"There's no available counter space"

A'ishah

Hey,
So I moved into a new lot and when I tried to cook via the fridge or the stove I get the same error message. I've tried replacing the counter with different ones, I've tried removing the overhead cabinets, I've tried a different stove, everything. Someone please help with the issue. I don't want my Sims living off pizza.

rosemow

Hello
Try removing everything off all the counters and see if that helps. Enlarging the kitchen may also help. Remove any lighting that may be over the counters.
If the issues remain, it may sound odd, but remove any counters that may be in a nearby bathroom, and only have a free standing sink. Sometimes sims want to use counters in bathrooms instead of kitchen counters.

A'ishah

I don't have anything on the counters, I'll try enlarging the kitchen.

rosemow

I hope that it helps with your issue.

A'ishah

Also those are the only counters the bathroom sink is already free standing

A'ishah

I tried enlarging the kitchen, and I replaced the fridge. Same issue

rosemow

Try having your sims move to another home. Then have them move back to the original home and see if the issues remain.

A'ishah

So I finally got around to trying this.. it didn't work

rosemow

Try saving the kitchen room to your library. Then delete the kitchen. Then place the saved kitchen room back into your home and see if the issue remains.

Miyamaniac

Do you have any mods or cc in your game? I had the same issue. Briefly removed my entire cc folder out of the game and then tried again, had no issues then. It's really annoying, but then it's just a process of eliminating cc that broke due to the patch.

A'ishah

But if my sims have nothing but CC on and I remove the CC won't it break the game or something?

Also rose, how do I just save the kitchen?

rosemow

A'ishah wrote: »

But if my sims have nothing but CC on and I remove the CC won't it break the game or something?

Also rose, how do I just save the kitchen?

To save a room, go to build mode, click on a wall of the room, and the room will be outlined. Then press the little folder button on the bar on the top of the screen and there is an option to save the room

First though, try moving your whole mods folder to the desktop. Delete the cache files
https://sims4.crinrict.com/en/2014/09/delete-cache-files/
Then start the game and test to see if that helps the issues. If it does help, then put your mods/CC back into the newly generated mods folder in the sims 4 folder one by one or in batches and testing the game after each one to see which is the cause of the problem. Put one item or batch in , test the game , take it out. Then test another one, to find the cause of the issue.

The cc will only be removed whilst you are testing the game. Don’t save the game when testing. The cc will return after testing when you put your mods/cc back into the game if you make sure you don’t save the game whilst testing.

Miyamaniac

A'ishah wrote: »

But if my sims have nothing but CC on and I remove the CC won't it break the game or something?

Also rose, how do I just save the kitchen?

The only problem I had with it is that some of my Sims walk around with no pants or no hair, which is an easy enough fix, just a bit time consuming. But you can always make a backup save.

TheRantingDanishGirl

Hi
Hopefully you already solved it, just for others maybe looking.
I had the same issue, found out it was a mod called clutter your counters that was the culprit, so if you have that one it might work for you. 😉

hellokitty1496

@A'ishah
Same thing happened to me. I think the recent update solved my problems, that or re-enabling mods&script box in options menu.

Update 2/21/20: Turns out the problem was an override from either fridges, stoves, and/or clutter mods. Once you remove those, your gameplay is back to normal.