"MVWdeZT;14901757" wrote:
"BlueBlack007;14901568" wrote:
"NZsimm3r;14901527" wrote:
@BlueBlack007 your sims can live on a retail lot, it's just that they need a residential lot for the bills etc. On a retail lot you can build an apartment or house style living area and meet all their needs there, it's just that it has to stay as a 'retail lot type' for the business to function. Making use of the door locks you can make it so no other sims except your own has access to the living areas.
ok so as long as it is on Retail, then I can free up that other Lot for another Sim family?
PS, but if it is on Retail, I won't be able to hire other sims and such to work there right?
No, you can't free the other lot for another Sim family to live there. But you can make your residential lot -- the one you have to buy at the beginning -- a place where your sim can meet other sims to do things that your sim might otherwise do on community lots -- which you can then bulldoze to make more space. On your retail lot, you can build an apartment above your store or at the back, lock the door to household only, and pay bills from your telephone or a computer. Your sims will still go to their "residential" lot when they return from work and school, but you can just send them back to their store to eat, sleep, shower, etc.
Even if you're living on the retail lot, you can still hire other sims. At the moment, my sim who is managing a restaurant lives on the restaurant lot. She only has a tent, a cooler, and a shower because she can't afford more furniture, but as soon as she makes enough money, she'll build an addition. Her chef, waitress, and hostess all show up when she opens the restaurant and go away when she closes it.
ETA: Oh, by hiring, did you mean hiring a maid, a repairperson, etc.? I think you probably can. You would have to unlock the door for them, though. I'd advise closing your store while they're there. I hardly ever hire a maid so I'm not sure.
Anyway, sorry to go so far off topic.
No problem, thanks for the advice, but I had tried to have My owner of the restaurant go there to own it But she had to move in with another sim in order to own it, cause all My lot's are full, I will have to try and move her to the restaurant at a later time, thank's.
