Player Homes
There's no place like home...
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Player homes are my jam (mmm…snowberry jam). I love a wide variety of options and exploring new homes. Some of these are tiny first apartments and some are essentially a castle. Some of these are walk into and own for free, and others require completing a quest, cleaning/building, or a small fortune. Between this and mods like Hearthfire Multiple Adoptions (LE|SE), you are closer than ever to Sims: Skyrim edition. But seriously, whatever RP style you prefer and whatever character you create, there is most likely a home for you!
If you are like me and lose immersion when entering a brand new home that you just got for free (!), there are some options. You can try Estate Agents (LE|SE) (by Fallhammer and Fe4therstone) for non-specific deeds that you can purchase. Want a home-specific option? For a few of the homes mentioned below there are already patches created (by elr0y7). For the rest, elr0y7 helpfully linked to where you can learn how to do this by watching DarkFox127‘s video: Creation Kit Tutorial (Merchants Sell Keys).
When I first fell in love with player homes, I found this awesome list of lists by u/TeaMistress.
- Aemer’s Refuge (LE|SE)
- Airship – Dev Aveza (LE|SE)
- Astronomer’s Loft – Small Loft Library Player Home in Whiterun (LE|SE)
- Blackfall Estate (LE|SE)
- Blackthorn – A Buildable Town in the Rift (LE|SE)
- Bridge Farm (LE|SE)
- Caranthir Tower Reborn (LE|SE)
- The Carpathian Inn (SE)
- Castle Valdmire (LE|SE)
- Castle Volkihar Rebuilt (LE|SE)
- Cliffside Cottage (LE|SE)
- Clockwork (LE|SE)
- The Dovah Den (SE)
- Dragon Bridge Hideaway (LE)
- Dragonstead (LE|SE)
- Draven Manor (LE|SE)
- Ebongrove (LE|SE) & Buyable Patch (SE)
- Elysium Estate (LE|SE) & Buyable Patch (SE)
- Falkreath Treehouse (LE)
- Fellkreath Cottage – Build Your Own Home (LE|SE)
- Feykro (LE)
- Frostvale Estate – Multiple Adoption Friendly (LE|SE)
- Greenboat Moon and Star (LE|SE)
- Grey Ledge Manor – No Load Doors (LE)
- Haafinheim (LE|SE)
- Harborside – Solitude Bridge Home (LE|SE) & Buyable Patch (SE)
- Harbourside Manor (SE)
- Hermit Mountain Cottage – A Buildable Home (LE|SE)
- The Hideaway – A Buildable Cave Home (LE|SE)
- Honeyside TNF (LE|SE)
- JK’s Riverfall Cottage (SE)
- Laboratorium (SE)
- Lake Honrich Cabin – A Waterfront House in the Rift (SE)
- Lakeside Riften Manor (LE|SE)
- Lakeview Extended – Hearthfire (LE|SE)
- Leaf Rest (LE|SE) & Buyable Patch (SE)
- Legend of the Eagle’s Nest (LE|SE)
- Lorrain Manor – Player House with Mini Quest (LE)
- The Lucky Skeever of Solitude (LE|SE)
- Mammoth Manor (LE|SE)
- Maple Manor SSE – Player House with Legacy Support (SE)
- Markarth Scholars’ Abode (LE|SE)
- Mornfallow Manor – Hearthfire Buildable Windhelm Home (LE|SE)
- Morskom Estate (LE|SE)
- The Northern Star Retreat – Revisted (LE|SE)
- Proudspire Manor TNF (LE|SE)
- The Raven’s Breezehome (LE|SE)
- Rayek’s End (LE|SE) & Buyable Patch (SE)
