The full brick walls and all the windows makes it looks like some sort of factory 😂 I live the original exterior since it showcase how they’re the old money with the Tudor building and English Country House layout compared to LA McMansion of the Altos just across the road.
@ShyLeviathan2 жыл бұрын
I definitely consider Sims 3 Store items as "EA Items." Like, I know they count as CC, buuuut.... They always match that Maxis feel, whereas _actual_ custom content sometimes doesn't, and that's okay, but it's not for me haha. I prefer Maxis match stuff for sure. Renovation looks good! Thanks for sharing this with us! :)
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
I love CC for create a sim, but for build I almost never use it but i think the sims 3 is the easiest to play without build cc, because you can just change the colours and patterns of everything in the way you like
@sevarangln2 жыл бұрын
wow… this makes me miss ts3 a lot. i forgot how extravagant their furnitures could be lol. great video!!
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much glad u enjoyed it !
@mim90002 жыл бұрын
Aw looks great! The house pre-reno always reminded me of that biiiig house in the sims 1 we all had to save up for ages to buy. XD Do you like playing in big houses in sims 3? I like looking at them, but they end up making gameplay so slow for me, sims taking forever to get anywhere. Thanks for the cool vid!
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
I rarely play with rich sims so I am usually in a starter home (or poverty haha), but when I do I always try to make a mansion more playable, like deleting irrelevant usable items and furniture and replacing them with decorations that they can't really interact with
@federicao46092 жыл бұрын
Yes! It looks similar to that mansion of Sims 1. Me too, i wanted to have that mansion for my sims, it was the dream house haha and then we discovered klapausius and later rosebud trick so $$$$$$$$$$
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
11 year old me was screaming when I learned rosebud;!;!;!;!;!;!;! so you could do it a bunch of times fast haha
@atelierbernardo82182 жыл бұрын
I do remember moving in my sim to a premade house then sold everything (from objects to wall paints, hedges, etc) then evicting the sim then moving it again to another premade house to sell every stuff in the lot then evicting the sim again... just to accumulate funds so I can buy that big house, at the end of it, the only house left in the map was that big house haha that was way before I discovered the klapaucius cheat hahaha
@TownieSimBuilds2 жыл бұрын
Definitely looks a lot better! I love how you were tactful in making the outside looked revamped and appropriate enough to the family without looking out of place with the other EA lots.
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
I think it's important to keep that "ea style", especially in the big hoods that come with the game. Thanks so much, im happy with the result... i will be forever replacing the landgraab lot with this one haha
@gabbygabs92202 жыл бұрын
Honestly I’m halfway through the video and I just love the fact that you go into full detail about your modifications to this mansion. It totally looks better now 💖
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
I like to point out the major decisions I make since most of the build is me trying to change a colour in create a style haha thanks for watching I’m glad you enjoyed x
@gabriel_de_bettin2 жыл бұрын
Hi, little trick here, when you activate moveobject you can pick the fireplace and delete the back, all the back with ugly brick you can delete, love that feature. And than the actual fireplace works as fine like on the sims 4
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
you have literally saved my builds, thanks so much I never knew that
@indierock11002 жыл бұрын
I love your builds so much! they've inspired me to be more creative in my building in game! would you consider doing a more in-depth video about how you do the tiling, like in the dining room? that effect is so cool, it really pops! Love it.
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
I was thinking of doing a general build tutorial for TS3 soon so if you see that in the couple weeks I’ll definitely include a section specifically on create-a-style and colour theory (:
@blazequakes2 жыл бұрын
Sorry but i have to disagree with you, if your from old money it needs to look like your from old money but nice house
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
as I see it, only nancy is from old money, geoffrey's family isn't known, but I think it says specifically he married into the money... but you're right and nancy would be the one deciding everything I suppose
@blazequakes2 жыл бұрын
she most likely would so it depend on the style she prefers but i really do like the house its a nix of modern and new
@rc3wondereАй бұрын
@Rekowcski sorry I'm 2 years late to the party lol. I think I actually agree with your style. Your "rich bitch" point I think pretty much is the strongest here. I've seen older mansions with the marbled flooring, even tile in some cases. In my opinion, the design is "rich bitch" and for sure old money.
