Alright, I remember being able to do this before in Sims 4, but for some reason, it isn't working now. Consider the following... This is the third floor in a three-floor sample building. The balcon...
This the problem. We shouldn’t have to go to such lengths to make something work. It just needs a real fix by EA. The square platform is how I eventually got around the issue as well, but it’s too convoluted.
Here’s an idea EA: make stairs register as a room on its own, fully sizable so we can just drop one in and go.