<<Recently a friend of mine gave his home to me. I was holding the deed and was unable to claim it last night, but when I was finally able to claim it, turns out all the specialty items in the house were stripped- in fact the facade and the inside were stripped bare. What's the story with this? There were krodera walls, coraesine windows, a beautiful tapestry... now, nothing. Why did this happen? Is there any way to undo it?>>

When you deed a home with the intention of claiming it, you need to arrange to have your furnishings shipped, even if you don't change the town or even location of the home.

Gretchen

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Could a GM weigh in here? The house had some very rare items/architectural elements that would be a real shame if lost...

same process for shops?

say i have a shop that has an altered facade, altered shop name, altered tables, etc, would i:
get a deed
go to movers
ship stuff
hand over deed
n
ew person keeps all the sweet sweet uniqueness of the shop before it transferred hands?

What Lady Fleur has said is true, however, shops are a bit different than homes. When you get a deed for a shop, the shop never moves and must always stay in its current location. All items within the shop stay where they are, but if the owner has any items for sale then you are going to want to make sure that you have the owner collect them or you won't be able to remove them.

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