House

The House is the player's central building. At the beginning of each game, the player purchases his or her new home from Tom Nook through a mortgage plan. Paying off the mortgage generally results in expansions to the house, though they differ from game to game.

The house can be furnished with different types of items. The carpet and wallpaper can be changed out at will, and even a custom pattern can be installed on the floor or the wall. Indeed, the house is expected to be well-furnished by the Happy Room Academy; players are encouraged to collect whole sets, series, and themes of furniture to net a higher score, and possibly the model room at the HRA.

If a player does not play their game for some time, he or she will return to find their house infested with cockroaches. They hide under furniture or just run around the floor, so you have to move furniture to find some. They must be squished by the player to get rid of them, unlike catching cockroaches outside with a Net.

Directly outside the front door is your mailbox, where the player can receive mail from others.

Parts of a house
In Animal Forest, players are not able to get a second floor or basement.

Main Floor: This is the first room your house will start with in, with all other versions also starting with an Attic. This room can be upgraded several times, have its wallpaper and flooring changed, and in general is the largest room of all expansions.

Second Floor: Found in, , and is a small room above the Main Floor, akin to an upstairs bedroom. This room can be furnished in the same way as the Main Floor.

Basement: Found in all versions but Animal Forest e+ and Animal Crossing: Wild Word. The basement can have its wallpaper or flooring changed in Animal Crossing: City Folk, but not in Animal Crossing: Population Growing. Furthermore, it is only in City Folk that the Basement will be rated by the HRA. In Animal Crossing: Population Growing, it serves mainly as a storage area.

Side Additions: These are found in the version of the game. They are the last few additions that can be made to the home.

Attic: Initially, it is the second floor. After the third mortgage payment, it becomes the third floor. It has the bed, where the player sleeps to save their game, and the telephone, where the player can change the options of the game. Beds can be changed by the user, while the floor and wallpaper of the attic cannot be changed and no other furniture can be placed in the room. The attic does not appear in the original.

The house first appeared in as part of the Town Square. The town square includes four houses, so that four players can live in the same town on one memory card. The most amount of rooms you can have to place furniture is 3 rooms, including a large main room, basement and upstairs room.

This version of the house featured

The house exterior in Animal Crossing has some notable exterior flourishes compared to other versions. A sentient object, called a gyroid, sits outside the door. The gyroid can store objects to sell or give away to other players as well as being responsible for saving the game. If the player does not save the game through their gyroid, they will have to deal with Mr. Resetti when they sign in next. The front door can be embeleshed with a pattern. If the player has caught all 40 fish or insects, a weathervane or butterfly ornament, respectively, will be added to the exterior of the house. A mailbox is present outside the door opposite of the gyroid.

The lights inside are controlled independent of the furniture in Animal Crossing by pressing the 'Z' button. The storage space was dependent on the number of storage furniture units one had in the house. Each storage unit, such as a bureau, dresser, or cabinet, could hold three items.

The user can paint their roof in 3 ways: house expansion (excluding basement addition), buying paint cans from Nook, or helping Wisp.

The house in Animal Crossing expands as follows (with the option to upgrade to the Basement or Second Main Floor in either order):


 * Initial house: 18,400 Bells (4 by 4 squares)
 * First Main Floor expansion: 148,000 Bells (upgrade to 6 by 6 squares)
 * Basement: 49,800 Bells (8 by 8 squares, cannot be expanded, cannot change wallpaper or floor)
 * Second Main Floor expansion: 398,000 Bells (upgrade to basement size, 8 by 8 squares)
 * Second Floor: 798,000 Bells (final house expansion, 6 by 6 squares)
 * Total cost: 1,410,800 Bells

In Wild World, all of the players have to share a house, which led to some criticism. However, the house later expands to a much larger dimension than the other games. The mailbox is shared by the players living in the house, but the player can only take out their own mail. The house is placed in a random location in the players' town. Gyroids are no longer present and have been replaced with an attic.


 * Initial house: 19,800 Bells (4 by 4 squares)
 * Main Floor expansion: 120,000 Bells (upgraded to 6 by 6 squares)
 * Second Main Floor expansion: 298,000 Bells (upgraded to 8 by 8 squares)
 * Second Floor Added: 598,000 Bells (6 by 6 squares)
 * Left Room Added: 728,000 Bells (6 by 6 squares, attached to Main Floor)
 * Right Room Added: 848,000 Bells (6 by 6 squares, attached to Main Floor)
 * Back Room Added: 948,000 Bells (6 by 6 squares, attached to Main Floor)
 * Total cost: 3,559,800 Bells

A basement is no longer available as part of the expansion as storage units can hold up to 90 items. Also, when the house owners fully expand and fully pay off their house, there is not reward or gift.


 * Initial House: 19,800 Bells (4 by 4 squares)
 * Main Floor Expansion: 120,000 Bells (upgraded to 6 by 6 squares)
 * Second Main Floor Expansion: 248,000 Bells (upgraded to 8 by 8 squares)
 * Second Floor Added: 368,000 Bells (6 by 6 squares)
 * Basement Added: 598,000 Bells (8 by 8 squares)
 * After paying off the final mortgage the player will have a flag outside their house as a free gift from Tom Nook. The design can be changed by calling Rover in the attic and selecting "Flag Design".
 * Total Cost: 1,353,800 Bells

Completing a House
After the player's house has been fully upgraded and fully paid off, the player will receive a statue in front of the train station. The first player to do so of the four players will get a gold statue, the second player will get a silver statue, the third player will get a bronze statue, and the fourth will get a jade statue. In Animal Forest e+, the player will also receive their own private island.

