Moving and Leaving Objects Behind

Usually, if I decorate a house or an apartment I really like the look of, and I don't want to have to redecorate it for future families, then when I move the sims out - instead of "Move household" I go into manage world mode and evict the family. I find this means that all the stuff is still there just the way I left it - including meals in the fridge for when the next family comes along.

Oooooo that's a good idea! Thanks for sharing!

The apt furn, disappearing has been fixed - new patch today March 20th.

If you want to leave objects behind, do that:
1. Go to Manage Worlds.
2. Click on the household you want to move out and click on three dots.
3. Choose Evict household (house with X button) and choose yes.

Now the household is not in the world and you can move them in somewhere else, just click on the Manage Households button in the top right corner and you'll find them.
Right now, this is the only way to move a household out and leave objects behind.

I think there is some confusion about the wording here. If you choose "Keep Furnishings" all of the objects in the house will be transferred to your Sims' Household Inventory. @GoldenBuffy, this must be what you are choosing from the Menu. When you return to the house, it is empty because the furnishing all are in your inventory.

If you choose "Sell Furnishings" the game will leave them all in place in the old house, except for anything you yourself have put in your household inventory. It will pay you the value of the objects left behind, so that is why it says "Sell". You are selling them back to the house you're leaving, basically. When you return to the house, to build, or move in another Household, all the objects will be there, except for the ones you put in your inventory.

"GoldenBuffy;c-16390843" wrote:

"paradiseplanet;c-16390716" wrote:
Well that's because objects are disappearing in apartments right now, it's a pretty serious bug and it's advised to never edit, visit, live in, or even look into an apartment. Pretty much don't even touch them with a 50ft pole; here's a thread about the broken apartments. As for the missing objects' return, I don't think you'll get them back anytime soon.

Yeah, I know about the apartment glitch, but I couldn't help it, I HAD to get my family out of there. lol So I did move them, they did lose three dinning chairs, a radio, coffee maker, and computer, but the rest of their stuff was there. So I grab it and moved them out.

But just like I stated in my OP, this was happening before the apartment glitching. I picked the stay option when I moved them out, yet when I got them in their new place, and went into the family inventory to start unpacking, ALL of the items that I wanted to stay behind was in there. *sigh* I must be doing something wrong.

There isn't a "stay" option. It is either Keep Furnishings or Sell Furnishings, and Sell is the one you want.

You don't have to Evict them unless you want the food to stay in the fridge for some reason, that is the only thing different of which I can think.

"Livin in Sim;c-16394760" wrote:
I think there is some confusion about the wording here. If you choose "Keep Furnishings" all of the objects in the house will be transferred to your Sims' Household Inventory. @GoldenBuffy, this must be what you are choosing from the Menu. When you return to the house, it is empty because the furnishing all are in your inventory.

If you choose "Sell Furnishings" the game will leave them all in place in the old house, except for anything you yourself have put in your household inventory. It will pay you the value of the objects left behind, so that is why it says "Sell". You are selling them back to the house you're leaving, basically. When you return to the house, to build, or move in another Household, all the objects will be there, except for the ones you put in your inventory.

"GoldenBuffy;c-16390843" wrote:

"paradiseplanet;c-16390716" wrote:
Well that's because objects are disappearing in apartments right now, it's a pretty serious bug and it's advised to never edit, visit, live in, or even look into an apartment. Pretty much don't even touch them with a 50ft pole; here's a thread about the broken apartments. As for the missing objects' return, I don't think you'll get them back anytime soon.

Yeah, I know about the apartment glitch, but I couldn't help it, I HAD to get my family out of there. lol So I did move them, they did lose three dinning chairs, a radio, coffee maker, and computer, but the rest of their stuff was there. So I grab it and moved them out.

But just like I stated in my OP, this was happening before the apartment glitching. I picked the stay option when I moved them out, yet when I got them in their new place, and went into the family inventory to start unpacking, ALL of the items that I wanted to stay behind was in there. *sigh* I must be doing something wrong.

There isn't a "stay" option. It is either Keep Furnishings or Sell Furnishings, and Sell is the one you want.

You don't have to Evict them unless you want the food to stay in the fridge for some reason, that is the only thing different of which I can think.

When I moved my last family, I packed the things I wanted them to keep. I then moved them out via the phone, I chose the "sell" option, and when they were loaded into their new home, and I opened up the family inventory, everything from the old place was there. That included the things I placed there and the things that I left in the house. So I just sold those items that I didn't want (the bath room and kitchen items). I had wanted those to stay in the old place. So, again, I had to go into the vacated property and add back all the things I didn't want but the game gave me. lol