building a sims house with a *basement apartment*

Trying out different ways to build apartments with For Rent!
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[@Hiro_Trevelyan]

I wish they'd add a new hamper that would be a chair. That chair would slowly get covered in clothes, just like IRL.

[@forestissleepy]

That is a hilarious idea

[@SammyLammy1D]

Stop. Don't call me out like that

[@sydneyknobloch4095]

This is me

[@fishsticks2965]

amazing cc idea 0: I wonder if someone has made that

[@embertheelder]

I feel attacked. good idea

[@Kateca2000]

I’d love to see a tiny house community and having each home be a ‘unit’

[@MyraMier]

This, and then maybe combined with eco living and having them be container tiny homes!

[@anniexx6645]

Is it possible to do the off the grid lottype? I really like the idea of owning a small farm with others households

[@ForagedDahlia]

omgggg ive gotta do this

[@someonerandom1198]

​@@anniexx6645you can make each lot off the grid!!!

[@MyraMier]

@@anniexx6645 like a little community! Yes!!

[@maxymeq07]

OMG! NEW REALLY PRETTY PROFILE PICTURE

[@Paige.harris90]

Ikr it's nice❤

[@andyandbee]

​@@Paige.harris90cute freckles

[@1baylee]

yes i noticed! its super cute

[@Paige.harris90]

@@andyandbee freckles ❤️🤣

[@cgorman036]

i was caught so off guard

[@annieway101]

I did this with my sims boyfriend cause I didn't want to control him. The day after I moved him into a spare bedroom he started a revolt 😭

[@TwoCatsInLondon]

How about adding a third sim as the landlord and hiding them in the basement? No revolt for you!

[@brubs2556]

@@TwoCatsInLondon the landlord doesn't have to live in the lot, so you don't even need to hide them in a basement. Just get Nancy Landgraab to be the landlord, and you're set!

[@AJ-ce6gx]

​@@brubs2556 but that's not even half of the fun of having a sim hidden in the basement.

[@calebmurphyy]

help this whole conversation is so funny

[@annieway101]

@@TwoCatsInLondon not a terrible idea but then I'd have to pay rent to live in my own house 😂

[@mariannaplusthree]

Well now we need a “no blue” challenge where you build a house with zero blue swatches.

[@treefish008]

And no base game

[@mariannaplusthree]

@@treefish008 oooo I like your thinking

[@chocolate_chip_cooky9499]

Wait only base game because all the good non blue swatches are in expansion packs

[@katd9798]

she's done that before

[@paintingdreams290]

yes!!! @@chocolate_chip_cooky9499

[@sixyellowwalls]

God, to see you whip out this complicated and gorgeously coherent and pretty roofline in two minutes flat. 🤯 moments you’re like, “oh yeah this is her CAREER.” You ATE that 😭

[@fallenaster]

yea i always spend like 30 mins on a roof and then give up and leave it with whatever I have because i realize i’ll almost never see it anyways😭

[@goose8214]

her vids helped me soooooo much with building roofs

[@Eli.347]

@@fallenasterexactly what I did with my last build 😂 75% of it looks good thats enough

[@kaylacartergraphics120]

Remember y’all, this is hours of footage edited out and sped up, it’s okay to fiddle around for a long time if you need to, not everyone gets it right immediately all the time ♥️

[@QueenofFlannelColors]

I’m also not super interested in the landlord side of things. But I love being able to have different families and extended families on the same lot. I like seeing other sims wandering about, living their lives, while still being able to just play one family. Then also being able to switch over to said other families. I feel like adds a whole new layer to story telling.

[@DindellaTheDefender]

I was using that one lot type from Eco Lifestyle to pretend my Sims lived in a shared space before this pack came out, so I relate to that sentiment. I almost feel like the community lot was more lively, though, because they used way more objects all the time. I might look for a mod to make it so the Sims in apartments will automatically use more objects more often.

[@user-hc4vf9qy9g]

We actually saw in James Turner’s Rent to Riches episode that as long as each unit has a hamper you don’t have to drag the whole hamper to the laundry room!

