No need to ask, anymore!

When you purchase a deed, the mud will now search in the background for available space. After a few moments it will report back if it has found space for you to build, and if it doesn't, it will tell you to refund the deed. Just be sure not to leave the room!

This won't tell you where to look for open space, only that it exists.

Doh, looks like this doesn't work on the linux box yet. The mud will start the search but is unable to report back.

We'll try and get this fixed in the next couple days.

We've sorta-kinda figured out the problem with this. I've found a work-around, which means this will work for the time being!