Breezehome house

[Derfel Cadarn]

I can't buy this house. I talk to Proventus Avenicci and his give me a key, but nothing happens. I use Vortex and a Unofficial Skyrim SE patch. How a fix it?

[Kuroneko]

Did you read the Letter Next to the Door at the House? That might help but not sure since i din't have that issue O_O.

[Lady Aeleanor]

What do you mean "nothing happens"? You aren't asked for money by Avenicci to buy Breezehome? There's no option to buy decorations for the house? Can you enter the house with the key? Try doing a game file integrity verification through Steam. You may have a file or two that's missing or corrupt.

[SpeedFreak1972]

Originally posted by Kuroneko:

Did you read the Letter Next to the Door at the House? That might help but not sure since i din't have that issue O_O.

Letter, what letter we talk about the house in Whiterun there isn't a letter unless it's from a mod. As Lady Aeleanor says don't you have options to decorate the house? If you got the key try to enter it (wouldn't be worried about not paying for it)

[Derfel Cadarn]

Proventus give me a choice to buy a house, but when a buy it (pay 5000 gold) the money stay in may char and the key don't appear in my inventory.

[Derfel Cadarn]

Originally posted by Lady Aeleanor:

What do you mean "nothing happens"? You aren't asked for money by Avenicci to buy Breezehome? There's no option to buy decorations for the house? Can you enter the house with the key? Try doing a game file integrity verification through Steam. You may have a file or two that's missing or corrupt.

Proventus give me a choice to buy a house, but when a buy it (pay 5000 gold) the money stay in may char and the key don't appear in my inventory.

[Know Won]

Did you try turning off then back on again?
How many mods do you use? Adding mods and removing them during play?

[Fear2288]

The only suggested “fix” I could find for this problem is using the console command “setstage HousePurchase 10” while you are in Whiterun.

This should deposit the key and the decorating guide in your inventory, complete the entry in your journal to buy Breezehome, and should make Proventus able to offer you upgrades for the home as normal.

Since it’s a console command, there’s no guarentee that it will work flawlessly, so if you try this make sure to make a hard save before doing it just in case.

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by Kuroneko:

Did you read the Letter Next to the Door at the House? That might help but not sure since i din't have that issue O_O.

That's the Tundra home, not breezehome.

[Altbert]

Have you completed the quest Bleak Falls Barrow for Farengar?

[Fear2288]

Originally posted by Altbert:

Have you completed the quest Bleak Falls Barrow for Farengar?

I’m fairly certain that the OP could not have gotten to the point where he is without having done so.

If memory serves me correctly, you don’t get the option to purchase property in Whiterun until after you have been made Thane - which is bestowed to you after you have defeated the dragon at the Western Watchtower (which doesn’t occur until after you retrieve the Dragon Stone for Farengar).

The bug the OP is experiencing is an uncommon but known one that can occur in the vanilla game (according to the UESP page) with any buyable city home - no matter how many times you select the option to do so, it just doesn’t register your purchase - money isn’t taken from your inventory, and you are not given the key/decorating guide.

The only suggested “fix” is the one I mentioned above.

[Altbert]

Originally posted by Fear2288:

Originally posted by Altbert:

Have you completed the quest Bleak Falls Barrow for Farengar?

I’m fairly certain that the OP could not have gotten to the point where he is without having done so.

If memory serves me correctly, you don’t get the option to purchase property in Whiterun until after you have been made Thane - which is bestowed to you after you have defeated the dragon at the Western Watchtower (which doesn’t occur until after you retrieve the Dragon Stone for Farengar).

The bug the OP is experiencing is an uncommon but known one that can occur in the vanilla game (according to the UESP page) with any buyable city home - no matter how many times you select the option to do so, it just doesn’t register your purchase - money isn’t taken from your inventory, and you are not given the key/decorating guide.

The only suggested “fix” is the one I mentioned above.

I also thought so at first, but the player can buy Breezehome after completing the quest Bleak Falls Barrow. It doesn't actually check if that quest is completed, but it checks the relationship rank with the jarl (>= 2.00). That rank will be raised to that level after Bleak Falls Barrow is completed. It's the same for all buyable vanilla player homes.

