How have your bills been since seasons?

"hunniboo1;d-942900" wrote:
I dont know if it was the money Tree or running the cool temp on thermostat but I got a bill for 100k :(

Wow! How much were your bills before? The highest bills I ever had were around 26,000, justified because that mansion is huge, but if the thermostat alone produces even higher bills than a huge lot full of all kinds of stuff, I smell yet another ill-conceived feature that will need attention in a future patch...

I can't really speak from my own experience because I've played through two weeks of summer without ever actually needing the thermostat yet; my sims only complained when I left them outside for too long. But then again, the family I played lives on the island in Windenburg, maybe summers just aren't that extreme there.

Hold the phone! What kind of homes are you guys' Sims living in to warrant such high bills in the first instance? :lol:

The highest I've ever had has been 2000 :lol:

Well, if you know Tomb Raider, you probably know Croft Manor, too... :D

Most of my other houses are rather small, though.

1 week: Thermostat always on: $13,000.
2 week: Thermostat on for 1 and a half days: ~$3,000

In apartments, the rent stays same. So feel free to keep the heating and cooling in overnight.

It could be because of the thermostat. I don't have seasons so thats why its the same.

Something another Simmer said here that I found helpful for my bills--only put the thermostat on for cold and hot weather and of course heatwaves. I've actually never even seen my sims react negatively or anything too hot or cold temperatures, but I put on the thermostat anyway and turned it off when they were just warm or cool. The pets seemed to care more about the heat that my sims did.

As it stands, the bills didn't jump too much, but I have a modestly sized house right now with a garden and pool.

Won't the frugal trait work with the increased bills too? It really does save a lot of money especially with more sims in the house who have it.

"paradiseplanet;c-16570249" wrote:
Won't the frugal trait work with the increased bills too? It really does save a lot of money especially with more sims in the house who have it.

Oh man I forgot about that I'll have to do that when I play later

Mine jumped a bit but I've only used the thermostat on days that it was freezing

The same, so far.