Buildable Apartments?

I personally want any form of close living quarters to be customizable and buildable that function similar to apartments. I would even settle with a new world that has a new apartment that’s kind of locked in to a townhouse sort of look. If you can’t tell, I just really want more options of close living quarters.

"LeGardePourpre;c-18247794" wrote:
I don't like the existing apartments, they are too big.
I use them for students and single sims, 6x5 is enough for them.

it would be nice if Maxis could bring back the system from TS2 EP8 Apartment Life and add building shells like TS3 EP03 Late Night.

I wouldn't call 6x5 an apartment and might be useful on one occasion or two, but I wouldn't want them as a general apartment size. They are definitely not enough for a family and very often families live in apartments not just the suburbs. What I liked about the TS2 apartments, was the possibility to move in several similar households and have them use the common space area. Single sims got basektabll or swimming pool, family sims got a playground, sims could live next door to siblings, parents, love interest, etc. The current apartments are badly designed, you can't change the windows and their placement, sometimes you can't create rooms with a window and then there are the invisible roaches and mouse holes that you can't reach to spray or place trap if you place a wall or furniture over them. This wouldn't be a problem if it were possible to edit them or to create our own apartment buildings.

I do build "apartments for my sims, and place sims I want to get together and know one another in them. I enjoy starting a sim or small family out this way. The main problem is no privacy as they are always going in each other's apartments. I use it to increase their relationships, but it would be nice to have doors that would work to keep them out, like in Apartments pack Sims 2. I wouldn't want the apartments I am playing to be blacked out or need me switch active sims in the apartment building to play them.

I should have picked the third option. I would like to have the ability to build real townhomes too.

"maggiemae8135;c-18247803" wrote:
I do build "apartments for my sims, and place sims I want to get together and know one another in them.

I have done this too with the roommate system but if I want to do whole families, I can’t do that. It messes up my bills.

and I want them available to be placed in all worlds

Heck Yeah! This has always been one of my biggest pet peeves (that and not being able to edit the worlds to add/remove stuff).

But, I want the ability to build any type of multi-family truly functional home! Not just "apartments" but duplexes/doubles, town homes, large Victorian homes that have been split up into 4 small units, beachy apartments that are raised up on stilts for Sulani, "Ski Lodges" grouped on one lot, etc. Small Neighborhoods that have separate "houses" on 1 large 64x64 lot, etc. These are the types of apartments I want to build in addition to true apartments that are multi-floor with actual apartments on each floor.

If EA is unable (or refuses) to give players this ability, that's okay, cause I'm pretty sure another life will come along and be more than willing to accommodate the player's wishes.

i'm dying for townhomes but i'd also love duplexes and more apartments. i have a few townhome lots from the gallery and they are really well made so thanks builders, but it's so much hassle because it's still considered a single lot single household. we need proper multi-unit lots.

At this point, I actively enjoy the challenge of figuring out the best floor plan for the fixed apartment shell.

It's a fun brain teaser.

well I already do
its just not very functional with 8 sim household limit and shoving different households in one household only to then feel overwhelmed trying to control them all

vampires do somewhat help though since they can hibernate therefore if i want to just play one of the households on my "apartment lot" i can hibernate the rest