy and wouldn't build all the way. I need something I can fit a bed and table in but that will leave me enough prims to add furniture in.

[Rowan Amore]

9 minutes ago, Foggypebble Muircastle said:

I'm currently sharing land with people who have a full house on it. I tried the houses at freebie galaxy but they were all too prim-heavy and wouldn't build all the way. I need something I can fit a bed and table in but that will leave me enough prims to add furniture in.

Try Hisa. This is the one I'm currently using.

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Hisa-La-Maisonette-DAurora/19263340

[Foggypebble Muircastle]

10 minutes ago, RowanMinx said:

Try Hisa. This is the one I'm currently using.

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Hisa-La-Maisonette-DAurora/19263340

how many prims is that?

[Garnet Psaltery]

I just moved into a small house that comes with the rental.  It's old but works, and it's only 6 prims.  The set of three houses is here. If you want to see it let me know.

[Eddy Vortex]

Carravelli Homes have some starting at 13 LI:
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/210468

How low LI are you thinking of? Under 30?

The Sunnyside Retreat house looks promising at 25 LI: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/The-Sunnyside-Retreat/3781130

 

Edited January 7, 2021 by Eddy Vortex

[Rufferta]

If you go to Marketplace you can click on Buildings/Residential and then specify your prim limits*.  Myself, I like Chin Rey homes.

"Prim Count" does not equal "Land impact" as I found recently. Some 'tortured prims' can be only 'one prim', but have a land impact that is much higher. The other day I thought I was being smart by using a prim with a square hole as a fence - turned out the computer decided it had a 24 land impact....

[Rowan Amore]

12 minutes ago, Eddy Vortex said:

Carravelli Homes have some starting at 13 LI:
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/210468

How low LI are you thinking of? Under 30?

The Sunnyside Retreat house looks promising at 25 LI: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/The-Sunnyside-Retreat/3781130

 

Yes, low is different for everyone. Anything under 100 is low to me.  I also prefer one level homes.

 

 

[Claireschen Hesten]

If you're not too fussed about colour or being gacha these Trompe homes are low Li quite roomy despite the small footprint. while waiting for the stilt release played around with one will more than comfortably fit a bed and table etc. 

 

[Chic Aeon]

And here is another gacha from Trompe Loeil.  They were 25 to play at Arcade but not sure at the main store. And there is the aftermarket.

[ChinRey]

9 hours ago, Foggypebble Muircastle said:

I need something I can fit a bed and table in but that will leave me enough prims to add furniture in.

Is 1 LI low enough?

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/1-LI-16x16-m-modern-house-or-store-Chin-Reys-Alder-1616-01/10804480

Disclaimer: yes, this is from my own store.

[ChinRey]

9 hours ago, RowanMinx said:

Yes, low is different for everyone. Anything under 100 is low to me.  I also prefer one level homes.

Ignoring my showing-off post...

For medium sized houses like the ones mentioned so far in this thread, 20 LI is high, and that is without cheating on the LOD models.

This 12x12 m Tudor revival house/cottae for example, is 17 LI:

I'd say that's rather high for a house this size but the timberframe adds a lot.

Edited January 8, 2021 by ChinRey

[Orwar]

30 minutes ago, ChinRey said:

I'd say that's rather high for a house this size but the timberframe adds a lot.

   Mine is 87 ...

   66 if you skip the conservatory. Hm. Yeah it probably could have been better optimised. 

[Syo Emerald]

I'm suprised someone would go to Freebie Galaxy unironically. That place was already outdated, when I was a newbie ten years ago...

Anyway, how low does it need to be? 

[ChinRey]

1 hour ago, Syo Emerald said:

I'm suprised someone would go to Freebie Galaxy unironically. That place was already outdated, when I was a newbie ten years ago...

I'm not sure what to say. Most of what you can get there is outdated, yes. But some of it, such as Gene Jacobs' houses, are better described as classics. They still don't really belong in a modern SL setting of course. The scale is wrong, the land impact is too high and there were limits to how much details they could include back then. But we still have to give Jabos and the other early masters credit for the brilliant ways they used the tools and materials avaiable back then.

Freebie Galaxy, Freebie Dungeon, The Arcadia Asylum Library, the Yadni's Junkyard collection, Stillman and others have preserved many gems of the past so that those of us who appreciate great craftmanship as something that has value in itself can still admire and learn from them. For that I am grateful and I hope others are too.

Edited January 8, 2021 by ChinRey

[shireena1]

Something here might be suitable perhaps?, very low prims, not sure of land impact tho, im not too cluey on that...

