Tiny House Challenge
There is a movement for tiny homes that I find very appealing. We've had contests before on building on a 10x10 lot and that in itself is challenging. I was looking through the builders forum in th...
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So, last night, with all the talk of tiny towns, I started playing with a variant of an idea I'd seen elsewhere. On another thread about customizing rabbit holes I'd seen someone bury a standard rabbit hole and build something unique on the property above it. Since I am currently playing in Lunar Lakes, I kept driving by all those (ugly) rabbit hole pylons. Then I realized something.
They were small. And all the same size. 9x8. This means I would be able to place any rabbit hole that has a Lunar Lakes variant on a lot as small as 13x15 while leaving an exterior wall with only a minimum of one floor that can be designed to suit any town aesthetic.
Now, this technique is not new, nor my own. But, I've never seen it applied to the LL public buildings or specifically to reduce the footprint of those types of buildings without being stuck with the LL aesthetics. Unfortunately, my experiments were conducted on a much larger lot. Now that I know the minimum lot size, I will replicate the process on that size as a template to build others upon. Getting the building the correct depth underground should be interesting on the smaller lot, since I accomplished this by stacking a couple layers of basements. But, since these measurements leave a two tile wide area for a set of stairs to get from street level to the actual building entrance, I may have just enough room to make this happen. If not, I may have to increase the lot size a couple squares.
I know it is an unusual lot size, but of course it could be placed on any larger lot. I want to keep the template as small as possible.
I'm going to continue this project in my own build thread, but, since I was inspired here, and thought it would be of interest, I wanted to include you all directly.
Sidenote, I really need to play with constrain elevation more. I suspect it would have made finding the burial depth easier. But, for this project, my sub-basement solution works. However, using CFE would allow the burial to be more precise and allow the construction of a ground floor with a venue. And possibly use an elevator instead of a staircase from hell. Or, rather, to hell. :D Hmmm, that may be worth pursuing before this project goes any further.
EDIT
Okay, so, looking for hints, and... yes, it's been done. I still get to be proud of myself for thinking of it. Gonna go back and find out the rest though. And I'll come back with a link for y'all.
PPS,
Surprisingly, though it's mentioned in a couple places, not finding the actual solution. Reaching out to a couple Simmers that have referenced it that I've had contact with in the past. Okay, officially moving this to my thread now.
They were small. And all the same size. 9x8. This means I would be able to place any rabbit hole that has a Lunar Lakes variant on a lot as small as 13x15 while leaving an exterior wall with only a minimum of one floor that can be designed to suit any town aesthetic.
Now, this technique is not new, nor my own. But, I've never seen it applied to the LL public buildings or specifically to reduce the footprint of those types of buildings without being stuck with the LL aesthetics. Unfortunately, my experiments were conducted on a much larger lot. Now that I know the minimum lot size, I will replicate the process on that size as a template to build others upon. Getting the building the correct depth underground should be interesting on the smaller lot, since I accomplished this by stacking a couple layers of basements. But, since these measurements leave a two tile wide area for a set of stairs to get from street level to the actual building entrance, I may have just enough room to make this happen. If not, I may have to increase the lot size a couple squares.
I know it is an unusual lot size, but of course it could be placed on any larger lot. I want to keep the template as small as possible.
I'm going to continue this project in my own build thread, but, since I was inspired here, and thought it would be of interest, I wanted to include you all directly.
Sidenote, I really need to play with constrain elevation more. I suspect it would have made finding the burial depth easier. But, for this project, my sub-basement solution works. However, using CFE would allow the burial to be more precise and allow the construction of a ground floor with a venue. And possibly use an elevator instead of a staircase from hell. Or, rather, to hell. :D Hmmm, that may be worth pursuing before this project goes any further.
EDIT
Okay, so, looking for hints, and... yes, it's been done. I still get to be proud of myself for thinking of it. Gonna go back and find out the rest though. And I'll come back with a link for y'all.
PPS,
Surprisingly, though it's mentioned in a couple places, not finding the actual solution. Reaching out to a couple Simmers that have referenced it that I've had contact with in the past. Okay, officially moving this to my thread now.
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