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

Thanks so much glad u enjoyed it !

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

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 $$$$$$$$$$

11 year old me was screaming when I learned rosebud;!;!;!;!;!;!;! so you could do it a bunch of times fast haha

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

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

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

you have literally saved my builds, thanks so much I never knew that

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 (:

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

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

@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.

Good luck, there’s a lot to fix in terms of bathrooms haha

Omg good luck, sunset valley is REALLY big so it's gonna take a while

@@davidkonevky7372 every sims 3 world is massive, and youre right, SV is one of the biggest

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.

Also, you can “undo” and you get the money back so usually I just play around then undo and rebuild without losing money.

@@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

From what I understand, Geoffrey took Nancy's last name, so she is from the landgraab family and he married into it

The goth mansion in ts4 being on a such a small lot it a shame... 30x20 I think eeek

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

I think of all the houses the Alto's need it the least, their's is beautiful😁

yeah if i renovate that one it will probably just be that yellow en suite bathroom

@@Rekowcski it be amazing if you could because I'm lazy lol

it takes practice, but I promise you it gets easier

thank you! I love the colour wheel so much, I like being able to make anything white, or rainbow, whatever I feel lol

@@Rekowcski I hope SIms 5 has it and the ability to change any texture like in Sims 3.

ill try and get things going on the exchange x

@@Rekowcski did you ever put this on the exchange? I love the vibe

@@jodiehardy7220 hi im trying right now haha

​@@jodiehardy7220 www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=9516461 its base game friendly, maybe i used a couple store items lol

@@Rekowcski thank you so much!!

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!

you can do it, but nancy would never!

Bricks make any build look a little more expensive haha

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

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.

@@stephenspears4189 you can send me stuff on discord if u want crystalmath#8350

@@Rekowcski how doi get on your discord?

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

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.

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

@@Rekowcski thank you!

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.

I used the 3rd floor as an attic instead of glitching a basement under it haha

@@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.

Yes just look me up, the name is the same on the exchange

@@Rekowcski will do thank you!!

thank you x

Thanks!

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

This one is on the exchange x

and im not stopping here lol

it's on the exchange, here's a link www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=9516461

in my discord people post photos of builds all the time and i give comments discord.gg/zfakUemq

Sometimes haua

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

@@Rekowcski you're welcome! 😊