Re: question about renting a furnished apartment
@IrisuChan Hi. You make an excellent point! It's something I've thought about before as well and I've added my "me too". It would be great if the rental price just reflected the furniture used instead of tacking on an additional furniture cost.
One thing to consider is that, for most apartments in real life, the kitchen and bathroom "furniture" (cabinets, sinks, toilets, showers, etc.) are included and typically do not change. We usually have to supply our own couch, beds, etc. However, in the Sims, those items fall into the furniture category along with everything else and not considered as "fixed" items. With that in mind, I believe the idea was to add a furniture value that sims had to pay.
Whatever the case, I doubt this will change. So, we're left with a couple of options. 1) Choose the unfurnished option when moving your sims; or 2) Update apartment lots with the bare necessities before moving sims in. For storytelling purposes, I think option 2 makes more sense. You change the apartments to have functional kitchens and baths and then have the sim buy other furniture as they can afford it. They will still have to pay for whatever kitchen and bath items come with the apartment, but then you decide what other furniture they can have when they have the money.
Btw, I'm not trying to minimize the original intent of your post. I definitely think it's a valid question. I just wanted to offer some suggestions that cater to the current state of the game. I hope it helps.
