What sized homes do you prefer?

I prefer two-story houses with a basement when they get enough money.

However, in the beginning, I prefer single-story.

I usually like two story houses, not so small but no so big, with enough space for objects and the sims to walk around, but without being too big and having empty space or too small without space

It depends on the amount of sims in my played sims' households.

My very favorite are large, simple one-story houses. They’re easiest to play in. I usually dislike tiny two-story houses.

I usually play families so two stories are often necessary for the number of bedrooms, given the size of most lots. Three story houses are a little too big, and take too long for sims to get around in.

     

Now with bust the dust i'll add a basement to my sims' home. I'll use it for storage and keep it dusty with a yearly clean up maybe :)

The tinier the better! If it doesn't cause routing issues I'm not playing in it!

Most of my Sims live in two storey houses but I do like my elderly Sims to live in bungalows or chalet bungalows as they tend to do in real life. I have been adding laundry basements and attic rooms with those new ladders recently too.

I suppose I should have clicked Other! :o :D

The main house I play in is for my legacy family. It's the "Dresden" house in Windenburg but with a lot of changes. More columns and a *huge* basement that has room for all the activities that my Sims can think of. There's a big room that is for collecting but also has several cauldrons and a séance table. There's also a big indoor swimming pool with things like hot tubs and saunas adjoining it, as well as a place for deep soaks and massages. Then there is the "experimental kitchen" (which they rarely use and is kept locked except for special occasions) that has the special stove and all sorts of things like the cupcake maker, ice cream maker, popcorn maker and the like. Then there is the "maker" room that has all sorts of skill building things like woodworking tables, archeology tables, science skill building tables (for kids), the various skill building things for doctors and scientists and the eco lifestyle things (fabricator, recycler and candlemaking.) I also have an art room with loads of art tables and easels. (That room also has guitars, violins, doctor kits, the dollhouse and toddler blocks. I have those in the bedrooms too so that they're always close to where they might be needed.) The main room is more the "entertainment" room with the piano, pipe organ, fancy bar, dance area, etc.

But if I'm not playing my legacy family I generally play a tiny home or smaller house (because of funds.) Most of the houses I've put on the gallery are tiny homes or big houses (such as my penthouse, which is meant for giving huge parties and is now my San Myshuno vacation home for my legacy family.)

I think part of the reason I like big houses is that I remember all the routing problems that the smaller houses had in TS1, TS2 and TS3! While TS4 really doesn't have much of a routing problem, I still feel more comfortable with plenty of empty space for my Sims to get around in!