Castle, Palace, Manor or what?
If you play royals and/or high nobility houses, your sims probably reside in spacious conditions. Such big houses often hold history and traditions, and they most likely have a proper name to reflect...
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Because of performance issues, my royals live somewhat modestly. The exception is the Capps in my Sims 2 in Sims 4 save, with its massive grounds. I once built a castle but when I considered the epic project that would be involved in decorating it, I decided to leave my royals in their two-story Brindleton Bay home. I also tend to refer to the houses very generically, like "Goth Manor".
Yah, most of my royal and noble homes are packed with historical deco stuff, most CC, and my game gets very slow at times. I tested a bit and found that a brand new save with the same mega sized Mods folder did actually run surprisingly smoothly on my old computer, so in my case, the performance is probably more harmed by my save being very old and packed with info, and by me playing way too many households. When building my first castles/palaces I did the typical mistake of creating everything way too big. Then I realized there will probably never be more than 8 sims around... I also have live-in servants, taking up a couple household member slots. So, while pretending the royal staff counts a few hundred persons, they are basically just 2 :) The palace chef cooks in a small kitchen, but I pretend the main kitchen is next room, and that the other 10 cooks are busy at work in there.
My royal family now has 4 children shortly growing up, and I'll need to plan suitable homes fore them during their first YA years. Must be something quite small. Will be interesting.
