How to leave furniture when you move?

catloverplayer · July 2016

Could someone explain this because i don t want the house empty my si'm moves out of.

drake_mccarty · July 2016

Evict them via the map screen. Using the "move" interaction will always keep the furniture in your inventory or sell it all both resulting in an empty house.

ModerateOsprey · July 2016

catloverplayer wrote: »

Could someone explain this because i don t want the house empty my sim moves out of.

Doesn't simply selling the furniture leave it behind when a sim moves out. Including pictures and stuff.

drake_mccarty · July 2016

ModerateOsprey wrote: »

catloverplayer wrote: »

Could someone explain this because i don t want the house empty my sim moves out of.

Doesn't simply selling the furniture leave it behind when a sim moves out. Including pictures and stuff.

From my experience that actually sells the furniture and leaves the house empty. Keeping it will also result in an empty house with all the stuff in your household inventory.

ModerateOsprey · July 2016

drake_mccarty wrote: »

ModerateOsprey wrote: »

catloverplayer wrote: »

Could someone explain this because i don t want the house empty my sim moves out of.

Doesn't simply selling the furniture leave it behind when a sim moves out. Including pictures and stuff.

From my experience that actually sells the furniture and leaves the house empty. Keeping it will also result in an empty house with all the stuff in your household inventory.

Hmmm...I must have done this before. I wonder if I just evicted them? Am going to experiment...

drake_mccarty · July 2016

ModerateOsprey wrote: »

drake_mccarty wrote: »

ModerateOsprey wrote: »

catloverplayer wrote: »

Could someone explain this because i don t want the house empty my sim moves out of.

Doesn't simply selling the furniture leave it behind when a sim moves out. Including pictures and stuff.

From my experience that actually sells the furniture and leaves the house empty. Keeping it will also result in an empty house with all the stuff in your household inventory.

Hmmm...I must have done this before. I wonder if I just evicted them? Am going to experiment...

I always just evict them now. Spent 3 days (real time) making this larger than life mansion - beautifully decorated inside and out, and then moved my sims out for a minute only to find all my furnishings were gone. (Cried a lil on the inside but learned my lesson.. Always evict)

Renamed2002180839 · July 2016

I just use the standard "move family" option from the phone menu. When you select a new house it'll ask if you want to sell the furniture- select yes. That leaves the furniture behind in the structure. Not doing so brings it with you and leaves the structure blank. At least that has always been the case in my experience.

ModerateOsprey · July 2016

Right...

I took a random townie, bought a lot...bought a sofa and built a wall, took a selfie and put it on the wall. Went to manage worlds, selected the household and then the truck icon to move. Bought an empty lot and sold the furniture...all the stuff is on the lot she left behind...so yeah...sell the furniture.

Renamed2002180839 · July 2016

Just tested it using both the phone and the world menu move option and it worked fine each time.

drake_mccarty · July 2016

Maybe they changed it? Weird that it now saves the furniture on the lot.. Wish it did way back when

Gruffman · July 2016

When I choose the sell furniture option, it leaves the house with all the furnishings, ready for the next family to move in.

catloverplayer · July 2016

drake_mccarty wrote: »

Evict them via the map screen. Using the "move" interaction will always keep the furniture in your inventory or sell it all both resulting in an empty house.

Thanks.

Puffy · July 2016

Gruffman wrote: »

When I choose the sell furniture option, it leaves the house with all the furnishings, ready for the next family to move in.

This is correct. I always move household. You must click sell lot furniture and leave those. When next family move in， it will have what you left before.

Samsonguy9000 · July 2016

Selling the furniture when moving leaves it with the house, as it means you are selling the furniture as part of the house. If you are experiencing otherwise, it might be from a mod or glitch and need to repair your game.

StilleWater · July 2016

ModerateOsprey wrote: »

catloverplayer wrote: »

Could someone explain this because i don t want the house empty my sim moves out of.

Doesn't simply selling the furniture leave it behind when a sim moves out. Including pictures and stuff.

yes

DrkLvly · September 2016

Why does the furniture disappear when sims that I am not playing move out or die. Is there a way to reset the house to put the furnishing back. Like everyone else I do not want an empty lot and do not feel like redecorating or making a new one.

joleaco · September 2016

DrkLvly wrote: »

Why does the furniture disappear when sims that I am not playing move out or die. Is there a way to reset the house to put the furnishing back. Like everyone else I do not want an empty lot and do not feel like redecorating or making a new one.

You could always save a copy of the completed house to your library and then if the furniture disappears, just switch it with your furnished saved copy.

PsychoSimXX · September 2016

I just evict them using the little house icon in the bottom right corner.

BlkBarbiegal · September 2016

Good to know.

UmbralFlower · September 2016

Samsonguy9000 wrote: »

Selling the furniture when moving leaves it with the house, as it means you are selling the furniture as part of the house. If you are experiencing otherwise, it might be from a mod or glitch and need to repair your game.

Oh. This makes sense.

Nanneroni · September 2016

For me it's always worked to just select "sell furniture" when you have them move. You're selling the furniture along with the house, and the entire lot including the furniture stays behind for the next family on the market to move in

Sid1701D9 · September 2016

Actually, because I recently moved, selling furniture = leaves the furniture there.

Neptitude · May 2020

I know this thread is from 3.5 years ago but if anyone stumbles upon this, it is if you sell the furniture it will come back, whether you create a new household or move an already existing one. It works with apartments in City Living as well.

So guess we just have to keep track of how much money we had and do some math and cheats for a way to say "we left it there"

JC1979 · May 2020

When I move my sims I put anything they need in their household inventory then “sell furniture” when they move. That usually keeps the furniture with the original house. San Myshuno apartments is a bit more finicky; which in that case you can’t always moved into an apartment with the furnishings, the game empties the apartment. So whatever furniture you leave behind may not always be there for the next sim you move in.

Nushnushganay · May 2020

Samsonguy9000 wrote: »

Selling the furniture when moving leaves it with the house, as it means you are selling the furniture as part of the house. If you are experiencing otherwise, it might be from a mod or glitch and need to repair your game.

that's new, but I'm glad. always having to evict them stank before.

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