Do you guys use floor plans when building houses?

I usually build the exterior walls first and place doors, windows etc. because I'm more picky about how the house looks outside than the room layout inside. Sometimes I do slight modifications to the exterior walls if the room layout doesn't work.

> @SimSara said:
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> Definitely give the floor plans a go! They make the build process go very smoothly. You wont be disappointed! :) I printed a bunch out the other day and have built four houses so far, they look very nice and realistic.. totally different from the other houses I've built.


Thank you for this! Will definitely give it a go :)

Yes, Not all the time but just to jump start my imagination.

Only when I'm in a hurry :D

"SimSara;12998543" wrote:

"abbyshire;12997784" wrote:
I never have, but it could be interesting to try. I typically build houses that will be easy for me/my sim to have easy access to everything without the cutaway walls, if that makes sense. I like seeing the artwork and stuff on walls.

So you like to zoom in and see the entire background/walls.. ect? lol I was actually taking screenshots of a house I built and I had this kitchen area that I really liked but I couldn't get a good picture when zooming in with the walls up, the room was too small. It kinda made me mad although I don't take a lot of pictures of my sims and tend to be zooming out/in, fast forwarding/pausing.. I'm all over the place.

Yep, I hardly ever use the cutaway wall or walls down views because too much of the house is missing. I tend to favor more "open" living areas for my Sims and in RL. ;) I don't take a lot of screenshots either, though.

"abbyshire;12998577" wrote:

"SimSara;12998543" wrote:

"abbyshire;12997784" wrote:
I never have, but it could be interesting to try. I typically build houses that will be easy for me/my sim to have easy access to everything without the cutaway walls, if that makes sense. I like seeing the artwork and stuff on walls.

So you like to zoom in and see the entire background/walls.. ect? lol I was actually taking screenshots of a house I built and I had this kitchen area that I really liked but I couldn't get a good picture when zooming in with the walls up, the room was too small. It kinda made me mad although I don't take a lot of pictures of my sims and tend to be zooming out/in, fast forwarding/pausing.. I'm all over the place.

Yep, I hardly ever use the cutaway wall or walls down views because too much of the house is missing. I tend to favor more "open" living areas for my Sims and in RL. ;) I don't take a lot of screenshots either, though.

Ohh! Are you a designer??

I've never tried using floor plans but I will look up pictures of different architectural styles to get ideas sometimes. I usually get more inspiration from playing different sims. As their needs change I design a new lot to suit their needs and personalities etc.

I totally use pictures of homes on the net for inspiration and I sometimes attempt to follow them but I always find myself deviating from the original in some way. My latest build (posting it hopefully sometime this week) is a great example of it. Some things I want to do I just can't do in game yet so I have to change some things up.

I've been really inspired by a lot of great builders here on the forums too! It's amazing to see how we can all use the same limited tool set to create such diverse works!

I say grab inspiration from anywhere you can and definitely attempt to build some houses from plans or pictures. You may just surprise yourself! :smiley:

I'm currently working on a boarding school build for a boarding school challenge. I do seriously massive builds It usually takes forever but I eventually get it done. IBuilding can take me up to 4 to 5 days.