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 20×15 town house, split into six small rooms - each rented out seriately. 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 pair of nice rooms 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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