1 Cheapo Circle - Starter/No CC

Happy Valentine's Day! There are a few paintings with a Valentine's theme, a koi pond, a love tub and a wishing well. For the price, your romantic sims will get a very nice starter home with 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. This is actually a copy of the original occupied lot which was playtested. You will need to finish furnishing the 3 bathrooms and 2 upstairs bedrooms as funds allow.

Front

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2 Affordable Avenue - No CC

This is the second in my series of affordable family houses that are under §50,000 with at least 3 decent-sized bedrooms. I thought while I was building these for me, maybe others out there are looking for the same thing.

This particular house would be nice for a growing family of up to 6 sims. It has few decorative items, but it has nice furniture and plenty of room.

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10 Oak Street

Before

This is the MATY House of Fail/Phail house for February '09. I'm sure you've seen it lurking in Pleasantview, looking tiny and unpleasant. I rebuilt this cottage with the restriction of not moving trees or shrubs, which was a challenge. I plan to use it as a vacation home in the Mountain vacation area.

After

Back

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9 Small Street

I forgot I even built this little house, but I came across it recently and decided to finish it. I had already named it to be another in my Small Street series. This lot should comfortably house a family of 4.

Front

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1 Affordable Avenue - No CC

This is the first house in a series I plan to build that are under §50,000 with at least 3 decent-sized bedrooms. I like to play challenges, and I've found that besides starter houses I mostly have large expensive houses in my lot bin. This makes it difficult to find affordable housing that is large enough for my sim families who have outgrown their starter houses but who can't afford luxury houses yet. I thought while I was building these for me, maybe others out there are looking for the same thing.

This particular house would be nice for a growing family of up to 6 sims. When the babies and toddlers grow up, you can easily replace the cribs and toddler toys with beds. While there are few luxuries and a very small yard, this house should be fairly roomy for your sim family.

Front View

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1097 West Dreaming Drive

There is a monthly building challenge on MATY in Planet K 20X6 called "EAxis House of Fail." Basically, every month a house that came with the game is chosen for its crappiness, and people rebuild it, keeping the original outside walls. Sometimes there are other rules - this time the path had to remain as well. The idea is to take an ugly and/or unplayable house and turn it into a nice looking, playable home. Make sure you check out the above link on MATY to see what others have done with the "EAxis House of Fail" houses.

Before

This is the original 1097 West Dreaming Drive.

After

And this is what I chose to do with it.

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130 Sim Lane

The date is actually August 23, 2010, but I entered this house in MATY's House of Fail back on November 24, 2008.  I just want to archive this house on my blog without pushing out the newer lots.

This is the original lot from Pleasantview.

And this is what I did to it.

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73 Road to Nowhere - Rebuilt

For the last few months there has been a challenge on MATY in Planet K 20X6 called "EAxis House of Fail." Basically, every month a house that came with the game is chosen for its crappiness, and people rebuild it, keeping the original outside walls. The idea is to turn it into a nice looking, playable home.

So here is August's challenge house. If you've ever played Strangetown, you may have seen this little vacant house. It is a little piece of crap. The long, narrow entrance is a death trap for your sims, and everything is all ugly on the inside with a bad floor plan. To top it all off, the edges of the lot are not even level.

And this is my version of the same lot. Well, I actually took a lot of pictures of the original lot and rebuilt it just like the original, only I used a flat lot. Then I added on and changed it until I got this.

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Harmonious Haven

Here is another house I remodeled for MATY's EAxis House of Fail for July 2008.  Today's date is actually August 20, 2010, but I just don't want to push out my newer posts with my older stuff. I'm just trying to archive all my lots in my blog.

Here is the original lot that came in the lot bin with Seasons.  Like most of the pre-built homes in the Sims 2, it is not a house I would ever use for my sims.  It is not a harmonious haven at all to me.

This to me...

...is a little more harmonious.

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190 Sim Lane

Original

My version

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