Fallout 3 player character housing

=Ownable housing=

=Hotels and Rentable Housing=

General

 * Player must rent the room nightly for 120 caps, after which the bed becomes "My Bed" and grants the Well Rested effect.
 * Cannot be used if the player blows up Megaton in The Power of the Atom.

Pros

 * Nova will offer her services when you rent the room.
 * Located in the lovely Megaton.
 * All the beer you could want, for a price of course.

Cons

 * It is rumored that Moriarty pisses in his beer.
 * Has Gob, a ghoul, as the bartender.

General

 * Player must initially rent the room for 120 caps, after which the bed becomes "My Bed" and grants the Well Rested effect.

Pros

 * All storage in the room is safe.
 * Items left on the bed, floor, table, desk top, etc. seem stable.
 * Mister Buckingham and Vera Weatherly are at your service.
 * Lots of company.

Cons

 * Located in a slowly disintegrating ship.
 * Nearby roommates are Sister and Dr. Zimmer.

General

 * Player must rent the room nightly for 120 caps, after which the bed becomes "My Bed" and grants the Well Rested effect.

Pros

 * The ghouls can be tolerable (if you do not mind them).
 * Sydney will supply ammo and weapons in The Ninth Circle once you finish Stealing Independence.
 * You can hire Charon from Ahzrukhal in The Ninth Circle with any karma level.

Cons

 * Located inside Underworld, in the Mall which is inhabited by Super Mutants.
 * Inhabited by ghouls (if you're a ghoul hater).

=Non-ownable housing= Houses below are not technically ownable, but you can live at these sites.

Requirements of Non-ownable housing
 * Must have a bed.
 * Must have at least one safe container (ie: items put inside won't be wiped out when the container respawns its loot.
 * To be sure, containers can be made safe with the setownership console command (only for PC users sadly).

General

 * Only actually livable place is relay NN-03c

Pros

 * Very spacious
 * Phenomenal view of the wasteland
 * Plenty of storage
 * Raider farm

Cons

 * Many raiders to battle before entering, may respawn if the bodies are not moved.

General
Ridgefield (aka Minefield) consists of:
 * Gibson House
 * Gibson's Model Home
 * Gillian House
 * Benson House
 * Zane House

All of the above houses have fairly similar layouts with 2 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, a Living Room and a Kitchen. The player may use any one of these houses as his/her living place, or all of them if desired.

Pros

 * Each house has a safe.
 * Neighborhood contains all the is necessary to create the shishkebab.

Cons

 * Local resident Arkansas is a little crazy and will shoot you on site.
 * Lots of frag mines to be wary of. (Or if the you have the light step perk, rejoice!)
 * All initially locked. (Ridgefield Gate key carried by Arkansas will unlock all of them)

Pros

 * No immediate enemies or spawn points.
 * Good north-central location.
 * Multiple Storage containers.

Cons

 * No map marker. (nearby Mason Dixon Salvage and SatCom Array NN-03d).

General
Slightly Northeast of Greener Pastures Disposal Site. Made out of an overturned container with a door.

Pros

 * Has a free naval cot.
 * Lots of RadAway, Rad-x and various other chems.
 * Non-respawning footlocker for storage.

Cons

 * Dead body of the Wasteland Recluse.
 * Small.

Pros

 * Tons of metal boxes and lockers.
 * You can choose to live in the Overseer's office, or the dorms.
 * Pool table in the living quarters.
 * Music rooms, and a lounge in the sound testing wing.
 * Contains the valuable Soil Stradivarius that can sold for caps or given to Agatha.

Cons

 * You have to clear out the Mirelurks before it is inhabitable.
 * It's near the Deathclaw infested Old Olney, but it is a safe distance and you should have no problems.
 * Like most vaults, it is rusted, and there are papers all over the floor, but it can easily be ignored.

Pros

 * Very close to fast travel point.
 * Lots of storage, including gore bags (may be unsafe) and a safe under the bed.
 * Nice view from the hilltop.
 * Super Mutant, Talon, and Enclave spawns that can create daily battles outside your house.

Cons

 * Super Mutant, Talon, and Enclave spawns that can create daily battles outside your house.

Pros

 * Beds and storage in Pharmacy.
 * Near Megaton.
 * Good Central Location.
 * A Protectron as guard (If you take the ID badge and hack the computer in the Pharmacy).
 * A big area inside, fairly open.
 * Relatively quiet location.
 * Shelving makes good display stands for items.
 * Many containers (Fridge, about 7 ammo containers, many crates)
 * "Saferoom" in back, great for main HQ.
 * 30 shopping carts.
 * More beds in male/female toilets.
 * Baby carriage not too far away from the pharmacy, so you can move it to where ever you are "living" at and store weapons in it.
 * Aside from chems in pharmacy, there is a buffout on the sink on the right in the male toilets, and more chems on a table in the female toilets.
 * Very follower friendly

Cons

 * 15 raiders
 * Cashier tables bleed when shot.

