The Best FiveM Housing Scripts in 2026

A housing system has to do four things well: let players own and enter property reliably, store furniture and stashes persistently, perform well at scale, and feel modern to the player.

The big architectural split is between shell-based and interior-based systems. Shell systems load a small instanced interior only for the player inside it, so an empty city of 200 owned homes costs almost nothing in performance. Interior and IPL systems reuse fixed in-world locations, which can look more grounded but are harder to scale.

Framework fit matters just as much. A script written only for QBCore will not drop cleanly onto an ESX or standalone server, so check compatibility before you fall in love with a feature list.

ps-housing from Project-Sloth is the script most QBCore servers reach for when they want something free and maintained. It is a full replacement for qb-apartments and qb-housing, handling both houses and apartments in one resource.

Its standout feature is the placement gizmo: players position, rotate and fine-tune furniture with UI controls rather than fighting a clunky menu. That alone puts it well ahead of the older qb-houses experience.

The catch is the framework lock. ps-housing only supports QBCore today, so ESX, Qbox-purist and standalone servers are out of luck. If you are firmly on QBCore and want zero cost, it is hard to beat.

qb-houses ships with QBCore and esx_property / esx_housing is the long-standing ESX equivalent. Both are free, both are battle-tested, and both show their age.

qb-houses gives you ownership, keys and basic interiors but no real furniture placement and a dated UI. esx_housing was deliberately built lean and non-bloated so developers could extend it themselves, which is great if you have a coder and a problem if you do not.

These are fine starting points for a brand new server or a hobby project. Most servers outgrow them once players start asking for decorating, stashes and upgrades, at which point you are either patching heavily or migrating.

loaf_housing is the popular choice when you want shells without spending much. It runs on both ESX and QBCore, uses instanced shell interiors, and includes basic furniture placement.

Because it is shell-based, it scales cleanly: interiors only exist for the player inside them, so a server full of owned homes stays light. It is a sensible middle ground between the bare framework defaults and a full premium system.

Where it stops is depth. You get solid core housing, but not the deep decoration tools, in-game furniture creation, RGB lighting, upgrades and property-type variety that the top paid systems offer.

Quasar Housing is built for ESX, QB / QBCore, Qbox and standalone, which immediately removes the framework lock that limits ps-housing. That single fact makes it the safe pick if you are unsure where your server will end up.

The defining feature is in-game furniture creation: players create, edit, place and even publish furniture directly in the world, with integrated furniture shops, and no code or external tools. On top of that it supports building IPL interiors, MLO doors, shells, villas and fully custom private islands, plus stashes, wardrobes, keys, bills, home upgrades, RGB lighting and security.

It is a paid script, so it is not the right call for a zero-budget hobby server. But for a server that wants one housing system it will not have to replace, the breadth is the point.

Start from your framework and budget, then your ambition.

If you are on QBCore and want free, ps-housing is the default answer. If you are on ESX or want the lightest possible shell system across both frameworks, loaf_housing is the budget pick. If you only need basic ownership and have a developer, the bundled qb-houses or esx_property will do.

If housing is a headline feature of your server, you run multiple or uncertain frameworks, or you want players decorating without you writing code, Quasar Housing is the one that covers all of it in a single resource. Buy the depth once instead of migrating later.