Property
A Property is a player-owned entity that the player can live in. All players have a default Shack that they start with (this can't be sold). The primary purpose of having a property is to maximise one's max Happy. Upgrading one's property usually results in increasing one's max Happy: with a higher Happy value, the more Battle Stats one will gain.
The three most expensive properties also provide other benefits in addition to increased Happy.
Lease
If the player doesn't have enough buying power to purchase a type of Property, they can lease the type of property from other players. The landlord has full control over leasing market price, leasing length, and upgrades before the tenant "accepts" the terms. Once the lease is in effect, neither party can alter the terms (price, length including cancelling the lease, and upgrades).
Leasing price is all paid upfront, no daily fees are paid to the landlord. However, tenants can still choose to hire staff, for which fees still apply, and which will rack up until the end of the lease. If there is an outstanding upkeep on the property at the end of the lease, the debt is transferred over to Duke [4] to manage.
In rented properties, the vault upgrade cannot be accessed.
From 10/06/21, Property landlords can offer their tenants an extension to their lease before the end of their contract.
As long as the rental duration doesn't exceed a maximum of 100 days, contracts can be extended and renewed at any point during the occupancy.
All property leases, when expiring, will end at 03:30 a.m Torn-Time, regardless of the time that the renter started the lease of the property.
Owning
There are various discounts that can reduce the price of purchasing/upgrading properties:
- ELT Stock Benefit - 10% discount to all home upgrade costs
- 10* Property Broker - 10% discount to all home upgrade costs
- LAW2910- 5% discount to purchasing properties from the Estate Agents.Law of Property
- Gain a 5% discount when buying properties from the estate agents
- Gain 75 intelligence upon completion
- Gain 25 endurance upon completion
Owners have the ability to share their vault with their spouse. This is disabled by default. By enabling it, your spouse will be able to deposit and withdraw from the same pool of money. There's also a log below the panel, displaying transactions to and from the vault.[1]
You can also move into a different property without removing the funds from your old property's vault. The funds will remain inside that property until you move back in.
Properties that are owned may be sold by placing the property into the Selling Market, or by selling directly to the Estate Agent. (Requires the property to be vacant)
When selling the property back to the estate agents, then remaining unpaid upkeep and staff fees are deducted from sale value.
Moving
- Move in: Once you own or rent a property, you will get an option to move in. You can only use the facilities of the property after moving in. Your spouse can also move in to any property owned/rented by you and not under lease. They can't hire staff. The vault can only be used with your permission, which you can revoke at any point of time.
- Move Out: You can only change in to another property to leave the present property. You can not move in to another property without first firing all the hired staff and clearing the balance upkeep. You need not kick your spouse to move out. They can continue staying in the property, but they can not hire any staff.
- If you are living in your spouse's property you can move in and out freely.
Upkeep
Whether you own or lease the property, there are daily upkeep and staff fees which can be be paid by you and/or your spouse.
If a property's fees build up too much then after a certain threshold of unpaid fees, the maximum happiness that the property provides will gradually decrease - all the way to 0 over a long period of time. The threshold for happiness reduction is equal to 10% of the property's original value without upgrades, and happiness reduction can be calculated using the following formula:
if (upkeep >= 0.1 * property_cost): happy_reduction = (upkeep - 0.1 * property_cost) / property_cost * 2.5 else: happy_reduction = 0
If either spouse works in a 7* Lingerie Store, the upkeep and staff costs for the property they reside in are waived. (If you had previously unpaid fees, then your debt is not cancelled when joining a company, your fees simply will not increase.)
