Sid1701d9 Build Challenge 1 Starts on 9/11/2015

ShesVeryNice · September 2015

@rodneyclint your build looks great!

Sid1701D9 · September 2015

Guys to help you with your creativity I put up a example house, I noticed a few are loosing the little rooms. The little rooms are important because, I want everyone to learn that even a house under 20,000 can be worth its weight in gold so to speak.
here is some pictures of the Example house.

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=3863433246D184DD!11866&authkey=!AOSk2gPNAhbnvgs&v=3&ithint=photo,png

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=3863433246D184DD!11865&authkey=!ABQf8Rf_ZAKxDN8&v=3&ithint=photo,png

Here is the example house using the shell Sids Building Challenge 1. Notice how I integrated the small rooms to give the house style. Never changed the size of the shell either. The price 17,000 leaving sims nearly 1,000 to live on.

I hope this gives you guys some ideas.
http://www.thesims.com/gallery/177E1E055AFD11E584962610A2CDE195?

Sid1701D9 · September 2015

sorry guys, I had to do my school work in the middle of finishing the post I updated the post with the location of the sample house, so take a look at it.

cherpar · September 2015

Sid1701D9 wrote: »

cherpar wrote: »

@Sid1701D9 @Mmdrgntobldrgn thanks for looking for the house.

I don't know what else to do. The only option I get (with the green button) is to remove from community. However the house will only appear for me (under my username on the gallery) if I select Advanced, include custom content. As I said I don't use any CC, so I am confused. Could you possibly try ticking the Include Custom Content button to check if you can then see the house, if you don't have the CC option enabled.

Char you need to change the name of the lot as the name matches the original build challenge shell and because their are two with the same name the original will override the newer one. You just have to change the name to something other than Sids Challenge Building 1

Ok thanks name changed to cozy starter. Here's the link. Thanks @rosemow your advice worked.

http://www.thesims.com/gallery/browse?category=lots&searchtype=ea_origin_id&sortby=downloads&time=all&searchquery=cherpar&max=50&maxis=false

rosemow · September 2015

It is great that your starter home is showing up on the website gallery now cherpar

Cozy Starter is very nice! The roofing is very nice and the plants look nice either sides of the front door.

pronterus · September 2015

I gave this a try. I enjoyed the challenge of renovating such a large space with a tight budget

Name of build: Stucco and Stone
Link: HERE
Images:

rosemow · September 2015

Stucco and Stone is a very nice starter! @pronterus

The exterior of the home is very nice! The windows look nice how you have placed them in the build. It looks nice how you have done the stone wall fencing and plants along the front of the home. The texture of the exterior is nice. Very nice windows living room area in the home. Sims will enjoy nice views of the outdoors through the windows there whilst watching the TV. or reading a book from the bookcase. The lantern light looks pretty! The colour of the walls and the floor rug complement each other.
It is a great starter home

pronterus · September 2015

Thanks @rosemow

mommataurus2 · September 2015

I would like to give this a shot.

mommataurus2 · September 2015

@SID1701D9 You said that we can't change the lot size. But can I change the houses position on the lot?

mommataurus2 · September 2015

Wow ya! I got nothing......I tried and the budget is just too small for this large of a build.

Poo.

pronterus · September 2015

mommataurus2 wrote: »

Wow ya! I got nothing......I tried and the budget is just too small for this large of a build. Poo.

I had to make my furnishing as simple as possible to meet the budget requirement. You can do it!

Soraya4sims · September 2015

when dos this challenge round end?

Sid1701D9 · September 2015

I noticed some lost the small rooms when they tried to move the house on the lot I uploaded a example on how to move the whole house, first you got to intergrade though small rooms to the house, I used half walls if you look and my example build.

Edit: Sorry guys I got side tracked with course work from the college. I will finish where I left off once I am clear.

rosemow · September 2015

Hello

I hope that your college studies are going well.

Sid1701D9 · September 2015

I am doing really good on college work and to let you guys know how I came up with this challenge I needed a house for a new family in the Sims 4 game and I thought instead of building it this time I would ask the community to create and the best house would win and the sims I put in their would move in to the house that won the challenge. This allows me to focus on my college work and the community could have something to do for a whole month, plus I want to keep this open, I tend to use it for my college tech paper that is due at the end of the term.

rosemow · September 2015

I am glad that your college work is going well. It was a great idea to create the challenge. It is nice to read the background details to why and how you created the challenge.
I hope that your work on your college tech paper continues to go well.

