Goldenglow Estate a usable house?

[PelagiusIV]

I was looking for some alternate house choices beside's the one's you can purchase in the cities when I came across a list that said if you intimidate Gulum-Ei in the thieves guild quest Scoundrel's Folly that it then becomes a usable house. I was wondering if anyone else has heard or tried this before. I just started the thieves guild on my current player and am not that far in yet.

Houses (Skyrim) - The Elder Scrolls Wiki

Listed under "Other Houses"

 

[Gearuvagen]

I must have looked at that page 5+ times and never noticed that. I'm also training up a Thief (Assassin & Vampire). I'll have to give it a shot though I seem to remember him laughing me off when attempting to intimidate him on my first guild playthrough.

 

[PelagiusIV]

I know, I swear I've looked at that page before but never saw that listed. Thats why I was wondering if anyone could confirm it, it seems to good to be true.

 

[MushroomGenius]

If I'm not mistaken, I think the bandits respawn. As far as containers go, no idea.

 

[Mr1cammando]

If I'm not mistaken, I think the bandits respawn. As far as containers go, no idea.

Well that just makes going home more of an adventure.

 

[Dagmar]

If I'm not mistaken, I think the bandits respawn. As far as containers go, no idea.

The mercenaries don't respawn. While I wouldn't trust anything on faith that's posted at the Wikia site for Skyrim, it's also listed as safe location at the UESP Skyrim Wiki site and the locations added to the Safe Locations are generally only placed there after they have been checked in the CK to verify that the "Never Resets" coding for the location has been enabled. Out of an abundance of caution I checked myself as well and it is indeed enabled.

What this means is that the entire interior behaves the same as a house that a player purchases from the Steward of a Hold and will prevent all containers from respawning regardless of whether they're individually coded to respawn or not.

 

[PelagiusIV]

Thanks Dagmar! Thats the second time now that you've helped me out on a "Safe Storage" question, you really know your stuff.

 

[Serebro Moniker]

Wait.
So with the Goldenglow Estate, we have a mansion, outside of a city, that we can gain access to for free, with an abundance of non-respawning containers...
and nobody told me about this?!

 

[Mr1cammando]

Wait.
So with the Goldenglow Estate, we have a mansion, outside of a city, that we can gain access to for free, with an abundance of non-respawning containers...
and nobody told me about this?!

Yup!

 

[Osena]

its been a couple months but i think it should be a useable home as you do get the deed for the house and lands

 

[theoduck]

its been a couple months but i think it should be a useable home as you do get the deed for the house and lands

I just became guild master. I have the bill of sale. I killed everyone there a loooong time ago.

I just went back after the ceremony and the mercenaries have respawned. Whatever.

Correction -- no respawn. I guess I left one of them breathing before. Anyway, still can't open the gate. No key. Maven said she wanted the bill of sale, but I can't give it to her. Maybe she doesn't care because she's Jarl now. Probably just another loose end.

 

[Semper Eadem]

I think if you have the DLCs the Mercenaries don't respawn as they used to in my Goldenglow but once I got Dawnguard I had no more respawning mercenaries, I missed having them around as they upped my skills and they always had money on their bodies. Still its nice having Goldenglow sans mercenaries too.