"In fact, Sims 4 does not have the brightest players" had me screaming lmao

I found that the key to pets is to have two. They can socialize with each other saving your Sim a lot of time.

We expect no less from a Victorian build expert to put out facts about Victorian houses! Definitely looking forward to the Sims 2 documentary. As for building styles, I tend to lean on traditional than modern. Traditional builds just have more personality.

Your building videos always make me wanna open up The Sims 3 again~

Oh Rek, this is lovely! I did move out of my Victorian house, 😔, but it was too big and too much for just me. I will miss my little 'tower' rooms. 1 downstairs and 1 above it. I always kept those 2 rooms Victorian themed. And the 'parlor' was the prettiest at Christmas. So love what you did! Great video!

Definitely would love to see a Sims 2 documentary from you, Rekowcski! My favourite style of house is maybe Southfork sprawling ranch like on Dallas but with no stairs or elevated flooring anywhere (your elevated tubs look nice in your builds but i would hate it irl, lol). Conversely I also quite love a tiny house with no stairs with multifunctional storage/furniture so no wasted space and very functional/good flow between necessary household activities. How I'd love a bed that slides out like a drawer or else gets lowered down from ceiling and swings a few inches off floor, lol. Not a fan of a showstopper kitchen - I want basic kitchen hidden away, lol. Nearly open floor plans but with clear indications what each area is meant for. Every room, every bathroom needs to have an outside wall because windows - the way i loathe a windowless room, lol. My builds are not pretty like yours but my sims live in them comfortably/easily. Someday I'd like to accomplish that and have it look nice, too, lol. I used to avoid build videos but then I watched one of yours a couple of years ago now and you actually explained your process and I think maybe it helps me when I'm building even if we don't share the same taste in styles. So thanks for this video, Rekowcski. At some point a month or longer frrom now, I'll build something, feel impressed with it and not remember that I learned that from you but I will credit you for it, now, in advance, lol. Unreliable memory is unreliable. -_- ~FM :)

This is STUNNING. Great job! I don’t *love* the yellow but you made it work so well. I also love Victorian houses but I may be biased because I live in one lol. I’m not great at building them so I love seeing your builds of them. ❤❤❤❤

God I always love your Victorian builds you smash them every time, and they transport me back to the time I first got into the Sims 3. My secondary school (British so would be middle/ early high school) was built around a massive Victorian Gothic mansion which was owned by one of the members of the Singer (like the sewing machines) and I just remember being in awe of all the period features like the wrap-around balconies and hallways, mahogany and oak panelling and carvings, all of the original William Morris wallpapers, the giant skylight at the top of the building, and all the spooky servants quarters. There was nearly a student riot when they painted most of the building stark white and red and added carpet tiles to the whole building one summer holiday to match the rest of the school's campus which was that classic 60s/ 70s brutalist style filled with asbestos that plagues most schools here. They said they removed any unlisted period features as they were too distracting for students, but with hindsight, I've got a feeling lead paint maybe had a part to play.

A history lesson and a beautiful Sims 3 Victorian Home.🥰

While I love your streams I also missed your videos! Excited to see them back!! Sending love 💫

Hi, can I install this house for Sims 4 instead of Sims 3?

I love the sims 3s lighting & the moody atmosphere that using lights sparingly creates! I use the debug lighting if I'm doing a large build that has 2 or more stories open, but as the lighting at the top doesn't reach the bottom (it only "lights up" the "room" it's in and not the whole area) I tend to add debug lights to compensate. otherwise I love using low lighting especially in residential homes, maybe adding a bit more brightness to a kitchen or a living room but definitely drinking the whole "it's 3 am and I'm the only one awake at my family house" vibe also when you mentioned bay windows I think something unlocked within me, got stuck in Pinterest and Google image search midway through and now I got a deep aching longing to have one of those in real life

I love how you furnish your victorian builds rek! Are you familiar with the Pink Palace in "Coraline"? It was inspired by the real apartment complex Neil Gaiman lived, would love to see you build that in your style! ^^

Absolutely love this! The Sims 3 has many cool items and people underestimate how good it is. I play Sims 3 mainly now as I love the building aesthetic. Great job 😊

Loved this build! And a yes to the Sims 2 documentary!!

Wow the fainting room is so interesting to learn about 😅 "Oh I need to faint"

my day brightens up when there's a new Rekowcski video!!

I’d love to see more videos like this in different build styles! I love how you incorporated bits of history and realism.

My favourite design styles are ones that connect with the outside the most. No necessarily modernist, but any tradition that bring nature closer. The Farnsworth House is a great example, so is Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesan West. Those kinds of approaches to design!

I LOVE Victorian houses, but I'm not brave enough to build them. My favorite style to build is modern/futuristic, which is why I love Oasis Landing so much. But in my current save, my sim is renovating the run-down resort in Isla Paradiso, so I'm playing with a beachy/tropical style.

The thing about lighting is actually part of why i prefer to build in the sims 2 - I'm not a fan of the shadows in sims 3 (and spamming invisible lights has its own problems, glowing counters anyone?) I also get burnt out on CASt very quickly, building a simple starter home requires several breaks. Of course, I'll take sims 3 build tools over sims 4 build tools any day. At least it's got seasonal lot markers to make up for its aesthetic. And don't get me started on the stupid room system! Also i can actually enjoy playing in the builds :)

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Love this video, history and all. Maybe you could do a small series about sims living in victorian era.

LOVED this! Can’t wait for more!

I’m actually a architect in the real world. I love your Victorian speed build! I always have the wall paper and floor on first because I’ve already had furniture in my mind but I would agree it’s a brilliant idea to flip the procedure. Victorian house was actually more “new money” back then while old money prefer older style before “capitalism uprising”. So they are not as fancy as to have great room, drawing room, hall, dancing and etc.

Love to see building videos (and Kyle 😍) again ! I really loved your Sunset Valley renovations series, really hope you come back to it eventually ✨

Victorian Houses are one of my favorite style of house, i prefer more traditional/old fashioned houses I am not a fan of ultra modern they look good and creative but I could never live in one. I enjoyed the video I've missed seeing your speed builds.

My favorite build to do is probably a bar/club/lounge. Many towns don't come with a bar, and many just have one dive bar. So when my Sims get rich I go to Edit Town, set an appropriate lot to community-dance club or whatever, then my Sims can buy the lot and build the club. Actually, community lots in general are fun. I've build combo police station/firehouses for SV, Riverview and Twinbrook (they're on the exchange) partially to open up another lot and because EA's firehouses are usually in an antique, outdated style I dislike.

Beautiful build! I love it!

Rekowski ive seen all your other videos but didnt know how savage you were at building 😊 please do a roaring heights type thats where i usually play in ❤and how can i download one of your builds on the exchange,thanks!!

Love the build!

Aw, hi Kyle! ❤ Oh and hi, Rek! 😂 This house is stunning! You are the build master!

I love the house it looks really nice, and the jokes LOL it inspired me to build some victorian houses! where'd you get that cool first person cam!??

A favourite style? Yea victorian era styles. From upper to lower class. Countryside to industrial If I had more cc to make them, my first favourite would be south african cape dutch.

I used to like modern extremely functional homes the best but I’m honestly so sick of modern architecture that I don’t know anymore😂

Ooh fireplaces. Here's what I hate - the chimney height is determined by the build height when you place it. So if you place the fireplace very early in the build, before roofs and top floors, the chimney stays low. But never move it, because the chimney will shoot up to above the new build height. You mentioned "cheating the chimney away" - how you do that?