Player 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 hundreds of items. The carpet and wallpaper can be changed out, and even a custom pattern can be laid 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.

If a player does not play Animal Crossing for some time, he or she will return to find the house infested with cockroaches. They hide under furniture, and must be squished by the player to be gotten rid of. The cockroaches can be exposed by either moving or removing furniture.

Directly outside the front door is the mailbox, where the player can receive mail. Mr. Resetti (or occasionally Don Resetti) will also appear outside the player's house when they turn the game off without saving.

Parts of a house
Rooms: The normal rooms, where the player can place furniture where they want. The house gains more rooms as the player pays off his or her mortgage.

Attic: The highest room of the house that contains four beds, where all the players sleep to save the game, and a telephone, where players can change the game's options. No furniture can be placed here, although the player may change their bed. Initially, it is the second floor, but after the third expansion, it becomes the third floor. The attic does not appear in the original or in.

In
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 highest number of rooms players can have to place furniture in is three: a main big room, basement, and upstairs room.

This version of the house featured some notable exterior flourishes. Most important was the gyroid, the sentient object in front of the house. The gyroid was responsible for saving the game, meaning the player had to talk to it before they stopped playing. Also featured on this house was the ability to hang a pattern on the front door. Moreover, the completion of a museum collection of fish or insects yielded a weathervane or butterfly ornament, respectively. The mailbox was also present.

The lights inside were controlled independent of the furniture in Animal Crossing by pressing the 'Z' button, unlike in the following titles. Also, the storage space was dependent on the number of storage furniture units one had in the house. Each bureau, dresser, cabinet, etc. could hold three items.

The player can paint their roof by three methods: house expansion (excluding basement addition), buying paint cans from Nook, or helping Wisp. Villagers also sometimes paint a player's house when they speak to them, but they may not give a choice of color.

The house in Animal Crossing expands as follows:


 * Initial house: 19,800 Bells to pay off (first floor is 4 by 4 spaces)
 * First expansion: 148,000 Bells to pay off (first floor is expanded to 6 by 6 spaces)
 * First add-on expansion: 49,800 Bells to pay off (basement [8 by 8 spaces] is added; cannot be expanded; cannot change wallpaper or floor)
 * Second expansion: 398,000 Bells to pay off (first floor is expanded to 8 by 8 spaces)
 * Second add-on and final expansion: 798,000 Bells to pay off (second floor [6 by 6 spaces] is added)
 * The total cost is 1,410,800 Bells

In Animal Forest and Animal Forest e+
In Animal Forest, players will not be able to get a second floor or basement. After the player's house has been fully upgraded and fully paid off, the player will get a statue in front of the train station. The first one to do so will get a gold statue, the second will get silver, the third will get bronze, and the fourth will get jade. In Animal Forest e+, players will also get their own private island.

In
All players share a house, instead of having separate ones as was seen in. The house also expands more than in previous games. The mailbox is shared by the players living in the house, but a player can only take out their own mail. The house is placed in a random location, however, in Kapp'n's taxi ride at the start of the game, the player can choose which building they want their house to be close to. Gyroids are now gone, which have been replaced with an attic, and players can only place 24 items in each room, excluding items that can be walked over. The attic can have four double-sized beds and will have a phone. Beds can be changed by the user. No other furniture can be placed in the attic and the floor and wallpaper cannot be changed.


 * Initial house: 19,800 Bells to pay off (first floor is 4 by 4 spaces)
 * First expansion: 120,000 Bells to pay off (first floor is expanded to 6 by 6 spaces)
 * Second expansion: 298,000 Bells to pay off (first floor is expanded to 8 by 8 spaces)
 * Third expansion: 598,000 Bells to pay off (second floor [6 by 6 spaces] is added)
 * Fourth expansion: 728,000 Bells to pay off (left room [6 by 6 spaces] is added to first floor)
 * Fifth expansion: 848,000 Bells to pay off (right room [6 by 6 spaces] is added to first floor)
 * Sixth and final expansion: 948,000 Bells to pay off (back room [6 by 6 spaces] added to first floor). For this one, players do not need to pay off the mortgage as they already have a full-sized house.
 * The total cost is 3,559,800 Bells

A basement is no longer 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 no reward, making house owners refuse to pay off their final mortgage.

