MadameGloom Ravenwood Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 I am curious about how many people have a house and use it for socialising? I haven't had a house since 2010, just been a homeless bum, never felt the need for it. I just tend to socialise in clubs. Curious to see how popular having a home is and if you find it beneficial or just something you have but don't use. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Deakins Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 (edited) I can't offer any worthwhile insight in this subject because my SL life is very untypical, but I just wanted to say that this new topic is a refreshing (and interesting) change because it's not about the new ToS or child avatars Edited May 11 by Phil Deakins 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claireschen Hesten Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 i have two homes currently one on mainland one on Bellisseria i don't really use either for socializing. i spend a fair bit of my SL day in them, mainly using them as a place to log in/out, afk, get dressed & rez nice things. since my first few months in SL i've never been without a personal place to call home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codex Alpha Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 5 hours ago, Carolyn Zapedzki said: I am curious about how many people have a house and use it for socialising? I haven't had a house since 2010, just been a homeless bum, never felt the need for it. I just tend to socialise in clubs. Curious to see how popular having a home is and if you find it beneficial or just something you have but don't use. I have had a home in Bel, I like the Newport style homes. I've had friends over to socialize, which was mainly listening to music and yapping about stuff. I tend to find the SL homes still too big, and the LI too little, to really flesh it out to feel like home. So I end up using it to put objects together, test basic things, sort inventory... But no serious building as I would use all the LI's up just in one room, which in RL would almost be the size of a warehouse. In the older SL homes, I liked my one-level homes with high ceilings too.. .and when I stuck to Realistic Scale, I could fit an entire club in my living room there as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hymn Celestia Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 I have homes on the Mainland and in Bellisseria, which I find helpful during the rolling restarts -- I can generally wait it all out at one or the other continent. I socialize a lot in the homes; discussing decor and landscaping and various improvements that can be made. I probably spend 75% of my in-world time in a home of some sort, mine or someone else's. Home and home-related hobbies make up 100% of my Second Life living and have for the last 5 years. Having a home is super important to me in this world. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blush Bravin Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 I came to SL in 2003. I was in and out, mostly out though, until 2008. Since 2008 I have owned land and had at least one home, sometimes as many as four Belli homes at one time. Though, the main reason for multiple homes was that I needed them for my business as I made add-ons for the homes in the early days of Belli. Things got in the way consequently I stopped making add-ons, so I'm down to one Belli home. I've never been without what I think of as home base since 2008. I love my little space. It's place where I can try on demos leisurely and in private. I can and do invite my close friends over for a chat, or to watch a movie, or just show them my latest remodel. My home though is as much an expression of me and my creativity as my avatar. If I couldn't have my little home in SL, I think I wouldn't be in SL honestly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Boyle Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 I have had a home since 2008. I have had my current house since 2012. It is one of my loves in SL. I very much enjoy furnishing, decorating, and modifying it. I will never be done. I almost always login and logout at home. I get dressed there before I go elsewhere. I use it for trying on clothes and putting together outfits. I do use it for socializing. Occasionally, when time permits, I have social events there. More often, we'll have a friend over. I also have it open for all to visit and use, and I often chat with visitors. Feel free to drop by. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Danim/95/85/57 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilliJo Aldrin Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 (edited) I have a 512 home on Belli, my main clubhouse on Zindra, a sphere tank home on riverfront on an M sim, a place on Zindra where I have all my game rezzed, my 16 sqm tower on another M river with a 512 on the same sim for all the prims i could use, and oh yes a 64 sqm mini club, also on Zindra. I think that s all of them 😂 p.s. I just rezzed a sphere tank above the games place to build a sort of space themed club Edited May 11 by BilliJo Aldrin added a line and a pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceka Cianci Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 I have 3 linden homes in beliss and two on my 1/4 sim.. one on the ground and one way up in the air. I guess I could add three more since I have places up in the air also on my linden home lands.. hehehe I'm usually in one of them if I'm not out doing something.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilliJo Aldrin Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 54 minutes ago, Jennifer Boyle said: I have had a home since 2008. I have had my current house since 2012. It is one of my loves in SL. I very much enjoy furnishing, decorating, and modifying it. I will never be done. I almost always login and logout at home. I get dressed there before I go elsewhere. I use it for trying on clothes and putting together outfits. I do use it for socializing. Occasionally, when time permits, I have social events there. More often, we'll have a friend over. I also have it open for all to visit and use, and I often chat with visitors. Feel free to drop by. