Build a house or get one off the gallery?

The search engine is too limited (why can't we search by number of bedrooms/bathrooms), the gallery is an unmoderated mess, and even if it wasn't, I don't trust most sim players sense of scale, everything is too big.

Pass.

Unless I'm going for something very specific, like recreating my real home in the game, I usually download a building from the gallery, throw out half of the furniture and redecorate, partly because I want to tailor it to the sims who are going to live there, and partly because builders tend to annoy me with their overuse of clutter and MOO. I'm not great at building, especially exterior facades and roofs, so I appreciate the option to have that done by people who are much more talented, and concentrate my own efforts mainly on the interior design. (And that alone usually takes longer than I have the patience for it, with none of the stuff matching the way I need it to...)

Gallery as I can't build at all. My houses look like big boxes.

I wish I could build, but to learn I would have to take time away from playing the game. So I really appreciate the gallery. I do wish there were not so many duplicate items though. I usually type in the name of the lot I'm replacing which often brings up homes in a similar style to the surrounding neighborhood. I also look under the most popular heading since, for some reason, I am more likely to find homes that don't use every pack in existence. I am still far from completing the collection.

I don't have the imagination or patience to build, so I search the gallery, although it requires some patience to find a house that matches the sim's budget and isn't totally empty. C'mon, if you're gonna upload a house to the gallery, then have some furniture in it!!!

I prefer to build because my Sims' houses have to look exactly like I want them. I got a couple of town buildings off the gallery though (one nice cozy bistrot and one majestic looking antique Spa).

"Eziwolf;c-17208736" wrote:
I prefer to build because my Sims' houses have to look exactly like I want them. I got a couple of town buildings off the gallery though (one nice cozy bistrot and one majestic looking antique Spa).

I build my sims houses to tailor their needs because I may not be able to find one that matches what I want.

Building is my favorite part of Sims 4! I usually take house plans I find online (or from a book I have) and build those. I do run out of ideas, so I like joining challenges, and some of my favorite builds came from challenges, or from suggestions or requests.

Every once in a while I want to play, and I usually use one of my own builds, though I might tinker with them to suit my game.

I prefer to build as builders in the game tend to use moo a lot or cheats and they oft times create little issues in the game - so I will build my own not to have bugs and glitches. Granted people build some amazing looking lots - they are talented for sure - but i just rather have no games issues.

When it comes to a house that I'll actually be playing in, I usually get something off the gallery and then edit it to my liking. I just don't have the time to build, and to be honest I don't enjoy it very much to begin with. Editing a lot is a lot more enjoyable to me than building one from scratch, though.