building an entire APARTMENT COMPLEX in the sims

[@rebelkallus]

replacing a museum with appartments is like the most capitalist landlord coded thing ever 💀 totally agree ab the lot type in sims but as a historian this is so funny out of context

[@rosemrw353]

it’s true but museums in the sims 4 are so boring and useless 😩😭

[@sikuaq1035]

lilsimsie being a history major makes this even funnier

[@yanacampbell]

​@@sikuaq1035Wait, Kayak is a history major too? I knew this about Plumbella haha

[@sikuaq1035]

@@yanacampbell yeah!! she used to talk about it in her earlier vids when she was still in college. i always thought it was goofy of a coincidence that they both have history degrees and make sims content

[@kathrynnann__]

Hahaha I thought the same 😂. As someone who's worked in museums and heritage I was like the museum nooo. But tbh there's no good museum content for the Sims anyway so I don't blame them. I normally build a restaurant/ bar attached to the museum to make it a better date venue 😂.

[@dowekeller]

Okay, I'm definitely making a Laundromat with some run-down apartments on a second and third floor, with vending machines and an arcade machine in the laundry and a tagged up dumpster out back in the alley. I'm also adding some run-down trailer parks. Whatever the opposite of gentrification is, I'm using this pack to do that to the Sims neighborhoods.

[@zombievariant]

this is BRILLIANT

[@iloveyourunclebob]

My Little Neighborhood mod can give you a functional bar/cafe with upstairs apartments as well.

[@ebonist4684]

very everything everywhere all at once coded

[@elisecollins8467]

Someone built something similar to this and its on the gallery, I'm using it now and it's AMAZING - functional laundromat (free of course though), plus a bubble tea bar and vending machines plus a non functioning market stand, so realistic - I think it's just called 'tomerang appartments', there are I think 6 unfurnished apartments

[@YoFineAszAuntie]

Wow sounds Amazing 🤯

[@AlexandriaWhitney_]

Imagine a craftsman style home with the upstairs converted into an apartment and a small “shed” converted into an apartment as well. You could get three families on one lot but it would still look like a single family dwelling.

[@annabell5693]

ooo that house with the shed in copperdale would be perfect for that!!

[@michelebell6225]

i love the idea of converting some of the larger homes into townhouses or apartments

[@jordanwillows6487]

Im tempted to make a “garage” and put a newly aged young adult in there 😂😂

[@Kelly_C]

sims 4: coach house living

[@sanchuk1]

I'd really love to see apartment buildings in every world, especially Windenburg and a pet friendly complex in Brindelton Bay 😍

[@QueenofFlannelColors]

I put my senior living community in Windenburg 😂

[@marleythewizard]

Imagine having a shared dog park on the lot

[@VeronicaEliz]

I would absolutely LOVE it if Kayla did a series of videos just building an apartment complex in each world!!!

[@maggiem4395]

Yes!! It would be so fun to see the different styles to match the worlds!

[@jazistar8729]

Except with the limit of units per save she could only do 16 apartments if its only 6 units. This one is 12 so she could only do 15 apartments now..

[@Swiftie4lifen1]

And you should totally create characters for each unit

[@Anonymous-cq5dl]

Same! Amazing idea

[@padilhamanda]

upp

[@brandoniswhoiam]

Kayla’s been preparing for this moment.

[@nlab5103]

for literal years... girly has been playing since she was in high school, ranting about her bully named Susan in her videos.

[@Lenalennnnnnn]

Yess! So curious to see apartments for EVERY world, especially Japan-inspired in Mt. Komorebi!

[@chloesherman3974]

I wish laundry day came with the lot type laundromat. I think it would be realistic to have. Especially with the swatch that has the coin slot on the washing machine.

[@FirebladesSong]

Now that you can put the hampers in your sims' inventory, you can basically make one. It won't be quite the same, but you can at least have the gameplay for your own sims.

[@gwendolynrobinson3900]

I'd LOVE a little series of building and apartment in world! They don't even have to be apartments, townhomes, group homes, senior homes, student housing. Limited pack builds galore!

[@scurbbb]

Kayla please build a trailer park! Itd be so cool to see one now that for rent is out!

[@tina_291]

She did on stream so it will be soon here probably

[@brontef.4820]

YESSSS! I was just thinking that toooo!

