I'm going to have to rebuild my generation home soon. I'm horrible at it. I usually design my homes based off of things I've seen here in the forums. There are so many wonderful designers here.
Almost all of the larger homes I've seen are two story. I REALLY don't like two story homes. I usually have a basement since I'm into wine making but usually, my homes have long hallways with bedrooms and baths all down the halls. Right now, I have open concept kitchen, dining room and living room and a smallish office on the front of the house, a long house-wide hallway behind that with bedrooms and bathrooms off that.
Does anyone have some nice one-story LARGE homes they can show me? I need 5-6 bedrooms, 3-4 bathrooms, big office.
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i went house shopping and seen one like that here
http://dnarequestteam.blogspot.com/search?q=country
And CC free if you don't use CC.They also have a build request thread if you want to request.
https://graceymanorsims3.tumblr.com/
Ooo, thanks for posting this, I love some of these houses!
They have zillions of different floor plans, and you can search on number of floors, number of bedrooms, etc.
Thanks for sharing that site! Occasionally I like to build when bored lol.
https://graceymanorsims3.tumblr.com/
I also love one floor homes as they are quicker to navigate but am wondering if you do decide to use the lot let me know what size it is because I cannot find that info on anything I have looked at..
@korset
Thanks for the great lot find
Actually I won't be downloading anything. I am playing Pinstarr's legacy challenge. With that, you create one sim and have them use nearly all of their cash to buy a lot in Riverview or Sunset Valley (which is what I chose). It's a specific lot that leaves you with just 1800 to your name. So Whatever house I choose, I'll build it on my huge lot. You cannot change lots or active families. I'm currently on generation 4.
Eventually, I'll have a beautiful mansion that I have designed from something I've found here. I may have to break down and do a two level. There are so many really beautiful ones you guys have shown me. I think last time I played, I put all the bedrooms on the top floor so at least they didn't have to go upstairs to do anything but sleep. Made it a pain for the toddlers though.
no worries I will install it next time I make a new test folder and have a poke around to see what it's all about Good luck with your challenge..
@TadOlson
I really wish i had the patience to play challenges good luck with yours also
Thank you so much for posting this site! I found the house I think I can build:
https://imgur.com/a/hTwrF
However I'm having trouble with one little part. It seems that the house was built on a foundation but the garage is not. I can't figure out how to butt the garage up next to the house. I keep getting an error since the house goes out one square from the foundation.
The only other issue I have is I LOVE some of this person's decorations, especially the outside siding. But I can't find many of the items the used. Could be store items I guess. Regardless, that's minor. I've spent the entire day building my new house wall by wall, counting the squares from the picture. I could NEVER create something this nice by myself. Yes, it's multi-floor but I found I needed to do that to get all the space my growing family needs. They'll just have to deal with it!
Wonderful choice and creator @Sandraelle like her other DNA colleagues/builders make some of the most stunning lots I have ever seen/used including being the grateful recipient of several of their wonderful build requests so I don't think she would mind at all you getting in touch to ask any questions you may have regarding her build and it may give some insights at to what store content she used..
I think the dark blue vertical siding is one of the Pets barn wallpapers - thinking they're in paneling but could be wall sets or miscellaneous. I can try to remember to check that when I go in game this evening.
I know what the horizontal light blue is (or at least I'm pretty sure), and it will surprise you. In paint wall coverings, one of the less expensive choices that appear there has a very light colored horizontal wood on the bottom half and some dull green stuff on the top. If you recolor the wood on the bottom to get that blue - or another color you like - and then copy that to the other channel for the top of the wall, you'll get what you see on her house. You can also use the same wallpaper to make a wall that's stone on the bottom and siding on the top, which may be what you see there on the side of the house (I think that's the garage, but I'm just looking at the front view right now so not sure).
I think the vertical light blue is probably done similarly - maybe with a plain wall (as in no sections, borders, molding) recolored to a vertical wood pattern from the woods section in CASt. If you're trying to save money, you can use the pool wall tile in tile wall covers and just color the border at the top the same as the bottom with a vertical wood pattern. Actually, you can make that wall into all sorts of things.
As for attached garages in houses with foundations in Sims 3, that's not all that easy, I don't think. You need to use CFE (constrain floor elevation), and I have never used it - it scares me. LOL There are a lot of tutorials and videos out there on how to use it if you want to google it to get an idea.
My Sims 3 Studio
My forum builds thread
There are also YouTube tutorials available if you learn things better that way. Hope that helps and good luck with your new build!
I found a few old pix of some earlier uploads where I first used this method—mostly for attaching garages to homes with foundations— but it's useful for attached greenhouses or rooms with in-ground pools too.
