holy bills!

Does it matter if you leave it on when you switch households? I left it on when I switched in my rotational save and came back to an 11k bill. Wondering if it’s just the outrageous thermostat cost or if it u like other costs accumulate even when I’m not playing that specific family.

I mean the sims does have a bit of "fantasy" to it, obviously those prices don't match real life. and like other simmers said previously, you can have your sims dress more warmly in the winter even when they're inside the house to avoid turning on the thermostat.

"BreeSasha;c-16561008" wrote:
I mean the sims does have a bit of "fantasy" to it, obviously those prices don't match real life. and like other simmers said previously, you can have your sims dress more warmly in the winter even when they're inside the house to avoid turning on the thermostat.

That’s not what people are arguing here though, the price was a huge jump than usual.

I started in the winter, my sims had the heating on the middle temp, and I wondered why they still had their coats and hats on indoors. yet another house they had it on high, they were complaining they were cold, so I turned it up to high, and they were happy in the t shirts and jeans. saying how toasty warm it was. I haven't seen the bills yet, not played long enough.

I haven't been hot or cold inside my house even in extreme temps. I hope that changes in winter. The thermostat is on my wall, but I haven't actually needed it.

I am finding the bills to be higher than usual even if I don't have a thermostat - they just seem to suddenly be far more expensive? The family I was most recently playing are just a mother and child, are in a little 2 bed starter place and the mother is a gardener, so there isn't loads of money coming in at all and the bills are taking up a big chunk of their income.

Oh, my do I see a lot of homeless sims in S4. Wow have not got my bill yet. Yikes!!!!! Guess they will be bundled for winter and streaking for the summer. lol

"onmyown1986;c-16561298" wrote:
I am finding the bills to be higher than usual even if I don't have a thermostat - they just seem to suddenly be far more expensive? The family I was most recently playing are just a mother and child, are in a little 2 bed starter place and the mother is a gardener, so there isn't loads of money coming in at all and the bills are taking up a big chunk of their income.

The plants (and any collectibles) also add up to your bills. Learned it the hard way from a jungle explorer family.

My bills were $80,000 :|

Why are my bills normal? I'm not complaining though since I have the thermostat on constantly, lol.