[Larkwood] Rentals and farmland

[DreXav]

<a large poster has been nailed to Larkwood Town Board>
Announcement:
Rental and farmland reform.

Citizens of Larkwood,

As my first action as mayor of Larkwood, I am introducing the "rental and farmland" reform.

The rental and purchase prices have seen a bit of raise to offset the lack of government funding and accommodate the close future's need for investments.
Furthermore, every citizen renting a house in Larkwood is entitled to rental of one standard farmland plot, as long as certain conditions are met. (( described in rules of rental ))

Therefore the prices are as following:
House rental: 5 crowns per square meter.
Shop rental: 10 crowns per square meter.
Guildhall rental: 10 crowns per square meter.
House purchase: 70 crowns per square meter.
Shop purchase: 100 crowns per square meter.
Farmland rental: 300 crowns, on top of your house rent.

The rules of rental are as following:
1. Renting out new houses is handled in person by the mayor.
2. Each rental must be officially documented. (( rental post on forum ))
3. Rents must be paid by the end of weekend.
4. It is renters' duty to pay the rent either personally to the mayor or via letter.
5. You can not change walls, floors or roof of house you rent.
6. You can arrange the furniture and decorations of rented houses as you please.
7. Up to two people can live in each rented house.
8. Citizens that have lived in Larkwood for a month or have paid house rent for month ahead, are entitled to rental of one standard farmland plot per citizen.
9. Farmland plot can not be rented for longer than the house rental.
10. Farmland plots can only be used for agriculture.
11. Failing to pay rent for either house or farmland on time, might lead to eviction and loss of property.
12. Inn rentals are considered private business and, for all intentions and purposes, do not grant Larkwood citizenship.
13. Town-owned guildhalls can only be rented, not purchased.

I hope that opening the farmland owned by town will help the citizens' prosperity grow faster and further strengthen their regional pride.

Signed,
Vittore Durante
Mayor of Larkwood

<list of house prices has been attached under the poster>
<list of next rent has been attached under the poster>

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OOC:

Paying Rent:
Paying rent is renters' duty - I will not search every cave and forest to find people who don't pay their rents. You must either meet Vittore in person, or send the money to his account "with a letter" and make screenshot of the payment. I give this option as I know timezones can be tricky sometimes. The rent must be paid by the end of every weekend. If you don't follow that, especially after being reminded, you can end up evicted and your possessions claimed by Larkwood.

Farmland renting explained:
If you have lived in Larkwood for four months, or paid rent for four months total, you can apply to rent a tier 1 farmland plot which is 10 x 10 x 5 in size.
This can be rented as long as you rent a house in Larkwood so the costs are as following:
i.e you pay 150 crowns per week for a house, then you rent farmland for 300 crowns. You pay 450 crowns per week.
You can rent farmland for as long as you rent the house:
So if you rent house for two weeks, then you can either pay to rent the farmland for one or two weeks, but not more.

I hope everyone will see benefits of having their own personal farmland, like:
- not having to purchase food anymore.
- easy money just by sitting around or roleplaying with neighbor farmers.
- another reason to stay online, increase active population and have more roleplay.

There is both Farmers' Association/guild in creation and many experienced farmers that could give you tip how to make good money and not only easily pay off the rent, but also make a tidy profit!

Inns:
To respect Aldriona's wishes, Inn rooms are not rentable and are purely RP. They are considered temporary lodging and do not grant Larkwood citizenship - you may not to vote in Larkwood elections, rent farmland or ask for other citizen benefits.

Deadlines and prices:
I will post a list with rental deadline for every renter as well as list of rental/purchase prices for every property. Prices will increase as the region is more and more occupied.

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<list of house prices has been attached under the poster>

Larkwood Falls
Market Street 1 - 135/1880 cr
Market Street 2 - OWNED
Market Street 3 - OWNED
Market Street 4 - Shop, 300/3000 cr
Market Street 5 - OWNED

Upper Row 1 - 260/3610 cr
Upper Row 2 - OWNED
Upper Row 3 - OWNED
Upper Row 4 - OWNED

Lilypad Alley 1 - 130/1820 cr
Lilypad Alley 2 - 120/1680 cr
Lilypad Alley 3 - OWNED
Lilypad Alley 4 - 160/2240 cr
Lilypad Alley 5 - OWNED
Lilypad Alley 6 - Guild Hall, 1350 cr/week

Mountain Lane 1 - 80/1120 cr
Mountain Lane 2 - 155/2170 cr
Mountain Lane 3 - OWNED
Mountain Lane 4 - 185/2590 cr
Mountain Lane 5 - 270/3780 cr
Mountain Lane 6 - OWNED
Mountain Lane 7 - 260/3640 cr
Mountain Lane 8 - 120/1680 cr

