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--- consolidated:campaignsystem:property [2026/04/07 08:46] – [Cost] johnb
+++ consolidated:campaignsystem:property [2026/04/07 12:09] (current) – [Lease: Common Hold] johnb
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 You can rent land, a building, or just one room within a building.
+==== Why? ====
+  * When you are starting a business -  you earn less from the business, BUT you don't have the same sort of up front costs.
+  * Housing:  Housing costs are the same for 'owned' and rented property (see Cost of Living)  However, some types of property are never up for rent.
+  * Status:  Renting is the lowest status, you might want to move away from it, as you progress in levels.
 ==== Cost ====
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 Initial contract come from The Administration, and the cost varies, according to the location and purpose of the land.  If you want land in areas that the administration has marked for development, the fees are very low.  If you want land in the best part of the city, fees will be very high.  Fees can be reduced (sometimes even waived), as a reward for service to the crown / administration / rulers etc.  Cost for purchasing a Copyhold Lease from character (not the administration)  will vary according to the ++sellers status|(Needs Money; Likes/Dislikes you; Moving out of town;Cashing in)++   -  but will be similar to the base costs charged by the administration.
-Based on the Footprint of the building as defined in the contract.
+**__Based on the Footprint of the building as defined in the contract.__**
-Development Town: 1gp per 5' square of the footprint, and a commitment to build an economically viable business inside five years.  Somehow, the Copyholder needs to find the money to build the business and to feed themselves until they get the business established.
+  * **Development Area:** 1gp per 5' square of the footprint, and a commitment to build an economically viable business inside five years.  Somehow, the Copyholder needs to find the money to build the business and to feed themselves until they get the business established. The 'Suitability Criteria' can be relaxed significantly for anyone who demonstrates the grit and ingenuity to succeed.  It gets quite a few family owned farms and businesses built.
+  * **In Town:**  50x the 'Renting Costs per district' shown above -  roughly four years rent.  Plus the value of any building on the site.
+  * **In the Hinterlands:**  In country areas, protected by patrols from the Town Guards.  Close to town or a village with a guard contingent; 50x Renting costs for a Middling District. Further out from town, but not in a development area, 25x Renting costs for a Poor District.
+  * **Transfer Fees:**  Per square of the footprint - Purchase: 2sp, Inheritance: 1sp.
+  * **Compensation for Void:** half of the base land fee plus half of any building values.
+===== Lease: Common Hold =====
-Base Costs in Town:  50x the 'Renting Costs' shown above -  roughly four years rent.  Plus the cost of any building on the site.
+A lease for companies and adventuring parties.
 ===== Freehold =====
 Yep!
+===== Manorial =====
+The right to collect (and spend) local taxes -  Normally comes with the title of Dominus.
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+Land claimed by feat of arms.