Combination Community Lots

I took the gym in Windenburg and combined it with a fully functional spa; also added a yoga class with an instructor (who shows up and has classes). It is still labeled as a gym, but all the spa workers show up and do their job.

Really? Ooh, I was hoping they might but I've never tried it. Thanks for that, I'll add that to the list <3

I've built a few shops with living spaces above . As long as you lock the doors to customers it works well. I have to watch that my sim doesn't go upstairs to watch t.v. during working hours so I also lock the doors temporarily for the sim that's supposed to be working. I've done this while running a restaurant as well.
@LaBlue0314 As for the gym spa Idea , I'm going to be doing that from now on !! Awesome

I love this way of using community lots, too :)

I must admit I have not worked a lot to combine functions/builds, but I often add a small café or some offices to existing lots in order to give some of my sims an office away from home etc.

The Kasbah Art Center in San Myshuno works as the original Arts center in combination with my Casbah Art School. + in the basement I put the region's Court House with separate entrance from the side of the building.

Behind the Orchid Go Go Lounge there is a backyard, big enough for a couple small businesses/offices. My sims will not benefit from features like retail, but I make sure they make some money.

In Magnolia Promenade I built a culture house called "Fun Factory" that includes misc studios that artists can use for free, and there is a bar and a stage with seats for a audience of about 25. The build also include a café, exhibition section and a spot for meet&greets that can be altered a bit as needed.

Back side of the library in Willow Creek's commercial area, is a small café. It's not operated, but whenever I want to bring a small group of guests there I can simply bring a cake and there is a coffee maker there.
If I want more guests etc, I'll just use the club feature.

In Oasis Springs I combined a Spa with a Lawyer office. The Lawyer will typically not have many clients at the same time, so she will just invite over 1 or 2 sims.

In the future I'll focus more on community services. My region hires Janitors and I might build them a small central at the corner of a community park or in some backyard. I also want a bigger business/offices build where the units can change over time. Perhaps a bakery on ground level, and offices on the next couple floors.

There's probably a few more... :)

I have a pool with spa (set as a spa). I have a beach bar with DJ in Sulani and I needed to hire the DJ - and they pretty much ignored everything except the bar.

No pictures to share, but I've built a combination restaurant/bar/gym/rooms for the night/quiet room for reading and chess. It's in the gallery under the name 'Ladybird Landing'.

I love multipurpose lots. I built a lot for the gallery called Biscuit's Speakeasy. It's a bakery with (of course) a speakeasy in the basement that's only accessible via the manager's office. The attached building next door is a bridal boutique. There are also apartments on the second floor of both buildings. I wanted to build something that reminded me of lot of the downtown districts of many old cities across the United States. For those interested in checking it out, it's on the gallery under twsimgamer82.

I haven’t done it, but I had an idea to build a multi-floor commercial lot and have each floor be for exclusive use by a different club using the door locks feature. For example, you could have a criminal club meet in the basement, a Juicers Anonymous meet on another floor, etc., and each floor could be furnished specifically for that club.

You could even have the first floor be an actual business, like a restaurant or retail store, and then all the other floors would be private access.

@DMDCT Do you know, I wondered if they might ignore the computers. I had a similar thing a few years ago when I created a cinema/restaurant. It was tagged as a restaurant and most sims ignored the cinema bit. For the internet cafe, I've been planning a Mum's Coffee club and a Video Gamers club to both have this cafe as their hangout. So that should fill the autonomy gaps quite nicely, I think, from what you've said. Thanks for sharing about your Multiplex, it sounds wonderful. Do you have any pictures?

@Frn0731 Are you using mods for that? I'm sure I've seen some about for that sort of thing. If that also works well without mods, even better! <3

@Simmerville Thanks for sharing, there's some lovely ideas there! How are you working your lawyers office, out of interest?

@secretlondon123 Did you have the lot tagged as a bar? Maybe a nightclub tag would have worked better?

@BoergeAarg61 Thanks for the pictures, they're great. Useful information about the restaurant/bowling alley. Lovely to see they work so well together! <3

@Oldeseadogge That sounds like a lovely lot. I'll have to look for it!

@TWSimGamer82 That also sounds like a lovely lot. I've always enjoyed combining shops <3

@QueenofMyshuno I love that idea! I'd thought of something similar for one of the penthouse lots in San Myshuno, where I want to build it as an office block with doors locked for different groups. I think it sounds quite fun.

Thanks for the input, there's some great ideas here. While I'm on the subject, what have people done with the cinema objects from Movie Stuff? I've built a cinema before but combined it with a restaurant which didn't seem to work too well. However, if I had a couple of movie-going clubs, that would probably change things a bit. Any thoughts?

"MissyHissy;c-17296784" wrote:
@Simmerville Thanks for sharing, there's some lovely ideas there! How are you working your lawyers office, out of interest?

My community simply needed a Lawyer, so I hired a sim and built her an office :) I don't play her actively as a custom job, I think she is in the Business career to make her money. i pretend she go to her office though.

The office is rather simple, with 2 client chairs in front of her desk, and a waiting room. In the back there is a room for her to take her breaks. She normally deals with testaments and separate property, but will also be working in the Court House whenever a local is accused for something and needs her assistance. in the future I might hire one more Lawyer or combine the office with Real Estate.