[@anandamjn]

the landgraabs being the owners and demolishing a museum to build an apartment complex is so real lol

[@durpytheduck7979]

I’m so excited to buy it! I love city living but i really wanted to build custom apartments, this is SO SO COOL!!!! ❤❤

[@julian3880]

Would love to see a vampire apartment so you can have a bunch of vampires hanging out in one area!

[@katanah3195]

Oh yeah! A place that looks like an empty old warehouse from the exterior, and then the whole complex is underground in a multi level basement, one could imagine the marketing materials advertise spacious units with room for a coffin in a fully sun proof structure, located in a neighbourhood with a booming nightlife.

[@CM-ux9yh]

Wouldn’t that essentially be the plot to “What We Do in the Shadows”?

[@sixyellowwalls]

I had the same thought, I want to build an apartment in every world! 😍

[@d.aliceden3095]

I’m thinking not just apartments though - like group home ideas. Definitely need and old folks home in willow creek and maybe a psychiatric facility in strangerville!

[@AlexandriaWhitney_]

I’ve been working on this since the pack was announced. It’s literally so much fun to try and make a different theme or style that fits into each world. Snowy Escape, Spa Day, and For Rent marry so well together.

[@michelebell6225]

@@d.aliceden3095 i love that idea!! maybe a retirement complex in oasis springs, a boarding school in copperdale and def a psychiatric facility in strangerville

[@d.aliceden3095]

@@michelebell6225 oooh a boarding school is a great idea!

[@sixyellowwalls]

@@d.aliceden3095 YES! I want to make some affordable housing complexes, some dorms, hostels, some multi family basement units, some triple decker tenements, motels!

[@friendlyneighborhoodnecrom4556]

I love the concept of doing a apartment building per world. Mt Komerobi and Windenburg would be AMAZING. Plus, think about doing the occult worlds!

[@matte5705]

"the last thing anyone needs is a museum" is gonna get clipped out of context lol

[@iloveyourunclebob]

Honestly we could have used it for the memes when the British Museum got robbed. Now we've been robbed lol

[@katanah3195]

​@@iloveyourunclebobThe British Museum got robbed?

[@sharkn3rd]

@@katanah3195oh yea and they didn't notice for so long 😭😭 deserved on their part tbh

[@kimosumiko]

Please continue doing a series of multi-unit complexes in every world, they're so useful for other people wanting to fill out their worlds more when there's more relevant build options, so continuing this series would be super helpful.

[@Rebel_SammyRenee]

You should make a strangerville motel! I think that would be awesome to see!

[@koehdiey]

I love the van gogh bed! The red swatch is actually a reference to one of his other paintings of his bedroom (with a red bed)

[@tywinderbaum5283]

Omg please do! Your appartment building videos have been some of my all time favorites and I'd love to see you explore different styles and use each pack's build/buy items in new ways like you did with base game here! Your excitement at finding new combos and styles reminded me of shell tour streams and I love that

[@constellationno5112]

When I was younger and really into sims I built a 26 unit apartment complex and decorated every apartment differently and watching this now I have no clue how I managed that. This is so well done! I’m so excited to get For Rent

[@MaximusKingery]

Can we take a second to appreciate kayla for making good Videos and Streams Every day that never get old?

[@mariavitoriabdg]

Love simsie, always have, but the cutest thing just happened today. I was watching this video with my phone sitting in the bed and my cat just curled up to de phone by the microphone and lay there as if hugging to simsie’s voice. I think he likes her too 🥰

[@TheShakedGuide]

14:00 in my sims' house they have a telescope, I threw a family gathering. All went extremely well. Suddenly the camera shifts to my sim's sister getting strucked by a meteor on the balcony. What a memorable party overall!

[@samanthakary_]

I placed these last night in San Saquoia and I'm so excited to move in the whole family!

[@danielas676]

I would love to see you make apartments for every world! A pretty brownstone building in San Myshuno would be so nice to see!

[@QueArres]

I recently built some apartments out of "shipping crates" from Eco Lifestyle, using the debug item as a template for size and shape. It was a challenge, to be sure, but I was so happy when I finished and I'm currently making sims for the rentals!

[@MiserableSpice]

Definitely would love to see more, if you kept them pack specific. I.e Cats and Dogs plus base game - plus 4Rent. But you do what feels right. Love watching, and downloading your builds.