@Challenger10K2 жыл бұрын
This is really cool. I'm currently rebuilding the whole of sunset valley (and the families) and its cool that you're doing it to. Good luck ;)
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
Good luck, there’s a lot to fix in terms of bathrooms haha
@davidkonevky73722 жыл бұрын
Omg good luck, sunset valley is REALLY big so it's gonna take a while
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
@@davidkonevky7372 every sims 3 world is massive, and youre right, SV is one of the biggest
@saraa34182 жыл бұрын
Another thing I've noticed with TS3 is that you lose money in build mode if you put up a wall and take it down. It's costs 70 to build and you get 60 back when you tear down. It also does that with fences! You know how when you stop dragging a fence it puts a post, well it took me a few tries to get my sim's house the way I liked it, and I lost so much money messing with a fence and had to cheat her money back up... I figured that she shouldn't suffer because I'm indecisive.
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
Yes. I actually plan to mention this in a build tutorial. It is always on my mind bc I’m often playing legacy/rags to riches so one wall mistake could mean no toilet or dinner.
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
Also, you can “undo” and you get the money back so usually I just play around then undo and rebuild without losing money.
@saraa34182 жыл бұрын
@@Rekowcski I'd forgotten this about build buy mode in TS3, but TS2 is even more brutal. It makes sense when you think about it, but drives home how much easier they made TS4
@terenarosa47902 жыл бұрын
You ruined this one for me. The original was supposed to be an "old money" type of style (which you acknowledged). It was beautiful. I really hate the tiny bricks of this wall pattern. Also, you need to make it more dynamic. It needs other wall textures or else it looks like one big block of tiny static looking bricks or a very tall foundation.
@PhoenixRoseYT Жыл бұрын
Crying cuz I’ve been like obsessed with this house since 2009 and somehow whenever I build a mansion it comes out looking like this 😂 I do absolutely love the changes you made though.
@GiveMeLatte_xxx9 ай бұрын
"At least she's the one has balls" LOL. According to the storyline, I think Nancy is actually the "true Landgraab" inheritress, and her husband is the someone married into the billionaire family. No matter how much Malcom is looking like his dad.
@Rekowcski9 ай бұрын
From what I understand, Geoffrey took Nancy's last name, so she is from the landgraab family and he married into it
@davidkonevky73722 жыл бұрын
The only thing I like about this mansion is how big it is. Most mansions in the sims 4 are limited by the small grid sizes, while sims 3 houses went more out there
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
The goth mansion in ts4 being on a such a small lot it a shame... 30x20 I think eeek
@fernandaa73342 жыл бұрын
I do the same in my renovations, I try to keep the original vibe and even the furniture, but changing the patterns because ea went c r a z y with that several times. In this house especially I don't know why they put cheep furniture in some places, like the parents have a cheap dresser. I end up doing exactly what you did, recoloring almost all the yellow in the house. I don't think the kitchen is reeeeally ugly, I even keep the green stuff just the way ea did, I just add laundry stuff, coffee machine, etc and fix the bizarre choices that makes no sense or make it unplayable (that I do in every ea house). They could had build a wall to hide that thing and made it less weirdly shaped! I love the landscaping in the house and the backyard, I just buy more crap for the kid like a treehouse.
@toshj1772 жыл бұрын
Oooo are you going to change all the houses in sunset Valley then share the save file? That be a fun series.
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
I think that's the most efficient way to do it, i may not get to fix everything, I think there are 94 lots or something lol
@MS-Melas2 жыл бұрын
I think of all the houses the Alto's need it the least, their's is beautiful😁
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
yeah if i renovate that one it will probably just be that yellow en suite bathroom
@toshj1772 жыл бұрын
@@Rekowcski it be amazing if you could because I'm lazy lol
@drvile41502 жыл бұрын
damn i really wish i could build like this💀
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
it takes practice, but I promise you it gets easier
@createallow3126 Жыл бұрын
Such an improvement! It's nice to see someone build and revamp so well in Sims 3!
@Rekowcski Жыл бұрын
thank you! I love the colour wheel so much, I like being able to make anything white, or rainbow, whatever I feel lol
@createallow3126 Жыл бұрын
@@Rekowcski I hope SIms 5 has it and the ability to change any texture like in Sims 3.
