The 4x4 Challenge for Sims 3

"dx1965;14323323" wrote:
I got the greenhouse forgot the name,its nice build. I am still exploring it.
The sunflowers are great that how I made lot of my money in last few 4by4 attempts but problem is I keep spending it on fences, lighting, counters, fish bowls. I wanted share my builds I am not if its cheating what I am doing but I find having big porch with outside shower and kitchen helpful.
In my Monte Vista world I just got, which sadly the "tea table" didn't show up in I started with a 4 by 4 space with large porch with the pretty porch type fences and used the terrain textures to save money.
My Sim had only 16,000 to spend.
I got the smallest and cheapest, smallest lot in Monte Vista for I think 1200
I used 4x4 bathroom premade room, redecorated it and added large bowl.
I got six fishbowls, few electronic items and lots of sunflowers.
I have earned about 30k from just collecting sunshine.
I did something interesting with texture I was hoping to share but I can't figure it out.
The first texture styles I set I intentionally chose a texture that makes everything look dirty and old.
A whole lot of plans are dying or wilted even though he worked very hard on it and is level 7 in gardening.
And my plan is with texturing and whatever I can afford to make it look like he is cleaning up the place.
The first day was a fire, second day he was robbed and he went to the library and saw a ghost levitating chairs and toys.
He went to public pizzeria and cook whole lot.
Weird thing he could take any left overs, they just don't allow it.
I had interesting surprise, hope isn't a mistake but Origin believe I have Late Night and High end studio pack so I am downloading. I don't remember purchasing it, perhaps it came with Sims 3 digital version but I didn't get until now.

If you are adding furniture or skilling objects on the porch, that would be cheating, no objects that should be IN the house are allowed on the porch, actually nothing but your mailbox if desired and a plant or two is allowed on the porch. Did you put everything I listed into your 4x4 starter room, I doubt you would have any room for fish bows if you had put everything I listed for starting the game in your room....reread the rules then post pictures. You are supposed to only have about $16,000 or so at the beginning, it is very easy to put every object I listed in the rules into your 4x4 with that amount of money, then you have to knock down family funds to only $500.00 then the challenge starts.

You can play it any way you want but I wrote out the rules for a challenge and if you have a shower and a kitchen on your porch the rules are being dismissed and the spirit of the challenge is pretty much absent.