Come to the Ravenglass Rentals Main Office to pick up the newsletter in notecard form with the proper landmarks, as I can't provide links here.
This 4096 flat meadow roadside is now available in Hector for $1055/1406; it wasn't included in this newsletter. Note that some of the offerings below have been taken as indicated.
Good Evening! Even Russian Christmas and Old New Year's is over now but Valentine's Day isn't here yet so the snow and winter trees won't be removed quite yet!
It's a girl! Henry Hutchence and his wife welcomed a baby girl into our family on Christmas Day. Needless to say, they are very busy now and he hasn't been able to come inworld. IM me for any requests.
Gifts are available at the Main Office. Coming soon: Mieville merchant events for Mardi Gras and the annual Steampunk fair and hunt.
3rd Eye Gallery in Ravenglass in the sky has a new exhibit, the works of Michiel Bechir, this time with pastoral themes. If you aren't a group member, click twice on the LM to go up.
MERCHANTS
1. If you have a special sale or event in your store, gallery or venue, let me know and send me landmarks so that it can be included in this newsletter which goes out once a month or so. Also, remember, we have a merchants' pavilion at the Ross Infohub where you can put a landmark sign for your store and a freebie. You will need an invitation to the group there because it is an infohub, so IM me for details.
FACTS and RULES
2. A reminder about several basic Ravenglass facts and rules:
o Not every community has "Ravenglass Rentals" as the group to join! Look at the land description of the place you are renting to see the group, or the info card in the rental box. We have to have a dozen other groups because land groups begin to lag after about 300 people. There is no need to join the Ravenglass group in addition.
o We do not allow subletting from our rentals. It makes no sense for us to have the business cost of paying tier at US 0.0025 per meter, then for you to make bank using our cheap rentals. It's just not viable for us, but if you look around on the forums and inworld you may be able to find landlords to work with. We also don't rent to clubs, because of griefing issues, avatars taking up spaces so people can't get home, and problems awarding powers. And tip jars and yard sales are not allowed in residential areas; they can be in commercial areas only. Stores and sky platforms in areas allowing commercial activity are at very reasonable rates, so you can temporarily take one of those areas if you want a gatcha sale.
OFFICES AND STORES
o We do encourage stores, offices, galleries, events in designated areas. Look at the commercial listings terminal at the Main Office or search/places with the term "Ravenglass" to see plaza or roadside rentals which generally can be stores. If you want to temporarily use our many event spaces in the Land Preserve, you need the "event role" in that group to put it in the Events List so IM me. There isn't a cost but you and your guests are encouraged to tip.
There are stores available in Ross and Refugio:
Self-join group Pharos Rentals.
- IM Prokofy for the group Pharos Properties to rent a separate floor or space on the ground floor.
3. TIER Linden Lab recently reduced tier by about 5%. Whee! This still doesn't offset the burden of New York State and even Florida sales tax for us, even after we raised prices by $5 and $10 per week last year, but removed $2 group fees. Also, some of you may have noticed how the Linden has devalued -- for most of last year, the cashout rate with only a few days wait was 242; it crept up to 243 and now even 244 most of the time. So while we added some low cost skyboxes we won't be reducing rental rates at this time.
4. ROWLING
You can get some great managers' specials now, however on the old Teen Grid continent known as the Sharp continent. All these sims are in General, and we have land mainly on Rowling and Bull now. The views on to Linden sea and mountains are great, and there are nice highways for driving. The only negative: the Sith Lords have scattered their ugly, glowing obelisks around the sims -- and have started to migrate on to Sansara and other continents now.
We fight the Siths with ARs, publication of their antics, appeals to Lindens directly such as at the recent Concierge meeting. If you have a minute to help, come and AR their clear harassment on Lot No. 1 in Rowling, where the Siths clustered 4 (!) obelisks and giant black box buildings around our lot, forcing out a tenant. This lot is now available for just 0.65/prim now, so come and use your Firefox de-render or go up in the sky!
o Pull down "Help" then "Abuse Report" and click "photo" and title your AR "Targeted Harassment with Obelisks" and check off "Targeted Harassment" as the type of griefing. Note in your AR that the cluster of buildings prevents exit from the parcel.
Also some other lovely new lots on this sim where your back is to the obelisks. All of them have sky platforms and teleporters:
$365/500 RENTED
$1042/1428
$965/1285
You're also welcome to hang out at our workshop.
And while you're on Rowling, visit the art gallery of one of our favourite creative people, our neighbour Earl Dinkin (and former neighbour on other sims) who has recently re-opened his gallery with new works.