Germantown Medical Camp

 * Plenty of Beds and Storage
 * Good Central Location
 * Many Super Mutant Brutes and Super Mutants surround the area

General

 * Accessible via a manhole inside the Sewer Waystation.
 * Player must kill Gallo

Pros

 * Decorated lavishly with Nuka-Cola paraphernalia.
 * Nearby storage room with lots of custom weapon components.
 * Plenty of storage.
 * Two loveable radroaches in a cage.
 * Plenty of traps outside.

Cons

 * You need to kill many Feral Ghouls to claim.
 * Annoying bug in which dropped items tend to fall through the floor in the main room. To avoid this, save before dropping any items while in Gallo's or drop them outside in the sewer tunnel and carry them into the room.

General

 * Only available if you sabotage the vault.

Pros

 * Plenty of beds.
 * Overseer's Office with working tunnel.
 * There is a storage room with many crates.
 * Vault door CANNOT ever be closed.
 * The vault is a bit trashed with papers and a few bodies.
 * No rust unlike most vaults

Cons

 * Constant alarm sounding and flashing lights (in places).

Pros

 * Choice of three houses
 * Once "Those!" quest completed, no enemies spawn in Grayditch
 * Central location
 * Plenty of beds and storage
 * Dr. Lesko as a neighbor, unless you killed him

General

 * Only available after downloading Broken Steel DLC.

Pros

 * Has several beds.
 * Glowing One downstairs can be used as a nightlight.
 * Aqua Pura Crates for storage.

Cons

 * Ghoul bodies are very hard to move around and/or hide
 * You gain 1 Rad per sec. when entering

Pros

 * Several Beds.
 * Central location very close to fast-travel spot.
 * A dresser for storage.
 * Location within a settlement.
 * Ian West as a roomate (Only if you convinced him to stay in Arefu. See Blood Ties for more.)

Cons

 * It has two corpses inside. (After Blood Ties is completed, they disappear, presumably cleared out by civic-minded Arefu Citizens.)
 * Tight quarters, could be trapped by followers(if you have Dogmeat and someone else, or have employed techniques to have multiple followers). Likelihood can be made worse if Ian is present.

Pros

 * Giant area.
 * Loads of non owned storage.
 * Work Bench.
 * Random encounter area outside.
 * Lots of company if the player didn't lay the Vampires to waste.

Pros

 * Very short walk from fast-travel spawn point to containers and bed.
 * Lots of containers.

Cons

 * Lots of raiders who spawn there, could be very annoying to go back there and have to kill them every time.

Pros

 * Good amount of storage.
 * The atrium is fairly large, but cluttered.
 * Pool table in the atrium.
 * A good room to pick to live in would be the one that has the note in front of it, it is fairly clean but has skeletons on the beds.
 * With a lot of lab sets, this place would make a great home for those scientists out there.
 * It is within walking distance of Vault 101, so it can be cleaned and inhabited after exiting the vault.

Cons

 * You need to kill off the Insane Survivors before you can claim.
 * Door cannot be opened from the inside, be careful not to close it and run in.
 * It is rusted and quite dirty, but you can get used to it.
 * Overseer's office is hard locked, so you will need the master key or lockpick it.
 * Random encounter location right outside

Pros

 * Fast travel location.
 * Regulators for company.
 * Regulators for company.


 * Small room upstairs great for main HQ.
 * Medical supplies downstairs.

Cons

 * Every 73 hours two giant radscorpions spawn outside (only when fast traveling).
 * Sonora Cruz will flee during battle and may run outside and be killed ruining the Lawbringer perk.
 * An Enclave patrol is near.
 * All storage respawns except the locker by the stairs.
 * A Deathclaw may glitch his way into your house, causing a very unwanted visitor.

Pros

 * Shrine to Abraham Lincoln.
 * Robert E. Lee's old house.
 * Has a safe, a workbench, and the Bobblehead - Luck.
 * No nearby enemies unless you have the Lawbringer perk.
 * Many beds and safe storage containers.
 * One of the few non-ownable places to live thats actually a full house.

Cons

 * Located in the center of a creepy graveyard.
 * With the Lawbringer perk a dead Regulator may spawn here as well as Junders Plunkett, whose finger may be sold to Sonora Cruz for 1000 caps. Also the unique weapon Plunkett's Valid Points will be found on his body.

