Housing

This page is about Classic Housing. For Premium Housing, see Premium Housing.

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Welcome to the homesteads of Middle-earth! The wonder and responsibility of owning a home requires a bit of finesse and a lot of money. After reaching level 15, there are a number of homesteads to which characters can choose from: a majestic Elven home in Falathlorn Homesteads, an underground Dwarven home in Thorin's Hall Homesteads, a rustic Men of Bree home in Bree-land Homesteads, a cosy Hobbit home in Shire Homesteads, as well as Premium Homesteads in other regions. Once having chosen a homestead, one of two different house types must be decided upon: Standard or Deluxe. Whichever can be afforded, it will be a heart home with storage capabilities and decoration options. Kinship leaders can also purchase a kinship home and the entire kin can share the fun of rent, storage, and decoration.

Housing Related Information
Main:	Housing (Classic) • Premium Housing	Main:
Features:	House • Housing Storage • Housing Management	Features:
Classic Homesteads:	Bree-land Homesteads • Shire Homesteads • Falathlorn Homesteads • Thorin's Hall Homesteads	Classic Homesteads:
Premium Homesteads:	Cape of Belfalas Homesteads • Kingstead Meadows Homesteads • Lyndelby Homesteads • Eastfold Hills Homesteads • The Abodes of Erebor	Premium Homesteads:
Decorating:	Decoration Items • LOTRO Store Decorations • Crafting Stations	Decorating:

Homesteads

Player housing takes the form of instanced neighbourhoods within a homestead. There are many distinct homesteads, the original classic four are located within the lower-level areas of Eriador, themed for each of the original four playable races of Lord of the Rings Online.

Men of Bree-land

Main article: Bree-land Homesteads

The homestead of Men is located in Bree-land, south of the Midgewater Marshes. ^{[34.8S, 46.1W]}

The houses in the Bree-land homestead are rustic wood and stone houses, similar to the cabin-like houses found throughout Bree-land.

Hobbits of the Shire

Main article: Shire Homesteads

The Hobbit homestead is in the Southfarthing of the Shire, south of Waymeet. ^{[36.5S, 73.2W]}

Homes in the Hobbit homestead are both smials dug into the sides of hills, and above-ground houses, consistent with Hobbit homes found throughout the Shire.

Elves of Ered Luin

Main article: Falathlorn Homesteads

The Elf homestead is in Falathlorn, across the bridge near Duillond, in Ered Luin. ^{[24.9S, 90.7W]}

Elven homes are ornately designed domed houses similar to the Elven architecture found throughout Eriador.

Dwarves of the Blue Mountains

Main article: Thorin's Hall Homesteads

The homestead of the Dwarves is inside a large cavern in Thorin's Gate in Ered Luin, not far from the Stable-master Wíli. ^{[15.7S, 104.8W]}

Dwarven homes are detailed stonework architecture consistent with dwarven architecture seen in Thorin's Hall.

Premium Housing

Main article: Premium Housing

With later expansions, more homesteads have been added to the game. There are now Premium Houses available for purchase with Mithril Coins or Premium Housing Writs from the LOTRO Store.

Cape of Belfalas Homesteads

The homesteads are located within the region of Western Gondor. ^{[84.3S, 69.2W]}

Need to get away from all the war and darkness of recent events in Middle Earth? Visit the scenic Cape of Belfalas for a breath of fresh sea air - and the most stately, well-appointed housing for sale to adventurers of all stripes.

Kingstead Meadows Homesteads

The homesteads are located within West Rohan in the Kingstead region. ^{[59.0S, 67.6W]}

The Kingstead Meadows Homesteads contain player housing which evokes living on the grassy plains and farmlands of West Rohan. There are two exits from the neighbourhood, north and south-east.

Eastfold Hills Homesteads

The homesteads are located in an area within West Rohan in the Eastfold region. ^{[63.7S, 68.2W]}

The Eastfold Hills Homesteads contain player housing which evokes living in the rugged and wooded foothills.

