Do you build your own house or do you download from gallery?

I build my own houses almost everytime, only community lots I download and change them according to my needs. I like even to implement the "construction site" into my gameplay, because my sims aren't that much rich. They simply can't afford a full reconstruction and renovation at once.

I do both. I love building, decorating and landscaping. I enjoy building different residential lots and community lots for my sims. I also love renovating the existing lots that are in the game.
I also download lots (residential lots and community lots) from the Gallery and I often edit them to fit my needs in my game.
There are a lot of awesome creators, it's great to see all those wonderful creations and getting ideas and inspiration from other creators! :blush:
I only upload my own creations to the Gallery (or renovations that I have made to the existing lots that are in the game);
I never re-upload other creators' lots.
I also like to do shell challenges; actually I have only done one shell challenge so far and I want to do more of those, they are fun! :blush:

"kiwi84;c-18262595" wrote:
I always start out with 0 simoleons and rrely get much further than a shack of some kind I build myself :#

"Future;c-18262783" wrote:
Download from the gallery.

Delete every object that was placed with MOO or Alt.

Delete every debug object.

Delete every object on the walls.

Then I go through the lot, add what I want and prosper.

I download micro homes. I start out stripping them bare and living in them as bare as possible to keep the bills as low as possible. Gradually, I change them so much that they no longer are recognizable as the original. I study what I have left and then start over and build something similar.

I can build a decent micro home now, but I have never built a full house.

I always build my own homes, often with basements for my coffins, lolz. Always build cemetaries, pools, landscaping etc. Building is a huge part of the fun for me.

I'm a very poor builder, so I tend to download from the gallery and then just tweak it a little. There are amazing builders out there!

I build all my houses. Sometimes I will park my sim in a pre-made house until I come up with a housing plan to build.

I do both when I am not too lazy to build one and DL when I do not feel like building.

i take from gallery for structure then decorate

It depends. Many builds on the Gallery look great but are too cramped and/or over cluttered (and I love cluttered spaces, but when it’s so the point where either your sims can’t use stuff or you can’t add anything it’s too much).

I do both. I build if I'm in the mood and the lot is not too big.