Will butlers do laundry?

I have never had mine do gardening. Or almost anything with children. But my butlers are glitchy and got their butler skills from a crackerjack box. XD Mine simply stand around, let their needs die and pass out as I put extra effort into trying to make them sleep because I like the fast forward button. But they have no scedule and are a complete burden.

I never use butlers, but it sounds like Patchy is a better option. You only pay a one-time fee, make a friend for life. He gardens, does laundry, hangs out with the family, cleans a bit. Doesn't cook though, but that's something your sims can do right?

They will do laundry but they won't clean the lint trap. I recommend upgrading the dryer because of that.

"Chazzzy;c-17612690" wrote:

"SimplyJen;c-17612681" wrote:
They will do laundry but they won't clean the lint trap. I recommend upgrading the dryer because of that.

Do butlers put fires out?

Mine didn't . Firefighters put him out then the fire.

I've honestly only had a couple of butlers and they were practically useless. They always either read a book in the weirdest part of the house or asleep. But I have heard that they are like TS3 butlers who you do have to hire and fire a couple before you get the right blend. And I had a fair few in TS3 with 5 kids but I did have to hire/fire a few to get the most perfect one in the end. Have tried this theory in TS4 yet but when I get back in playing I will.

I do love patchy but he's a bit out of place in an apartment. :D

"Misslizard;c-17612965" wrote:
I've honestly only had a couple of butlers and they were practically useless. They always either read a book in the weirdest part of the house or asleep. But I have heard that they are like TS3 butlers who you do have to hire and fire a couple before you get the right blend. And I had a fair few in TS3 with 5 kids but I did have to hire/fire a few to get the most perfect one in the end. Have tried this theory in TS4 yet but when I get back in playing I will.

They do have traits like normal Sims so it kinda makes sense for them to be hit or miss. My sims butler walked around occasionally stopping to do the "check for dust" animation over and over. Only cleaning one or two things for the day. Fired him once the toddler aged up.

It's too bad we can't tell them to stop cooking. They cook every time someone's the least bit hungry as if leftovers don't exist. Sometimes they won't finish cooking so I had cutting boards always on the coffee table.

I love the idea of butlers and having them around. But in the end I feel like I'm criticising them a lot on their cleaning and not finding them cleaning that great. Also, they keep on sneaking into the bedroom and sit in a chair while watching my Sims sleep.. That's just creepy.

They will do laundry — but watch out. They don't EVER clean the lint trap!

Butlers don't seem to do much of anything from my experience with them. I had the Landgraabs hire one when I was playing last night and he set the house on fire for his first duty of cooking a family meal. :D

My first Butler was for the Landgraabs mansion. (My re-made Ebabbits) Since they didn't work, go to school, rarely cleaned, or even cook, a butler was a necessity. :D

I had no problem with a butler when I found out how to make one instead of a random one. No CC or Mods, just give him/her max skills on certain things and the hidden 'butler' trait. I also gave the 'neverweary', 'hardlyhungry', that sort of thing.

Without mods or CC this works really well since the butler (like the maid and nanny) is a full-time non-played NPC.

Just a day or two ago I checked out LittleMissSam's butler mod. I haven't play-tested it yet, but it looks like she not only fixed any bugs for the butler, but also improved them.

I really like the service NPC's like the butler, adds more to the household without taking up one of the 8 slots. :)

The mod is here if interested. It has many optional add-ons to chose from:

Better Butler (and Hire more Butler)