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Xtreme Fixer Upper Farm Challenge

Xtreme Fixer Upper Farm Challenge

Welcome to the Xtreme Fixer Upper challenge, where your main goal is to renovate this rundown, abandoned farm in Windenburg, to make it liveable and sustainable as well as raising a family. You must earn money to fix up the farm (abiding by limitations and skill level requirements) without having a traditional career. I created this challenge to be as hard as I could make it - I love a struggle in the Sims. I also wanted to push myself to include gameplay that I haven’t done before.

You live a fast paced life in San Myshuno but after a health scare, you decide to make a change and move to the countryside to live an idyllic life on a farm. You sell your penthouse apartment and use all your money to buy a farm in Windenburg which only needs a little bit of TLC… When you arrive you are shocked by the derelict state of the farm, you roll up your sleeves and get going.

Setting the Scene
* Place a Community Maker Space on one lot in Windenburg (mine is on gallery ID: HookedOnSims). You will also need a Karaoke Bar and a Park
*You can place houses, community lots and households in all of the other lots
* Evict the household and bulldoze the Dresden House lot in Windenburg. Move your Sim onto this lot. Use the money cheat to give you enough Simoleons to do that.
*Download the Xtreme Fixer Upper Farm from my gallery (Gallery ID: HookedOnSims) and place it on the lot, then cheat your money to 0! Fight that Repo Man…
*The house and all the outbuildings have been condemned and you cannot enter them UNTIL specific requirements are met. Lock all the external doors of the buildings to make sure no-one can enter!
*Lot Challenges: Off-the-Grid, Simple Living (apply this when you start using the kitchen or grill), Gremlins, Filthy, Creepy Crawlies, Reduce & Recycle
* Play on Long lifespan as this challenge takes time!

General Rules
*You may use moveobjects cheat when renovating, but you cannot use cheats that will make the challenge easier. You may put your plants back to blossoming when they are in season and you experience the gardening glitch
*In order to renovate a specific area, you must have the funds AND specific skills
*Clearing items in live or build mode CANNOT add simoleons to your household so make sure to use the money cheat to reduce your funds back to the initial amount! (Keep a written record before you start clearing)
*Time restrictions are specified to limit the amount of renovations you can do per day
*You cannot hire any services or use Patchy or clubs to help you! If something breaks, you have to repair it
*You cannot use drag and drop to help your Sim clear up - they need to do it themselves!
*You cannot purchase ANY aspiration rewards or potions since they will make it easier BUT you can purchase Storm Chaser
*Any inedible item you catch whilst fishing or dumpster diving must be recycled
*If you shower at a community lot, the cost is 10 simoleons

Making Money, Aspirations and Side Quests
Aspiration: Master Maker
*To start sources of income: Freelance Crafter (Sign up to SIMply Crafted), selling collectibles, honey and fizzing products on the SELLING TABLE only
*Until you can afford to buy your own fabricator and recycler, you must travel to the Community Maker Space to make items and the local Library to use the computer
*Any trash or items that you discard throughout the renovation process, must go into your inventory and recycled for bits and pieces! If anything catches fire, put it in your inventory and recycle NOT sell.
*End goal source of income: Selling crops
*Visit the Karaoke Bar once a week to integrate with the community and make friends (put in Calendar as reminder) - Make a Karaoke Club
*Achieve Level 10 Singing and make at least four friends
*Use the wool from your mini goats to knit. Gift the items to your neighbours
*Go on two family holidays
*Host a party for every family member on their birthday
*Celebrate Christmas with your family
*Write in your journal

Travelling
You may not travel to any other Worlds apart from when you go on holiday
Travelling to another lot in your neighbourhood - level 3 Fitness or 20 simoleons
Travelling to a lot in a different neighbourhood - level 5 Fitness or 40 simoleons
(use the money cheat to deduct the amount)

Friends and Family
Once Phase 1 is complete, you may move in a partner BUT you must date for one in-game year and he cannot have a job or bring any money into the household
Once Phase 2 is complete, you may start a family. All children must go to school and join an after school club
Each child must have one negative trait

Pets and Livestock
To complete the challenge, you need to have all the following animals by the end of Phase 3. You may purchase them at any time, but their lodgings need to have been renovated and you must also meet the requirements and have funds to feed them!
Pets must go to the Vet when ill and they must be treated by the Vet

