How are your house building skills?

"Chicklet453681;c-18153152" wrote:

"Simmingal;c-18153137" wrote:
btw does anyone else really struggle building single story houses that don't just look like boredom box on the outside

I've been thinking of making some for my wolves since the stairs slow them down but I just can't find magic in single story

I feel like I at least need to make small attic to break the shape

Well you can always do like I do, I like the look of multiple story houses, but I hate to play in them, so I remove everything upstairs so they have no reason to go upstairs, sometimes I even remove the actual stairs to give me more room, so from the outside it looks appealing and multi-storied but inside the living space is actually just on one floor.

I could ofcourse but I just feel like it also makes visually no sense that all my houses end up 2-3 story :lol:

Struggled deciding how to vote. A few of my builds I've been proud enough of to post them in the gallery though few people seem to look at them.

"InuMiroLover;c-18151873" wrote:
Plus it helps alot if there's a new pack around that really gets my attention and gets the creative juices flowing. I remember when Get Famous came out and I built 3 lots from scratch in one day. That almost NEVER happens.

give me that creative juice box imma chug it cause i still haven't been able to build anything in get famous mansion lots :lol:

I really only know two or so styles, which I'm O.K. at, but nothing outside of it. Not good at all.

Ohh I'd like to add a few pictures of my builds too! ?

Mt. Komorebi house:


Black and white colonial (from imagination):


Oasis Springs Spanish colonial:


Based on a house my mom really loves:


Secluded cabin starter:


Countryside manor:

@duriankind Love your builds! In my opinion, your builds are better than getting off the ground! I voted that category as well as I feel I am not an expert. I do love to build though, and am inspired by real homes, historical, and real haunted houses, as well as fictional. Can't show pics as I haven't set that ability up as yet. I am particular about my building as I like it to look as close as possible to the real one but want to be sure it is completely functional so I limit MOO to mainly the landscaping and usually only front of house. Think I might be a bit OCD as I have to research specific houses I want to build. But I find so many with very interesting histories! My gallery id is MaggieMae7276 if anyone wants to take a peek. I am planning to add the ability to put up pics when life slows down a bit.

@maggiemae8135 Oh thank you so much! That's very kind of you. ? I am pretty proud of most of my houses, but I was really hesitant to call myself a "professional architect god" lol, it seems a little too braggy for my liking and I also know that there is plenty I can improve on as well. ?

I checked out your gallery page and I love your builds as well!! I think my favorites are the brick starter home and the Victorian houses you've made! I like what you said about using MOO as well -- I know that that's a huge point of frustration for myself and others when downloading the gallery, the houses are so cluttered that they aren't even playable. I tend to use MOO quite a bit in my builds but in order to offset any issues that might stem from that I always make sure I playtest everything before uploading to the gallery! It boggles my mind that a lot of builders out there don't seem to take the extra time to playtest.

@duriankind Thank you! Glad you like them! I love old houses and especially enjoy taking an old abandoned one and returning it to it's original state. Can't do it in real life so do it on Sims LOL! I agree playtesting is important. I have been building since Sims 2 but didn't put on the gallery until Sims 4. Started putting my houses up at the request of my kids, who wanted their sims to live in houses we lived in.

"Kbobster;c-18153253" wrote:

"JustMeAlb;c-18153231" wrote:
Struggled deciding how to vote. A few of my builds I've been proud enough of to post them in the gallery though few people seem to look at them.

What's your gallery name? I like to build-but I mostly just get stuff off the gallery.

I named my gallery JustMeAlb

I think I'm quite good, and in my own head I'd like to think that I'm "a professional level architect and interior designer" in The Sims, but I still have things to learn and to improve, especially roofing is something that I still struggle with sometimes, so I think I'm not quite yet in that level, but I think I'm getting close to that little by little :blush:

I love building and decorating. It's great that in The Sims I can be an architect and interior designer that I wish I could be IRL (IRL I just don't have what it takes), but in The Sims I can do all of this and I can implement my creativity in this way! :blush:
I love all the aspects of this game so I also love playing the game in live mode, and that's why it's also very important to me that all of the builds are fully functional (my own builds and the new versions of the game's premade builds that I've made).
I'm using them (my own creations and premade builds' -renovations) in my own game so they are naturally playtested as well. And in case I'd notice any mistake or issue, I'd immediately fix them :blush:

I can build from scratch using my imagination, my vision, and my own plans, and I enjoy that a lot. I love building residential and community lots, all different types of builds and lots.
Sometimes I like to use a real house/ building as an inspiration, so I search those from the Internet, or magazines or sometimes I see a great house/ building in TV or in a movie, and get inspiration from there :blush:
Sometimes I download a house /community lot from the Gallery and make some changes to my own use. There are so many wonderful builds made by talented builders, it's great that we have the Gallery! <3