Looking for tips on house building.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1sRBCuOthc

http://getsimplyruthless.blogspot.com/2013/11/victorians-101-getting-started-building.html

http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Tutorials:Building_Great_Realistic_Houses_-_From_the_Ground_Up/Interior

Hey!
For those who are not natural architects, building can be challenging in the Sims 3. I find that as time goes on, building gets easier as one learns from their mistakes and sees what works in the game. I can't promise that you will reach the pinnacle of Sims 3 building, but you may be surprised. The key, I find, is not to give up when you start a house. It ultimately depends how important the building skill is to you, but learning from design errors and ugly mistakes is valuable. Since my first house, I've gotten a lot better (I mean a lot!).

Here are some tips I use just off the top of my head:

1)You don't need bedrooms to be as big as you think, unless you want to fill it with excessive things. A standard bedroom needs a bed, a bedside table, and a dresser. Lights can go on the ceiling. If you have trouble with a good bedroom size go to build mode and plop down a bed to get the idea of which dimensions will work. You can always sell/erase the bed once you get the vision.

2)If you plan to have parties at the house, allow extra space in the living room and dining room. Sims have trouble in tight..well even average spaces. Extra room allows for dancing and eating, talking, and getting around each other.

3)Consider an accent wall. Accent walls are walls (that sometimes stand separate from other walls in the room) that are painted a different, often times, bold color from the other walls in the room. These walls are great for mounting the television in the living room. Search on Google: "accent walls in homes"

4)Stair placement is tricky , because one has to have room on the base floor and layout the top floor. If you can use spiral stairs, I suggest you do. They take up less space and planning around them can be easier. Again, practice helps a lot here. Map out your hallways before you place the rooms on the top floor.

5)Lastly, it helps me to do landscaping last.

These are just some tips that I've learned and I hope they help you. If you want to get better a building you should continue to build your own houses and learn as you go. If you give up, you might never get that skill up.

_Slavic