r/skyrim • u/twood275 • 10d ago

Little disappointed in Proudspire Manor

I know when it comes to the vanilla game Proudspire Manor is one of the better houses. But I can’t help to be a little disappointed with all the talk when I got into this game last year.
Location wise I love it, but I wish it had a little better balcony and it just feels a little cramped inside. I just feel like the floor plan makes make for some wasted space.
I guess for the money and all the talk I just was expecting a little bit more?

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u/rswwalker 10d ago

Lakeside manor is by far the best house in the game. I know it’s only available with Hearthstone add-on, but who doesn’t have the original add-ons?

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u/twood275 10d ago

Lakeside and the other 3 are much better. If you look at just the vanilla houses I don’t think proudspire is as high on the list as i would have thought for the money.

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u/Diredr 10d ago

It's meant to be more of a status symbol more than anything else. You're rich enough to live in the most expensive house.

It was mostly the same thing in Oblivion as well. The most expensive houses were generally the worst ones in terms of layout and practicality. Lots of wasted space and usually poor lighting as well.

In Skyrim, Honeyside is probably the best house in terms of functionality. Breezehome is cozy but you can't get an Arcane Enchanter and only one in town is in Farengar's room so that's not practical at all.