Pros

 * Science/research layout with surgical test subject.
 * Glowing One in a cage (Glowing One can escape apparently).
 * Plenty of storage, including safes and a fridge.
 * Workbench in factory.
 * Bedside radio.

Cons

 * Red Racer Factory is a bit "mazey" with no portal to the CW near the lab.
 * Respawning Ghouls in factory.

Pros

 * Great view.
 * Guarded gate.
 * If you have Broken Steel, the surrounding area is a great place/opportunity to get Super Mutant blood samples.
 * Elevator.

Cons

 * Although inside it may be safe, outside by the entrance it's dangerous for low level characters since a few Super Mutants may spawn by the entrance and Super Mutant Brutes will be in the field and may start shooting at you on sight.
 * Small.
 * No storage at the top of the monument near the bed, but a garbage can is inside the monument before the elevator.(But, inside the walls behind the obelisk there is an ammunition crate).
 * One bed.
 * Able to place objects on the table.

Pros

 * Lots of storage rooms.
 * Heavily guarded and almost impenetrable.
 * Private armory.
 * A clinic with a healing robot (Unless you haven't fixed Sawbones yet).
 * Courtyard for target practice.
 * Plenty of company.

Abandoned House
Found in the Northeast corner of the Fairfax Ruins directly across from a playground.

Pros

 * Good defensible position with second floor and narrow stairwell.
 * Back door for escape or easy movement.
 * Multiple storage containers.

Cons

 * Mines at entrance and in back room.
 * Sometimes passed by small Enclave patrols after The Waters of Life is completed.
 * There is a raider armed with a missile launcher and a defense turret on the second floor of the building.

General

 * In a room opposite of the locked fence with feral ghouls.

Pros

 * Naval Cot.
 * Lockable safe (Locks and unlocks with the terminal on the desk. There is a laser pistol and energy cells in safe.)
 * Lots of storage.
 * Enemies do not respawn.
 * Downstairs from the Ghoul's side of the fence, is an Average Locked door that contains an armory for your own personal use.
 * Your own protectron.

Cons

 * 4 Feral Ghouls trapped behind a locked fence. They cannot attack the player unless the fence is unlocked. (This may be a pro if you have the Ghoul Mask.) If you have the Ghoul Mask you will have your own pet ferals!

General

 * In a room accessed through a portion of metro tunnel.

Pros

 * Has two free bunk beds.
 * A lot of storage.
 * Workbench (located near the Georgetown West exit, a distance away from the actual housing location but, it's one of the few non-ownable housing locations on this list with a workbench inside.)
 * Has a ham radio.
 * Shelves that can be used as displays for weapons and apparel.

Cons

 * Mines.
 * Rocksalt and his/her band of raiders live here. Once killed, they do not re-spawn. Rocksalt's body can be looted to find Rocksalt's key, which opens a safe and a storage room further into the tunnels.
 * Swarming with molerats. Once killed, they do not re-spawn.
 * Some gas leaks can frustrate Shiskebab or Flamer users.
 * Could have a problem with re-spawning Mirelurks by the front entrance, since it's next to the Anchorage Memorial. If it becomes an issue for you (or low level players), you can always use the Georgetown West metro entrance since it's the other entrance to the Tepid Sewer. However, there's potential for a Super Mutant problem on that side, as well as Talon Mercs or Regulators.

Pros

 * Lots of storage.
 * Has an armory.
 * Guarded by outcasts and turrets.

Cons

 * Anytime you are at the top of the ramp going down, super mutants spawn.
 * Followers will not enter the bunker.
 * The elevator is a bit buggy.
 * Only Available upon downloading the Operation Anchorage DLC.

Fort Independence
Main article: Fort Independence
 * Several beds.
 * Tons of storage.
 * Large, lots of room.
 * Workbench.
 * Must gain Protector Casdin's trust for access (or just shoot your way in).
 * Location of the Miss Launcher.
 * Alien Power Cells in armory.

Pros

 * 3/6 Beds are free
 * Many safe containers, the only respawning one is an ammo box on the shelves behind the last two beds.
 * Enemies do not respawn.
 * Relatively quiet and remote.
 * Close to Tenpenny Tower
 * Scavenger resides in the nearby Lucky's who you can trade with.

Cons

 * Some traps to disarm.

Pros

 * Controllable Mister Handy who can tell you bedtime poems.
 * Full Fridge.
 * 3 beds.