[@moonlitxangel5771]

Each unit doesn't even need one in my experience. I have only my Sims (tenants not landlords) have laundry baskets and nobody else does (they still use the laundry though) and I just had to do it the normal way. Thought it was a mod I had causing it inadvertently lol

[@Jazzy-yp5dl]

As someone who's grandma knitted and crocheted everyone a blanket before she passed, I LOVE having my elder sims pick up knitting tbh. I'll normally start working on the skill when my sims get to like 10 days left of adult hood and then that way they are able to at least have a bit of the skill up and going already once they're elders.

[@mostlywholenicole]

I recently learned that you can place windows from the pool into the basement and it allowed me to make a really cool basement laundry room with an amazing pool view.

[@plushdragonteddy]

what that's so cool !! i never knew you could do that!

[@percydeckard5974]

Kayla always does this thing (I do too) where she thinks stuff looks bad because the shades don't match exactly, but I think things like that make a house feel realistic! This house looks so much like a friend's house I would've been to as a kid, like yeah: the colors don't quite match, this chair isn't on theme but it was their grandmother's, there are things they're gonna make you agree to ignore.

[@MeowMette]

You know it's the start of a new era when simsie changes her pfp

[@Lalalololalo]

It’s gonna be the 2mil era it’s so close!

[@emma.wise.music.]

LOL

[@serenawinters205]

I didn't even realize until I saw this

[@alissalalala]

omg i didn't even notice!!!

[@heathenised]

she changed it like two days ago! i know because i kept refreshing her channel lmao 😂😭💀

[@ellasanders9008]

Building a base game house without blue is such a good challenge idea

[@nataliemccarthy9140]

As soon as she said it my brain said NEW BUILD CHALLENGE

[@icesparklefrost7511]

that's what I was thinking when she said that!

[@user-ew2rr2ew4x]

i'm not even joking, having more than a day without a lilsimsie video made me feel like i was a kayla addict.

[@majakusmierska7337]

literally

[@LuChii13]

Same. But I'm glad she joined the strike in support of Palestine ♥

[@Ardinho1301]

Were all kayla addicts

[@erinprzybilla2670]

I love that you emphasized not putting fish in bowls! I work in the fish section of a pet store and often have to try to gently steer people away from bowls.

[@Short-mistress]

Hey better than a pitcher wich I sold my tiny tank to a guy who had two gold fish in a picher lol.

[@elfiverlinden7099]

I want to thank lilsimsie for not cutting out all the over thinking and anxiety she has because it makes me feel WAY less bad about all my anxiety and overthinking from seeing someone else have it too! ❤

[@rockbandny]

I'm from north Yorkshire in England, and I find it so weird how different our houses are to yours. Like our thermostat is always in the kitchen and the bedrooms in your builds are massive

[@MuirlySims]

I'm in West Yorkshire and our thermostat is on a shelf in the living room and can be moved around. UK homes are totally different from American homes though, I agree! Rooms in the UK are generally smaller than their US counterparts. When I lived in the States, my bedroom was big enough for a double bed, a massive dresser, and a desk. My bedroom here in the UK can barely fit a double bed and a small dresser!

[@PasCorrect]

​@@MuirlySims When I visited the UK, I was amused to learn the existence of those electric towel drying racks. I guess because it's so humid? Hopefully some modder has created one for The Sims -- Henford-on-Bagley needs them.

[@MuirlySims]

They're pretty nice things, but quite expensive to run!@@PasCorrect

[@NaClGod]

You could also try making a fallout inspired Vault, where the apartment is just underground and the Vault Overseer would just be the landlord

[@mollieherlocker5918]

As a Fallout geek, I love that idea and think I want to try to do something like that.

[@periwinkle42day]

I thought of doing that too!

[@marsroamer6670]

Fallout: New properties

[@pyechos]

@@mollieherlocker5918you should follow mrs.fallout if you're a fallout geek !

[@crystaltheglaceon2831]

Nooooo I gotta steal this now

[@DirewolfNymaera]

Me, knitting on the sofa watching this : "I don't think the yarn basket is too much."

