Off the Grid & Getting Bills

i have not ever received bills while off the grid. my sim has lived her whole life off the grid and not 1 dollar in bills

"affleck11;c-17204215" wrote:
i have not ever received bills while off the grid. my sim has lived her whole life off the grid and not 1 dollar in bills

Interesting! Have you played them since the update? I made my sim after the update and wonder if that effected it.

The lot has the off the grid trait, correct?

"DominoDouble7;c-17204382" wrote:
The lot has the off the grid trait, correct?

Yes it does

I have to say I love the idea of living off-the-grid. In reality, it's really, really hard. My poor Sim gets wash-tub arms just trying to keep her small family in clean clothes. Not only that, but it rains entirely too much in my game and stuff rarely gets dry in a timely manner. Since this save is 'set' in the 18th century, I have made it a good will effort to stay true to the times. But, I have made a choice, that when they move again (and they moved about every three years) I will reflect his growing success by giving them a real washer and dryer in their outlying washhouse. Then, once they move to the Settlements (the Original Wild West), gone will be the niceties, shortly thereafter. Candles were very hard to come by, for instance. No matter if you could pay for them, or not.

"phantasmkiss;c-17203965" wrote:
There is no more repo man. That used to be my main motivation for paying my Sims' bills, even for rich Sims. When the repo man came, he'd take something really weird, like the upstairs toilet or the only bed in the house!

On topic though, I've seen some people say they didn't get bills and some people say they did, so I wonder why. Maybe it has to do with what packs you use, or maybe the people with bills have objects on their lots that aren't off-the-grid and that triggers it?

Ah, yes, but in this game, truer to RL, if you don't pay those Utilities Bills within 48 hours they start by cutting off your lights, then your water. Only had that ever happen to me once in RL. There is nothing worse than standing in the shower, your very long hair FULL of shampoo, and suddenly the water cuts off. :open_mouth: Seems there was a bit of a snafu and they made good on it. But, I was irate.

I’m playing off the grid in Brindleton Bay. My couple are living in the cabin tent on their lot, with a fire pit,grill, cooler and shower, and a bush toilet. I’m going to have to build them a cabin before winter or they won’t survive. I’m experimenting with what I can use as o go along, but I’m loving it so far!

Just encountered this myself. Is there a way around or is it a bug?

"Justin;c-17737688" wrote:
Just encountered this myself. Is there a way around or is it a bug?

Off the Grid, gets bills now, just not the water and Elec part you also get a discount of about 20% off the lot and inventory value.

"simskeleton;d-964603" wrote:
I have started an off the grid sim, and she received some bills in the mail for $108... I thought off the grid sims are not supposed to get bills?

You don't pay utility bills, but you still pay lot taxes. If you click the 'bills info' (or something like that) on your mailbox, there's the breakdown.