Pros

 * Storage, a "Free Bed" and workbench.
 * Via elevator: seems secure with multiple heavy doors.
 * Via Coffee Machine a secret entrance is revealed by "activating" the coffee machine (see video on Talk page of the Mechanist)
 * The Bed is Queen Sized.
 * Lots of custom weapon components.

Cons

 * The dead Protectron in the room may fly all over the place and knock over objects
 * Must have level 75 Lockpick or fight through a lot of robots and Turrets to get to the room
 * Your own robot army if you turn the security off and didn't kill any robots. (Except for The Mechanist).

Pros

 * Lots of storage, a "Free Bed" and workbench
 * Adjoined armory is already "decorated" with tons of Ammunition Boxes, a Minigun, a Missile Launcher, 10mm SMGs, Assault Rifles, grenades and mines.
 * The Glowing One carcass can be used as a night light.
 * Comes with an Experimental MIRV: a unique Fat Man.
 * Seems very secure with multiple heavy doors that can be closed behind you should you choose to sleep.
 * Storage items appear safe.
 * Robots inside don't appear to respawn.
 * A Enclave radio above the workbench.

Cons

 * Bunker is two load-screens from a fast-travel location, creating a time-consuming commute between residence and wasteland.
 * Robots outside of National Guard Depot respawn.
 * Minor radiation in building on the way to the bunker.
 * Bunker is dirty with some skeletons sharing your bed, but can be removed by grabbing and putting them on the ground.
 * The player must clear out a good deal of Sentry Bots, Turrets, Mr. Gutsies, and Protectrons before "settling down".
 * Must find numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, of the Keller Family Transcripts for a free bed and storage (or use the switch glitch) The first transcript merely adds depth to the story.

Ranger Compound
Main article: Ranger Compound

General

 * To access the compound, start Reilly's Rangers quest or use 100 in lockpick or science on the door or terminal.

Pros

 * "Free Bed".
 * Plenty of storage containers.
 * A pantry with shelves.
 * After Reilly's Rangers is complete, and Donovan is still alive, you can get free repairs.
 * If Butcher is still alive, you have your own personal doctor.

Dominic and Machete's House
Main article: Canterbury Commons

Pros

 * Bunk Bed
 * Workbench and Highwayman's Friend.
 * Very close to fast-travel location.
 * Safe storage.
 * Lots of room.
 * Nuka-Cola Machine (Quantum disappears if you put any in it).

Pros

 * Fast-travel location.
 * No doors restrict carrying items in/out.

Cons

 * Decorated with Raider items, like bloody body pieces.
 * Many different containers (safety not confirmed).

Pros

 * Bed in truck to southeast.
 * Workbench and various custom weapon items through utility through right door.
 * Brotherhood protection.
 * Looks better if Broken Steel is installed.
 * Near scavenger.
 * if Broken Steel is installed, free ammo, First Aid, and a variety of other items.

Pros

 * Well Hidden in the Mountains.
 * If the Wastelanders are killed without the dog noticing you get yourself a free watchdog.
 * Minor Loot.

Cons

 * Edge of map/Bad traveling location
 * Populated by two wastelanders (can also be thought of as a pro)

Pros

 * Multiple Storage containers.

Cons

 * A random enounter point which sends Yao Guai or Enclave Soldiers, therefore not recommended for low level players.
 * Non-Central Location.
 * Right above respawnign Mirelurk nest.

Pros

 * Bed
 * Nuka-Cola machine (be careful not to put any Nuka-Cola Quantum or else they will dissapear).
 * Also location of Vault 112.
 * Plenty of storage space in the vault.
 * The interior of the Garage is mostly customisable, although its general appearance is strictly staged. Loose items such as the skeleton upon the matress, the Coffee Mugs on the tables and even the barrels in the back-quarters will automatically move back into place if ever moved. Dropped items will not disappear, however.

Cons

 * Has about 4 molerats
 * Frequent random hostile location outside.

Pros

 * Fast-travel location
 * Three extremely clean free beds.
 * Several storage lockers.

Cons

 * Raiders outside have to be killed.
 * Two raiders, one of them named, inside the area. The unnamed one will respawn.

Pros

 * Free Bed
 * Workbench
 * Pet Radroaches that respawn (if you want them unharmed, have your followers wait outside. They tend to attack after a few seconds).
 * Victory Rifle in a locker (Very-Hard Lock).
 * Hill top location, ideal for sniping. This can be handy, as there are a few hostile random encounters nearby.
 * Several safe containers.
 * Broken planks littering the floor (can be stored within Fluffy and Jitters' cage with enough effort).

Cons

 * No map marker (Nearby Rockbreaker's Last Gas).
 * Upon exiting the shack you are likely to encounter either Regulators or Talons.

