Simple house

Houses Island farm

It's a necessary evil early on the Island farm, but once you get your hands on gold, the fancy house clearly beats it on residents versus dissatisfaction.

Quick overview

Farm	Island farm
Category	Houses
Size	7 × 7
Max level	4
Price	10 000 Island dollars
Build time	15 min
Residents	8
Happiness	-50
Priority	Build right away

What it's for

Your industrious workers eat and sleep in the simple house. New houses increase the number of workers, but cause unhappiness.

The simple house is the basic worker housing on the Island farm, and you simply can't manage without it there. You buy it with island dollars, the local currency of the Island farm, not with the dollars or gold from your main farm. It takes up 7x7 tiles and each level adds more residents, but it also drags your satisfaction down further. It's the classic entry building for anyone still building up a workforce on a new farm.

When to build it

Build it as soon as the Island farm opens up, because without workers you won't get any production going. Base the number of houses on how many people your production buildings need, but don't build more than you have to, because every house pulls satisfaction down and that comes back to bite you in production costs.

Is it worth upgrading

Upgrading is worth it, because you go from 8 residents at level one to 20 at level four without having to build another house and take up more space. The upgrade price climbs pretty steeply, from 10000 to 1000000 Island dollars, so save the higher levels for when the farm is bringing in decent income.

Tip from a veteran player Don't rely on decorations alone to fix satisfaction, just plan from the start on gradually replacing your simple houses with fancy ones once you have the gold.

Most common mistake The most common mistake is throwing up several simple houses at once with no regard for satisfaction, so the farm drops into the negative and production gets more expensive.

Building levels

Level	Price	Build time	From level	Residents	Happiness
1	10 000 Island dollars	15 min	—	8	-50
2	95 000 Island dollars	45 min	—	12	-55
3	350 000 Island dollars	1 h 30 min	—	16	-60
4	1 000 000 Island dollars	2 h 40 min	—	20	-65

Game data, version 8052 (14. 8. 2026).

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