Construction Showcase for TS_Diva

TS_Diva

So, I have a few builds on the Gallery now, and it is time I created a page to showcase some of them. I'm hardly one of the most popular builders in TS4, but I definitely enjoy the challenges of making things look how I want them to look. I will add to this as I find time, but for starters, here are a few houses to get an idea of what my building style is. Clicking on a photo will take you to a larger image. These two were both built today, so lets go have a look, shall we?

***NOTE: Nearly all of my lots have MOO enabled, so it is advised to always enable MOO before placing one to ensure things stay put. While I try to note this in the lot description, I can forget at times, so best to assume it is enabled rather than trust the description notations. ***

***NOTE: I play test all of my builds, but in the event I missed something, please be sure to let me know. Thanks! ***

First up is the Modern Rustic Cottage. It looks older on the outside, but this house is a single Sim's dream. Once you've reached the first few promotions, you should have no issues getting this home for your own enjoyment. It originally started out as a starter home build, but I decided to go all out after the budget got close to breaking. Nobody wants a §19k+ starter home! So we added a hot tub, some landscaping, and a nice privacy fence to make it the newest hotspot in the neighborhood.....with a bed!

Plenty of space here to entertain friends and family. I even included a pair of planters in the back for those who want to nurture their green thumb. The fully modern kitchen has working refrigerator, dishwasher, and almost top of the line stove for great food and easy cleanup. Formal dining area, study with a computer, a sitting great room with a functional fireplace, and of course a master bedroom. This home can be yours for only §61,809 (plus the cost of your land) and should provide a single sim or young couple years of being the life of the party, or snuggling together on cold wintry nights.





Next up we have Craftsman Stone Chimney. This is a 3BR/1BA home with a nook for family gatherings and study, a formal dining area, a great room with a fireplace, and even a pool in the private back yard. You'll probably notice a theme here. RED! Yep, this is a very red home, with red flowers, red siding, and even the pool has a lovely red hue. I love vampires, so this is my kind of house. Again we also have modern amenities in the kitchen, and of course a giant stone fireplace to admire from both the inside sitting in the great room, and also from the outside while admiring the lush, red landscaping.

While this home is fantastic for entertaining, it is a family oriented space, ready for mom and dad, two kids, and the family pet (will we get pets anytime soon?). With or without a parakeet, dog, or cat, this is still the perfect setting for your Sim and their wonderful (or nightmarish) family to enjoy. This one has more space than the previous one, so it will set you back a bit further at §80,029 (plus the cost of land).






That is all for tonight. I will update the post with more as I get them ready with photos. If you'd like to see more of my work before I can post them here, check my Gallery Link in my signature. Thanks for looking and Happy Simming!!!

rosemow

It is great that you have started a showcase thread for your builds!
Modern Rustic Cottage and Craftsman Stone Chimney are both very nice homes! Very nice exteriors of the homes! It was nice reading the background details of the builds. The flowers along the front exterior of Modern Rustic looks pretty! The hot tub gazebo is very nice! Sims will enjoy relaxing in the tub. Very nice layout of the home. The yellow and brown colour scheme of the living, kitchen and dining areas looks very nice. The coat shelf and coat stand are homely either sides of the front door. The red colour scheme of Craftsman Red Chimney looks very nice! Very nice outdoors dining and pool patio. Sims will enjoy sitting at the umbrella covered table in the outdoors air eating a meal or have fun swimming in the red coloured pool. The furnishing of both homes looks very nice!
The homes are very nice

TS_Diva

So I am looking at neighborhood homes while I'm building and playing, and I see a few which are used repeatedly for unplayable renders. I thought I would make at least one of them into a playable render, and this one really caught my eye. While it is much bigger than anything I would consider actually playing with, perhaps somebody else might like one of their very own? This is not a decorated home, as it has an odd layout meant to be changed around on the inside. The chimney looks shadowed because it is on top of a room? I tried to fix this, but to no avail. Perhaps somebody has a trick to correct this problem?

The house can be located for download here.

The lot is a 40x30 and it appears the lot used by the devs was more like 35x35?

Here is the house I used for reference:



And here is my rendition of said home:





Now here is the part I had to fabricate on my own. Walls are all painted, but that is about all for decorations other than the yard outside.

Ground floor:



2nd floor:



3rd floor:



And finally the roof view:

pronterus

Cool showcase thread @TS_Diva ! Great recreation of that unplayable house render.

rosemow

Your recreation of the house from the neighbourhood looks very nice! You have recreated it very well! Very nice layout of the interior of the home! Simmers will enjoy downloading the home and furnishing it to suit the needs, lives, interests and styles of their Sims.

TS_Diva

Thank you, @pronterus and @rosemow!!!! I might try to do the Chateau style home next to it, but it's harder to see close up.

TS_Diva

Here are three starter homes from the #Flipper Challenge last year. They are called Ugly House 1, Ugly House 2, and Ugly House 3. They are not called this because they are "ugly" but because they were built with the idea of flipping the home into something beautiful (for a profit of course) in the That Flipping House Challenge. They are humble, unkempt homes in need of love and affection.

Ugly House 1 is a single story home with basic necessities.





Ugly House 2 is also single story with basic necessities.





Finally, Ugly House 3 is a two-story home based on Ugly House 1.

rosemow

The exterior designs of Ugly 1,2, and 3 homes are very nice! The plants look nice along the front edges of the homes. The windows look very nice how they are placed in the builds. It is great that there are 5 bedrooms in the third home. The layout of the two storeys of the home looks very nice! Very nice upper balcony! Sims will have nice views of the outdoors from there. The windowed dormers look nice. The flower box windows in the first and third builds look very nice.
They are very nice starter homes for sims to enjoy moving into and furnishing

TS_Diva

So, here is the second neighborhood render build. I actually like this one better than the first one, as it seems to fit on the lot much better. It is on a 40x30 and really has a lot of room inside. As with the first, this is only a shell. There is a sitting garden (of sorts) in the back yard and I took the liberty of adding gates at the back corners of the house. Currently it is 6br/3ba setup with a shared balcony on the second floor, but could easily be reconfigured however suits the needs best. I did not get a photo of the actual render home, but I'm sure you will recognize it.

Download link can be found here.

rosemow

Your version of the home from the neighbourhood looks so very nice! You have reflected it very well! The roofing looks very nice! The placement of the windows looks great. Very nice wraparound porch! The upper balcony is very nice. It is nice that there is corner seat bench sitting area in the outdoors. The gates are nice touches in the build. The outdoors stairs to and from the potch areas looks nice.Very nice layout of the interior of the home! It is nice that it is set up as a 6 bedroom home. Simmers will enjoy downloading the home and furnishing it to suit the lives and intesrests of their sims household.
It is a very nice home

TS_Diva

Thanks, @rosemow!!