Fairline Hill Estates

The Fairline Hill Estates is a location in the Commonwealth in 2287.

Background
On the eve of the Great War, the panicked residents of this quaint little cul-de-sac were gathering together their personal belongings and even their furniture in preparation for their escape from the onslaught of the nuclear halocaust. However, this move was rather ill-timed, as the bombs had already dropped, leaving the suburb's inhabitants to succumb to the radioactive fallout.

One family refused to depart their home. The patriarch of the family fortified his house. He bobby-trapped the front door, boarded up the windows, and barricaded the back door with furniture, before blocking the stairs subsequently after retiring to the second floor of the home. The man locked the rest of his family in the master bedroom, who were now beginning to turn into feral ghouls. He put together a small cache of ordnance and prepared several weapons, ready to open fire upon looters who dared to violate his inner sanctum. The man vigilantly fought against parties who attempted to break into his house and steal his belongings, until he succumbed to a looter's bullet.

Sometime prior to the Sole Survivor's arrival, a group of settlers had discovered the estate, all of the six houses still in mostly good condition. They disregarded the feral ghoul threat in the fortified house, leaving it alone. The settlers claimed the five other houses for themselves, which they lived relatively peaceful lives until they suddenly disappeared one fateful day.

Layout
Fairline Hill Estates consists of six buildings. Multiple yao guai will be around the estates.

Most of the homes in the estate are abandoned, containing minor random loot. One home has a floor safe underneath the upstairs bed. Another has one on the ground floor, under a table in a room with a washer and dryer. The only sign of habitation is in the northwest home, which is barred from the inside but can be accessed by climbing onto the truck parked next to the house and jumping through a window. The interior of the home contains a leveled rifle trap aimed at the front door and a skeleton clutching a pipe pistol in the bedroom upstairs, slumped across from a chained-up room containing a few feral ghouls.

To the northwest of the estates is a small trailer home belonging to Eleanor, a merchant who sells large quantities of ammo and mid-tier weaponry including a plasma rifle. In the woods north of the estates (east of Eleanor), Eleanor's dog Teddy can be found inside a cage, apparently having been captured by a pair of hostile hunters.

Notable loot

 * Eleanor's note - On a table in Eleanor's trailer home, northwest of the estates.

Companion reactions

 * X6-88 will comment on the fact that the last time he was there, people lived there. If one is in the building with the ghouls, he will also point out that it seems like a good place for a synth to hide, and that the player character should investigate.
 * Nick Valentine will ask, "Isn't it a little too quiet out here?"
 * Piper Wright will occasionally say, "Something's not right. Where are the people?" and may also comment that it is a good setting for a horror story.
 * MacCready will sometimes say "Perfectly nice houses, and no one living in them. That's not a good sign."
 * Curie will ask "Where are all the people?"
 * Cait will state "Something isn't right here, we should go."
 * Deacon says "This doesn't look right. Not right at all."
 * Codsworth will say "What a quaint little cul-de-sac. A wonder nobody seems to be home."
 * Hancock says "Awful quiet."

Appearances
The Fairline Hill Estates only appears in Fallout 4.

Behind the scenes
The area bears a strong resemblance to Tranquility Lane in the Capital Wasteland.