Capetown (+Guslandia) Refurbishment project | Cities & Towns | Forum

1a: The 2-in-1 concept isn't that bad, but basing every apartment on it seems bad. This half of First Street, however, will turn this concept into a better one. Rather than having a shared basement, the buildings will be expanded with an attic. The Ground Floor apartment will get the basement, the F1 apartment gets the attic. This results in 2 9x12x7 apartments per building, excluding back/sidewall. With 4 buildings the total will be 8 of these apartments. Basement/attic access will be done by ladder, though an owner can easily change this.

1b: These will also receive an attic and have 1 of the two staircases knocked out, plus the wall surrounding the staircase, having an open staircase instead. They will no longer be 2-in-1, instead having a total of four floors including basement and attic. This gives as much space as an entire 2-in-1 building in a single residence, allowing you to even change the amount of floors. Backwalls will be included in the residences.

2a/2b: Rather than having a 2-in-1 concept, these will become 1-in-2. The eight doubles will be combined into four single big ones. Additionally, these will receive full building limit, allowing one to build as high as the nearby mall. The basement will also be doubled in size and be completely devoid of subfloors, meaning no need to knock out a floor before you can remodel. This means Second Street will exist of 4 20x13x(15+8) where only the wall inbetween each set of two houses won't be demolishable.

3a: These will become flatbuildings with a staircase outside in the street. Each building will exist of 3 flats of 9x(13+3)x3, including front/backwalls and a balcony/yard at the back, with view on the Redbrick district.

3b: With two owned and 2 free, these will not be refurbished, nor put on the open market. I might sell one to someone who wants to buy a warehouse behind it, or knock out the walls and use them as my own place.

Stone Brick / Red Brick: No changes will be made to these. This means their prices will be dropped significantly.

Slums: The slums themselves won't be changed, aside from removing the vinesfarm from it. However, they will eventually be put on the market for rent at $$5/week or something comparable. New players who haven't decided on a place to go yet will be able to rent one or two for a bit of storage area while they gather resources and decide on a place to live.

A sidenote: Capetown's refurbishing will also affect Guslandia in three ways, four if you include the portalship that will go there.

First off, Guslandia's plots will only become available for purchase once new prices for Capetown and Guslandia have been decided on. The only estimate I can give right now is a rough halving of prices.
Second, some public buildings will be demolished and a Wanderer Hotel will be built at Guslandia.
Third, Guslandia will most likely no longer feature any shops. Because Guslandia will also be connected to Capetown, and Capetown already has a mall, it makes little sense to have two different shopping districts in two different cities. Thus, no new shops will be sold in Guslandia and attempts will be made to clear out all existing shops. However, nothing is certain until more info on the next shop plugin will become available.

Status update:
Street 2 has been completely refurbished. Second floors were added, walls were knocked out, the quadruple staircases were replaced with open single ones and an open roof was put in place. These houses also received a lot of windows to give them a nice open feel. 4 have been made, of which 2 have been reserved.

Current status:
Street 1: Done. 16 2floor apartments, subzones size 9x12x7.
Street 2: Done. 4 4floor houses, subzones size 20x13x19.
Street 3: Flatbuildings have to be refurbished. Apartments won't be touched because they are private property.
Mansions: Iron bars have been torn down. No hedges and subzoning yet.
Rest: No changes.