I ordered a maid, and she came and did her job like she should for a few days. One day she just wouldn't leave, she would just stand outside my house and stare at the mailbox, then come knock on my door. I invited her in, and after some time a message from her about leaving came up, she went outside and stared at the mailbox again. She was stuck on my lot until she aged and became an elder, then after a while she died. When she died, 10 (yes, 10!) other maids came and did the same thing, but this time half of them was standing inside my house, some of them began to use my stuff, and they knocked on the door all the time... Tried to ask them to leave, but they just kept staying.. Had to move away from the house to get away! Also, my sim won't get any new friends! She needs 8 friends to get an promotion, and I start sociliazing with others, but when she goes to bed or a new day comes it "resets", it goes back to the friends she had from the start, and the new ones disappear.. She is soon going to die, and i'm one promotion away from being a secret spy, just needs the friends I can't get..

Added your first issue to the list. Could you make a new thread for the second. Thank you

I found a work around, if you invite the maid out some after canceling your maid service, you can go back home without the maid and she won't return.

Hi Sim fam 🤒 2 days ago i encountered this problem all my Npc's just won't leave my lot. It was very frustrating. However after two days of annoying unwanted guests i seem to have found the solution by using a cheat. My sim had the FREE SERVICES from reward store After using a cheat to REMOVE this...i logged off my game and reloaded it a few hrs after (i fell asleep) Anyway....First thing i noticed was the lack of Service Npc's on my front porch. If anyone else has this trait from reward store i hope this helps Testing cheats on Traits.Remove_trait Free Services Happy simming

Still having this problem. I'd hire a maid and she'd come the first day then either stop coming or stand on the porch. Maids on first day would come in and mop puddles, pick up trash, but not use the dishwasher or wash dishes by hand. No attempt to even pick up dishes. Maid charged me twice for same day.When going places pop-up would say maid cleaned my house while I was gone yet there was still trash and dirty dishes everywhere.Canceled service and hired new maid, maid is stuck in front of house talking to mailbox. No say goodbye, ask to leave, etc options. Resetting maid does nothing. Maid just talks to mailbox, knocks on door, and continues these two actions. Cancel service, hire new maid, maid also stuck.Decide since the maids, even when they do do their job, don't deal with dishes I don't need a maid. I'll just call one time maids when I get a super dirty house. Two days pass, maid still outside talking to mailbox.Hoping she dies soon.Edit: Tried to travel with maid to new area to abandon her, says she's busy right now. 1-day maid never came because old maid still on lot.Trapped maid in fence room, built pool under her. Maid stopped existing.Couple hours later same maid reappears and continues trying to seduce my mailboxEdit p2:Trapped original maid in cage, cas.fulleditmode, edit in cas up to elder, added to family and she died immediately, two maids came and replaced her. Both maids did not do their job and spend all their time walking between door and mailbox. Aged male maid up but didn't add to family. Every day a new maid comes. Going to move my sims and pray this gets fixed by the move.

Hi @zaicarl so far the only working solution I have found checking people's games was this Make sure you cancel the service Add the Sim to your household via cheat Delete the Sim via household manager You might need to do it more than once though

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crinrict
Hero+
11 years ago
Added your first issue to the list.

Could you make a new thread for the second. Thank you
JustPatricia
New Traveler
11 years ago
It's extremely annoying that the maids have to be let in now. They'll just stand there outside the door and eventually go away if no one answers the door. I know it's already been mentioned that they just stop showing up so at least when they do show up, COME IN!
Anonymous
11 years ago
That is good to know. I kept coming home and just receiving a notice that the maid cleaned my house, although the house never appeared to have been cleaned (although I might have been wrong) and I never saw the maid. Have not seen a maid in the game so far.
JustPatricia
New Traveler
11 years ago
If I call for a maid every single day individually they seem to show up. But when I schedule a maid, it's anybody's guess... They might have been there but if I'm not looking at the door I may have missed 'em. I did find a cheat that can turn any sim's character into maid-behavior but I haven't played with it. It can cause the person to automatically clean up after others while still playing their own role. But that's not cool...I think... LOL!
@Sunsetblast wrote:
That is good to know. I kept coming home and just receiving a notice that the maid cleaned my house, although the house never appeared to have been cleaned (although I might have been wrong) and I never saw the maid. Have not seen a maid in the game so far.
KattFricke
11 years ago
I just now started having this problem. I removed all CC and its still happening.
Has there been any updates on a fix or work around for this issue?
JustPatricia
New Traveler
11 years ago
@KattFricke wrote:
I just now started having this problem. I removed all CC and its still happening.
Has there been any updates on a fix or work around for this issue?
Just curious. What is "CC"?
Anonymous
11 years ago
It's been a few days since anyone mentioned anything here. Has there been any updates yet? My maid is still waving at the mailbox and walking up and down my front steps. I can't fire him, in fact he's just like a regular NPC now. Except that he's stuck, of course, and reset sim doesn't work on him.
siebie_turk
Seasoned Newcomer
11 years ago
I found a work around, if you invite the maid out some after canceling your maid service, you can go back home without the maid and she won't return.
rochelimit55555
11 years ago
Never had this issue. Never downloaded CC either.
JustPatricia
New Traveler
11 years ago
@rochelimit55555 wrote:
Never had this issue. Never downloaded CC either.
@rochelimit55555 What is CC??