The trick here is to note that the depth of the HQ is by definition at least as deep as the ritual. To take it deeper, you have to be good at ceremony (or attuned to the HP, or something - I haven't quite got this bit sorted yet).
Also, the mundane time taken is determined by the ritual. Nothing else.
So, suppose you want to do the LBQ (to pick an example we've all heard of). The lowest physical level would be the story being told to the children. No ritual content.
Next level would be a bunch of those children playing the game: "hell" is the dark bit under the barn, and "dawn" is defined as when Mum calls them in for tea. No real ritual content in the adult sense, though it may be genuinely terrifyiing for children.
Next up: the fourteen-day ritual, described in KoS as the Stationary LBQ. Normally this would be accompanied by enough ritual to make a HQ of it, though depth will vary. I'm not suggesting every clan does a full LBQ every year!
Finally one could go for a walk: start at the Orlanth Victorious temple, head west until you find the sea... this takes time. Lots of time. But turning it into a full HQ takes no ritual at all.
Looking at it the other way: what depth on the HP do you want? Making the physical ritual as real as possible will make the plane-shift (go on, give me a better term some-one) easier. But it will take longer. A really good HQer could quite possibly shift a party to Hell by drawing a couple of runes in the dust and telling a story. (A really, really good one might do so accidentally...)
Jane Williams jane_at_williams.nildram.co.ukhttp://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~janewill/gloranth/index.shtml
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