So instead, I decided to start taking my collection of lots that were once posted for download on SiManiacs (before the site went down for good), give them a little extra polish, and re-post shinier versions here.
And what better place to start than… starters?
This is a pair of starter homes originally created to fill a low-income section of a town I was playing. A lot of starters are adorable little things, and and I applaud the ability to make cheap houses cute, but these? I wanted them to look like the people who lived in them were, in fact, dirt poor. And I wanted room for kids - I dislike towns filled with 1-bedroom houses.
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First up, we have this scruffy little thing:
The paint is peeling, the furniture doesn't match, and it is best described in terms like "piece of junk". It's a small 2-bedroom house on a 15 x 20 lot with one double and one single bed, and one full bath.
Just the essentials are included: a cheap TV, a cheap bookshelf, and a dresser. There's a rusty old swing out back, and a couple harvestable garden plants scattered among the weedy, overgrown backyard. A bicycle stand is included, but there's no room to park a car.
There are a couple Ambitions items - light fixtures, the front door, and a decorative(?) pile of old tires in the yard. No store content, no CC. The price tag is $14,755, affordable even to a single starter sim.
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And next, we have the hovel's bigger brother. Starters for single sims and couples abound, but for this house, I tried to make a starter for a large family:
This somewhat dreary little place sits on a 15 x 20 lot and can house a family of 6, with one master bedroom, a boy's room with two single beds, a girl's room with two single beds, and two full baths. It would be an easy renovation to take the second-floor deck and expand it into a third bedroom or study area.
Includes the basics: TV, stereo, bookshelf, dresser, a few toys for the kids, and even a painter's easel for a little work-at-home cash. There's space in the front yard for a car to park - if you could ever afford one. If you take a closer look at that weed-patch in the backyard, you might find something useful growing out there, too.
The decor is a little on the bargain-basement side, but unlike its smaller sibling, at least it isn't starting to crumble apart.
There's no CC used on this lot, and no expansion or store items. The price tag is $22,285 - just under the $22,500 a starter family of this size is given in funds.
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I'll be back later with something fancier. Starters are nice and all, but it's a lot more fun to build for sims with way too much money.
They both look neat.
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