Properties
Standard Houses
Information on Houses bought from the City (No upgrades/staff)
| Standard Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Cost at Estate Agency | Base Happy | Daily Upkeep | $ per Happy | Value at Estate Agency |
| Shack | $0 | 100 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Trailer | $5,000 | 110 | $10 | $45 | $3,750 |
| Apartment | $25,000 | 125 | $25 | $200 | $18,750 |
| Semi-Detached House | $75,000 | 150 | $70 | $500 | $56,250 |
| Detached House | $300,000 | 200 | $150 | $1,500 | $225,000 |
| Beach House | $500,000 | 300 | $200 | $1,666 | $375,000 |
| Chalet | $750,000 | 350 | $300 | $2,142 | $562,500 |
| Villa | $1,250,000 | 400 | $350 | $3,125 | $937,500 |
| Penthouse | $2,000,000 | 450 | $450 | $4,444 | $1,500,000 |
| Mansion | $3,000,000 | 500 | $500 | $6,000 | $2,250,000 |
| Ranch | $15,000,000 | 600 | $1,000 | $25,000 | $11,250,000 |
| Palace | $65,000,000 | 1,000 | $3,000 | $65,000 | $48,750,000 |
| Castle | $200,000,000 | 1,500 | $10,000 | $133,333 | $150,000,000 |
| Private Island | $500,000,000 | 2,000 | $100,000 | $250,000 | $375,000,000 |
Fully Upgraded Houses (Without staff)
| Fully Upgraded Properties (without Staff) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Cost at Estate Agency | Base Happy | Daily Upkeep | $ per Happy |
| Shack | $0 | 100 | $0 | $0 |
| Trailer | $7,500 | 165 | $10 | $46 |
| Apartment | $37,500 | 188 | $25 | $200 |
| Semi-Detached House | $141,500 | 275 | $70 | $515 |
| Detached House | $979,000 | 500 | $150 | $1,958 |
| Beach House | $1,279,000 | 650 | $200 | $1,968 |
| Chalet | $1,654,000 | 725 | $300 | $2,282 |
| Villa | $2,404,000 | 800 | $350 | $3,005 |
| Penthouse | $3,538,000 | 925 | $450 | $3,825 |
| Mansion | $5,038,000 | 1,000 | $500 | $5,039 |
| Ranch | $23,288,000 | 1,200 | $1,000 | $19,408 |
| Palace | $196,038,000 | 1,875 | $3,000 | $105,968 |
| Castle | $415,788,000 | 2,725 | $10,000 | $152,586 |
| Private Island | $1,952,788,000 | 4,225 | $100,000 | $462,222 |
Fully Upgraded Houses (With staff)
Information on Houses bought from the City then Fully Upgraded (Includes staff).
| Fully Upgraded Properties (with Staff) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Cost at Estate Agency | Base Happy | Daily Upkeep | $ per Happy |
| Shack | $0 | 100 | $0 | $0 |
| Trailer | $7,500 | 165 | $10 | $46 |
| Apartment | $37,500 | 188 | $25 | $200 |
| Semi-Detached House | $141,500 | 275 | $70 | $515 |
| Detached House | $979,000 | 500 | $150 | $1,958 |
| Beach House | $1,279,000 | 650 | $200 | $1,968 |
| Chalet | $1,654,000 | 725 | $300 | $2,282 |
| Villa | $2,404,000 | 800 | $350 | $3,005 |
| Penthouse | $3,538,000 | 1,150 | $47,950 | $3,118 |
| Mansion | $5,038,000 | 1,725 | $198,000 | $3,035 |
| Ranch | $23,288,000 | 1,925 | $198,500 | $12,201 |
| Palace | $313,038,000 | 2,550 | $200,500 | $125,295 |
| Castle | $532,788,000 | 3,475 | $232,500 | $153,387 |
| Private Island (*) | $940,788,000 | 4,500 | $352,500 | $209,142 |
| Private Island | $1,835,788,000 | 5,000 | $352,500 | $367,228 |
| Private Island (**) | $1,952,788,000 | 5,025 | $352,500 | $388,684 |
- (*) Private Islands with 4500 happy are most common, and this was previously a fully upgraded property before Yachts were introduced.
- (**) This is a fully upgraded PI, both a yacht and the XL vault. All fairly new additions.
House Upgrades
Note: Purchasing a lower-tiered upgrade does not decrease the cost of the next one. For example, if you purchase the 'Large' vault upgrade for $98,000,000, you will still need to pay the full $215,000,000 for the 'Extra Large'.