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/170599?search[category_id]=110&search[maturity]=General&search[page]=1&search[per_page]=96&search[store_id]=170599

Edited January 8, 2021 by shireena1

[ChinRey]

17 minutes ago, shireena1 said:

Something here might be suitable perhaps?, very low prims, not sure of land impact tho, im not too cluey on that...

Prim count and land impact are the same, just the old and (relatively) new name for it.

...

I have a problem here because there is something that needs to be said but I shouldn't be the one to say it since I'm technically a competitor on the same market. Oh well here we go.

The store you linked to keeps the land impact down by "cheating" on the LOD models. That means the walls tend to collapse even at fairly moderate view distances. This is rarely a problem inside a sky box but down on the ground, do you really want a house with walls that are invisible from the neighbour plot so people can see right into your house? I actually made that 1 LI house I linked to earlier specifically to give people something in the same style as these houses but without that flaw.

Edit: If somebody feels I'm out of line by posting this, please feel free to report it to the moderators. I will respect their decision.

Edited January 8, 2021 by ChinRey

[shireena1]

Hey thats quite ok as far as i am concerned Chinrey, ..

yes i do know what you mean with walls disapearing at certain angles..

in fact maybe try this house perhaps ?

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Qualibre-Free-house/13108417

Edited January 8, 2021 by shireena1
can never get the hyperlinks to work lol

[Syo Emerald]

1 hour ago, ChinRey said:

I'm not sure what to say. Most of what you can get there is outdated, yes. But some of it, such as Gene Jacobs' houses, are better described as classics. They still don't really belong in a modern SL setting of course. The scale is wrong, the land impact is too high and there were limits to how much details they could include back then. But we still have to give Jabos and the other early masters credit for the brilliant ways they used the tools and materials avaiable back then.

Freebie Galaxy, Freebie Dungeon, The Arcadia Asylum Library, the Yadni's Junkyard collection, Stillman and others have preserved many gems of the past so that those of us who appreciate great craftmanship as something that has value in itself can still admire and learn from them. For that I am grateful and I hope others are too.

Don't get me wrong, I don't want to say those places have always been bad and they certainly do serve a purpose in preserving a part of SL history. It just seemed like such an odd idea to go looking there for a house to actually use today, even more if there are some requirements like low land impact.

[Lewis Luminos]

15 hours ago, Claireschen Hesten said:

If you're not too fussed about colour or being gacha these Trompe homes are low Li quite roomy despite the small footprint. while waiting for the stilt release played around with one will more than comfortably fit a bed and table etc. 

 

I managed to get a kitchen, living room, bedroom and bathroom in mine. They are really nice, though I decided that it was really just a bit too small.

Edited January 8, 2021 by Lewis Luminos

[Rufferta]

5 hours ago, ChinRey said:

Prim count and land impact are the same, just the old and (relatively) new name for it.

...

I have a problem here because there is something that needs to be said but I shouldn't be the one to say it since I'm technically a competitor on the same market. Oh well here we go.

The store you linked to keeps the land impact down by "cheating" on the LOD models. That means the walls tend to collapse even at fairly moderate view distances. This is rarely a problem inside a sky box but down on the ground, do you really want a house with walls that are invisible from the neighbour plot so people can see right into your house? I actually made that 1 LI house I linked to earlier specifically to give people something in the same style as these houses but without that flaw.

Edit: If somebody feels I'm out of line by posting this, please feel free to report it to the moderators. I will respect their decision.

When I'm shopping for buildings, I try to get as far away from the model as I can to see how it looks at a distance. 

Also, beware of creators who say something like "If the structure does not look right to you, you need to improve your viewer settings."

[Arduenn Schwartzman]

20 hours ago, Foggypebble Muircastle said:

all I can find are shacks and mansions

I feel your pain. I browsed the World Wide Web once. All I could find was pictures of cats and nude people.

[ChinRey]

16 minutes ago, Arduenn Schwartzman said:

All I could find was pictures of cats and nude people.

Together or separately?

[HarrisonMcKenzie]

I can't remembered the name of the house I sometimes use, bit if you search MP for "grunge townhouse" or something like that, there's a really nice 3/4 bedroom house that's somewhere around 20 or 30 LI. There's a non-grunge version, but that's how I remember finding it. I like it a lot, and it's not palacial like so many SL houses are.

[Aethelwine]

Barnesworth Anubis do some nice builds.

The Carraway, 85 li, with 4 bedrooms makes for a very nice modest family home type place.

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/ba-carraway-bungalow-packaged/5286890

[Eddy Vortex]

I saw this cabin from Zadig and at 9 LI, I am tempted to get one for myself: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/ZADIG-The-Cabin-100-MESH/16392655

They also have a skybox version too, starting at 5 LI : https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PROMO-ZADIG-Attic-Skybox/16384023