[@donotme8061]

The insane part of this video is that I just saw a KZbin short of a fancy basement apartment for a grandma and then BAM 💥 - Simsie video with the correct energy

[@haha_darnit]

This was one of my first thoughts when this pack was announced. One of the things I find difficult for myself is letting go of my other sims. So I was thinking of the idea of a basement “apartment” or a back house for the grandparents or even the next of the legacy

[@disturbedfreak34]

So, this is gonna sound a little weird but does anyone else put her build vids on to lull themselves to sleep? Not saying she's boring at all! Just that it's soothing to me, like a comfort thing 😅

[@JJR1289]

The only issue with this layout is that when random people come over, they are going to walk into your house and knock on the basement door to visit granny, or walk up your steps and knock on your bedroom door to visit you.

[@GirlOfTheTardis]

Could be fixed by making the front and back doors in entry rooms, one labeled as yours and one as granny's, with a side garden for easy access for both units, then visitors will knock on an exterior door

[@MothEatenTee]

i know she uploads pretty much every day, but i’m always so excited when kayla uploads 😭

[@nctneo]

this exact comment was on one of her previous videos💀

[@maesgaming3612]

@@nctneo got am lmaf

[@treefish008]

@@nctneopeople comment it all the time

[@MothEatenTee]

@@nctneo wait which one i didn’t know 😭😭😭

[@Asyipyip]

you could also do this concept with a guest house/mother in law suit situation. honestly im really excited about this pack, i always want to do storylines with sims outside my household, but find it taxing when they just arent naturally around each other much. but i think making them neighbors on the same lot will help with that a ton! and make it easier to switch from household to household.

[@LadyCynthiana]

I think when furnishing a main bedroom to fit a house like this, you could take some of the most unique aspects of the house, such as the music room, and incorporate that into the bedroom to give it a little more personality. Music related pictures on the wall, a notebook by the bedside where they write down song lyrics they thought of in their sleep, etc. Maybe an extra old guitar in the corner. The pets also help, so I like that you went with that! P.S. I live in Wisconsin and have a sliding door to the back deck, so it's not just a Florida thing! It wasn't original to the house, though.

[@corvolavender5586]

In the UK we call this concept a "Granny Flat", usually to keep elderly relatives who need more care closer to home but still independent. Usually a garage conversion or stand-alone extension in the garden.

[@salomeibromley7554]

This build gave me so much nostalgia! I grew up in a house this same color and my grandma had an apartment suite in our basement just like this one!

[@jimothybobberthitbox8473]

There's a common basement window option in cities where the basement comes closer to the street and has either a very strong frosted clear tile or a rail around an indented space

[@uafgames9061]

Simsie, sliding doors to the backyard isn't just a Florida thing. I've lived in houses in both Idaho and Utah that have sliding doors to the back, as well as visited friends in Arizona that have sliding doors. You don't have to worry that the sliding doors aren't realistic.

[@grazyrj]

You don't really need to bring the hamper with you. You can drag the hamper in live mode into the laundry room, or even just have it there and they throw their clothes that far lol. You can also just drag the laundry piles to the laundry room yourself. I have a shared laundry in an apartment building with 6 units and I put 3 hampers in there, all sims just come over and do each other's laundry, it's fun.

[@EKYoung-hr2vo]

re: around 8:20. You can make window wells! Use this basement technique you're describing for the townhouses, but just like a 2x1 room, and then raise platforms up so you just have windows near the top!

[@MindiiSimii]

If you put the basement in the house and then add a foundation, the basement can be any size without the weird terrain issues. 😊 I love this house!

[@MalloryKinney]

Came here to say the same! 👍

[@AKA253]

i'm super high but i gotta say i always LOVED when people make up lore for sims houses. like you said, part of the fun of this game is playing pretend. it's awesome to be able to piece together the imaginary characters just by looking at their home, it makes the house "lived in", i'd much rather hear you ramble about why the cat's litter box is in the music room than watch you build a more generic, sterile room. run wild.

[@kaylee6798]

i think we need a “no blue” build challenge now

[@Lenalennnnnnn]

I just really need more basement builds! Recently I’ve made a writers cottage with a huge 3-level basement house and it was quite a challenge, since the planning of a basement house is really different from a regular one.

[@lildaisyheart]

kayla you are so cute!! also i've been loving the long videos sm lately

[@unknowable4147]

Thanks for the upload. Been having a hard week with a failed exam and my grandparents cat (and one of my fish) passing away spontaneously. I needed this

[@faye8236]

i like watching her build when i do art projects because she talks about her builds exactly the way i feel about my art. she’s just so real i also hate how everything i do looks.

