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How many sq ft does one grid square =?
wondersueak
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I want to build houses on my game using non copyrighted house plans, and I was wondering, how many of the sq ft does one grid square in build mode equal?
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So a room that is 12 ft 2 inches I would round up to 7 sim ft. You just gotta play with it a bit.
Reasoning: The average single-hung door ranges between 28"-36", and a single door fits on a single wall tile. Also, the trade average of a cabinet box is 24" deep by 36" wide (of course there is any custom size in between, but 36" is the trade standard) and one cabinet box fits on one tile.
I find it easier when working off house plans to simply build rooms according to the furnishing. Some rooms will be smaller and some bigger than any scale you try to use.
How did I get to that conclusion? If you look at a tile in "Build" or "Buy Mode" you will see there are 4 smaller tiles inside the larger one. Only furniture can be adjusted to use the smaller tiles meaning a single wall has to be built in 2ft increments. So, a 60x60 lot (in Sim Squares) is about 120x120 feet in real life. That is about 14400-sqft total or 1/3 of an acre.
Because you can only build a wall in 2ft increments you must either add or subtract from the plan you are copying if a room is not an even number in its' dimensions. Example: Your plan calls for a room that is 13x15 your options for the game will be to either make the room larger or smaller. In this case larger would be 14x16 (7x8 in Sim Squares) and smaller would be 12x14 (6x7 in Sim Squares). Now sometimes only one side needs adjusting such as in a 14x15 room, only the 15 needs to be adjusted.
I tested this formula with great successes on this plan: http://www.monsterhouseplans.com/traditional-style-house-plans-1270-square-foot-home-1-story-3-bedroom-and-2-bath-2-garage-stalls-by-monster-house-plans-plan11-174.html
It worked well and the layout was simple. Remember, you do not always get dimensions for such rooms as powder rooms, pantries or walk-in closets so work with what you know and the puzzle will fall into place. Also, this formula makes since in human terms as a lounging or sleeping Sim would be about 5.5FT' to 6FT' tall if standing.
Now here is an easy way to get the SQFT of a house you create in the future. 1: do not floor your home. 2: Make note of your current unfurnished value. 3: Find a flooring, $10 per tile will do for easy calculation. 4: Floor the entire house and any other areas you wish to include such as the garage or a lanai area. 5: Note the new unfurnished value. 6: Subtract it from the old unfurnished value. 7: Take the difference and dived it by the per tile cost of the floor. Example: If you have a $4,000 difference and the tile cost $10 per unit you have have used 400 tiles of floor space and at 4sqft per large tile you have a 1600sqft home.
Hope this helps! Blessings!
Everyone says 3 feet, but if you actually start building houses with that ratio, everything looks WAY off. Even though the math is annoying, I have had much, MUCH better results with 2.5 feet. Also, that's the width of interior doors in a house (though front doors are 3 feet).
If you use 2 feet, rooms turnout looking too large. If you use 3 feet, they're ridiculously small.
I may be alone on this, but I've had great results using 2.5.