Pros

 * Beds.
 * Storage.
 * Three shacks to choose from.
 * Skill books and other loot.

Cons

 * Hostile Ghoul Wastelanders (do not respawn).
 * No map marker (Near Rockbreaker's Last Gas).

Pros

 * Very close to fast-travel point.
 * Trailer and picnic area.
 * No doors (clean up or bring items from the entire map).

Cons

 * Possible Deathclaw and Yao Guai encounters.
 * Containers may be unsafe (use "setownership").

Pros

 * Fast-travel location.
 * Many beds.
 * No doors.
 * Fairly open.

Cons

 * Nearby Deathclaw Sanctuary.
 * It's common for two Giant Radscorpians to spawn very close by.

Evergreen Mills

 * "Friendly" Raider Trader in the Bazaar.
 * TONS of loot.
 * Barter Bobblehead.
 * Great "Bedrooms" in Jail section.
 * Cave System.
 * Super Mutant Behemoth.
 * Exploitable Slave Glitch.
 * "Outside" area is a Canyon.
 * Plenty of Storage (Need Confirmation on safety Xbox, PS3).
 * Pool Tables.
 * Workbench.
 * Plenty of "Vendor Trash" to sell to Smiling Jack.
 * Works well with all followers glitch (Makes it seem less solitary).

Cons

 * Possible Raider HQ.

The Pitt Underground
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General
Can only be used if the player chose the Slave's side.

Pros

 * Has an easy entrance through Uptown.
 * Has a couch.

Cons

 * Only toolboxes for storage.

General

 * Must find Kenny's Bear before Kenny will let you "bunk" with him.

Pros

 * The bed grants the Well Rested perk.
 * Kenny will play Tag and Hide and Seek.

Pros

 * Has several beds.
 * Has a lot of containers.
 * Very large.
 * Has big kitchen, library, 3 bedrooms, big bathroom, poolroom, and even a satanic sacrificial table and ritual setup in the basement.

Cons

 * It has a lot of trash lying around to clear out.
 * The creepy demonic altar in the basement paired with the sense of eerie solitude might create a tendency of sadistic gameplay.

Pros

 * Two entrances.
 * Lots of ammo/weapons.
 * Lots of beds/containers.
 * Tall lighthouse perch.

Cons

 * Smugglers may spawn in the lighthouse.
 * Before quest completion, secret entrance to the lab is locked.
 * After quest completion, door between secret entrance/lab and bed area is permalocked, forcing you to enter through the smuggler infested lighthouse.

Pros

 * Workbench.
 * Storage Safes.

Cons

 * Heavily trapped.
 * Basement has Swamplurk and Swamp Ghouls caged, which are both hostile to you.

Pros

 * Makeshift bed in greenhouse with scenic views, couch, and television set.
 * Still usable after Calvert Mansion explodes.
 * Desmond as a neighbor, until the mansion is destroyed.

General

 * Will need to unlock the bunker using Cryptochromatic Spectacles.

Pros

 * Lots of storage, including unique formation of ammo crates.
 * Still usable after mansion explodes.
 * Your own Protectron.

Pros

 * Has a good bed.
 * Intact terminal and sink.
 * Has a trunk.
 * Intact Pre-War TV.

Cons

 * Skeleton on bed can be moved off, but will respawn on the bed.

Pros

 * Closable gate out front.
 * Beds are makeshift and sloppy.
 * Fast-travel location.
 * Large and fairly open.
 * Lots of Refined Punga Fruit.

Cons

 * Filled with Tribals that will be hostile if you put the jammer on the wheel.
 * Close to Graveyard, where Feral Ghoul Reavers may spawn and attack the outside of the Cathedral.

General

 * Mothership Zeta can only be used for housing once the main quest "This Galaxy Ain't Big Enough" is completed.

Pros

 * Beds in the Engineering core.
 * Workbenches in both Engineering core and Captains Quarters.
 * Tons of storage in Engineering Core as well as two more containers on the bridge.
 * Near a fast-Travel Location.
 * Sally will occasionaly give you random alien equipment.
 * Healing Arch on Bridge.
 * Fully functional Death Ray.
 * Great View.
 * Stylish Decor.
 * Infinate alien workers for alien items.

Cons

 * Captain's Quarters will be quite messy after the final battle due to multiple alien corpses.
 * Hostile aliens respawn in the Steamworks.
 * After main battle in the bridge, standing at the workbench and looking towards the main bridge area, there may be lag due to the console/computer having to load 2 Teleportation Matrixes, a Healing Archway, 2 doors, a lot of Alien corpses, and most of all, Earth.