Well, I used Hlaalo Manor for the longest time before deciding that the dead body in the middle of the room... It just wasn't working.
I wanted to stay in a city that was under my House's jurisdiction (Hlaalu), so I tried Hla Oad. They didn't have Striders, but they did have boat transport. Unfortunately, the huts don't have much storage space so I had to move back to Balmora.
For a while Balyn Omavel's house was my home (I had to execute him for the Morag Tong anyway). Then I took residency in Caldera next door to Creeper and the Orcs. It was about that time I saw DW trying to convince Fable to download Abu's retreat, so I followed suite. Now I have three mod houses (Balmora, Ald'Ruhn, Pelagiad) and at least six minor houses about the rest of the continent.
But if you're against mods you can just do what I did initially:I simply went to my enemy House's strongholds and wiped everyone out. Of course, I was a thief in the Guild so I had no troubles with bounty. Not a good idea role-playing wise, but it serves for space.
