In The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, you can buy several houses across the major cities of Cyrodiil, each with different prices, sellers, and upgrade options. Here is a list of the main purchasable houses:
- Imperial City Shack
- Price: 2,000 gold
- Seller: Vinicia Melissaeia (Market District, Office of Imperial Commerce)
- Requirements: 50 disposition
- Upgrades sold by Sergius Verus (Three Brothers Trade Goods)
- Basic house is a small shack with minimal storage
- Bravil House
- Price: 4,000 gold
- Seller: Count Regulus Terentius (Bravil Castle)
- Requirements: 50 disposition
- Upgrades sold by Nilawen (The Fair Deal)
- Small house, twice the floor space of the Imperial City shack, but described as a "squalid little shack"
- Anvil House (Benirus Manor)
- Price: 5,000 gold
- Seller: Velwyn Benirus (Count's Arms, Anvil)
- Requires completing the quest "Where the Spirits Have Lease" to fully restore and upgrade the house
- The house is initially in disrepair and haunted by ghosts until the quest is completed
- Leyawiin House
- Price: 7,000 gold
- Seller: Count Marius Caro (Leyawiin Castle)
- Requirements: 60 disposition
- Upgrades sold by Gundalas
- Medium-sized but somewhat rundown and bland inside
- Bruma House
- Price: 10,000 gold
- Seller: Countess Narina Carvain (Bruma Castle)
- Requirements: 60 disposition
- Upgrades sold by Suurootan (Nova Roma, Bruma)
- Cozy, medium-sized with cellar and bedroom; no lit fireplace
- Cheydinhal House
- Price: 15,000 gold
- Seller: Count Andel Indarys (Cheydinhal Castle)
- Requirements: 60 disposition
- Upgrades available (not detailed here)
- Chorrol House (Arborwatch)
- Price: 20,000 gold
- Seller: Countess Arriana Valga (Chorrol Castle)
- Requirements: 70 disposition and 12 fame
- Upgrades sold by Seed-Neeus
- Large house with multiple floors and servant quarters; no hireable servants despite the quarters
- Skingrad Mansion (Rosethorn Hall)
- Price: 25,000 gold
- Seller: Shum gro-Yarug (Skingrad Castle)
- Requirements: 70 disposition and 15 fame
- Upgrades sold by Gunder (Colovian Traders)
- Largest and grandest house, with three floors and extensive storage
Additionally, there are DLC houses such as Frostcrag Spire, Battlehorn Castle, and others that can be acquired through quests or exploration, but the above list covers the main city houses purchasable in the base game
. Each house can be upgraded by purchasing various furnishing packages, which often cost as much or more than the house itself. Some houses, like Benirus Manor, require completing a quest to unlock full use and upgrades. In summary, you can buy houses in these cities: Imperial City, Bravil, Anvil, Leyawiin, Bruma, Cheydinhal, Chorrol, and Skingrad, with prices ranging from 2,000 gold for the Imperial City shack up to 25,000 gold for Rosethorn Hall in Skingrad
