How are your house building skills?

"Kbobster;c-18153096" wrote:

"bshag4lv;c-18153050" wrote:
I build when I tire of a difficult sim. I enjoy building and more favorite style has to be ranch. Everything's on one stinking floor, lol. I still suffer from the bouncing betty camera so many times I find myself building basements rather than fight with a second floor.

I also love downloading from the gallery then redoing the houses, community lots...sorry. I enjoy redecorating an EA build because, they are horrible for my style.

Probably the most fun I've had building and decorating is with the Eco Lifestyle ep. I can furnish an entire house with the stuff from this pack, not so much others.

I hardly ever upload to the gallery because of my love affair with custom content. My houses look great but non uploadable. I just play for myself anyway.

My style has to include at least 2 exits from each room...shell shock from building in Sims 3. Most houses are small to medium with a max bedrooms of 1-2. I don't play large families normally, 3-4 sims in a house is plenty for me.

I love ranch homes. If it's not too much trouble, can you post one? It's okay if not. I should make more ranch homes. I love the style in real life. Besides townhomes, ranch homes are my other dream house.

Hi Kbobster! Posting pictures for me has always been tenuous at best, lol. I have a few lots on the gallery, id is same as here, bshag4lv. I am particularly proud of my GF Retreat, nice build, no cc.

"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

I love building more levels for the architectural look, as well as using the vertical space instead of the entire lot. But I often get impatient with sims running up and down the stairs while trying to interact when I wanna gather them somewhere. So I experiment with one levels. Or at least a main level, with fewer rooms upstairs. It's not always pretty. But there are styles like mid-century-modern that works really well on a one level. By adding a courtyard and different terraces you can break up the one dimensional box look. - But essentially it's still somewhat a box :D

I should add I had a hard time choosing too. I think im somewhere between LEGO and a Construction Company.
I love to build, but im always trying out new stuff, and it's not always great.
- I always wanna try to bend the rules for walls, foundation, water and terrain. -Without using mods or CC, and with a realistic result that's fully functional and playable. I don't think you'll even know from looking at the final result :D

"duriankind;c-18153274" wrote:
Ohh I'd like to add a few pictures of my builds too! ?

Very nice! I especially like the Spanish-Contemporary house! It's a great combination of two styles I haven't seen together before.

"Stinalina;c-18154267" wrote:

"duriankind;c-18153274" wrote:
Ohh I'd like to add a few pictures of my builds too! ?

Very nice! I especially like the Spanish-Contemporary house! It's a great combination of two styles I haven't seen together before.

Thank you so much! I think the columns I chose for that one are what push it more towards that contemporary vibe; I was unsure about them honestly but I'm glad to hear it works. ?

I manage to make reasonably decent houses. I noticed reading through some of the replies that some people renovate existing builds. I don't think I've ever done that. Unless you count knocking out a wall and extending a room on one of the default houses.

It's interesting to look at styles of houses and see how close we can get with the tools at our disposal. This next expansion pack is adding some art deco elements as well as curved walls, so it's great to have some more build tools in the toolkit.

There was a house up for sale recently that was owned by the actor Jackie Gleason, listed on realtor.com. I learned that he was a big fan of UFOs, so they featured in his house. The whole structure was designed based on a treble clef motif (the music squiggle thingy at the start of sheet music).

https://realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/jackie-gleason-spaceship-party-house/

Now if we could get to that level of design, it would be awesome.

While I do like to think I've gotten better over time ever so slightly with my build skills at least for being an interior decorator...yeah I rely on Gallery builds heavily.

I wasn't able to do this 2 yrs ago:

Just like in Minecraft and Rust, I have great ideas in my head. But translating those ideas into the game is that of nightmares.

Three qualifiers
1. Been doing this since TS1 first came out, so have a lot of practice and the corresponding mistakes
2. I have an extensive library of plans & photos of actual buildings to follow/be inspired by
3. Interior decorating is weakest, tends to be simple yet functional - none of the beautiful work a lot of you guys do.

That said, I know I'm not an expert, so am always looking for ways to improve. There is always someone who has a fresh take, discovers a new way to do something, sees something I don't.