[OPEN] Can't move into furnished homes

Did the family that used to live there die in your game or did you evict them ? I have this on some of the apartments and houses in my game where the original owners have died off.Not all but a few. 

It's fine when you start a new game and evict the family. 

It seems the furniture is not there anymore after they died off but it's there if they are in build mode so you can get it cheap

Definitely sounds fishy though, so I'll add it for now.

Good call, Crin.  Checking your blog with family list reminded me that would have been the apt. that the Feng family lived in and they have passed on in my game.  I haven't played them yet and I  didn't recall anyone having lived in the building.  I hadn't checked out that apt. building before now.

I hadn't realized that furnishing value could slip to a big fat 0, if prior owners died.  I only play 4 sim families on average in any one save and tend to have them in homes that can be passed down to generations rather than move them around.  I've moved sims around more since installing CL to see more of the apt lot trait results, or check out issues.

Thank you for clearing up the mystery.  Sure seems like the value of a home or apt. should remain at the amount as when placed or loaded, if owners have died.  Design flaw, or, some sort of depreciation kicking in, I wonder 🙂  Either way, at least I could enter and establish a value so I could rent the unit furnished, thank goodness.  At least there was a workaround.  My sim scored a good value this time, lol.

I've added

Basically this happens whenever a sim has died in a lot, i try and add another family into the house but i can't pick the furnished option? Its greyed out.. They have the right amount of money, it happens with every house if someone has died..

Try to select unfurnished and move in. The Furniture should be there anyway. It is as if the game thinks that there are no furniture there if the previous owner died.

Hello, I want to say that I have the exact same problem with the same appartment etc. I ended up saving the rooms in my library of the appartment in my extra save and replaced the rooms in my main save with basically the same rooms. It is really annoying because with appartments some items from rooms also dissapear when you place them for example curtains and stairs which is meant to happen but makes replacing rooms with the same rooms even more difficult. Edit: It isn’t that bad of a bug because now you can get some houses for really cheap or free but if I would want that I could also just use cheats like freerealestate so I still hope it gets fixed.

NVM ..

Thanks for filling out the form @dolldrms1 

Hello, I found a workaround by travelling to it as you mentioned on your blog so it isn't that big of an issue anymore. So I don't really feel the need for making a bug report, this bug is going on for a really long time and It doesn't bother me that much.

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.53.115.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Seasons, Get to Work, City Living, Dine Out, Parenthood, Kids Room Stuff.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Play a household whilst having another single elderly sim household simultaneously living in an apartment. Wait for them to die. Attempt to move into that apartment after they die.
What happens when the bug occurs? House can not be bought furnished although furniture is still there in map view. Furniture still there in build mode. Attempted to save lot to the gallery so I could bulldoze and replace. Option was greyed out. Had active sim visit, obviously couldn't enter house has no one lives there. Furniture has now vanished from map view and build mode. Have already followed these instructions (https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2015/07/lots-cant-be-bought-furnished/) but they are very likely to be outdated now)
What do you expect to see? I expect to be able to move into an apartment despite the previous owner dying there. Overtime, this bug renders San Myshuno unplayable because eventually every lot would have had the last remaining sim die there. I do not want to accept 'refurnish every lot' as a solution.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure 

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Unfortunately I'm not sure if this has happened after the new 1.53 update, may not be due to the new update because people have complained about this for years, but it has never been fixed.