You build these properties with the intention of letting most of the rooms and apartments out for a profit. You may, however, reserve one standard room or apartment for your personal use.

Details of 'Star' ratings

Slumming It – very cheap rented accommodation.

• Shack - a single room building with little more than a bed and a stool. Found in Shanty towns, Favelas and slums. No Toilets, cook over an open fire etc.
• Back to Back – Standard housing for the workers. A three storey 20×15 town house, split into three-six rooms - each rented out separately. The only facilities are a toilet in the yard. This is the standard housing that is built to accommodate workers when they arrive - just about every district has its share of these. They do not generate enough income to make it worth recording.
• Tenement – Block of cheap housing with a mix of dormitory accommodation, rooms and basic lodgings. Cooking in small fireplaces in the room, a few shared outside toilets. Ground floor is generally a working class business, such as a cheap bar, soup kitchen, second hand clothes, penny store, etc. This is the best value building for land lords – and needed because they provide an affordable home to most of the town’s workers.

In Business – reasonable rented accommodation.

• Apartment blocks – upscale accommodation blocks made up of apartments of various sizes – from family homes to a nice room for the discerning man about town. They have decent sized fireplaces, and enough shared toilets to go around. Much of the ground floor is given over to business – Possibly a grocer, wine shop or offices. Better quality accommodation, but too expensive for most of the city’s workers.
• Lodging House - Rooms and lodgings for the discerning lady or gentlemen about town. The house has a bathroom and sufficient toilets. The land-lady will deliver light meals to your rooms, make sure they are cleaned and get your laundry done for you.

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