- Redspire Manor – A Raven Rock Multiple Adoption Home (LE|SE)
- Rift Treehouse (LE|SE)
- Riften Garret (LE|SE)
- Riftvale Lodge (SE)
- Riverside Lodge (LE|SE)
- Riverside Shack – Buildable Player Home (LE|SE)
- The Scarlett – A Buildable Ship (LE|SE)
- Sentinel Falls (LE)
- Shrek’s Swamp House (LE|SE)
- Silian Manor (LE|SE)
- Silverstead – A Buildable Dwemer Estate (LE|SE)
- Sjel Blad Castle (LE|SE)
- Skyfall Estate – Multiple Adoption Friendly (LE|SE)
- Skyfall Estate – Buidable Edition (LE|SE)
- Solitude – The Tower of the Wolf (LE|SE)
- Staff of Shalidor (LE|SE)
- Sweet as Honeyside (LE|SE)
- Tanners Ridge Treehouse (LE)
- Tel Nata – Telvanni Home (LE|SE)
- Terra Umbra – Mobile Floating Island (LE|SE)
- Tiny Little Living (LE)
- Vandfald Cottage – A Player Home (LE|SE)
- Waterview in Skyrim (SE)
- Waterview – Beyond Skyrim Cyrodill Playerhome (SE)
- Whiterun Apartment (LE)
- Whiterun Mansion (LE)
- Whiterun Underground Lair (LE|SE)
- Whitetail Edge (LE|SE)
- Wildhunt Manor (LE)
- Willow Creek Cottage (LE|SE)
- Wind Path (LE|SE)
- Winterhold Retreat (SE)
- Cynndal‘s Redone Vanilla Homes
- And the most famous name in Skyrim Player Home Mods: Elianora
- Beginner’s Shack in Riverwood (LE|SE)
- Bluthanch – Tiny Dwemer Home (LE)
- Breezehome (SE)
- Breezehome TNF – Elianora’s Flavour (LE)
- Darkwater Den – Argonian Themed Home (LE)
- Dovahkiin’s Vault (LE)
- Eli’s Proudspire Manor Overhaul (LE)
- Eli’s Shack (LE)
- Elisdriel – Bosmer Inspired Treehouse (LE)
- Halamshiral – Mage Tower (LE)
- Halla – A Whiterun Player Home (SE)
- Hassildor – Player Home for Vampires (LE)
- Holmwood – House for a Vampire Hunter (LE)
- House for Witches and Druids – Mielikki (LE)
- Khune – Redguard House (LE)
- Moonwatch Manor Returns (LE)
- Myrheim – Tiny Swamp House (LE)
- Nakahara – Akaviri House (LE)
- Pinegrove Lodge – Family House (LE)
- Raven Nest – Player Home in Solstheim (LE)
- Ravenholm – Vampire Home (LE)
- The Rookery – Bard and Thief Loft in Solitude (LE)
- Routa – Stormcloak and Warrior Cabin (LE|SE)
- Ruska – Riften Player Home (LE|SE)
- Serenity – Player House Ship (LE)
- Sicarius’ Refuge – A Hitman’s Hideout – Assassin Home (LE)
- Thief’s Hideout Ultimate (LE)
- Thief Player Home in Riften Canal (LE)
- Thornrock – A No-Frills Player House (LE)
- Tiny Shack (LE)
- Tirashan – Necromancer Home (LE)
- Vellamo – Mage Home in Winterhold (LE)
- Vetrheim – Apartment in the Gray Quarter (LE)
- Miscellaneous Related
- RE – Real Estate (LE|SE)
- Estate Agents (LE|SE)
- Hearthfire Multiple Adoptions (LE|SE)
- Live Anywhere – Constructible Shacks (LE)
- Multiple Floors Sandboxing (LE|SE)
- Simple Breezehome Improvements (SE)
- Simple Hearthfire Attics (SE)
- Simple Hjerim Improvements (SE)
- Simple Honeyside Improvements (SE)
- Simple Player Homes Improvements (SE)
- Simple Proudspire Improvements (SE)
- Simple Severin Manor Improvements (SE)
- Simple Vlindrel Hall (SE)
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