@stardust25682 жыл бұрын
I would love to download this lot :)
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
ill try and get things going on the exchange x
@jodiehardy72202 жыл бұрын
@@Rekowcski did you ever put this on the exchange? I love the vibe
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
@@jodiehardy7220 hi im trying right now haha
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
@@jodiehardy7220 www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=9516461 its base game friendly, maybe i used a couple store items lol
@jodiehardy72202 жыл бұрын
@@Rekowcski thank you so much!!
@imsunnybaby Жыл бұрын
omg yeah yeah the walling and flooring in sims 3 was expensive af i remember that
@simona47742 жыл бұрын
Hi! I know I’m late to the party, but I just wanted to say that I love your style and I would really like to see a Sunset Valley renovation series from you, if you would like to do that I’m sure other people would love it too. Liked and subscribed, I’ll try to catch some lives as well :)
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
Its something I’m thinking about. If my builds become as popular as me yelling at them, then I will totally do it. I was thinking renovating the “ugliest” house in each world to start. You guys can vote for it!
@crystalmeier6579 Жыл бұрын
You did such a great job explaining the whys of what you did as well as how. This is a really good video! Cheers
@ginaaa20002 жыл бұрын
This is everythinggg!! I love the new mansion 😁 (omg and you’re so funny too, subscribed!!)
@lennycrew32 жыл бұрын
5:49 what if I want to conquer the world AND bake cookies? 😂 great job!
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
you can do it, but nancy would never!
@MS-Melas2 жыл бұрын
Aww bricks! Great idea 😀
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
Bricks make any build look a little more expensive haha
@imsunnybaby Жыл бұрын
"its like a shopping mall on mars but everyone on mars is blind" i hate that i understand exactly what youre saying. i think
@stephenspears41892 жыл бұрын
I love it. I love renovating Landgraab Estate. Buy I never did anything you did here. But might I make a suggestion. If you have money. Add an awning over the front entrance, that covers the drive in front of the house. You'll have to use some foundation and columns to extend the awning out over the driveway. But just delete ehat you don't need as soon as you're finished with the awning. I do whenever I reno LG Estate. Just a suggestion. I think it looks better that way. But I never thought of doing the bump outs you did on the front of the house. But I also add a second garage to the right side of the front yard. But I may do what you did and redo LG Estate. But may I also suggest darken the brick to look like a brownstone instead. I tried it and liked it.
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
i'm not great with the sims 3 roofing tools just yet, but thank you for the suggestion, I should be more experimental with that stuff i agree, i think the darker brick would have been good to make it look a little more classic
@stephenspears41892 жыл бұрын
I just renovated landgraab Estate and did some of the same things you did. But added a few of my personal touches. Like the awning over the front entrance and a second garage. But I did add the little bump outs you did on the front of the house. Plus changed all the round top doors in back with sliding glass doors. And did the brick in the brownstone style like I suggested. I'll see if I can upload a snapshot from my phone of the finished work. Never done it that way before.
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
@@stephenspears4189 you can send me stuff on discord if u want crystalmath#8350
@stephenspears41892 жыл бұрын
@@Rekowcski how doi get on your discord?
@stephenspears41892 жыл бұрын
If you need help in doing the awning. Here's what you do. First put a foundation on the level ground in front of the front door to the outer edge of the driveway. Then pick the column you wanna use to support the awning, once finished, and place four or 5 on the foundation in between the house wall and the outer columns. A white grid will appear out over the columns, a clear grid. Now you can put your floor over the columns. Out to the last outer columns. Once you do this you can delete the columns you won't be using and the foundation pieces that now covers the driveway. But leave 3 or 4 columns on the outer edge to make it appear to be supporting the awning. Make the awning as wide as the front entrance of the house, if you so desire, and leave some space between the remaining columns for the walk up to the front door. And ther you are. An awning over your front entrance. I know this sounds complicated. But it's not, I use to put walls up with the foundation, to do the same thing I now do with the foundation and columns
@semyonpronin36522 жыл бұрын
It looks like a WW2 hospital... fitting
@federicao46092 жыл бұрын
Hello, must have been fun to do this. I never play with mansions, i have a few but i build them but then i don't play with them, maybe i'll try to play with them. I remember now that i recreated two mansions from sims 1 in sims 2. I alway play more tiny houses or starter houses.
