The latest Linden Homes theme – this one for Premium Plus subscribers – was launched on Thursday, September 12th, 2025. Entitled Ridgewood Enclave, it comprises twelve home styles overall, split into six pairs (one partially or fully open-plan, and the other with the lower floor divided into separate rooms / spaces).
The overall style is that of a contemporary US setting, rich in palm trees sweeping roads and footpaths (or sidewalk, if you will 🙂 ), with attractive planters often bracketing the access points for parcels, neatly marking and a general sub-tropical up-market feel.
These access points mark one of the feature to this theme: until now, Linden Homes have never really connected directly with any local roads or trails forming a part of the overall region landscaping. If a home owner wanted to have a direct link from their parcel to the local roadside, then they’d have to fits one themselves, making sure the root prim was anchored within their parcel.
The Ridgewood Enclave homes all appear to have a driveway link prepositioned (generally with planters to either side) outside of the actual parcel (so part of the protected land), with house rezzing oriented such that the driveways included with each house style aligned to this linkway so as to form a direct access point between the house and the local road. It’s a neat solution for a problem that has in the past caused a certain amount of grumbling among some Linden Home owners.
Outside of this, all of the house designs utilise PBR, with some having additional features such as interior windows from upper floor rooms overlooking the ground floor rooms; rooftop balconies – some quite extensive, and water feature / planter options. All of the parcels are 2048 sq metres in keeping with Premium Plus Linden Homes, allowing a number of the designs to be of a fair size and still leave room for a garden space.
The following is a summary of the styles available within the theme.
Duskledge / Greyledge: a two-storey design with an open plan lower floor incorporating an arch which could be used as a separator between the front room and a small back room area (Duskledge) or with two ground floor rooms running the length of the house (Greyledge). A spiral staircase to the rear of both leads to a single bedroom with a large front balcony. A full height tower occupies part of the front aspect double doors provide access to the rear.
Slatefall / Shadowline: a two storey block-shaped unit with a largely open-plan lower floor with a single additional box room (Slatefall) or the ground floor entirely open-plan (Shadowline). A dog-leg stairway provides access to an upper floor hallway serving two bedrooms, one with a view to the front aspect and one to the rear and accessing an open balcony (also accessed directly from the landing. An external stairway from this balcony then accesses the rooftop.
Verdemont / Brackenrock: an imposing 2-storey unit with a large rooftop balcony served by an enclosed spiral stairway rising through a tower at the rear of the house. The ground floor is open-plan (Verdemont) or with two large rooms (Brackenrock). The spiral stairway also accesses a curved gallery providing access to two bedrooms, one to the front aspect of the house and one to the rear.
Cragspire / Hardcastle: a two-storey house with a turreted spiral staircase to the front aspect alongside the front door. The ground floor is open-plan, with a central raised ceiling (Craigspire) or split into three rooms, the largest of which features the raised ceiling (Hardcastle). Two upper floor bedrooms are reached via a spiral staircase to the front of the house and a large galleried landing, also overlooking the ground floor. Doors from the galleried landing also access a side balcony with further spiral stairs leading up to a rooftop balcony.
Claystone / Stonemont: a roughly square unit, two storeys in size, with a large open-plan lower floor (Claystone) or which includes solid room dividers (Stonemont) offering the opportunity to create a second room with its own access to the rear of the house. Three bedrooms are accessed via a dogleg staircase, two of which overlook the front of the house, and the third to the side of the house. The latter has an ensuite bathroom and a private covered balcony.
If I were a Premium Plus subscriber, I think Ridgewood Enclave would likely be attractive enough an urban setting for me to give it a go; it has the sense of being something of a general step up from previous Premium Plus and Premium Linden Home Themes. Demos of all the houses can be found at the BelliHub Linden Home Demo area and at the demo area within the Second Life Welcome Hub.
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