Rentals saved to the gallery as residential?

"crocobaura;c-17720614" wrote:

"SimTrippy;c-17720554" wrote:

"crocobaura;c-17720546" wrote:

"somewhsome;c-17720531" wrote:

"crocobaura;c-17720506" wrote:

"SimTrippy;c-17720502" wrote:

"crocobaura;c-17720501" wrote:

"SimTrippy;c-17720499" wrote:

"crocobaura;c-17720498" wrote:
Well they are residential. Don't think a rental needs it's own lot type or even hashtag. :smiley:

How does that make sense? They do have their own lot type now, why wouldn't we want to upload them as rentals..?

They are residential as much as apartments are. You just pay differently for them.

If I download a rental lot from the gallery marked as residential, won't I have to turn them into rental lots myself? Or will they magically pop up as rentals? And isn't it a little unintuitive if we can't even look for rentals specifically, since I myself decorate rentals in a different way than I decorate homes, and I assume others do too?

Yes, you need to change the lot type to rental. I don't know about decorating, rentals are houses you rent for living, why would they be decorated differently? You don't get any different functionality from them. I make mine very basic, like hotel rooms, so they fit with any sim that rents the place.

Not all houses on the gallery are basic. Some have kids' rooms with tons of toys, and that's not what you usually see in a rental house. Sometimes residential homes just have more character, they can be done with a specific family in mind (that's what I usually do too).
And even if a house is basic, for example, 4 bedroom house on the gallery usually means 2-3 kids bedrooms. Residential homes are more family-oriented, and what I would expect from a rental property is more generic bedrooms, maybe even with double beds only.

Well, if you like the house enough to add it to your game, then it should not be a problem to change it's lot type. The only thing that matters is the number of people it can accommodate, but even so, Graham showed in the live stream that you can rent additional beds and other stuff from the mail box.

Look we get it, you don't mind, I do. Can you stop arguing against something that would be incredibly easy to add / fix, and doesn't impact your life anyway?

I'm not arguing against it, just trying to understand why it's difficult to change the lot type.

Because some like options even though I see what you saying but some just like the option of DLing an lot already with the lot type designated with rental and not going in and change the type. I do not see no problem with lots having an residential or rental designation. Lots before DLing can be designated as rental or residential as you can choose between unfurnished and furnished currently. Options in most of the cases in this game are best.