Blueprints Home Plans Inspiration

I built one type of house for my game -

The massive "Burns Estate" (named since Sheila Burns was the first to receive this massive house). The original was built on "Mosquito Cove" lot and only used BASE items (since I only had Base at that time) -

http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w489/blkflcn/Porchesmain-house_zps4c421717.jpg
Main house (3bedrm/2bathrm) -occasionally a half bath is added to the 1st floor (or no 1st floor bathrooms if I'm feeling EVIL)
http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w489/blkflcn/Pool01_zps92a91423.jpg
Pool (if space/story permits it)
http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w489/blkflcn/Poolhouseandpool_zpsb23d3f1a.jpg
Pool-house (1bedrm/1bathrm) - normally I end up using the pool house as my own private gym

-- I am currently going thru a mobile-home "phase" right now and building (mostly) 2bedrm/1bathrm (single-wide) trailors for my families.

So far, I've built 5 trailor lots and a few others are in the works. I would have to say Linda vista is probably my favorite of all my trailor lots.

Welcome to the Linda Vista Mobile-Home Park (40X40 lot)

http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w489/blkflcn/house1%20plans_zpsiwek8vcp.jpg
Trailor 1 - (originally, the kitchen/dining area was supposed to be on the upper half of this "split-level" home with the "wet-bar" on the lower ground level. The split-level proved too much of a pain for me - and my short temper - so I just made it a flat floor plan)

http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w489/blkflcn/house2%20plans_zpsevdqsm2x.jpg
Trailor 2 - (this is the 2nd 1bedrm/1bathrm trailor that I've ever built. The 1st was called the "Mobile Flower-Box Home")

http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w489/blkflcn/house3%20plans_zpswq3pqskk.jpg
Trailor 3 - (Being the newest trailor on the lot, I gave it the horizontal siding and asphalt shingle roofing for a newer look while the others have the metal siding and metal roofing for a much older appearance)

And so you will always find your way back home...

http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w489/blkflcn/sky%20trailor1_zpsxjntcepk.jpg
... the famous "Sky Trailor" (It's only a shell with lights inside, but by my calculations, the sky trailor could've been a 3bed/2bath trailor!)

@5782341b77vl cool do you merge your families and then play with locked doors.

@5782341b77vl Nice houses :smile:

@5782341b77vl You did a good job on those houses.

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Thanks. :)

@juleseast3003 - only if I'm feeling EVIL enough do I lock them in... >:)

"CravenLestat;15031266" wrote:
@Kylieb191 :rage: Yours is nothing like the original,clearly you can tell the original has 600 watt electronic garage door opener,yours does not.Also if you look closely in the original you can see a single dandelion in the yard yours does not have it.So tear it down and start over :#

:D Joke good job <3

Lol oh gosh the mean simmer is back :P bad thing is I actually scrolled back up to see if the original did have a single dandelion, haha! Thank you my lovely :)

"juleseast3003;15032978" wrote:
@5782341b77vl cool do you merge your families and then play with locked doors.

Sorry - misread your question.

I never tried assigning the front door to various members of my family - I should give that a try. Mostly, I use the hidden and public rooms markers to assign the other mobile homes to the NPC and leave one trailor for my family.

This may or may not be helpful to you, but another way to use inspirations is rather than look for specific floor plans, look at all types of houses built in the style you are after. You'll get an idea for what kinds of elements they have architecturally and how they are laid out from outside. Then you can build the outside of the house to a specific style, then fill in the rooms inside. This is something I have done before, built a house specifically to get a look on the outside, then worked in the individual rooms after.

@StormySky The first house I built for sims was my own and it is a perfectly square house in real life. I have finally started building houses that I am actually happy with. Watching build videos did not help me much but watching rags to riches lets plays did. You can see exactly how the process works and how to fix problems that come up while building. Welcome to the forum.

Your welcome @StormySky. I have struggled for a long time trying to build even a simple house. I finally decided to push myself a bit and try experimenting with parts of the game I largely ignored. I am not sure I will ever be able to call myself a builder but I am having a blast. It also feels really good when you start seeing your own builds slowly taking over your sim neighborhoods.