[@user-hr5xn1id1y]

Lilsimsie is so iconic

[@King.of.Battleships]

I know right

[@lovisaloy]

Truly a Sims queen

[@ruliocezar]

i might be alone in this but my favorite part to decorate is the bathroom lmao. idk why. and also anything with computers. i love placing offices and pcs. its so cozy to me lmao

[@jangivenluebadion1287]

The exterior color scheme of the house looks somethingyou would see in a sims 1 gameplay me thinks. i like it

[@LadyCynthiana]

If your sims need the athletic skill but you hate gym equipment, get them a soccer ball! They will use it autonomously and raise their athletic skill and fitness level really fast!

[@ahhgeez]

i love houses like this, kind of plain so it's playable with most sims. oh, and the focus being on gameplay, making sure the house is functional for actually playing the game instead of just trying to be really unique. i love simsie's builds because they are playable for your sims to build skills and expand their family.

[@luciavarona8991]

Hi Kayla! I just got back into watching your videos and it made me remember that I used to watch you a lot a year ago. Last year, on the holidays, I spent a month with a lot of anxiety that made me stay in bed several weeks and your videos really helped me to distract myself and fall asleep with all your positivity and good vibes and fun builds. I wanted to say thank you, because now I’m here watching your videos again at the same time of the year but I’m no longer in the mental place I was back then. Thank you so much for bringing me joy at my lowest, to me and to many others, I’m sure 🧡

[@elizabethlau3379]

As someone who lives in a basement flat, I feel very validated today

[@bluedutchess6656]

I love this way of playing with the new pack way more that it's initial use! Same this if you make an appartmentbuilding with potential lovers and/or friends and you would make each a different section XD Makes me more excited about this pack, than I was at the drop of this pack

[@EzrasMoon]

I haven’t even tried gameplay yet. Most of what I do in the sims is build anyway, so I’ve just been working on art builds. I built some factories that were converted into luxury lofts in moonwood mill, trying to mimic the style of all the debug buildings, I’m currently building some Greek apartments in tartosa, I have a giant affluent neighborhood in wendinburg, as well as some cute townhomes. I really love all of the ideas that I’ve been having around ways to build “apartments.” Now I just need to go back and furnish everything

[@SakaNaomi]

I know this isn't a very interesting comment, but Kayla talking about how for her she always puts the thermostat upstairs and/or near the primary bedroom was interesting to me because I have always experienced it being near the front door and I never even questioned that

[@Gerrly]

It's always been in the dining rooms in the homes my family has lived in (five houses-- three growing up and two I've owned as an adult).

[@lord_chaos_gremlin]

i always love watching your builds and like your buildstyle? how artists have artstyles and writers have writing styles! It's interesting to watch your videos and see what things remains the same (like that thermostat and desk in the hallway, and how it often turns out blue), it's like little cookies of your building style to me! :D

[@CorvusCoraxDraws]

Sometimes I put one of those big blocky closets in the hallway, when I have extra place. Either the 2x2 or the 2x1. Reminds me of my nan's place. She had all her coats and fancy dresses in a big closet outside of her bedroom.

[@gaatjouniksaanja753]

I'm from the Netherlands....But I know that in Germany they often have family houses that consist of, for example, 3 parts. Each floor is its own apartment with its own front door and house number. (inside you have a stairwell that leads to all doors) And a different family member lives on each floor. For example: grandma and grandpa live on the ground floor. The daughter lives on the first floor with her husband, son and daughter. And their son lives on the second floor with his wife and his son and three daughters. And they have a common room in the basement were they also often celebrate birthdays together for exampe. Or very often they all sit in grandma's kitchen or garden. And when the parents die, the house is passed on to the children. Just as the parents had inherited the grandparents' house,

[@encyclopediaofelizabeth]

Would you be willing to do a shell challenge but add a rule that there has to be multiple units on the lot? (I realize it's a bit outside of what shell challenges usually are, just dying to see more of what people would do with the new options)

[@sofiahamaja]

Simsie made townhouse shell challenge just before she got early access, it was on her twitch so she has already done that you can find the vods probably on moresimsie channel or on twitch!

