

This gives you all the tools you need to build your dream house! Do that by clicking the Build Mode button, which is the third button on the UCP, one with a saw and a paint roller. Kelly is all about what's aesthetic, so she does the foundation thing. Do you want a foundation for your house? It makes the houses look more realistic, but a little more expensive. Okay, first, you need to make a small decision. It might be a little hilly, but that is one thing you can alter that won't affect the lot value.

You'll be taken to the grassy plain that is your land. Click the button with the house and arrow to go to the lot proper. You'll be given a little description of it. Now, without having anything else selected, click the lot you just made. Make sure it's a residential lot (community lots will be explained later), then click the check button. Kelly chooses to call it the National Compound, as you can see. Some gamers call it by a road name, some call it something else. You're then given the chance to name it, and you may do so with whatever you want. Make sure the lot is pointed at a road (the footprint will help you), and click when it's where you want it. Select your size, then put it anywhere in your town. She chooses a 4x4 lot, which is a little pricy, but gives a decent starting cash influx.

Kelly won't have much to do in the beginning, and she'll want to expand. On the flip side, taking a 3x5 lot will give you a decent little house, maybe even with wallpaper but you won't have much room to move, except upwards, and that gets expensive in a hurry. Remember that you're paying for the land too, so getting a 5x5 lot will give you a lot of room to expand, but not too much to begin with. There you can select the relative size of your lot, from 3x5 to 5x5 and everywhere in between. Again, click the Lots & Houses building, but click the second button there called Empty Lots. Simply select one, plop it down, and move your Sim in (explained below) to get started quickly.īut assuming you want to get your hands dirty, the first thing you need to do is get a lot. A couple houses there are too expensive, but even the smallest ones will at least give you an idea of how to arrange houses. Simply click the Lots button on the UCP, then select the Lots & Houses bin. If you're not interested in building houses, the game ships with a few empty houses ready to put down. We'll talk about advanced strategies with house building later. You'll start with 20,000 Simoleons, and trust us, that's not too much. Because of that, you need to be very careful with what you build. So, if you go tree or flower happy, you'll be shelling out huge cash for the same house.

That said, flora now contributes to the value of the house.
