[Frankie9011]

Chris, realize that working for Era is a volunteer job. Despite your contributions to the server, you personally do not have the right to give yourself or your friends a house without requiring payment equal to what a regular player would have to pay for. It's common sense; just because you're staff on a playerworld doesn't mean you automatically get privileges other normal players can't equally obtain.
Can a normal player create his own storage area (house), without requiring payment, and grant access for himself and his friends to use it? No. Meaning, you can't either.