So, I've recently started to add live-in servants and other workers to some of my richer households. I find this is a cool way to avoid single sim households, but I will also allow teens with just 2-3 years left of teenhood, to get a live-in job, in order to get away, or to build related skills. These houses don't always pay very well, but they offer a small apartment (sometimes to be shared) and the employed sim won't need to worry about everyday costs like bills and food.This far I have a few Butlers, a Cook at the castle, Farm workers, Retirement home manager, and a few more. Each do of course require certain skills, but I don't request a set skill level, just that the applying sim has started the skill. Then if several candidates, the employer might compare skills, or they might agree that the employee will build so and so many skills while working.Mayor restriction is that the employee can not build his/her own family while having this job, but hm... that's a nice challenge, and weird solutions may be found...So - I wonder if others do this?

In richer families, like my actress save, when she moved up to the heights and had an illegitimate child with Thorne Bailey, she hired an au pair, a live in maid, and Bob Pancakes moved in as a chef, the live in butler literally just answered the door and tended plants in her conservatory. The live in maid has the neat trait, the au pair has the family oriented, bookworm, and neat trait, and we all know Bob Pancakes.

"Simmerville;d-967300" wrote:So, I've recently started to add live-in servants and other workers to some of my richer households. I find this is a cool way to avoid single sim households, but I will also allow teens with just 2-3 years left of teenhood, to get a live-in job, in order to get away, or to build related skills. These houses don't always pay very well, but they offer a small apartment (sometimes to be shared) and the employed sim won't need to worry about everyday costs like bills and food.This far I have a few Butlers, a Cook at the castle, Farm workers, Retirement home manager, and a few more. Each do of course require certain skills, but I don't request a set skill level, just that the applying sim has started the skill. Then if several candidates, the employer might compare skills, or they might agree that the employee will build so and so many skills while working.Mayor restriction is that the employee can not build his/her own family while having this job, but hm... that's a nice challenge, and weird solutions may be found...So - I wonder if others do this?I have done it in the past Sims games - but not much in the Sims 4. I had one Butler for one of my rich Sims I played quite a long time - but that was it. In past Sims games I generally hired or built robots and had Bonehilda as a live in maid. I sometimes had a Nanny in Sims 2 until I built a robot or servo for helping with the kids.

This is how I play my androids in my rotational save. Sims buy them and the androids can buy themselves free later (for double the cost even from unwilling owners). I do this in part for interesting stories, but even moreso because I do not trust uncontrolled sims on my premises. Using my own sims as service sims is more efficient and unlike irl in the game I do not mind doing household chores.

I had a household with twins who were still child aged and the parents were dying. I didn't want to lose the children to "the system" so I moved them in with the Pancakes as 'groundskeepers' then realized children can't garden (Eliza in that save had extensive gardens) so they stayed in school til they were old enough and ran the household as teens and young adults. I didn't let either one drop out of school to do their duties, but it kept them in my game rather than shipping them off to the limbo the game puts them in when they go into protective custody.

Oh yes, I totally do this! Since I've been playing my 1800s style save, live-in servants and governesses are essential for the upper class and upper-middle class. Sims are socially judged by how many servants they have.I use door locks to keep my family out of the kitchen or other areas reserved for the servants. For bigger houses, I have the entire basement dedicated to the servants (bedrooms, kitchen, maybe an office for the butler). I also lock the servants out of the family dining room (so they don't sit down and eat with the family) and the parlors. I manually move the meals made by the servants into the dining room. I usually have a side table in the hall outside of the dining room that I manually move used plates to so the servants can come by and pick them up to wash them. I put a fridge that looks like a cabinet in the dining room so my family does not go hungry if I'm not looking after them at the moment.I give the governess the "adopt as care dependent" for the kids I want them to look after. Some are more attentive caretakers than others.I give all of my lots with servants the "filthy" trait so that they have more stuff to do.

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Simmerville
Legend
6 years ago
"GalacticGal;c-17270945" wrote:
Is there a way you have of making them do their assigned 'chores' about the house? I created a Sim to be the Cook and she hardly ever lifts her finger … May just have to remove her to make more room in the family. :open_mouth: This was a failed experiment. LOL

I do micro manage each sim. I have a set daily schedule for them to follow, and I direct the Cook to prepare food in time for serving. Some meals she will prepare way in advance, depending on season as she also have chores in the garden. But basically, I don't think you can "program" live-in servants to do anything, unless there is a mod for it. These things are possible with the Vintage Glamour pack, that butler can be given chores. In my case it did not work well though, as my houses were charged for days they were not played (rotationally=problem).
Dglbr1969
6 years ago
In my Paradise Legacy, Poseidon and Amphitrite had twins. I just made a household of handmaids and warrior/guards and made a club for each. When Amphitrite needs help with the Palace, she gets her handmaids over, they garden clean etc and Poseidon has his club when he wants to workout and swim etc (a couple are mermaids like him). Saves on taking up household spots and less to manage. The handmaids have the loves outdoors and clean traits, to they do perfectly in the club gatherings. If you setup a club like this, just make sure to harvest your crops first, as the club members will keep what they harvest lol
QueenOfMyshuno
6 years ago
"Simmerville;c-17271012" wrote:
I have a challenge with the bedroom baths, though, because with access to the bedrooms he will also use the teens' computers etc. I might need to arrange access to the bathrooms directly from the corridor, and keep the butler out of the bedrooms.

Providing access to the bath through the corridor sounds like a good idea. You could have 2 doors, one from the bedroom and one from the hallway (not sure if that’s what you meant).

I used to have an apartment with a desk area in the living room, and guests would come over and use it, which was rude and annoying, LOL. So, whenever my sim didn’t need the computer, I just turned the chair around the other way. Worked like a charm and also provided extra seating.
Simmerville
Legend
6 years ago
"QueenofMyshuno;c-17271143" wrote:
"Simmerville;c-17271012" wrote:
I have a challenge with the bedroom baths, though, because with access to the bedrooms he will also use the teens' computers etc. I might need to arrange access to the bathrooms directly from the corridor, and keep the butler out of the bedrooms.

Providing access to the bath through the corridor sounds like a good idea. You could have 2 doors, one from the bedroom and one from the hallway (not sure if that’s what you meant).

I used to have an apartment with a desk area in the living room, and guests would come over and use it, which was rude and annoying, LOL. So, whenever my sim didn’t need the computer, I just turned the chair around the other way. Worked like a charm and also provided extra seating.

Yes, I meant the hallway. Those bathrooms already are next to the hallway, so no wall adjustments needed, only those extra doors. In the past I had a house with servants, and then the maid had access to all needed rooms via a rear side hallway that only she could access.

Turn of the chair sounds smart! Will not use it for this house because I like the teens to access the computer whenever they like (free will) so the chair must be there, but I'll keep the idea for future situations :)
Marduc_Plays
6 years ago
My traditional Vampire Family has a live-in Servant: Igor (out of a long line of Igors)
Scobren
Legend
6 years ago
Butler and Patchy help a lot. Sometimes if I need more help than that I'll hire a maid, gardener, and nanny especially with lots of pets and toddlers in the house as well as the robot helpers.

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