Lot Types · Residential
Residence
The plot a household lives on. Buy mode swaps to Residence context, unlocking the household-only catalog: storage, beds, kid-only items, and personal clutter that never appears in any community catalog.
Hours
Open 24/7
Always accessible.
NPC capacity
2
Total Parafolk that can be on the lot at the same time.
Ownership
Buyable
Players can buy and design this lot type.
Residence locations in Melino
Ownership & economics
Can I buy a Residence lot?
Yes. Residence is the one lot type players can purchase in Early Access build 1. Households can buy an empty plot in the property market, then design and live on it.
Land cost
$5/m²
A 30×30 plot (900 m²) ≈ $4,500 for empty land.
Wall cost
$1/m²
Platform cost
$25/m²
Running costs
- Electricity bills every 7 days ($0.076/kWh, $0.12/min for high-use appliances)
- Water bills every 7 days ($0.10 per unit)
- Municipal taxes every 3.5 days at 5% of lot value
Who lives in Residences
Starter households & the default town
8 starter households
Eight named families ship with the game and are picked from the Character Creator when starting a new save: Bronson Fairfield Wright, Wade, Thompson & DaCosta, Feliz, Skye & Blackwell, Peterson, Parker James, Gate Smith. Each starts with $30,000 and no lot - the player chooses where to settle them.
134 default-town NPCs
The default town fills with 134 NPC households at game start. 27 of them spawn into furnished residences. They are nameless on the data layer - their family names get generated procedurally when you load the save.
Premade lots
42 Residence lots ship with Early Access
Family-named templates ship as empty pre-decorated buildings - the families themselves are generated procedurally when a new game starts. Player templates and floor plans are blank starting points.
Family-themed templates · 26
- Chen Household673 items
- Moreau Household560 items
- Patel Household507 items
- Camara Household426 items
- Marquez Household395 items
- Pelletier Household365 items
- O'Reilly Household346 items
- Barnes Household336 items
- Darcier Household325 items
- Preston-Beaumont Household316 items
- Vaughan Household307 items
- DeBelcourt Household297 items
- Gibbs Household265 items
- Wolf Household252 items
- Gervais Household250 items
- Harper Household250 items
- Keane Household243 items
- Cooper Household243 items
- Stanton Household243 items
- Strong Household240 items
- Kim Household232 items
- Lavigne Household227 items
- Stark Household219 items
- Nasser Household202 items
- Reed Household196 items
- Lange Household155 items
Player templates & floor plans · 16
- Gameplay Trailer House668 items
- PlayerLot Chalet372 items
- Floor Plan 3280 items
- PlayerLot Tunnel190 items
- PlayerLot Industrial 1150 items
- PlayerLot Residential150 items
- PlayerLot Industrial 2150 items
- Floor Plan 1123 items
- Floor Plan 2115 items
- Floor Plan 493 items
- Floor Plan 583 items
- EmptyLot Residential43 items
- Floor Plan 643 items
- EmptyLot Mountain24 items
- Empty Lot 111 items
- Founders' House0 items
Frequently asked
What is the Residence lot type in Paralives?
What is the Residence lot type in Paralives?
How many Parafolk can visit a Residence lot at the same time in Paralives?
Which premade Residence lots come with Paralives Early Access?
Last updated:
Data extracted from Paralives Early Access game files (build 1). Stats and counts verified against the shipped catalog.