Goodness, they are difficult for me to remember from most other entries and even in 4 not many stand out. I usually use my own or have saved edits to various homes I would use.
I suppose my favorite is Vlad's mansion. Over the years, I have greatly expanded it with many basements levels and new rooms. My most ambitious expansion yet was a floating room for an onsen when SE dropped.
Some honorable mentions for 4 would be the large vacant manor in Strangerville, the shipwreck from IL, Hound's Head from C&D, and the Goth house (though I never play with it).
I think I was even more nomadic in the other entries, but I really liked one of the rural homes in Sims 1. I think it was called something farm. Anyway, it was small but came with plots of soil. In 3, I remember liking the largest (or what I remember to be the largest) home in Appaloosa Plains. I really liked that world anyway. In 2, I think the two witch sisters' home from Apartment Life.
*edit I looked it up. Sims 1 was Appleview Farm, an Old Town lot apparently. Sims 2 was 218 Bay View Drive, home of the Cordial family (no wonder I did not remember with a name like that, there were three others nearly identical). Sims 3 was an amalgamation of the Lexington and Six Gables Stable in my mind, but my favorite was Six Gables Stable.
I have always build my own houses and the premade houses were always too small for me and were quickly expanded, like the Sims 1 advertisement has promised. From my own houses I have one house which I love especially and which I use often as a shell for new houses. It's based on a real villa in Gdansk, Poland, which I had seen every day on my way to work and which I had admired. This house has a special place in my heart, it is a memory of the good times.
i don't remember them all to give an honest opinion but if i had to pick it would be the Goth house from ts1 (5 sim lane) because it's iconic. also the dream house from ts1 console story mode because to me it's iconic as well lol but never finished that gamemode. from ts4 i'd pick vlad's mansion, it looks majestic but i bulldozed it and built the Goth's 5 sim lane on that lot.
I don't know why, but I really like the Bachelor house from TS3 (Greener & Greener). I rebuilt it for TS4 and one of my families lives in it in Evergreen Harbour.
I've always liked Rio Verde. once you move the lot forward one or two rows forward, then remove the trees and shrubbery in the back and build a nice garden and have it walled off, it is actually a nice place for a multi-generational lot. with a few changes inside to allow for an underground floor, there is the capacity for additional stuff like a gym, a childrens play area, music room and so forth to really bring it out as an outstanding lot.
Oakenstead is another good lot to play on a multi-generational theme, with ladders being an option now, an attic is very possible now, that gives room to do other things up there. you also have room without adjusting the lot to create an underground floor as well. Once you get rid a few of the trees or move them around, you can expand the walls and put a pool down as well. So it too is a good place with an amazing amount of range.
Von-Widenburg Estate is also another good lot for expansion opportunity, however it does require a bit of adjustment though because it is a small house that covers about a quarter of the 64x64 lot. Once you remove the pool and other bits in the area and expand out that way a bit, it starts to look like a real gem with even more opportunity than Rio Verde or Oakenstead can provide. As it is, it's trying to be a 4 bedroom house, but it fails to make the cut and with some proper work to it, it can easily support 8 bedrooms, multiple bathrooms and so on.
Lastly on my list is Chateau Peak. The lot has one of the most amazing amount of range you can hope for, but it does require quite a bit of work to put it right. again only a quarter of the 64x64 lot is used by the house and the interior of the house will need a going over for sure as it fails to make the cut as a two bedroom house. once you have the money you can change it around a bit by expanding out a bit and get the most out of it.
The Wright Way House from Sims2. So much so, I was overjoyed when another player made a replica of it for Sims3. I have since made it for Sims4, minus the little errors I discovered.
https://i.imgur.com/QGs1ZDv.jpg
ETA: This is the home my Global Superstar and his siblings grew up in. ;)
- Affluista Mansion: I know a lot of people hate this build, but I like it's mid-century feel. - The Solar Flare: Same thing as above. I like how unique it is compared to other community lots in the game. - The underground bunker lot in StrangerVille. (I'm thinking about moving Erwin there). - I love Vlads house but there's things about it that trigger my OCD lol.
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