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=QjR0bROi7EY
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
@starguru
Did you build those? Are they available for download.
https://graceymanorsims3.tumblr.com/
@Karritz I'm going to save the link to your CFE tutorial in case I get brave enough to try it.
My Sims 3 Studio
My forum builds thread
Now you guys are going to find out what a scardy cat noob I am (even though I have played TS1-4): I've never used CASt. So I guess my choices are to chose something else or figure out how to recolor in CASt! I'm sure there are plenty of tutorials on that as well. In the meantime, I think I got the bottom floor done yesterday but the stairs to the basement gave me a problem. Read Carls's guide AFTER I had already built the bottom floor which I learned is the opposite I should have done. Put in a spiral stair to the basement to keep my sanity. Now it's time to get started on the upper floors! I'm a weekend gamer (mixed in with laundry and lots of other stuff) so my time is limited. I've been two full weekends now building this thing and all I have to show for it is one level with no paint, carpets or furniture. *laughs* Ah well. Having fun!
EDIT: I may NEVER get my house built after learning about CAS. I've spent 30 minutes trying to get the color right on ONE panel.This is WAY entertaining!
Aspen Creek
Autumn Horizon
Desert Dreams
@suzes Thank you!
@Rhiannon58 I think you’re in for a real treat when you get the hang of CASt! It’s so satisfying to color and pattern everything to suit—something I had wished for in the previous games where nothing ever matched, lol.
I understand about having limited time too; my game time is very hit-and-miss these days. And even though I had the time to do a little bit every day back when I was working on the house in the last pic from my previous post, it still took me 3 weeks to finish! I enjoyed the process and learned a lot though, and it's great to hear you're having fun with this!
Your designs are amazing! And for those of us who don't like doing downloads, your floor plans are greatly appreciated! I have followed your design square-by-square, with a few tweaks here and there because of taste or not being able to get it quite right. I've decided to forgo the attached garage. It's a bit much for my skills and patience.
real treat = addiction. I spent ALL DAY today recoloring wall tiles and my bottom floor still isn't completely colored. I still haven't built the 2nd and third floors! My poor Sim family has been paused standing out by the greenhouse for three weeks and it's unlikely they will move for quite a while! *laughs*
I realized I already use several of your lots in my world and wanted to say thank you for sharing your creative talents looking at your Avi do you also have any S2 content anywhere I could download?
I agree—CASt is addicting and a major reason I enjoy playing TS3 more than other games in the series. Oh, your poor Sim family! I can understand them not wanting to wait on an attached garage after weeks of standing outside already! But that feature can be saved for a future build for another save/family if you’re eventually so inclined, and I’m sure your current family will appreciate having a home designed especially for them with your new addiction. And if you like the results, whatever time you spend perfecting a build with CASt is worthwhile.
Funny thing about RL floor plans. When I was a freshman/sophomore in high school, my best friend and I would design our dream houses on paper with crude floor plans. We spent hours talking about that and dreaming of "adulthood". Oh to go back to those days when it was so much simplier...
Anyway, I've taken a look at the RL floor plan sites and it is impossible for me to envision getting that translated to TS. Your floor plans are actual overhead screenshots of the actual Sim house. No imagination needed. It's easy to count the squares and put walls where they should be. That's one reason I love your stuff. I saw a number of houses I really liked but it was impossible for me to figure out where to even start. With your design, I actually counted the squares along the front of the house and placed that many foundation squares. It was so easy to go from there. Some of us are terrible designers. Most of my houses in TS2 were either plopped down from the premades that came with it or a large square box I made. So again, thank you so much for sharing your creations in a way that others can enjoy them as well as learn from them!
This is a good idea. Perhaps when I'm done with my current play which is a generational challenge, I will start a new game and work on more creative things to make my city more my own.
This house SHOULD be the last house I need to build for a while. It's plenty big enough to house the max a family can be and that's really all I need. I loved your barn and gardens and will likely incorporate that into the home as well. With 6 more generations yet to be born, they will eventually want to do more things like enjoy horses and a farm. I'm just really glad that your designed prompted me to learn how to use CASt. I had peeked at it once years and years ago and thought "this is not my department". But it's easier than I thought. TS3 has so much more than I ever thought. Once I got over how I couldn't play rotationally like TS2 (this was before the mods were designed to allow that), I really like a lot of the improvements that were made to the series. The gardening is an entire game in itself, wine making. Even little things like the gradual pregnancy instead of a sudden baby bump that woke a tired lady from her sleep. I play a number of different games but I'm glad this one is no longer gathering dust on the shelf. I bought and installed the entire series earlier this year and have truly enjoyed it more than anything I've played in a while.