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Hero (Retired)

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Hi @ShenirS - Yes, you can move a sim out of a household and put them in a new house in the same world. I think this is what you're asking?

You said you had only found 3 ways to move sims out of the household. #2 is "Out of the world but on their own". The only reason that you would have to move them out of the world would be if the existing houses in the world already have households/sims assigned to them. If the neighborhood has all houses full, you'll need to evict the others from the house you want, before your sim can move to it.

Carl's website has a great step-by-step guide (with pictures) on how to move sims in all sorts of situations. You can read through that here: https://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/tutorials/moving-sims.php

I moved your thread to the Sims 4 forum, as there are many fellow Sims 4 players there. Happy Simming!

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JonaO703
Hero
4 years ago
@ShenirS I second @BlackjackWidow 's advice. I think the Carl's post needs an update, though. It suggests that splitting a sim from a household gives them 20,000 simoleons, That may have been the case previously but you probably noticed that you'll have to transfer funds from the existing household to the new one if you want that sim to buy a house; making sure you give them enough money to buy the house you want for them.
Also, if all the houses in the neighborhood are indeed full as @BlackjackWidow suggested, you can evict them or you could move them to another lot in a different world. If you do evict the family, they will be moved to "Other Households" and labeled "Not in World". Note that all of the "Not in World" sims are subject to culling and may be deleted from the game eventually. You could move the evicted family to another lot later using Manage Households.
If you just want to move the family to another lot, click on the occupied house you want for your sim, click the three dot button in the lower right corner, and select Move out Household.
Then just follow the prompts to place that family in another lot. I suggest selecting sell furniture when moving that family.
If the family keeps the furniture, the house will have none. This will bring the cost of the house down but then your sim will have to buy all new furniture when they buy the home.
If you'd rather just evict them, click on the house you want for your sim, click the three dot menu and select Evict Household.
Either way, you'll then have a house in your current world open for your sim to buy. Hope this helps!