In
In, players have their own house once again, and all four houses are scattered randomly around town. The basement returns, and the item limit is increased to 64 items. Storage space is also substantially increased, to 160 items per player. Although Wisp returns in the game, he will not paint the player's house as a reward, due to Nook 'n' Go, Nookway and Nookington's all stocking paint cans. However, he will offer to removes all cockroaches in the house.


 * Initial house: 19,800 Bells to pay off (first floor is 4 by 4 spaces)
 * First expansion: 120,000 Bells to pay off (first floor is expanded to 6 by 6 spaces)
 * Second expansion: 248,000 Bells to pay off (first floor is expanded to 8 by 8 spaces)
 * Third expansion: 368,000 Bells to pay off (second floor [6 by 6 spaces] is added)
 * Fourth and final expansion: 598,000 Bells to pay off (basement [8 by 8 spaces] is added)
 * 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."
 * The total cost is 1,353,800 Bells

In
In, players still have their own house and mailbox, and can have it wherever they wish in town (there must be enough space around the house, however). Certain furniture can be hung on the wall, and Nook's Homes sells parts that let the player customize the exterior of their house, including the fence and mailbox. Players start off with a tent (the walls and floor cannot be changed in a tent), but gain a house when they pay Tom Nook a 10,000 Bell down payment. The house expands much more than before, although the item limit is now 48 items per room. Storage units will store 180 items; a little more than. When the player becomes friends with villagers, they may visit the player's house without warning.


 * Tent: 10,000 Bells to pay off (tent is 4 by 4 spaces)
 * Initial house: 39,800 Bells to pay off (first floor is 4 by 4 spaces)
 * First expansion: 98,000 Bells to pay off (first floor is expanded to 6 by 6 spaces)
 * Second expansion: 198,000 Bells to pay off (first floor is expanded to 8 by 8 spaces)
 * Third expansion: 298,000 Bells to pay off (second floor [4 by 4 spaces] is added)

After the player has completed all the expansions above, Tom Nook will give the option of the expansion choices below. Players can expand in any order.

Second floor expansions

 * Second floor expansion one: 498,000 Bells to pay off (second floor is expand to 6 by 6 spaces)
 * Second floor expansion two: 598,000 Bells to pay off (second floor is expand to 8 by 8 spaces)

Left room expansions

 * Left room expansion: 348,000 Bells to pay off (left room [4 by 4 spaces] is added)
 * Left room expansion one: 498,000 Bells to pay off (left room is expanded to 6 by 6 spaces)
 * Left room expansion two: 598,000 Bells to pay off (left room is expanded to 8 by 8 spaces)

Right room expansions

 * Right room expansion: 348,000 Bells to pay off (right room [4 by 4 spaces] is added)
 * Right room expansion one: 498,000 Bells to pay off (right room is expanded to 6 by 6 spaces)
 * Right room expansion two: 598,000 Bells to pay off (right room is expanded to 8 by 8 spaces)

Back room expansions

 * Back room expansion: 348,000 Bells to pay off (back room [4 by 4 spaces] is added)
 * Back room expansion one: 498,000 Bells to pay off (back room is expanded to 6 by 6 spaces)
 * Back room expansion two: 598,000 Bells to pay off (back room is expanded to 8 by 8 spaces)

Basement expansions

 * Basement expansion: 428,000 Bells to pay off (basement [4 by 4 spaces] is added)
 * Basement expansion one: 498,000 Bells to pay off (basement is expanded to 6 by 6 spaces)
 * Basement expansion two: 598,000 Bells to pay off (basement is expanded to 8 by 8 spaces)


 * The total cost is 7,595,800 Bells. Paying off all house payment unlocks theme challenges set by the Happy Home Academy, and scoring highly in these unlocks golden exterior parts for the player's house.