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atreya33's avatar
atreya33
Seasoned Ace
12 months ago

How detailed do you furnish units for 'for rent'

I am trying to furnish a built for 'for rent'. I am trying to decide if I should make furnished apartment units or empty units to decorate when I move in tenants. There is also an in between solution with only basic furniture (kitchen counters, beds, tables and chairs) or only bathroom and kitchen fixtures. What do most of you do? How far do you go in furnishing/decorating and why? Feel free to explain in the comments.
  • Lisamango0's avatar
    Lisamango0
    Seasoned Newcomer
    I've made a few small units/appartments. I have put some basic furniture in the units, but that's also because I needed them to determine the size :D
  • "Lenny_Ogg;c-18333053" wrote:
    On the one side you can't see inside the other units when you play, but

    'You are incentivized to make your rental units nice for your tenants in The Sims 4 For Rent. It will result in a better rating and happier tenants, but you can play the role of an evil, greedy landlord if you want to.'

    Quote from this article from The Sims Community.

    So it depends on what you aim for, i guess. Maybe you can ask for higher rent if the unit is fully furnished?
    And you probably will have longer or shorter loading times if you have to fix something, depending how many objects the unit contains.



    I mostly want to use the new pack to have more place in small worlds. I don't want to play the landlord in every build. So 'depends what you aim for' is something to consider.
  • When I'm setting up my rental units, it actually varies, as if I get an idea for the sim(s) I want to live there, I'll deck it out fully with furniture and everything for them. If I don't have a sim planned, I'll just do fixtures (kitchen/bathroom cabinets, lights, appliances) and figure it out later.

    My one exception so far has been the Long Term Resident Motel I build on the Old Penelope Lot, because that's supposed to look like a cheap Motel. I'll probably do the same for the "hotel" I plan to put in Del Sol Valley.

    Of course, I have zero plans to actually play as a landlord at any point. The closest I plan to get is to motherlode the Landgraabs a few times and have them buy the lot so I can set up rules for buildings I want to have rules. I just want a few more options to have sim households living in world (as opposed to pretending they're living in the shell houses.)

    For the gallery, I prefer to do fixtures only, so that it's a nice mostly blank canvas for others to use.