Don’t make the mistake I did when I first built and have an enclosed [[fence]] that surrounds your house. Because if you die and are unable to retrieve your body and lose the key to your gate fence, you cannot get back in to your house since you can’t get past the locked gate! You also won’t be able to knock the fence down either if you are new or f2p since you need a [[body strength]] of 21 to knock down fences or walls.
* Either If you are not on a deed either make a separate enclosed gated area where you can farm etc, or ideally make a front and back door on your house. Then have your house be the “gate” to the enclosed fence area that is connected to it. That way you can always get in and out of both your house and fenced area since you don't need a key for that in a worst case scenario where you die and lose everything and can't retrieve your gate key. Just make sure to put a fence gate on your fenced area still though in case you want to later lead in animals or park your cartscorpse.
* If you have access to [[copper]] then you can always copy your keys and put the spares in a bank to address this issue also.
* If you are the mayor of your own deed this isn't an issue since you can always get past locked gets on your own territory.
== Plan your house correctly, or you will waste a lot of time and effort. ==