[@trashrecords696]

I still haven’t bought the pack but from what I’ve seen on Twitter the lag is getting intense especially in the build mode of rental lots as you showed and not to mention the ongoing bug of rent turning into millions of simoleons and being unable to stay for that reason. In my opinion I can’t understand how they couldn’t find out about these issues prior the release but had to wait for users to purchase it to have a feedback, it’s the main focus of the pack so it’s unbearable that they did not play test it properly.

[@lissschmidt6902]

Yeah I’ve had so many issues. Sims are going into others apartments even when they aren’t shared and getting stuck. Eviction doesn’t work for me either

[@arthurpiglin]

i honestly love the clown apartment, it looks so close to what i've been planning to decorate my first apartment like and now i'm feeling so called out for the clown theme

[@Abby-jc2hp]

It'd be so cool if you built some apartments/a residential rental for Newcrest as part of your quest to build out that entire neighborhood!

[@Mia-jx4dv]

the layout and shape is literally my apartment- down to the 2 identical buildings next to each other (minus the balconies and courtyard, plus mine doesnt look fancy, its cheap and has a small alley in between)

[@someonerandom1198]

An apartment in every world would be awesome!!!! I'd be excited to see you do the supernatural worlds and even Magnolia Promenade, since this means you can have more sims living there 😂 loved the video Kayla! 💕

[@LaluNH88]

“Nobody needs a museum” Me: *cries in just started volunteering at a museum*

[@Mila_2057]

Kayla, in the latest update you can customize the windows of the apartments in San myshuno! I say this because I know that in every video where you furnish apartments you said you want to adjust the windows so badly and now it just works!!! I know it's not on the ea app website but i saw this on tiktok and i started up my pc right away and it's just real. ❤❤❤

[@finding_balance]

this build is so impressive. amazing job. yes, i'd watch the series.

[@maggie4028]

This build is so stunning! I would also love to see an apartment building per world! It could be fun to do a Realm of Magic inspired apartment or one that has lots of pets and stuff!

[@bariyou]

Builds like these make me want to draw up a quick floorplan for my apartment building, and see what you can make with it. Aside from that: something to think about in future builds is the clubhouse. Mine is two story, has a kitchen, a sitting area, a gym attached, and a pool. I don't know how large a lot you'd need, but you could build a six(+) unit complex, and then a shared space club house for maximum skill building opportunity.

[@Raven_Harbinger]

I love watching your builds! I think it’s such a great idea to build apartments made for the other worlds! I think the vampire and werewolf ones might be the ones I am looking forward to the most. Mostly for the potential of chaos in story telling and gameplay!

[@dmcd2720]

An issue I have had involving downloading residential rental lots from the gallery. The lot you want to place it on has to already be designated as a residential rental lot, or the game won’t let you place it. There is no option to change lot type when you place it, as you can for other lot types. Placing the lot itself is REALLY laggy. It is less laggy from the the manage world screen than in build mode. So I have to: 1. Select the lot and enter build mode 2. Change lot type to residential rental 3. Go back to manage worlds, open gallery and place lot (and edit if desired) Not great for trying to play in these beautiful rental lots everyone is making. My game froze multiple times trying to place one lot.

[@MichelleTaye]

watching kayla’s eyes light up when she realizes the stair railing is fixed made my day! p.s. i always love the “low key” trans representation as a trans person it makes my soul happy 😊

[@Kathu17]

I'm waiting for a series, where she builds different apartments with different styles! (like modern, rustic, etc.)

[@junerussell6972]

I am amused by how hard you work to make all the apartments different. My experience with apartments is that they try to make them as bland as possible (with white walls, oatmeal-colored carpet, amenities in "basic brown" or "white", and no decorations.) The apartment dweller is expected to "brighten up" their apartments with pillows, throws, and carefully hung wall decorations (using something that makes no marks on the walls.) And if the apartment is furnished, the furniture is also as bland as possible. Of course, in TS4, we want to see a variety in our builds, and from what I've seen of For Rent, you can ask for a higher amount of rent if it is well-decorated. But that is so different from real life!