The Abodes of Erebor

The homesteads are located within Erebor in the Eryn Lasgalen region. ^{[13.7N, 137.4W]}

Smaug's treasure hoards have been opened. The dwarves of Erebor have reclaimed it and opened housing in the Great Hall under the Mountain.

This massive multi-leveled homestead consists of many tiers of green granite stone with gold inlay, complete with elevators, and swimming pools full of gold coin to swim in.

Lyndelby Homesteads

The homesteads are located to the south-east of Lyndelby in the Wells of Langflood region. ^{[26.7N, 68.0W]}

The river-hobbits of this hidden valley live a life of secluded peace. Here, many smials have been dug into the mountainsides between Lyndelby and High Sundergrót.

Neighbourhoods

Each neighbourhood consists of 30 houses:

Each server starts with a small number of neighbourhoods. When all the houses in one neighbourhood are sold, a new instance is generated and more houses become available for purchase. While this process is expansive, it is not indefinite. As a result, some servers have had issues with shortages of certain housing types.

While each neighbourhood instance has exactly the same geographical layout, each house has a unique address based on street and the name of the neighbourhood. For example, 6 Myrtle Court, Derndelf, Shire Homesteads (i.e. street, neighbourhood, region).

Services - All neighbourhoods have a local Vault-keeper and vendors such as the Healer, Housing Furnisher, Provisioner, and Supplier. The latter also offer house owners vendor discounts. Far-ranging Stable-masters are also available with swift travel to many locations as well as to festival areas. A complete grouping of Tasks Bulletin Boards and collection boxes can be found in the Town Square, allowing for easy pick-up and turn-in all in one spot.

Social Spaces - Each neighbourhood has its own gathering area with a stage and rows of chairs. In the Shire and Bree neighbourhoods, there are areas with tents that allow for role-playing of a market area. The Shire homestead also has a party tree that can be used for public gatherings. These gathering areas can be used for meetings and events held by players.

Tips: At neighbourhood gates, friends can use the "Add to Favorites" star button at the entering panel. Also, an easy way for visitors to travel to a neighbourhood is through the Broker's Office in Bree, where all Housing Brokers can be found.

Personal Houses

Main article: House, see for further details on houses and their types.

Personal houses allow players to establish roots in Middle-earth, with their own customizable space. Personal houses are either Standard or Deluxe houses, both offering additional storage space: See Housing Storage.

Standard Houses

Standard houses offer 32 interior decoration hooks, 5 exterior hooks, and a storage chest:

Deluxe Houses

Deluxe houses offer 74 interior decoration hooks, 7 exterior hooks, and a storage chest:

Travel Skill - When a character owns a personal house, all the characters on the player's account will automatically receive the Travel to Personal House skill that returns them to their personal house. The skill has a one hour cooldown separate from the other recall cooldowns.

Vendor Discount - Also, the characters on the account will automatically receive a Passive Skill that grants a 10% discount when purchasing and repairing with the vendors inside the neighbourhood in which their house lies. This does not stack with the Kinship discount, which is 15%. If the character's Kinship house and personal house are in the same neighbourhood, only the Kinship discount will apply.

Kinship Houses

Kinship houses are the largest of houses, and are designed to be gathering halls that kinships can use for meetings, events, and general socialization. Only the Leader of a Rank 7 Kinship or higher can purchase a Kinship House. A kinship can have only one Kinship House.

Kinship houses in non-Premium neighborhoods offer 121-130 interior decoration hooks, 12 exterior hooks, and a storage chest:

Kinship houses in Premium neighborhoods offer significantly more decoration hooks that those in non-Premium neighborhoods. See each Premium Housing homesteads page for details.

Travel Skill - If a character is a member of a kinship that has a kinship house, they will automatically receive Travel to Kinship House and Travel to Kinship Member's House skills having a one hour cooldown separate from other recall skill cooldowns.

Vendor Discount - Members of the kinship will automatically receive a 15% discount when purchasing and repairing at the vendors inside that kinship's neighbourhood. This does not stack with the Personal House discount; only the better discount will apply.

Purchasing a House

Players can purchase only one Personal House per account per server, and must be at least level 15.

