Upgrading Your House

Learn all about house upgrades in Animal Crossing: New Horizons! Discover costs, storage increases, and exterior customization options to make your island home perfect.

Hey there! Ready to make your little tent into a real home? Upgrading your house in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a big part of the game, and it's how you get more space and unlock cool customization options. Let's break down what you need to know.

First off, you'll start with a tent, which is pretty basic. But once you pay off that initial 5,000 Nook Miles loan, you can upgrade to your first proper house. From there, it's a series of loans that get progressively bigger, but each one gives you more room to decorate and store your stuff.

Here's a look at the costs for each major house upgrade:

House Upgrade	Cost
Tent	5,000 Nook Miles
House	98,000 Bells
Larger Front Room	198,000 Bells
Back Room Addition	348,000 Bells
Left Room Addition	548,000 Bells
Right Room Addition	758,000 Bells
Upstairs Room	1,248,000 Bells
Basement Level	2,498,000 Bells

Paying off all these loans will eventually cost you a whopping 5,696,000 Bells in total. It sounds like a lot, but you'll be earning Bells steadily as you play!

Now, let's talk about storage. Every time you upgrade your house, you also get more space to stash all those items you collect. This is super important because your pockets fill up fast!

House Upgrade	Storage Size
House	80 Storage Slots
Larger House	120 Storage Slots (+40)
Back Room Addition	240 Storage Slots (+120)
Left Room Addition	360 Storage Slots (+120)
Right Room Addition	400 Storage Slots (+40)
Upstairs Room	800 Storage Slots (+400)
Basement Level	1,600 (+800)

As you can see, the final basement level gives you a massive 1,600 storage slots! That's plenty of room for everything.

But wait, there's more! Upgrading your house also unlocks exterior customization options. Once you pay off the loan for the left room addition (that's 548,000 Bells), you can start changing your roof and mailbox. Pay off the right room addition loan (another 548,000 Bells), and you'll unlock door customization. Finally, finishing the upstairs room loan (1,248,000 Bells) lets you customize the siding of your house.

To get all these exterior options – roof, mailbox, door, and siding – you'll need to have paid off loans totaling 3,100,000 Bells. Each change costs 5,000 Bells, but here's a sweet deal: once you've paid off ALL your loans, you can change your house's appearance for free once per day. So, keep working towards that final payment!

It's all about making your house feel like truly yours. Happy decorating!