Facilities and Modification
| Generic Upgrades | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Interior Modification | Hot Tub | Sauna | Pool | Advanced Shooting Range | Open Bar | |||
| Sufficient | Superior | Small | Medium | Large | |||||
| Cost | 1/4 of House Cost | 1/2 of House Cost | $17,000 | $12,000 | $35,000 | $100,000 | $500,000 | $250,000 | $9,000 |
| Effect | 1/4 of Standard House Happy | 1/2 of Standard House Happy | 25 Happy | 25 Happy | 100 Happy | 125 Happy | 150 Happy | 50 Happy | 50 Happy |
| Shack | No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Trailer | Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Apartment | Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Semi-Detached House | Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Detached House | Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Beach House | Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Chalet | Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Villa | Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Penthouse | Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Mansion | Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Ranch | Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Palace | Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Castle | Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Private Island | Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| High Valued Upgrades | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Vault | Medical Facility | Airstrip with Plane | Private Yacht | |||
| Small | Medium | Large | Extra Large | ||||
| Cost | $20,000,000 | $42,000,000 | $98,000,000 | $215,000,000 | $17,000,000 | $75,000,000 | $895,000,000 |
| Effect | 50 Happy | 75 Happy | 100 Happy | 125 Happy | 50 Happy | 250 Happy | 500 Happy |
| Holds $100 Million | Holds $300 Million | Holds $500 Million | Holds $1 Billion | Regenerates additional 1% of your Health every tick (5 Minutes) from 5% (requires Doctor) | Can Transport +10 Items, 30% off Travel Times and Free Travel (requires Pilot) | Other effects unknown at this time | |
| Palace | Yes
|
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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No
|
No
|
No
|
| Castle | Yes
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Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Private Island | Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Staff
| Name | Maid Service | Butler Service | Guard Service | Doctor | Pilot | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1x | 2x | 3x | 5x | 1x | 2x | 3x | 1x | 2x | 3x | 5x | 10x | |||
| Cost (Daily) | $5k | $10k | $15k | $25k | $7k | $15k | $22.5k | $15k | $30k | $45k | $75k | $150k | $25k | $30k |
| Happy Gains | 50 | 75 | 85 | 100 | 75 | 100 | 125 | 100 | 150 | 200 | 300 | 500 | 25 | 50 |
| Shack | No
|
No
|
No
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No
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No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Trailer | No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Apartment | No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Semi-Detached House | No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Detached House | No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Beach House | No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Chalet | No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Villa | No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Penthouse | Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Mansion | Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Ranch | Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Palace | Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
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| Castle | Yes
|
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Private Island | Yes
|
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
|
Additional properties' benefits
Since 24/05/12, you can have 4 additional perks, thanks to property upgrades:
- Property: + Access to Airstrip
- Property: + 1% Life Regeneration (Medical facility)
- Property: + 2% Damage (Shooting range)
- Property: + 2% Gym Gains (Swimming pool)
Those benefits were added in the 4.4.08 update, but most players haven't been aware of the last two.
Unique Properties
In addition to the standard 14 properties in Torn, from a Trailer to a Private Island there are also an additional 12 unique properties.
These were originally auctioned off in 2011 in a one-off event with one property being sold each month, players at the time could bid an amount to win the property with a finish time of 30 days for the auction, last-minute bids were not possible in this event as any bid below a 12 hour time window reset the bidding time to 12 hours, this was to ensure a true earned winner for the house at the fairest possible price for the time. These properties sold for values between 12 and 23 billion dollars each in the original auctions, the only way to buy one nowadays is to purchase from a player who previously owned it. The most recent purchase was in May 2020 where the St Paul's Abbey was sold for 70 billion dollars, previous notable sales include the Royal Penthouse in 2016 for a 75 billion dollar value.
