I have 2 premium accounts can they join houses making one house with double prims

[Belisamma]

I just re read my question, I left out something. I meant to say their Free Linden Lab homes. Can the two be joined somehow?

[Rolig Loon]

Nope.  Each Linden Home is associated with a separate account, and its 512 sq m parcel has its own 117 prim allowance.  You can't merge those parcels and you can't move a Linden Home either.  If you buy land somewhere else, however, you could buy adjoining parcels, deed them both to a group that you co-own, and then merge them.  I think that would work.  I've never wanted to try that, though.

[Ceera Murakami]

Not possible in a Free Linden Home, no.

You would have to purchase land elsewhere on the Mainland, and if you abandon the free Linden Homes then each Premium account can contribute 512 M2 worth of free tier, plus 10%, to a group that both accounts are members of, and have the shared land be owned by that shared group. So the two of them could own, via the group, a 1024 M2 parcel, plus an additional 96 M2, and still have it be tier free. It won't have a pre-fab home on it that doesn't count against your prims, but you also don't have the restrictions that a Linden Home has on the use of the land.

[GiddeonYork]

On 3/13/2012 at 9:14 AM, Ceera Murakami said:

Not possible in a Free Linden Home, no.

You would have to purchase land elsewhere on the Mainland, and if you abandon the free Linden Homes then each Premium account can contribute 512 M2 worth of free tier, plus 10%, to a group that both accounts are members of, and have the shared land be owned by that shared group. So the two of them could own, via the group, a 1024 M2 parcel, plus an additional 96 M2, and still have it be tier free. It won't have a pre-fab home on it that doesn't count against your prims, but you also don't have the restrictions that a Linden Home has on the use of the land.

Are there instructions on how to do this specifically?

[Mollymews]

3 minutes ago, GiddeonYork said:

Are there instructions on how to do this specifically?

help on joining and subdividing parcels here:

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Joining_and_subdividing_land

help on group owned parcels here:

 

[GiddeonYork]

Thank you!

[Lindal Kidd]

@GiddeonYork,

In your specific case:

1. Abandon any Linden Home(s) your two accounts may have
2. Create a group.
3. Invite your other account to join the group.  Do this within 48 hours to keep the new group from being automatically disbanded by LL.
4. Both you and your alt account can be in the Owner role.  This gives you full group powers with either account.
5. How much land can you own (without paying any monthly tier):  (1024(you) + 1024(alt)) x 1.10 (group bonus) = 2,240 sq m.*
6. Use the Map and/or Search to find a Mainland parcel of 2048 to 2,240 sq m. for sale.**  Also check the Land Auctions page https://places.secondlife.com/auctions?lang=en-US#0
7. Visit likely looking parcels to check them out "on the ground".  Check region Maturity Rating, nearby builds, waterfront or roadside "protected" status, and stuff up in the sky.  Check lag (are you getting reasonable frames per second, compared with other places you visit?
8. Wear the group tag for your new group!!!! (Very important)
9. Both you and your alt donate your 1024 sq m of free tier to your group (Group Info window, Land and $ tab)
10. When you find one you like, use World > Parcel Details (or About Land) and click the Buy for Group button.

If you feel the asking price is too high, you can always contact the seller and make them an offer.

 

* Astute readers will note that 2048 x 1.10 = 2,252.8.  In practice, this rounds down to 2,240 because land comes in 16 sq m. chunks.  2,240 is the greatest number divisible by 16 that is less than 2,252.8.

**You could also buy TWO smaller parcels.  If they are in the same region, they will share prims, even if they are not adjacent to one another.  If they are in the same region AND share a common edge, you can join them into a single parcel.  Or, if there is a smaller parcel and also some Abandoned land next to it, you can buy the smaller parcel and then submit a ticket to LL requesting to buy some or all of the Abandoned land to get up to your desired size.

Edited June 25, 2020 by Lindal Kidd

[GiddeonYork]

Thank you for being so specific, Lindal. This has been most helpful. By way of a follow-up question, and just to clarify; we have to actually purchase the parcel(s) through auction, mainland sales, or estate sales but to avoid monthly tier costs we donate our free tier to our group and assign the parcel to the group?

[Alwin Alcott]

2 minutes ago, GiddeonYork said:

Thank you for being so specific, Lindal. This has been most helpful. By way of a follow-up question, and just to clarify; we have to actually purchase the parcel(s) through auction, mainland sales, or estate sales but to avoid monthly tier costs we donate our free tier to our group and assign the parcel to the group?

yes donating tier is a good way to prevent additional tier costs ..and as group the allowed landholding will raise with 10% (free)

[Lindal Kidd]

9 hours ago, GiddeonYork said:

Thank you for being so specific, Lindal. This has been most helpful. By way of a follow-up question, and just to clarify; we have to actually purchase the parcel(s) through auction, mainland sales, or estate sales but to avoid monthly tier costs we donate our free tier to our group and assign the parcel to the group?

Mostly yes, but the devil is in the details.

• Yes, you have to purchase the parcel(s).  Only Linden Homes are entirely free!
• Yes, you can find land to buy through the Auctions, or (much more common) parcels set for sale by their current owners.
• NO, do not consider land on private estates.  That's a separate deal, and has nothing to do with your Premium land benefits or the tier payment system or the group bonus.  Only look for Mainland.
• Yes, group-owned land (financed by the members' donations of tier to the group) gets you the ability to own 10% more land.
• However, follow the procedure I showed you, IN THAT ORDER.  Do not purchase the land in your own name, and then donate your tier to the group and finally deed the land to the group.  This may land you in the situation where you are, briefly, holding the land in your own name AND donating tier to a group.  LL counts this as owning twice the land you actually do, and will charge you tier on it for the month, even if you were only in this situation for a minute.
  • Remember:  Donate your tier to the group.  THEN buy the land FOR THE GROUP.
  • Alternatively, you can buy the land for yourself, then deed it to the group, and click a button that will show up in the process, "Owner makes contribution with deed".
  • Or if you forgot to click that, you're still OK.  You'll get a warning message that the group is short on tier, but that's OK for this short time.  Now donate your tier to the group.
  • Once again, the wrong way:  Buy land for yourself.  Donate tier to group.  Deed land to group.  NO!