How many floors do you put into most of your home builds?

I am a builder and sometimes get crazy with my builds. I want my sims to have enough room for an exercise room, a music room, a wellness room, etc. and have fun. I have usually 4 bedroom suites in case they get married have a couple of kids. There aren't enough larger blank properties where I can do 2 stories and a basement to do everything I want.

Not much of a builder. The only thing I'm really confident in building is starters for one or two sims, and there's not much point in building multiple stories when you can shove them in one bedroom

only one floor. I like my sims all in one screen so I can check on all of them if possible. stairs take up too much space and some naughty child will be upstairs painting the floors. so they all live on one floor so I know what they are doing.

"feetinstockings;c-16596586" wrote:
only one floor. I like my sims all in one screen so I can check on all of them if possible. stairs take up too much space and some naughty child will be upstairs painting the floors. so they all live on one floor so I know what they are doing.

That's how I played TS3

If it's a starter there might be just one. Otherwise I like putting bedrooms upstairs, at least the kids' bedrooms, master bedroom may be on the first floor if it fits.

I just find two-story houses aesthetically more pleasing :'D

Basements are miserable for game play and the higher you build, the more insane that camera gets. I have done at least one 4 story build and I have built basements before, but these are not my favorite thing to do.

I like two stories to keep their bedrooms separate from the living and dining areas. I don't like basements. If I am building on a large lot, I can build a one story and have enough space between the living/dining rooms on one side of house and the bedrooms on the other.

Actually, I think my builds are very varied. Most of my starter homes are single story, but I have several that are two story. More expensive homes can range from bungalow to 3 floors and a basement. Although in most of them the top floor is an attic with dormers and I do prefer attics over basements. Four story builds are an absolute rarity though, because the camera movement is just too unpredictable on that floor.

I start small and I almost always run out of room, so I have to expand to two floors.
Rarely do I use three floors, because I hate when Sims take so long to get places. :(