Information on houses: current happiness at maximum staffing and upgrades.
| Unique Properties | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Happy | Daily Upkeep | Current Owner |
| Queen Eleanor | 7975 | $250,000 | David [132845] |
| Drakkar Sea Fort | 7725 | $250,000 | bogie [148747] |
| Eagle Island | 7275 | $250,000 | BigNemesis [74296] |
| Royal Penthouse | 7225 | $250,000 | beaker [371096] |
| Cerium Temple | 7225 | $250,000 | xxx_alone_xxx [1306506] |
| Trekant Tower | 7225 | $250,000 | LeukyBear [83808] |
| St. Pauls Abbey | 7225 | $250,000 | pokey477 [1271316] |
| Iron Fist Hill | 7150 | $250,000 | Healen [78092] |
| Presidential Bunker | 6775 | $250,000 | deft [979003] |
| Maidengrave | 6775 | $250,000 | rudias [391053] |
| USS Bloodbath | 6325 | $250,000 | diON [432049] |
| Silo X17 | 6025 | $250,000 | Tezwar [1034523] |
All of them have the normal house staff except some don't have airstrips, so not all have pilots. All have medical facilities so all can hire doctors, as well as the normal guards/maids/butlers.
Eagle Island, Iron Fist Hill, Maidengrave, Presidential Bunker and Silo X17 all have airstrips.
Not all have yachts either, only Drakkar Sea Fort and Eagle Island have yachts (although that's only extra happiness)
The USS Bloodbath, however, doesn't have a swimming pool and is the only unique property without one of those, which means it lacks the +2% gym gains gained from a pool.
Patch History
- Released property rental extensions.
- Property landlords can now offer their tenants an extension to their lease before the end of their contract. As long as the rental duration doesn't exceed a maximum of 100 days, contracts can be extended and renewed at any point during the occupancy.
- Added ignore list checks and spam protection to property giving and lease offers.
- Added saving of selected All / Your / Spouse's tabs on Properties so the same one is selected when returning.
- Changed property networth values to reflect the estate agent sale values instead of default costs (-25%).
- Changed other user property lists to be ordered by happiness descending after property type.
- Added option to decline a Property Rental offer sent by someone.
- Changed property rental expiry warning event to appear 1 day before completion instead of 2 days.
- Added property upkeep icon.
- Changed recent vault transactions to load more when scrolling down on the Property Vault page.
- Changed 'rental expiration' and 'kick spouse' to move users into the best available property instead of Shack.
- Changed "Estate" to "Property" on the mobile top-bar for consistency with sidebar "Properties".
- Changed property staff hiring to immediately add payable upkeep upon increasing daily costs.
- Changed property staff upgrades to allow hiring / firing whenever (no longer need to wait a day).
- Added "Do not fall for scams!" warning message while giving a property.
- Removed unnecessary upkeep buttons appearing on properties that are listed for sale or rent.
- Changed properties to show the one you're living in first always.
- Changed maximum property price in estate listings to 10 digits.
- Added 3 day warning on expiring rental agreements.
- Added 'currently due property fees' to the Property Information section on home page.
- Added spouse filtering on 'Your properties' list.
- Added more informative error when double clicking to rent a property to prevent duplicate rentals.
- Added 'happiness value' to property sale and rental events of sellers.
- Added possibility for $0 private lease agreements (for those with negative networth).
- Removed properties appearing on 'add to trade' list if they are up for rent or on market.
| City | |
| West Side | Education · Your Gym · Travel agency |
|---|---|
| North Side | Auction House · Church · Item Market · Points Building · Points Market |
| Red-Light | Casino · Dump · Loan Shark · Missions · Raceway |
| Residential | Your Property |
| City Center | Chronicle Archives · City Hall · Community Center · Hospital · Jail · Museum · Player Committee · Staff · Visitor Center |
| Financial | Bank · Donator House · Messaging Inc · Stock Market |
| East Side | Big Al's Gun Shop · Bits 'n' Bobs · Cyber Force · Docks · Estate Agents · Jewelry Store · Nikeh Sports · Pawn Shop · Pharmacy · Post Office · Print Store · Recycling Center · Super Store · Sweet Shop · TC Clothing · Token Shop |
- ↑ Property upkeep and vault changes (29/09/15) https://www.torn.com/forums.php#/p=threads&f=1&t=15952739&b=0&a=0&start=0&to=16628007