Buy a house from a Housing Broker or by visiting a neighbourhood and clicking a "For Sale" sign (if there is any). Housing Brokers are found near the entrance to each homesteads as well as in other locations. All of them can also be found together at the Broker's Office, in Bree. Stable-masters in South Bree, Michel Delving, Celondim, and Thorin's Gate can offer a ride to the homesteads of their respective regions.

The purchase cost varies slightly from address to address within a neighbourhood, but the average cost are:

Standard: 1
Deluxe: 7
Kinship: 15

Housing Management

Main article: House#Housing_Management, see for details on Abandoning and Foreclosure.

Upon purchase, a house owner can access the House panel (from Character panel or Housing Management icon on your radar) which displays the character's personal house as well as the kinship house. The panel offers housing management options such as paying upkeep and setting house permissions among others.

Maintenance

In addition to the purchase price, a house has an upkeep fee. If the upkeep is in arrears the house will be locked until the outstanding amount is paid, and marked for eventual foreclosure. The upkeep cost varies slightly from address to address within a neighbourhood, but the average weekly fees are:

Standard: 50
Deluxe: 150
Kinship: 300

House Permissions

The owner can manage permissions for their houses, including who can toggle the Decoration Mode, access the storage chest or pay for the upkeep.

Tips: Location may be a factor when choosing a personal house as it relates to travelling. Because any character receives A) the free Return Home skill providing free fast travel to any milestone of the player's choice, B) a Racial Trait at a certain level providing free transport to their racial home town, C) a free Travel to Kinship House skill (if being in a Kinship and the Kinship owns such a house), and D) a free Travel to Personal House skill bound to the characters on the same world and account. Hence, a player may want to put down his/her house in an area that provides yet another fast travel destination.

Decorating

Main article: Decoration Items

House yards and interiors can be customized with decoration items which come in different types such as Furniture, Wall, Floor etc. They are placed in "decoration hooks" and may be rotated within that hook. Decorations can be bought or crafted, as well as rewarded from various sources. Players can purchase ambient music that plays automatically when anybody is inside. There are also Crafting Stations that provides crafting abilities to visitors.

To apply the decorations, players must first enter Decoration Mode by clicking on the Toggle Decoration Mode icon on lower left of the radar.

House type	Interior hooks	Exterior hooks
Standard House	32	5
Deluxe House	74	7
Kinship House (non-Premium)	121-130	12
Kinship House (Premium)	180+	38+

Housing Quests

[...] The Golden Hall of Erebor
[15] Building the Bree Homestead
[15] Building the Duillond Homestead
[15] Building the Michel Delving Homestead
[15] Building the Thorin's Hall Homestead
[15] Homesteads of Eriador
[15] The Taxidermist of Bree
[15] There's No Place Like Home

Kingstead Meadows Homesteads Quests (requires a premium house or mead hall in Kingstead Meadows):

[...] Homesteads of Rohan
[...] Households of the Kingstead (requires housing ownership (non-mead hall) in the Kingstead Meadows Homesteads)
[...] Mead Hall in the Households of Kingstead (requires mead hall ownership in the Kingstead Meadows Homesteads)
[...] Beautifying the Walk
[...] Grooming the Horses
[...] Shooing Some Nuisance
[...] Showing Off
[...] Sowing the Fields

Eastfold Hills Homesteads Quests (requires a premium house or mead hall in Eastfold Hills):

[...] Homesteads of Rohan
[...] Homesteads of the Eastfold (requires housing ownership (non-mead hall) in the Eastfold Hills Homesteads)
[...] Mead Hall in the Homesteads of the Eastfold (requires Mead Hall ownership in the Eastfold Hills Homesteads)
[...] Ducks and Drakes
[...] Lighting the Path
[...] Neighbourly Pies
[...] Raking the Woods
[...] Sprucing up the Walk

Housing Related Recipes

Many recipes for crafted decoration items are available from the Housing Furnishers inside the homesteads, from Reputation vendors across Middle-earth, and more. (Some recipes require very high standing with the reputation faction in order to purchase the recipe, but not to learn and craft the item.)