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Danim/95/85/57 Cool you are on Zindra too, i'll fly over sometime from my place in Kama City 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freckles Fairelander Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 I have a home but never use it for socializing. I find redecorating my parcel relaxing, so my home, skybox(es), and what is going on in it changes every month or two. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porky Gorky Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 I’ve built hundreds of houses in SL but never actually devoted land to build one for myself to live in and play house. My SL time has always been spent either creating things for other people to use or exploring the grid to see what others have created. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 (edited) I have a Mediterranean-inspired house on my private region but I spend very little time inside it. I'm not much of an indoor person in SL. The house is decorated but basically just for show, because I guess I figured that the parcel ought to have a housey-looking thing on it. I have a couple of little out buildings -- a boat shed and a one-room shack -- for the same reason. I spend my quiet time and much of my social time wandering in the woods or along the shore. If I want to build something, I tend to do it on the lawn or on a bare sky platform. Same if I want to try on new clothes, sort inventory, or do almost anything else. Edited May 12 by Rolig Loon Added a photo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amata Karas Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 I always have a house, usually more than one; when I'm active in role play I like to have a home base on the sim. Lately, more of my time is spent decorating and landscaping, it's my zone out and forget about work time. Reading the forums inspired me to revisit mainland. I'm slowly working on setting up this mainland space. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoiraKathleen Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 I've always had at least one home - usually one on mainland and one Linden (Belli) home. I spend a lot of time at my home parcel, mainly as a place for logging in and out, a place for changing clothes and trying on demos, sorting inventory and just hanging out. I enjoy decorating and landscaping, attempting to make the home and yard a place that makes me feel relaxed when I see it on my computer screen. I don't socialize a lot, but I have had a friend over to my house to visit from time to time to visit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathlen Onyx Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Right now I have a Mediterranean home and it's way too large. I am thinking of downgrading my linden home to a camper. Will play the GOH till I find one I like and use the rest on Mainland to get a bit more creative. I like seeing how I can use the max Li and make the place look good. I'll probably just use the mainland one to create a dance area and put my intan out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspberry Crystal Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 I do like having a home in SL, even though I don't have one just now. Socialising inside the home very rarely seems to work out due to timezone issues and me needing my own space. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaerolleClaudel Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 (edited) 15 hours ago, Claireschen Hesten said: i have two homes currently one on mainland one on Bellisseria i don't really use either for socializing. i spend a fair bit of my SL day in them, mainly using them as a place to log in/out, afk, get dressed & rez nice things. since my first few months in SL i've never been without a personal place to call home. Same. ETA: I don’t actually own land like everyone else in the thread. I did that once and put a house on it, but sold it when houses got built all around it. Before that I rented houses or apartments and since that I have just rented skyboxes. I have been in SL almost 17 years so have lived in a lot of spaces. I probably would still be living at my fave one but my landlady got rid of the land and moved me to another house. Edited May 12 by CaerolleClaudel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chery Amore Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 (edited) I live on my bf's land in one home ... we spend a lot of time there so I guess that's socialization? I also have a Linden home that I decorated recently. I like to switch them out for a new area/theme when I need a change of pace in sl so I can redecorate again. Personally I like being surrounded by what I think looks good. I like to have a basically private landing place and having a home in a different region is good if problems arise for awhile like a terrible neighbor, lag or just getting away from rolling restarts. It's also a place to change and sandbox. I've invited others over but since I'm an introvert it doesn't happen often... it's more just a yeah let's look at each others homes when I meet a new friend that I have determined isn't crazy kind of thing. If I didn't have a home I'd have to find a really out of the way place to log in and out.. but having done that in the past it feels anchorless. Edited May 12 by Chery Amore 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Tretiak Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 I've always had a home base. I have two places I call home. A linden home I used to leave open for anyone to use. That changed when I decided it was time to try out a new linden home and now I'm enjoying spending time in my tree house. My other home is on a private sim. I think I spend more time on my build platforms than in my homes. Or on the roof of them, or hanging about outside of them, strange but true. I don't go to clubs anymore, also I'm not much of a socializer so I prefer a home base to hang out and do my thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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