New Chalet Regions Released!

[Frigga Freidman]

I've just been wandering through random chalet regions, confirming they're not for me (general lack of water, mostly suburban placement, small windows, no good views of the sunset), but have stumbled upon one parcel that does offer a degree of 'privacy' for those who are hoping to find it - south-facing front at the end of a cul-de-sac, windmill two plots down the street (visible from the east side of the garden, mostly obscured by trees from within the house), the back and both sides surrounded by hills and the nearest neighbor - between this house and the windmill - at a slightly lower elevation, so not directly overlooked. Here's the slurl if anyone wants to take a look (will take you to the pavement, not the actual parcel): http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mariesteich/100/207/38

[Frigga Freidman]

Here's another nice parcel, actually on the water. House faces north, water to the east/southeast, nice vegetation behind the house and to the western side where the neighboring house is at a slightly lower level; no neighbor directly facing the house at the front. Once again, the slurl will take you to the pavement in front of the parcel:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Tritt/198/61/25 

[LittleMe Jewell]

55 minutes ago, Frigga Freidman said:

I've just been wandering through random chalet regions, confirming they're not for me (general lack of water, mostly suburban placement, small windows, no good views of the sunset), but have stumbled upon one parcel that does offer a degree of 'privacy' for those who are hoping to find it - south-facing front at the end of a cul-de-sac, windmill two plots down the street (visible from the east side of the garden, mostly obscured by trees from within the house), the back and both sides surrounded by hills and the nearest neighbor - between this house and the windmill - at a slightly lower elevation, so not directly overlooked. Here's the slurl if anyone wants to take a look (will take you to the pavement, not the actual parcel): http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mariesteich/100/207/38

Awesome find.  That one and the one on the other side of the mountain, to the east - both are absolutely perfect IMO.

Now if I could only figure out how to monitor region releases while working during the day and not being able to be logged in.

 

And, since we know that they clone regions, there may be other similarly isolated plots near mountains, but without the map, it can take forever to find them.

Edited April 1, 2021 by LittleMe Jewell

[Marianne Little]

3 hours ago, Frigga Freidman said:

Here's another nice parcel, actually on the water. House faces north, water to the east/southeast, nice vegetation behind the house and to the western side where the neighboring house is at a slightly lower level; no neighbor directly facing the house at the front. Once again, the slurl will take you to the pavement in front of the parcel:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Tritt/198/61/25 

Okay! That will do! 😁

[Frigga Freidman]

This *will* be an excellent parcel for privacy... when the house appears. Rocky outcrops/hills on both sides and at the back, and the closest house (also currently missing) that will be across the road will be offset and downhill so may not be visible at all from within the house on the parcel shown. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Posto Segreto/120/198/25 

[Frigga Freidman]

9 hours ago, LittleMe Jewell said:

Awesome find.  That one and the one on the other side of the mountain, to the east - both are absolutely perfect IMO.

Now if I could only figure out how to monitor region releases while working during the day and not being able to be logged in.

 

And, since we know that they clone regions, there may be other similarly isolated plots near mountains, but without the map, it can take forever to find them.

I found a clone for you! http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Marmot/100/207/38

And another clone: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Oberhasli/100/208/38

Edited April 1, 2021 by Frigga Freidman

[Frigga Freidman]

There are several parcels in Woozy that overlook several bridges, and have the sounds of the river on your doorstep. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Woozy/130/176/22 

 

[LittleMe Jewell]

Has anybody been tracking the region releases?  I know someone mentioned they were not totally alphabetical, but are they mostly that way?  Or is there any other logical flow to the releases?

Edited April 1, 2021 by LittleMe Jewell

[Frigga Freidman]

22 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said:

Has anybody been tracking the region releases?  I know someone mentioned they were not totally alphabetical, but are they mostly that way?  

With the exception of Rollingstone and Farleigh, they've all been in the A's-C's as far as I can tell. As of 7:30am SL time today, D, E and F regions I've seen have the 'Linden home' status, but the ones later in the alphabet (like the ones I mentioned specifically above) that I've visited are all still designated 'Protected Land'. I haven't been tracking any chalet regions myself, but keep in mind that there are fewer of them than in the initial stilt release - a *lot* of them are yet to be developed both on the periphery and further inland, so they *may* move more quickly through the alphabet. (Though it sure doesn't look like it right now!)

(I zipped through 75 regions in a bit under 2 hours today - procrastinating again!)

Edited April 1, 2021 by Frigga Freidman
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[PrudenceAnton]

Some photos from my Albus (open floor plan) Chalet album. It's set to open house as well on Aileron region.

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Aileron/99/47/23
 

[Nika Talaj]

5 hours ago, Frigga Freidman said:

There are several parcels in Woozy that overlook several bridges, and have the sounds of the river on your doorstep. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Woozy/130/176/22 

 

I believe Citadel Lake is a clone of Woozy, and it is "Linden Home", not protected.

[Mercedes Avon]

The Chalet's kind of remind me of the child of the log homes who married the traditional. I will deck one out to see how I like it, but I do not think they will be my favorite.

