You do have to remember to unlock doors when you have visitors over.
And you may be able to send collectables from your sim's inventory, haven't tried it yet, but I've seen the option.
At leawst for me, laundry apparently doesn't work. My sim family has hampers and a laundry room, but the hampers stay empty though they've changed clothes several times since the update.
Story's Dream Bakery if you want to see how my sim family handles life above thier business. They go to work and school automatically, just seems to take them a little longer to get there.