[@encyclopediaofelizabeth]

@sofiahamaja268 Oh thanks! I usually only follow this channel because some of the streams get too long for me, but excited to know it's out there. :D

[@morganorwig6893]

I immediately saw the new profile picture and went AWH KAYLA UPDATED HER PICTURE ❤️

[@ginstranger]

Hot basement tip! If you put windows in your basement, they will still let in a little bit of light as if it's above ground! I put high up, rectangular windows in all of my basements, and it genuinely makes a difference.

[@jlaurcrocker]

Minute 4:08 to 5:00 was such good info. I've had a lot of clipping frustration w complex roofing and incorporating stairs, fences, etc. Thanks lilsimsie!!!

[@ani-where]

For the athletic skill, i wish we could just get like the little dumbells for arm curls or whatever they are called. That way its not a huge sit on machine.

[@signora7604]

SO GLAD YOU MENTIONED THE FISH BOWL THING!! 😭❤

[@shaewasyliw5368]

I totally used this house in my save! I currently have it as an rec room in the basement but it totally is gonna be a rental at some point!!

[@idrisnobody]

Thank you for mentioning about the fish bowls! Keeping fish in fishbowls and other small containers such as plant vases shouldn't be a thing anymore. Get a proper tank with a filter for your fishy buddies!

[@lovisaloy]

Omg, love a longer Simsie video!!!

[@daniellehoffman8062]

You can make a basement bigger than the edge of the upstairs house if you build the basement before you put any of the main level. I also use a pool to add light to the basement--pool with windows will bring in lots of light to the basement.

[@coffeemer]

25:30 as a person who lives in mexico, i can also say that those doors are the ones we have here in most of the houses, and i also exclude them from my builds cause they’re not cute 😔

[@mctul]

your content is so perfect for background noise while drawing, also the house looks awesome !! :D

[@xJacquelineBx]

the dark blue looks sooo good!!

[@HeyJulesMars]

I've been playing with For Rent pretty much the same way, just instead of grandparents, it's grown up kids of my Sim. My Sims twins both got their own apartments with kitchen, living room and bedrooms on the top floor and the downstairs living room and kitchen are shared. There's also an atelier room that he shares with the oldest daughter, and a play room for the grandkids, so those are also community rooms.

[@alissalalala]

this build turned out so cute!! easily one of my favourite builds you've done so far :)

[@loyalia]

I‘ve been watching her videos for nearly 3 years now and she finally has a new pfp

[@NoveltyTheClown]

As someone who lives in ND where it snows every winter to a point that we get colder than some places in Alaska- sliding glass doors are very normal 🤣 25:17

[@rileylittell2587]

base game house w no blue challenge

[@treefish008]

22:55 this is interesting because in my experience the controls to the AC have always been in the living space, so I put my thermostat in the hallways near the kitchen or living room

[@caratcakepie]

I really love the multi-unit stuff (the only being a landlord for one or two units less-evil vibe) and I feel like they could have added way more 20x15 lots in Morensong so we could acc flesh out the world moreeee

[@Flanuora]

Love the concept!!

[@brittanaisendgame]

I loved your role in "Leave the world behind"

[@King.of.Battleships]

What? I'm confused. OMG WAS SIMSIE IN A MOVIE!!!!????

[@MissCutechan]

With university someone made a mod where you can choose who your roommates are to kind of do this but it didn’t work perfectly and often had to reassign everytime you restarted so I also am SO EXCITED to have roommate style ‘apartments’

[@Sammy-tk5os]

how do you slay so hard i’m so serious i look forward to your videos every day

[@sherlock8799]

30:30 It's the 4 shades of brown and only squares and rectangles. A round/curved chair, rug, coffee table, etc would help with balance

[@lisadominguez3457]

I created a parallel room surrounding outside of basement to correct not having windows in the rooms. Using Snowy Escape mountain mural tiles, added small trees and plants outside the windows, a ceiling light in area to create artificial light and changing the color to warm and soft in brightness. It worked fantastically. I created it for a Vampire that was ashamed he was a vampire.