"Setstage HousePurchase 10" will have no effect as OP already has the house buying conversation with the steward (see post #5), only nothing happens. Either a quest variable is not set or the attached script has not been executed properly.

OP could check the value of a quest variable with the console:

sqv HousePurchase

If the quest variable "whiterunhousevar_var" is set to 0 the quest fragment script in stage 10 is not properly executed, and the HousePurchaseScript will not run. If so OP could try to set this variable in the console with:

setpqv HousePurchase whiterunhousevar_var 1

[Fear2288]

According to the UESP page, the suggested use of Setstage HousePurchase 10 is for when you already have the option to the buy the home, but just as the OP has explained, when you select the conversation option - nothing happens. You’re not given the key/guide, the money is not taken out of your wallet, and the house remains not yours.

Using that console command is supposed to put the key/guide in your inventory, transfer ownership of the house to you, and move the steward on to offering upgrades but without having to spend the money on the initial purpose.

That’s what it says.

Does it work? I don’t know, I’ve never had this issue occur so I can’t speak from personal experience.

@OP - make a hard save, try the console command, and then tell us what happened.

[Altbert]

Originally posted by Fear2288:

According to the UESP page, the suggested use of Setstage HousePurchase 10 is for when you already have the option to the buy the home, but just as the OP has explained, when you select the conversation option - nothing happens. You’re not given the key/guide, the money is not taken out of your wallet, and the house remains not yours.

Using that console command is supposed to put the key/guide in your inventory, transfer ownership of the house to you, and move the steward on to offering upgrades but without having to spend the money on the initial purpose.

That’s what it says.

Does it work? I don’t know, I’ve never had this issue occur so I can’t speak from personal experience.

@OP - make a hard save, try the console command, and then tell us what happened.

No, stage 10 only sets the quest variable I mentioned and does not add key/guide into the player's inventory or take the money. That's where the HousePurchaseScript comes in. That script is conditioned and needs the quest variable be set to 1 in order to run, not only for Breezehome, but also for the other player homes.

I don't only check UESP, but also check the Creation Kit, SSEEdit and any scripts related to the quest.

[Fear2288]

Interesting, someone needs to edit the UESP then.

Is it possible whoever wrote it meant 100 as 100 is usually the “completed” stage?



EDIT:

Just tried it.

Was just starting a new character anyways.

First, I was incorrect about when you can buy the home, it's not after Dragon Rising - it's upon completion of Bleak Falls Barrow after you hand over the Dragon Stone. Those two quests are so close together they kind of run into one another - Balgruuf tells you you're allowed to purchase Breezehome for your assistance in getting the stone for Farengar after he's done talking to the guard from the Western Watchtower and asking you to accompany Irileth to investigate. You're not made Thane until completion of Dragon Rising when you return to Balgruuf after killing the dragon.


Secondly, using "setstage housepurchase 10" worked.

After having completed Bleak Falls Barrow and Dragon Rising (and my trip to the Greybeards), I stood in the middle of Whiterun and entered that console command. The key to Breezehome and the decorating guide were added to my inventory and the journal entry related to buying Breezehome was marked as "completed". Interestingly, the console command DID empty my pockets of gold - I had about 800.

Don’t know if doing this will empty your pockets of all gold no matter what amount you have, or if it’ll only empty them up to the amount that the home costs.

[Altbert]

Originally posted by Fear2288:

After having completed Bleak Falls Barrow and Dragon Rising (and my trip to the Greybeards), I stood in the middle of Whiterun and entered that console command. The key to Breezehome and the decorating guide were added to my inventory and the journal entry related to buying Breezehome was marked as "completed". Interestingly, the console command DID empty my pockets of gold - I had about 800.

Don’t know if doing this will empty your pockets of all gold no matter what amount you have, or if it’ll only empty them up to the amount that the home costs.

I already had my doubts about the scripts. This seems to be an easy way to buy all player homes as all homes can be bought through the same quest! Be sure not to have too much money in your pocket.