can you live on your "retail" lot if you open up shop?

my sim hasn't gone "home" in two weeks, I pay bills from the phone

I took the paddiwacks (sp) emporium, bought it unfurnished , and turned the upstairs into a studio type space, I do get sims in and out of the space now and then, but that doesn't bother me too much since they don't come in when the store is closed, and when it's open I'm not playing in the studio space. I hope they release the lock function soon though

Just get the no bills aspiration and you won't even need to think about your home lot.

my sims have been living on their retail lot since opening it. they pay bills on their phone, so no reason to travel home. i built an apartment above the business. but i remove the apartment's front door when i open shop, otherwise customers and employees will go watch tv, play on the computer, etc.

I found out, I made kind of a short hallway to my apt. put door at the apt end and a screen at the opening end. works great and all you have to do it move the screen over and put it back when you reopen. saves having to keep buying doors.
But my business now is all on one floor so I might make a basement apt for them. would love for them to live there.

Here is a picture @solarstorm of what I was talking about notice the screens one in front of the apt. a short hall and I decided to put one so no one can go down in the basement where we will be making cupcakes and things. You will only have to move the screen to go to your apt or down in the basement, saves having to buy doors if you remove them. Sure hope that they give us locked doors soon.

But can we live in a retail lot and have no home lot? Cause with the tiny amount of living lots there are in TS4 Idont want to waste any

Yeah, I wish we could have a retail lot as a home, lol. Right now my painter has a gallery/studio appartment (I converted one of the 2 floor houses in Willow Creek, but she technically lives with her brother, so anytime I'm not actively playing her she ends up there, and he also has a ghost rooomie, so it gets kind crowded :-P Waiting for a "live anywhere" mod to fix the problem.

"Galemalik;c-15844217" wrote:
Can you have a business at your own lot just like sims 2?

No.. Your business must be on a separate lot. However, you can make that business lot your home and pay bills via phone.

You guys do know that you can click on the door and "lock for" and then do everyone but household and then customers can't get in.