1) Whenever I need a house, though on rare occasions I will build my own.
2) I like traditional mostly, family homes/farm houses.
3) I tend to have large families more often and like 3 or 4 bedrooms.
4) I have all packs so do not avoid any. I don't mind a bit of MOOing but not over-the-top.
5) My sims are always poor so I am always on the lookout for starter homes with more than 2 bedrooms - or houses in the $30-$50K range when they can afford a bit more. And I do not like huge houses or ones that are over-the-top expensive. I also like them to be playable rather than just looking pretty.
Quite often I will download a gorgeous house, only to find that the top floor bedrooms are enclosed within a roof space so you can only see inside them by looking downwards from the top. Homes like that, to me, are not playable. Also, if they are an extravagant shape, so when you play with front walls down you will get lots of walls still partly up and blocking your view because of how they are placed - I will not play in a house like that.
I tend to mostly play from one angle (usually the front, like a traditional dolls house irl) and do not like things blocking my view. And I also hate ceiling lights and have to delete every single one, cos I'm weird like that :D
Edit - Oh yeah, forgot to say - I really have to have a little landscaping too. Doesn't have to be anything much, maybe just a pathway with a tree or a few flowers. But if I download a house and it has absolutely nothing outside I will delete it without even looking inside it.
Gosh, I just realised that I am really fussy!!