[@Eventide215]

The only annoyance really is how rent is based on the decorations.. so basically if you'd actually want to play as a landlord you're going to have to "game the game" to get an actual profit that makes it worth it. I knew this would happen with the pack, but was hopeful it wouldn't. So in other words you'll likely start off with making it look nice and then eventually keep trying to add to it to make it more profitable. Eventually it'll just look like it's full of junk to keep the tenants happy and paying more.

[@allisonmoon2536]

i love these apartments!! and I LOVE THE VAN GOGH BED!! All three are based on some of his paintings! The default swatch is actually from a painting he did of his own room. I’m so grateful for the devs that made that bed!!

[@maryport]

“the last thing anybody needs it’s a museum”, me a brand new museology student, seeing how my life’s gonna be foreva

[@ToriSim]

I’ve always watched you more around my Canadian🇨🇦❄️Winter! 🙌🏼 I love sims so much I appreciate you’re still here Lilsimsie💛

[@anabelle164]

I wonder when Kayla will realize that she can hide apartments in build mode so the lag goes away when she isn't furnishing or showing them.

[@CocoRoxas]

My game still lags when I hide them. (At least it did when I built a 6 unit apartment) Theres like a bit of a delay between clicking and the game recognizing that I did 😂😅

[@markabele8794]

I would like to see you build a rental lot in every world. I like the style of your builds and your commentary during the building process as well.

[@alidamaria6542]

Would love to see a series with apartments in each world! And also adoring the variation in style that you had in this build

[@dellarosa24601]

I have NEVER seen the Starry Night bed. One of my absolute favorite paintings!!! Mine for always now.

[@saganathasme]

I'd love to see some that aren't just apartments, but like a Bed & Breakfast, and a Retirement Village and College Dorms. Those kind of things would work well in some worlds. Maybe Condos. Even then just 6 units would be fine though. I think a Motel (doors exit to where the "car" is parked), where there's a room with just a bedroom, bathroom and maybe coffee and a mini fridge, then a breakfast bar (not a kitchen, but like the waffle maker and such), and a pool and gym in the shared area would be awesome as well, and even though 6 is way small for realistic, I'd still just stop at 6 anyway.

[@SisterActOnVHS]

Yes! Retirement village! I wonder if they (or modders) would make an age-restriction “rule” for apartments.

[@sidselpedersen6635]

It's a great idea to do appartments for each world! They are great places to put some of the random townies as well, to make room for more houses for my sims!

[@celynflint7166]

I LOVE the idea od a build series like that! A different apartment complex or something similar for each world would be so fun!

[@nicolacity7463]

definitely going to use these shells for my save revamps! absolutely love the amount of sims you can add now

[@angelanice]

I am also so addicted to this pack! I've been watching all the for rent content I can find and I'm playing two different landlords. One is a tiny home community and since the story mode gave her the club leader aspiration I made a club with all her tenants and they all hang out at one house plus the common area and do their club things together, it's so cute! The second is a rags to riches where I spent all the starting funds on the tenants home and made her unit an empty box 😂

[@Lanoira13]

Love the idea of apartments for each world!

[@Smittenstories]

I absolutely love the idea of apartments in each world

[@miriam7192]

would absolutely LOVE to see you build apartments for each world, they'd be great to download & place in our own games to play in & also would love to see the different styles you'd come up with!

[@tairais.morsinger]

I love the idea of this becoming a series! It's really cool, and excellent inspiration.

[@HannahBoBabe]

I'd love to see the series!! I was going to say that you could also do apartments in the base game worlds using packs that don't have worlds attached, and/or doing an apartment block inspired by different neighbourhoods

[@ethanarietta9123]

I'd love to see you do a series where you build apartments for each world! It would be so helpful for gameplay! Plus their are some fun worlds for you theme apartments in- think like a bungalow village in Sulaani or a townhouse in Glimmerbrook!

[@geenaocchipinti]

I'd love to see apartments for each world!

[@anapaulavalandro7126]

I loved the idea of building functional apartments for all the worlds!!! I'm excited 🎉🎉

[@natalieadams6225]

see i LOVE the idea of each world having their own apartments but if it’s too daunting of a task i get it

[@ChrisButWorse]

I love that she gives tips while building, like I would’ve ever found out about the washer coin slot on my own

[@SisterActOnVHS]

I’ve never built houses that take me several days, but Simsie’s videos inspired me to make a 3-home mid-century “compound” kind of communal living lot that took me 3 days to make. It was so much fun and I can’t wait to play in it eventually!