Cook

Item	Vendor	Location	Cost
Breakfast Table Recipe	Bill Twiggins	Bree-land Homesteads
Hobbit Keg Recipe	Maneser Goodbody	The Mathom House	16 52
Large Feasting Table Recipe	Maneser Goodbody	The Mathom House	16 52
Small Feasting Table Recipe	Maneser Goodbody	The Mathom House	11

Farmer

Item	Vendor	Location	Cost
Potted Amaranth Recipe	Bassiril	Imlad Lalaith	6 Lothlórien Silver Branches
Potted Bloodwort Recipe	Bassiril	Imlad Lalaith	6 Lothlórien Silver Branches
Potted Elder Recipe	Bassiril	Imlad Lalaith	6 Lothlórien Silver Branches
Potted Saffron Recipe	Bassiril	Imlad Lalaith	6 Lothlórien Silver Branches

Forester

	Item	Vendor	Location	Cost
	Log-holder Recipe	Bill Twiggins	Bree-land Homesteads

Jeweller

Item	Vendor	Location
Elven Starry Chandelier Recipe	Barthavron	Falathlorn Homesteads
Pointed Chandelier Recipe	Authun	Blue Stone Garrison
Silver Candlestand Recipe	Authun	Blue Stone Garrison

Metalsmith

	Item	Vendor	Location	Cost
	Candlestand Recipe	Hafgrím	Gath Forthnír	16 52
	Iron Candlestand Recipe	Hafgrím	Gath Forthnír	16 52

Scholar

Item	Vendor	Location	Cost
'Above Weathertop' Painting Recipe	Atharbain	Rivendell	16 52
'Shore Glimpse' Painting Recipe	Atharbain	Rivendell	16 52
Burnt Orange Wall Paint Recipe	Bassiril	Imlad Lalaith	10 Lothlórien Silver Branches

Tailor

Item	Vendor	Location	Cost
Cushioned Bench Recipe	Malenfang	Esteldín Crafters' Courtyard	16 52
Large 'Dragon-fly' Rug Recipe	Barthavron	Falathlorn Homesteads	16 52
Large White 'Leaf Border' Rug Recipe	Barthavron	Falathlorn Homesteads	5
Red Canopy Bed Recipe	Malenfang	Esteldín Crafters' Courtyard	16 52
Small 'High Seas' Rug Recipe	Barthavron	Falathlorn Homesteads	24 76
Small 'Ring and Leaf' Rug Recipe	Barthavron	Falathlorn Homesteads	10
Small 'Tree Shadow' Rug Recipe	Barthavron	Falathlorn Homesteads	2 52

Weaponsmith

	Item	Vendor	Location	Cost
	Leaf-blade Candlestand Recipe	Celegdes	Tinnudir (Keep)	16 52
	Leaf-blade Chandelier Recipe	Celegdes	Tinnudir (Keep)	16 52

Woodworker

Item	Vendor	Location	Cost
Long Dwarf-make Table Recipe	Rambi	Thorin's Hall Homesteads	2 52
Red Scholar's Bookshelf Recipe	Barthavron	Falathlorn Homesteads	10
Scholar's Bentwood Bookshelf Recipe	Rolf Bracegirdle	Shire Homesteads	10
Scholar's Cupboard Recipe	Tully Hopwood	Bree-town Hunting Lodge	16 52
Scholar's Pointed Bookshelf Recipe	Bill Twiggins	Bree-land Homesteads	10
Scholar's Round Table Recipe	Tully Hopwood	Bree-town Hunting Lodge	16 52
Scholar's Small Bentwood Bookshelf Recipe	Rolf Bracegirdle	Shire Homesteads	5

Homesteads of Middle-earth
Standard Housing: Bree-land Homesteads • Falathlorn Homesteads • Shire Homesteads • Thorin's Hall Homesteads Premium Housing: The Abodes of Erebor • Cape of Belfalas Homesteads • Eastfold Hills Homesteads • Kingstead Meadows Homesteads • Lyndelby Homesteads