Animal:-
1 x Dog
Requirement: Food Bowl, Toy box with 1 toy, Dog bed, 1 Dog bath (basic wooden tub)
Restriction: Adopt from the adoption agency
1 x Cat
Requirement: Food Bowl, Cat Wand, Litter Box, Cat bed
Restriction: Adopt from the adoption agency
2 x Mini Goats
Requirement: Stable renovated & fences repaired, 1 x Feeder trough
Restriction: Milk for cooking only - not to sell
2 x Mini Sheep
Requirement: Stable renovated & fences repaired
Restriction: Wool for knitting only - not to sell
1 x Rooster and 1 x Hen Chick
Requirement: Pond enclosure cleared, replace the fake coop with the real coop
Restriction: Eggs for cooking only
2 x Horses
Requirements: Clean stable, 1 x Beach ball for fun, 1 x Water trough, 1 x Feeder trough
Restriction: For recreational purposes only
1 x Rabbit stump
Requirements: Pond enclosure cleared, replace the fake rabbit hutch with real rabbit stump
Restriction: No gifting allowed
1 x Cow
Requirement: When run-in shed has been renovated
Restriction: Milk for cooking only
1 x Beehive
Requirement: Cleared Orchard
Restriction: Honey may be sold on selling table
Ducks
Requirement: Clean pond

Renovation Steps and Requirements
* Use the money cheat to deduct the cost of the various renovation products, this is ON TOP of the money it takes to buy or replace an item
* Each step takes a certain amount of time eg. if you do your structural repairs on a Monday and it takes 3 days, then you can only do your next project on Thursday
* If it’s raining, blizzard or thunderstorm, you cannot do any work outside
* Steps in each phase can be completed in any order, providing you meet the skill levels and have the funds to pay the cost
* Don’t ‘drag and drop’ items when your Sim cleans up - they have to do the work and put it in the inventory to be recycled for bits & pieces
* Use the Moneycheat to deduct the COST of each step from your available funds

PHASE 1
Clearing up laundry
The laundry piles around the yard can be washed and dried (no searching pockets!)
Skill level: None
Cost: None
Time to complete: 1 day

Fumigation
Must be done before you can start any repairs on the particular building
You don’t have to do all the buildings at the same time
Skill Level: Logic Level 2
Cost: 250 for main house, 150 for each outbuilding (6 total)
Time to complete: 2 days each time fumigation is done

Structural repairs
Repair & stabilise exterior walls of all buildings & make it watertight
Fix all exterior walls & remove any wall decals on exterior
Repair or replace any broken doors and windows
Skill Level: Handiness 2, Fitness 3
Cost: 3500
Time to complete: 3 days

Garden Clearing 1
Recycle all items for bits & pieces
Clear the exterior areas:
Uproot ALL plants since they are all infected (uproot, rummage & put in inventory)
Pick up the dog piles & manure
Throw away leaf piles
Clear the 6 vegetable patches and crop fields of plants
Put pumpkins in inventory
Skill Levels: Gardening 2, Fitness 2
Cost: 800
Time to complete: 5 days

Chimney Sweep
You pay for a company to sweep all the chimneys
Skill Level: Logic 2
Cost: 300
Time to complete: 1 day

Vegetable garden
Craft six large vegetable planters on the woodworking table and replace ‘fake’ planters in the veggie patch
Purchase starter vegetable seeds and plant one of each in your vegetable patch
(this is for consumption - not resale!). OR plant foraged vegetables instead
Skill Levels; Gardening 2,
Cost: None
Time to complete: 1 day

When phase 1 is complete, the house is now structurally safe and you can move into the house. You may also move a partner into the household!
Place a sleeping bag or camping cot in the hallway upstairs
Once you have planted vegetables, you may purchase a Grill (add Simple Living)
When Phase 2 is complete, you can start using the rooms for their purpose

PHASE 2

House Interior Clean 1
Each room must be cleared of laundry, trash and puddles in live mode
(do one room at a time, locking the doors of other rooms where possible)
Skill levels: Handiness 3, Fitness 3,Logic 3
Cost: 200 per room or area (15)
Time to complete: 5 days

House Interior Clean 2
You can now clear all the ‘fake’ trash and debris in every room in build mode. Any furniture or appliances trash to be piled in one place to be removed by the junkyard. No money to be added when you clear - put in your inventory and recycle OR cheat money back to correct amount
Skill levels: Handiness 3, Fitness 4, Logic 3
Cost: 150 per room or area (15)
Time to complete: 2 days

Outbuildings Interior Clean 1
In live mode, clear all the outbuildings of trash, puddles and manure (recycle!)
Skill Levels: Handiness 3, Fitness 3, Logic 3
Cost: 200 per building (6)
Time to complete: 2 days

Outbuildings Interior Clean 2
In build mode, clear all the out buildings of any trash or unwanted items (recycle and make sure no money added to your funds)
Skill Levels: Handiness 3, Fitness 4, Logic 3
Cost: 150 per building (6)
Time to complete: 2 days

Remove the Filthy Trait
Once Phase 1 is complete
Skill level: None
Cost: 1500

Remove the Gremlin Trait
Once Phase 1 is complete
Until removed, appliances will break every night
Skill level: None
Cost: 2500

Junk Removal
The junkyard will take away broken appliances, furniture trash & broken down vehicles
(items and vehicles may be done separately)
Skill levels; Logic 4, Handiness 3, Fitness 4
Cost: 100 per item, 750 per vehicle (8)
Time to complete: 1 day