Riverside

Riverside 1 - 130/1820 cr
Riverside 2 - 210/2940 cr
Riverside 3 - 240/3360 cr
Riverside 4 - 140/1960 cr
Riverside 5 - OWNED
Riverside 6 - OWNED

Littlebrook

Littlebrook 1 - OWNED
Littlebrook 1 - 125/1750 cr
Littlebrook 3 - OWNED

[DreXav]

<list of next rent has been attached under the poster>

Announcement:
Rental deadlines

Aster Aduro - 19-05-2012
Aaron Valyr - 02-06-2012
Gojou Darkeye - 27-05-2012
Altiar Rasid - 28-04-2012 - OVERDUE
Drake Blackwood - 28-04-2012 - OVERDUE
Luxif Strom - 21-04-2012 OVERDUE
Merrian - 28-04-2012 - OVERDUE
Aradroth and Valamor Drenin - 28-04-2012 - OVERDUE
Stuart - 28-04-2012 - OVERDUE
Hectic - 12-05-2012 - OVERDUE
Mark Hawkaven - 26-05-2012

[Soul_Blazer]

A sealed letter had been handed to Vittore's shop assistant in Larkwood, Sabluh, which was meant to be given to Vittore. Inside the sealed letter contained 390 Crowns and a small piece of paper. The penmanship was fairly poor, but still legible.

"Here's the money for my rent Vittore, sorry that it was overdue.

- Aaron Valyr"

[schnappi02107]

A letter is left on the mayors front doorstep. It reads:

I'm would like to rent market street 1, if it is still vacant. Could you let me know if it is, and when we can meet to discuss renting it if it is avaliable?

Thanks,
Schnappi.

[DreXav]

<Vittore reads the note brought to his office, turns the paper twice but doesn't find any address to reply to>

(( added 1. rule - mayor handles new rentals in person, so you will have to find him, or at least leave an address to which he can send replies to ; ]
I am usually available between 3-11 PM GMT))

[Mudkipz]

(( I meant to ask about this a while ago, but when would someone be able to set up the permissions for my house on Market Street 2? I'm usually on from 3-11 EST if I need to be present for it.))

[DreXav]

Apr 17, 2012 22:13:21 GMT -5 Mudkipz said:

(( I meant to ask about this a while ago, but when would someone be able to set up the permissions for my house on Market Street 2? I'm usually on from 3-11 EST if I need to be present for it.))

(( you have to actively seek a mod/admin yourself to get your cuboid set up. Good luck! ))

[kalki]

it says lillypad alley 1,2,3 and 4 are vacant btu i am in lark wood right now and 1,2 and 3 have peoples names on them. are they owned or not? it also says mountain lane 1 is vacant but in the game someone has their name on it. please explain this

[DreXav]

Apr 19, 2012 4:00:57 GMT -5 kalki said:

it says lillypad alley 1,2,3 and 4 are vacant btu i am in lark wood right now and 1,2 and 3 have peoples names on them. are they owned or not? it also says mountain lane 1 is vacant but in the game someone has their name on it. please explain this

(( the list actually does not display which houses are vacant, but which houses are town- and player- owned. Obviously, as mayor, I can only set prices for town-owned buildings.
To learn which town-owned house is vacant or not either:
1. Check the Larkwood Town Board - Citizen Registry (thread in Group Roleplay), it has all citizens with their addresses.
2. Ask the mayor.
3. Check the name-signs above doors, though it does not tell if the player has bought it. You have to compare with the list here

I do not post full list with details, because such things should be learned IN CHARACTER, not via magical shared google docs ;D ))

[kalki]

((lol okay.))

[DreXav]

(( Most of the rentals expire today, hope you all will pay by the end of weekend ; ]

Luxif Strom, if you don't do it as well, I will have to evict you. Contact Vittore by any means.
I will be afk-camping my office most of the weekend, checking if somebody comes around.
You guys can also choose to just send me the money and 'leave a letter' at my vendors - post here screenie of you sending me money ))

[DreXav]

(( many overdues from this week. Is it exam week for you chaps or something? Just leave a message if you are preoccupied IRL ; ] ))

[ProphetAssassin]

Ya sorry I got grounded. Ill tell Dauntel to pay you today

[mystery]

[[I'll pay I'm doing a lot of IRL stuff. I/e Washington D.C. tons of tests]]

[Megabakuman]

An envelope is left on the front doorsteps with a rock placed on top so it does not fly away. The outside of the envelope reads:
"Mark Hawkaven
Larkwood Falls
Lilypad Alley 2"

The envelope inside contains a letter and 120 crowns.

The letter is written with a feather and a bottle of ink from an ink sac from a squid, and it is carefully written, it reads:

"Dear Vittore,
I haven't seen you around lately, so I am just going to give you this money without meeting you personally. Check in the envelope for the 120 crowns. I hope we can see each other anytime soon.

-Mark Hawkaven
Larkwood Falls
Lilypad Alley 2"