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
Recreate that big 50k mansion from ts1 haha. It’s actually not THAT big when you get it into a newer game tile-for-tile.
@romivr036 ай бұрын
This may be a stupid question since I've been playing the sims 3 for 10 years, but how do you do that thing where you copy the items that have in a certain style so you're not constantly going back to change them, they just get duplicated when you click on them? And also how do you delete the wallpaper so you get the money back like I've seen a few times now? Thanks to anyone who can help!
@Rekowcski6 ай бұрын
Use the ctrl key when your clicking to remove any wallpaper or flooring to get some money back Also to duplicate create a style swatches, you literally drag the palate onto other objects
@romivr036 ай бұрын
@@Rekowcski thank you!
@marstal4913 Жыл бұрын
Also, the grass is mowed always, and stays that way making it seem FRESH.... which read more ritzy to me, at least, previously before your rebuild.
@imsunnybaby Жыл бұрын
maybe weird but i actually love the chimney bricks in sims 3. i miss it in sims 4... you just fake it. actually you can move around that little back part. you can detatch it from the fireplace and stick it on the outside of the house protip
@thecrow50064 ай бұрын
I love the concept too, it's just so bad that you can't use create a style on them. It's for sure moddable though.
@My2CentsYall Жыл бұрын
i did the same big arse house but no room for a large family. I hate that there was no space for a basement! I don't use that type of fencing on my homes because if trash gets up there your sims cant get it.
@Rekowcski Жыл бұрын
I used the 3rd floor as an attic instead of glitching a basement under it haha
@My2CentsYall Жыл бұрын
@@Rekowcski you did a good job with what you had to work with, that elevation screws the house up. I would love to have had a basement there but you would have to wreck the entire home.
@joehasse828911 ай бұрын
Not sure if anyone has asked so my apologies if they have - do you upload any of your builds (like this amazing one) for the sims 3 to the exchange for others to download? I’d love to have this in my game 😍.
@Rekowcski11 ай бұрын
Yes just look me up, the name is the same on the exchange
@joehasse828911 ай бұрын
@@Rekowcski will do thank you!!
@foxygal1232 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
thank you x
@thelordzzilla2 жыл бұрын
awesome!
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@ajhare22 жыл бұрын
I just pointed this out on a previous video about EA placing windows backwards, you also did the same thing 😭, it's easy to look over but once you realize it it drives you nuts. Great renovation though
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
yes, i always find a few after im finished... it bothers me when EA does it, sometimes they do it for every single window lol
@eloeden2056 Жыл бұрын
wait that's great how can we download your renovated lot ?
@Rekowcski Жыл бұрын
This one is on the exchange x
@corpselizzy2 жыл бұрын
He roasted the rich people😂
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
and im not stopping here lol
@angelmorgan2893 Жыл бұрын
Love it
@marstal4913 Жыл бұрын
God brick in ANY SIMS GAME is so garish and jarring to the eye. It also looks so jagged if the proper GPU settings are not turned on aka anti aliasing.
@SB-lv5xt Жыл бұрын
doesn't look good some of it nice but I wouldn't put them doors or the plants in frount
@m.d.f3797 Жыл бұрын
Is this available anywhere to download? I like to have a closer look at it in game.
@Rekowcski Жыл бұрын
it's on the exchange, here's a link www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=9516461
@tdenzel1012 жыл бұрын
can i send you a build of my mansion i really would love for you to rate it i love how brutally honest you are..
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
in my discord people post photos of builds all the time and i give comments discord.gg/zfakUemq
@MRKCsimmer Жыл бұрын
Do I reply to every comment wow u good
@Rekowcski Жыл бұрын
Sometimes haua
@mellowkun9737 ай бұрын
Hmmm you talk the talk in the review vids , but sadly you didn’t walk the walk in your building bud 😞
@16taysia2 жыл бұрын
Hey Recowszki, how are you doing lately?? (Sorry if i spelled your name wrong)
@Rekowcski2 жыл бұрын
I’m alright taysia I hope u are well x. I am moving this month so there’s a lot going on but I’m trying to stay positive haha thanks for asking
@16taysia2 жыл бұрын
@@Rekowcski you're welcome! 😊
@user-jd1sh5pf2i7 ай бұрын
you just take off all the colors to put everything in white and grey... That s very souless and ennoying... You just follow the minimalisme trend