First Fix
Fix all the broken plumbing appliances, ‘fitting pipes and cables and the boiler’
(lock bathroom doors afterwards)
Skill levels: Handiness 3, Fitness 4, Logic 4
Cost: 1500
Time to complete: 2 days

Plastering
Seal up house interior walls ready for decoration - remove all wall decals and ‘paint’ all the walls as drywall (cheat money back to starting amount) AND remove wall decals in outbuildings
Skill levels: Handiness 4, Fitness 5
Cost: 1000
Time to complete: 3 days

Spider Pest Control
Remove all the cobwebs as well as the Creepy Crawlies Trait
Skill level: Fitness 4
Cost: 1500
Time to complete: 1 day

Mouse extermination
Hire an exterminator to get rid of all the mouse holes
Skill level: Logic 5
Cost: 250 per hole
Time to complete: 2 days

Second Fix
Repair all broken appliances and electronics, install the fire prevention system utility panel
Skill levels: Handiness 5, Fitness 5, Logic 5
Cost: 1000
Time to complete: 3 days

Cowplant Extermination
Hire pest control to get rid of the cowplant infestation
Skill levels: Logic 6, Gardening 6, Fitness 6
Cost: 1000
Time to complete: 1 days

Garden - Pond
Clear the pond of any weeds, debris and unwanted insects
Skill level: Gardening 5
Cost: 500
Time to complete: 1 day

Greenhouse
Purchase herb seed packets and plant in Greenhouse - for cooking purposes
Make 3 planters on woodworking table
Skill levels: Gardening 6, Handiness 6
Cost: None
Time to complete: 1 day

Vegetable Garden
Purchase seasonal seed packets. You may plant one of each fruit/veg for use in your cooking (not for resale).
Skill level: Gardening 5
Cost: None
Restriction: You may only plant TWO of each item and harvest ONCE per season, on the last day of the season.
Time to complete: 1 day


PHASE 3 - Decoration

Any item you decide to replace must be put in your inventory to be recycled. No money should be added during renovation by selling items!
Until you have taken the Off-the-Grid lot challenge off, you can only purchase appliances and lights that are off-the-grid friendly
Buy furniture and decor items for each room as you have the funds

Remove Off-The-Grid trait
You can only remove this once Phase 1 and 2 are complete
*
OR you can purchase solar panels and dew collectors and remain off-the-grid
Skill level: None
Cost: 5000

Walls and Flooring
Apply paint, wall paper, tiles and flooring to each room (you can do rooms as you have funds)
Skill levels: Handiness 7, Fitness 7, Logic 7
Cost: 1500
Time to complete: 1 day per room

Upgrade Appliances
You may start to upgrade items once you have achieved Level 4 Fabrication
Skill level: Fabrication 4
Cost: None
Restriction: You may only upgrade one item per day

Crop Fields
Purchase oversized crop seeds and plant crops to sell
Skill levels: Gardening 9, Fabrication 10, None
Restriction: Choose one crop per season. Harvest once per season, on the last day of the season. Sell to the Gardening Shop in Henford-on-Bagley
Time to complete: 2 days

Orchard
Purchase fruit tree seeds or plant foraged fruit trees - only one of each
Skill level: Gardening 7
Cost: None
Time to complete: 1 day

Roofing
Replace and repair all the roofs of every building
Skill levels: Fitness 8, Logic 8
Cost: 1000
Time to complete: 4 days

Demolish dilapidated shack
Have the shack near the pond broken up and taken away
Skill levels: Fitness 8, Logic 8, Handiness 8
Cost: 500
Time to complete: 1 day

Garden Clearing 2
Remove any ‘fake’ trash piles, weeds, overgrown bushes and trees (recycle!)
Skill levels: Fitness 8, Handiness 8, Gardening 8
Cost: 2000
Time to complete: 2 days

Garden - Landscaping
Complete the garden landscaping adding trees, flowers, shrubs as you wish
Skill levels: Gardening 8, Fitness 8
Cost: 1000
Time to complete: 2 days

Paving
You hire a company to place paving all around the farm as you wish
Skill level: Logic 9
Cost: 1000
Time to complete: 2 days

Fencing
Replace debug fences with real fences
Skill levels: Handiness 9, Fitness 9
Cost: 2000
Time to complete: 2 days

Exhumation Costs (optional)
Pay for a specialised company to exhume the graves (optional)
Skill level: Logic 10
Cost: 5000
Time to complete: One week

Building Permits (optional)
To be paid if you wish to change or extend the structure of your buildings
Skill levels: Logic 10, Fitness 10, Handiness 10
House - 500
Outbuildings - 250 each
Time to receive permits: One week

Once Phase 3 is complete, you may hire any services or farmhands to help you in the house and farm and you can start selling crops to earn money

Spoiler
https://docs.google.com/document/d/15qkus3g2Q-wq5QzPzOVNUCxar6EwP9WXUp1iYInFjMk/edit



















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