Sid1701D9 · September 2015

it looks like this month challenge will be coming to a close on Oct 6 2015 if your house his not on the list by Oct 6 please let me know. The Winner will be announced on Oct 13 so you have 6 days between Oct 6 and 13 to make sure your house is on the list.
The Winner will be announced on this thread:
and on this thread:
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/853985/new-challenge-the-house-is-incomplete#latest

Sid1701D9 · September 2015

This game thing, so I make sure I get the challenge houses and not the community created versions of the challenge house, I had to download them from the web part of the gallery, but the gallery only downloads the houses when you end the game. So If I have new houses to add I got to exit game and reload game to get the contest houses in the library. I love what the community has done with the challenge houses whether part of the contest or not, but it takes time to sort through the list on the in game gallery. I got one more challenge house to review and post up there and I should be done until the end where I will check for any new entries.

Mmdrgntobldrgn · September 2015

Finally remembered to do my version of the house.

my single mom sim. After living in the country she would like to move closer, but most homes are too expensive and the ones she can afford only have 1 bedroom and 1 bath.

Upon learning that the contractor had bailed leaving the newest community resident with a shell of a build neighbors and their friends took pity on the newcomer and chipped in various extra supplies; dry wall, stairs, paints, wallpaper, paneling, windows, doors they had left over after renovations to their own homes, along with outdated stuff they had planned on sending to the junkyard. All told it wasn't much but it was just enough to help the newcomer have a half way decent if colorful starter home to move into. The city property assessor valued the property at just under $20,000 simoleans.

The new beginning for this single mom may be sparse for now, but there is plenty of space in and out to grow for her and her children.

Gallery: MmD's take on Sids Ch

Updated 10/14/2015
Please use this link:
Here is the link to the fixed copy of the house
http://www.thesims.com/en_GB/gallery/7F08E30872AC11E58FD3B0817AA7DC07?category=all&searchtype=ea_origin_id&sortby=newest&time=all&searchquery=Mmdrgntobldrgn&max=50&maxis=false

To make the fix, I shrunk the roof by one square added an additional row of the grass tiles and extended the roof half wall by one square. Nothing else was changed.

rosemow · September 2015

MmD's take on Sids Ch is a very nice starter home! @Mmdrgntobldrgn

It is great that you have written background details to the home. The green and blue colour of the exterior looks very nice. Very nice layout of the interior of the home. Sims will enjoy dining at the curved bar stool counter in the kitchen. The colours of the walls, the master bedroom wall pattern and the red colour of the living room flooring looks nice.
It is a great starter.

Sid1701D9 · September 2015

Hi, all just a reminder there is still time to get your submissions in by Oct 6 2015. For those that summit your houses after spooky day, stuff pack I can't really see the houses until After Oct 6, because I don't have any money to buy spooky day right away, but go ahead and use spooky day pack.

Sid1701D9 · October 2015

Wow, what a turn out I loved all the many houses that was created by the house shell. I also loved the many different houses created by the community not part of the contest. When your limited on budget I always try to aim for the best solutions for the stuff that matters. I am glad to see some try to do the house with the current budget because not all sims have lots of money so they may not be able to buy the houses with the best of the stuff in them. I always enjoyed building houses in the Sims 2, The Sims 3 and the Sims 4, I just haven't been confident enough to create houses for the community until now. So what I wanted this challenge to do is for people to learn how to make unique houses that stand out, this is why I left the roof out of the shell. The house I released just recently I started in around June or July on the house and I finally released it now. So I if you want to see what you can do with the Sims 4 and the half walls and the small one square rooms check you the house. Everything in this contest was a fun way to learn how to build unique homes and see the many variations of houses. Here is the house I created before and during the contest and I thought maybe people would want to know how I created it so I decided I would hold a contest. So without further a do here is the house while we wait for the winner to be announced on Oct 13 or 14 depending on when I get back from my birthday party, so please enjoy, and I look forward to putting the winning house in the game.

Sid What A View House
http://www.thesims.com/en_GB/gallery/D66D15C46D3E11E584DBC11ECC65F296

Looking forward to seeing who wins the contest.

Edit: post edited for grammar and spelling.

rosemow · October 2015

I hope that you have a very nice birthday.

I hope that you enjoy your special birthday party and have a very nice day.

damagedlostbroken · October 2015

I modified the house last night not realizing the deadline was October 6th. :/ But, I've uploaded it to the Gallery anyway! It was fun, and I like all of the other creations everyone did. Mine is called, "Simply Starting." I'm unable to post a link here, though. So, if you look up my username, you can find it there. I only have four lots uploaded, so it should be easy to find. Happy Simming!
Edited to say my gallery name is damagedlost. :smiley:

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