[@alisondavies8944]

I’ve already achieved 5 star Top landlord aspiration with my Sim ..Don’t know how -I had a lot of tenant revolts and explosions-even had 2 tenants die🤦🏻‍♀️😂But I’m a legacy player-so I will be making and adding builds like yours! ❤

[@Dragonspun]

Blue is my favorite color, so it's an easy go to for me, but recently, I've been trying to branch out with other colors. :P I really enjoy your energy and this basement apartment for gramma was a great idea! :)

[@lisette6650]

With the basement thing.... There are different moments when you add basement and depending on that, the ground thing may appear or not. I can't remember correctly which one exactly triggers ground but you should just try out different options (like firstly add basement then walls +fundament, or add room and then basement)

[@user-bl3vv4ln6b]

Theres things like basement wells. They provide outdoor light and windows to basements. They also provide escape routs in case of emergency.

[@noazaltzman7288]

I love your videos and this house turned out so pretty!

[@zyosya6037]

I love when you build. You have sooo much ideas which I would have in my head 😩❤️

[@SimsLegacy5083]

Adorbs! I know it has nothing to do with me 😄, but I am enjoying how often you've been building on the lot I used for my NSB legacy homestead lately, especially today when you built a house with a legacy in mind! I chuckled when you put a voidcritter poster in the teens room; teens can't play voidcritters (without a mod anyway) unless something changed recently. I put in a mod so my NSB G9 could play voidcritters when they were a kid with their dads and older cousins; never understood why they limited it like that 😢

[@xZombieCuppercakesxCas]

I started using this bulid before seeing this video, lol. Don't have for rent, so I made it a "live in nanny" type vibe. Love it!

[@hufflepuff_96]

I love this build! I can't wait to see how your everyday gameplay works with the Granny Suite. Side note, I am from Colorado and a lot of houses have sliding glass doors to get to the backyard. I guess it just depends on personal preference.

[@vfxgenie983]

In Britain we call it a "Granny flat" :)

[@collienschneider525]

I was looking forward to this video after an exhausting day at work today. Your videos always cheer me up :)

[@maggie4028]

It's so fun seeing all the cool things that can be done with this pack!

[@Whiskin87]

I love the blues so much!

[@theelectrifiedcreeper1809]

I really like the new profile picture!!

[@PasCorrect]

I learn so many good tips from these videos!

[@Scarylyn14]

I literally grew up in a basement apartment under my grandparents’ home so thank you for the inadvertent representation 😂🥰

[@fauver]

I am jealous. I really want to renovate my basement and live in it. (I don’t like to socialize with people in person so it would be great for me)

[@Scarylyn14]

@@fauver I personally wouldn't recommend it unless you have the ability to properly care for the space. The constant mildew caused me to continuously get strep throat for 4 months straight when I was 7

[@sarahquinn7906]

As someone from central MN we also usually have sliding glass doors onto a patio area

[@Marikiralou]

It's totally normal to have a chimney without a fire place where i live, unless you've got a house with a HE furnace its normally vented out the chimney same with the water heater. I only just removed the old chimney on my house this year cause we switched to an electric water heater and an HE furnace at the same time we had to redo the roof so it just made sense to take it down and roof over the hole, it was gonna cost way too much to fix the old masonry anyways. It's also very common to have sliding doors on the back patio here if you have one. I really like how the rent pack has water heaters and such but I really wished they had furnaces and Central ACs cause thats whats normal here for heating and air.

[@LWilson-do2go]

If someone made a compilation of lilsimsie being anxious about her builds, it would be a very long video but I wanna see it haha

[@starringsnips]

a group of units that look like an old house might be my new fav thing

[@FaElyriaBPlumbob]

so true story my grandparents build an apartment in the basement of their house for my great grandfather and then when he passed my dad lived there for several years. The door was off the frontdoor which was inside their garage. So this can totally be great. I could remake their house once I actually get that pack lol. But wow, I can't believe I didn't realize I could lower the basement I always just adjust the walls within the foundation. This is a new way cool. So the outdoor basement entrance that's something I've never done I am seeing a storm shelter situation. If only sims had a reason for a storm shelter ie tornadoes and hurricanes lol.

[@user-2012July-A]

I had a similar idea, only it was the basement bedroom for the teenager that aged up into young adult still living at home. That's pretty much the reason why I wanted this in the first place. Both the basement bedroom and also for an attic room with the same idea.