[Elena Blossom]

I really like the buildings themselves, they remind me of our Basque farmhouses, but not so much of the landscape. I find it similar to the one in the log cabin regions, but with less trees

Anyway, I'm glad LL is releasing so many different themes, so we can all choose based on our preferences...

[Nika Talaj]

1 hour ago, Elena Core said:

not so much of the landscape. I find it similar to the one in the log cabin regions, but with less trees

I kinda wish they had gone more boldly alpine with the chalet landscape; I tend to see it as Logland-with-tulips.  I would have loved to see that beautiful European aspen that grows in Germany interspersed with the evergreeens, little melting piles of snow in shady corners, and have some of the little ponds in the very hilltops be hot springs that you could soak in!

[Eirynne Sieyes]

33 minutes ago, Nika Talaj said:

I kinda wish they had gone more boldly alpine with the chalet landscape; I tend to see it as Logland-with-tulips.  I would have loved to see that beautiful European aspen that grows in Germany interspersed with the evergreeens, little melting piles of snow in shady corners, and have some of the little ponds in the very hilltops be hot springs that you could soak in!

In one of the recent Lab Gabs, Patch said that they might add hillier and snowier Chalets.

[Frigga Freidman]

55 minutes ago, Nika Talaj said:

I kinda wish they had gone more boldly alpine with the chalet landscape; I tend to see it as Logland-with-tulips.  I would have loved to see that beautiful European aspen that grows in Germany interspersed with the evergreeens, little melting piles of snow in shady corners, and have some of the little ponds in the very hilltops be hot springs that you could soak in!

I stumbled upon a hot spring in all my region-bopping earlier today! (Didn't make a note of the location though  )

[Leora Jacobus]

14 hours ago, PrudenceAnton said:

Some photos from my Albus (open floor plan) Chalet album. It's set to open house as well on Aileron region.

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Aileron/99/47/23
 

I visited and liked it a lot. Very well done!

I have one question: upstairs you used a "{YD} Small bathroom - Shower" which would come in very handy in my home in Axim. But in the marketplace I could not find it. Did you buy it as part of a furnished house? Or is it old and no longer sold?

 

[Elena Blossom]

8 hours ago, Nika Talaj said:

I kinda wish they had gone more boldly alpine with the chalet landscape; I tend to see it as Logland-with-tulips.  I would have loved to see that beautiful European aspen that grows in Germany interspersed with the evergreeens, little melting piles of snow in shady corners, and have some of the little ponds in the very hilltops be hot springs that you could soak in!

I couldn't agree more; that is an amazing area, with an impressive landscape, LL would have nailed there, and many European residents would have felt truly related to those homes.

Who knows, maybe the new regions to come will be a closer representation to the German and Swiss landscape.

[Kasha Redstar]

10 hours ago, Eirynne Sieyes said:

In one of the recent Lab Gabs, Patch said that they might add hillier and snowier Chalets.

Oooooooo that might tempt me, but if they had snowy and hillier log cabins I would boost up a mini kasha for sure!!!!

Edited April 2, 2021 by Kasha Redstar
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[Trinity Blakewell]

Has anyone else noticed a LOT of lag in the Chalet regions?

[PrudenceAnton]

5 hours ago, Leora Jacobus said:

I visited and liked it a lot. Very well done!

I have one question: upstairs you used a "{YD} Small bathroom - Shower" which would come in very handy in my home in Axim. But in the marketplace I could not find it. Did you buy it as part of a furnished house? Or is it old and no longer sold?

 

Thank you. The shower is from a bathroom set by {Your Dreams}. It was a Happy Saturday sale once. I used only the shower from the set and combined it with the Chez Moi Halo Bathroom set. I also retextured the shower curtain. See the original bathroom photo below. (Also, a bathroom shell was created to help size in the shower to fit the room and move bathroom wall up against the shower head.)

Shower redone below

 

 

[Sylvia Tamalyn]

It looks like the YD bathroom set is back on sale this weekend (click to see post by Access):

 

[Leora Jacobus]

I looked at the post by Access but did not really understand where I find the weekend offer. In the Your Dreams Mainstore I found the Small Bathroom but it is 300 not 60. Is the offer somewhere else?

[Elena Blossom]

Just now, Leora Jacobus said:

I looked at the post by Access but did not really understand where I find the weekend offer. In the Your Dreams Mainstore I found the Small Bathroom but it is 300 not 60. Is the offer somewhere else?

Leora, it might be starting tomorrow

[Sylvia Tamalyn]

1 minute ago, Leora Jacobus said:

I looked at the post by Access but did not really understand where I find the weekend offer. In the Your Dreams Mainstore I found the Small Bathroom but it is 300 not 60. Is the offer somewhere else?

The sale doesn't start until tomorrow. Go to the YD store this weekend and the set should be on sale. 

From the Flickr post: "The 60L$ Happy Weekend sale is available only @Mainstores of the participating Designers, April 3-4th"

Edited April 2, 2021 by Sylvia Tamalyn