[@mads8582]

this pack is PERFECT to build a glasgow tenement! they are so gorgeous and unique i think it would be so cool if you looked into doing that :)

[@badinika5058]

Do we want an apartment complex in each world? Nay, we NEED it!

[@LiaMarieM900]

I hope others want to do your apartments in every world idea! I think it would be super fun to create different styles and themes. These apartments are amazing though!

[@xLittleMissRainbowx]

I am so excited to see what apartments you build in each world! Particularly brindleton bay and winderburg!

[@gabbythegypsy2011]

I would love a series on this, great idea! Having a set of apartments in each world sounds cool 🤩 Also, I enjoy your longer videos! May not be a popular opinion but I do! Lol Ps you’re a lovely human Kayla 😊

[@slimtablet396]

Kayla, I love your buildings! You make them so interesting.

[@purplecosmonaut]

"You're gonna need to use some SERIOUS money cheats because this lot costs hundreds of thousands of simoleons" like getting rich in TS4 is hard

[@irisl7159]

Yes please please PLEASE do a series with apartments in each world!

[@blakerucks]

next thing we know she’s gonna make a whole world atp

[@ava8018]

your builds are single handedly getting me through sims games

[@aniyahall5351]

This build is so good! Very impressive to see such a cute apartment building with only base-game. I’ve got to purchase a gaming pc-I miss playing way too much! 😫

[@satyrnsatyr]

I hope Kayla knows that with the update that came with ‘For Rent’ that the apartments in the ‘City Living’ pack’s windows can now be changed! Not the front doors yet but it’s something

[@JustLuc4]

OMG ARE YOU SERIOUS?? 🥹🥹

[@rose_thyme1254]

I'd love to see apartment builds for each world!

[@Stayville_Clown]

Yayyyy Simsie time!

[@Seraphina-Rose]

I love this build! And yes, please build multi-family lots in each world!

[@lionatheart42]

I’d love to watch you make more of these for each world!

[@Simbecile]

Hey I almost cried when I realized that radiators work now.

[@missm0ka]

Ooo I love that this is basegame, I don't have For Rent, but I'd still absolutely use this for like not-so-berry and have my family in like two units across from each other

[@sabrinacrisante7283]

kayla i would love to see you do an apartment build for each world! as a person who isnt fantastic at outside builds i would love to be able to decorate a build in different worlds! love your content!

[@damaii0909]

when she mentioned one direction my heart stopped WHEN THE WORLDS COLLIDE

[@dnister_nymph]

I love this apartment complex, it looks so cozy

[@Aiden-V2.0]

Yeeees, all the apartments please!

[@laurentxx333]

YES please build apartments for each world!!!

[@anniess00]

yes pls, more apartments

[@josephinemartin]

I'd love to see six brownstone style apartments in a row! And six floor sized apartments. Stuff where you could fit whole families together on the same lot.

[@miriyalanzaorellana5162]

This looks great simsie! I think one thing I look forward to with this pack is finally making smaller rental houses fill up the space on the giant lots in del sol valley

[@agricolaterrae]

This has the potential to add a lot of chaos to one of those 24-hours-unpaused streams.

[@edisonsimondet938]

Keep on building! Love your live mode focused content but I love this building content more. 🥰

[@k-12_concepts]

Build like a little urbanization where each house is like a different apartment pls!💗

[@Dtroz89]

It would have been really cool if you could set the apartments or houses as furnished and unfurnished. For the furnished the landlord has to provide basic furniture and for unfurnished, the Sims can bring their stuff. And both options will be really awesome if every tenant adds their personal touch in decor or colour options, etc.

[@tiredandcaffeinated]

Yes!!! Please do an apartment build for every world! I would die to see apartments in Sulani and Henford-on-Bagley 😍

[@jessicadubose7132]

Talking about laundry in the current build: some older (expensive) homes have dumbwaiters in the bedrooms to link the upper and lower levels for things that would be difficult to carry up many stairs. That could also be the reasoning behind your laundry unit in this build.

[@melodybyrne2786]

the apartment living content is taking me back to when my siblings and I used to make apartments/hotels together in Minecraft

[@augusttalks4875]

your videos make me so happy