5. CARLISLE
KOREA
There's a new landing area in the sky in Carlisle with an urban Korea theme with 4 new skyboxes. Some of the skyboxes are Korean; some are other themes.
$100/150 Milk Motion Cozy Winter Skybox - unfurnished
$150/200 prims. Howl's Modern Vintage Korean Home with deck.
$150/200 prims. Onsu's two-room Eggplant Skybox with city views.
Do you want to go to a real Korean place? Here you go:
And remember you can find RL country related sims like this at the International Bazaar in Ross, where you can pick up a terminal to give you a regularly updated list.
WATERFRONT
There's also a new waterfront with boating access in Carlisle:
$330/442
Botany's Grove Pub has been updated and has a new gift for any tip amount.
Remember to click twice on a landmark if you are not yet a member of SL Public Land Preserve, but we encourage you to join for just $10 and pick up the list of all the great land preserve locations where you can hang out, rez a picnic or a boat, explore, meditate and more.
ELVES
Yes, we have had to pull in the slack on a number of sims and take builds out of the sky that weren't getting many visitors (in this case the Fairy Forest in Carlisle, although Felimath in the Narnia quest remains, along with the Petite's forest. The Fairy Grove remains as is; look for Random Unsung's cabin there where you can hang out and pick up a Universal Green Tea Giver.
But wait, with all these elves and fairies, do you want an elf condo? We have them in the sky in Ravenglass:
And a large hall to hang out:
6. OCTOPOD
Come and see the awesome new Octopod Apartments in the sky above Algonquin Peak! This is a spectacular build by the musician and builder Alazarin Mobius, known for her wonderful tree houses and weekly space rock shows which you can visit here:
The Algonquin is the site of the Titania Intercontinental Airport, where you can park your plane on the ground, or in the sky at the Concourse Level of the Octopod Apartments. The plane must be included in your prim count but management homes and furnishings do not count.
There are a number of lounges to hang out in there with refreshments and music.
- Concourse Level
These spacious multi-floor apartments have privacy with see out/not in windows; radios; and some have skyboxes attached. You can also place your own skybox at 500 m above this airport area.
$100/150 prims
$100/150 prims
$150/200 prims
There is also some skyboxes below in the Gothic Pile.
7. WATERFRONTS
Everyone asks for them, they are taken, and then people don't seem to know they are available again! Always check search/places as the fastest, most frequently updated list.
NEW!
$500/600 prims. Enjoy the use of the villa on this sim and also the Narnia Quest..
$1382/1648 prims. Enjoy the use of the villa on this sim and also the Narnia Quest.
Land is occasionally put to sale usually at a high price so that it will show up on the map. If you wish to rent this parcel, IM Prokofy to put the parcel back in the rentals group. If you are interested in buying, that's also an option.
o Our neighbour in Griffin wanted his waterfront back so we sold it back to him but one space remains, and there are also great skyboxes there. There is a bar and pool to lounge by and yes, I promise to put the interactive pool table in there Soon (TM).
$290/350 prims.
$155/200
$155/200
o A new waterfront has been put in at Tofalar at Shaman's Hut, which has multiple levels to explore in quests or just to hangout.
$1234/1582 prims/4608 m2 RENTED
o A larger waterfront is now available in Atis near Land Preserve locations:
$1068/1406 prims/4096 m2
o And more areas:
$734/878 prims
$568/702 prims
$330/500 prims. Dock on the waterfront.
8. SHAMAN's HOLLOW
This is the central part of Atis, is getting a reconstruction yet again. The quest has been taken out of the sky, although a smaller version of it will be put back eventually.
Here's where you can get an inexpensive store platform (or use as a home if you like) for 0.71/prim with 2000 prims.
Click twice until you join the group.
$1420/2000 prims
9. The mainly furnished skyboxes on the tidal flats on Atis have been refreshed and the space pad created by cinphul is back along with Siracusa house by Concept. The 1900 Steampunk aparment remains along with Desmond Shang's antique Naturalist home.
$200/300 prims - furnished
$100/150 - furnished.
$100/150 Canarun's new Black/Marble skybox - unfurnished. RENTED
$100/150 Concept's Siracusa - unfurnished.
$200/300 Naturalist house by Desmond Shang - furnished - ask for kitchen and bedroom to be rezzed if you like.
10. MORAINE
Reconstruction on the Moraine B&B, which has been moved to the back of the sim, is basically finished. There are some different skyboxes there but the same themed rooms remain: The Botanist, the Collector, etc.
$150/200 prims Canarun's Minimal/Stone skybox - furnished
$50/75 prims - Bueno Before Dusk with scene changer - furnished.
Enjoy!
Prokofy Neva
Owner & Manager
Ravenglass Rentals
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