Building Kettlewick's Dream Riverside Estate in Cities Skylines 2!

[@robWolvesfan1]

Couple of things to point out Biffa 1) In Quality Crest, you're deleting houses but because you manually placed them, they're not rebuilding as there's no zone beneath it 2) That double roundabout so close together on the edge of Hobnob Heights is causing traffic chaos. You've got space around it, would it not be better to take them out and have a big 'central' roundabout?

[@DanAI17]

"The Brew" would be appropriate bc most of our rivers are a lovely, silty, brown. Also the new estate does look a little bit like its on a flood plain, those residents are going to need their boats!

[@vincentking2552]

Someone said that before, "Kettlewick-on-the-Brew" sounds right 😊

[@sparky531617]

Houses in a flood plain is wonderfully british house building logic

[@tims9434]

Crusty edges

[@unstoppable2180]

The river brew. No actually the Tea Brew! The-Tea-Is-Brewing

[@superjanitor123]

This is a really good UK build, because there’s never any money in the budget

[@M2Ys4U]

Love how you've built the new estate on what looks like a flood plain. Sucks for the cims and their insurance premiums

[@Big-BoiSteve]

That new roundabout into Celebration Gardens has got to be called 'The tub'. You enter the tub to get to the celebrations!

[@stephballchange5050]

I think the space opposite the new estate, the other side of the roundabout, could be a great place for a smaller retail park. I don’t think residents in celebration gardens would want amenities directly by their houses, so building on the other side of the main road would be a good move and could have restaurants and bars as well as other leisure and retail

[@Peaking-edits]

The best Tax rates are: Residential 10, Industrial 12, Commercial 11, Office 9 With these rates there will be good demand but you can make some bank

[@lush.hayden]

Good to know thanks:)

[@Thesecret101-te1lm]

But also: Seems like a bad idea to increase the tax for something with zero demand. I wounder if some office spaces ended up vacant during this episode?

[@vincentking2552]

☕ A few more I've been brainstorming for you... Lindt lane, Rowntree road. Viennetta view, Terry's Orange Avenue, Aero's Bubbles (thinking this one can be like a bunch of cul-de-sacs close to one another 😉) , Tutti Fruitii Fields, Jelly Tots Junction, Party Rings (could be another sort of cul-de-sac place), Ice Gem End, Pink Wafer Place, Tunnocks Teacake Lake (if you wanted to you can make a few lakes nearby), Fruit Pastels Fields, and finally, another one for a bunch of cul-de-sacs, Cadburys Buttons End. Loving the progress, both "The Boil", or "The Brew" are perfect names for the River. "Kettlewick-on-the-Boil" Speaking of which, mines just clicked, time to pour myself a cuppa and get watching. 😊💜

[@bobblebardsley]

I like 'The Brew'. If the city was just called Kettle, instead of Kettlewick, I'd suggest naming it the River Boil, then you'd have a Kettle-on-the-Boil. Also idk if there are triangular houses in CS2 but it would be genius to have a Toblerone Street where everything was triangular. (I guess you'd have to name it Toblerone Triangle.) City's looking great, nicely done!

[@bobblebardsley]

Oh that's weird, I hadn't watched the end of the video when I posted that, but it still kinda works with you mentioning calling it the Boil.

[@scottish-tom]

River could be "The Tipple"? Kettlewick-on-the-Tipple has a bit of a ring to it :)

[@-gordozian-2611]

I was watching you layout roads for Celebrations Gardens, just a suggestion was to have a lane with no parking and tree lined parallel to the river and having large homes backing along the river well spaced out instead of the cul de sacs, just to make it like a richer looking estate. Have bike path on edge of river and beautiful oak trees as well. Hope that made sense 🤔 it would be a celebration to live there. Also the river could be called River Teames

[@DrakeGamer85]

I just had a thought - I think the landfill site is too close to that main road into Kettlebridge. I'm sure you don't want new residents coming along *that* road spotting the landfill and thinking "This place is so unattractive". Maybe the landfill site is moved further away from the road, and hidden behind trees, so all the noise and smell of the work there is kept out of sight, allowing everyone to enjoy the city in peace and quiet with a nice cuppa?

[@MuhammadNurulIslam]

I did wonder the same in the last video...

[@PoisedGibbon]

It is quite common for UK residential streets/areas to have the occasional alley with a set of garages for the nearby houses; might be a nice little extra detail to break up areas with lots of repeated housing assets.

[@lush.hayden]

Loving Kettlewick so far! As a Brit as well feels very comfy and familiar

[@kaimanawastudios]

Biffa i feel like you should make a train network... just make sure that is costs 5 pounds to go to work each way.

[@CptCupcakeUk]

it's always got to be late, expensive and dirty or sometimes ot show up at all if it's anything like EMR lol

[@kaimanawastudios]

@CptCupcakeUk haha yeah... at least you guys got trains. I'm from nz, we have like 2 cities wuth trains... and that's it for public transit trains.

[@MrGurney83]

New posh estate needs a local pub for local people vibe, so when you walk in the scoff at a peasant visiting

[@theangriestbrit1289]

and a fancy green for them to have upper class holiday events on like bonfire night and christmas market

[@marcrubin9359]

Great video Biffa! You can delete the landfill for some extra money. You shouldn't need it now. If you find that too unrealisitc, you can empty it first. A cool idea might be to use the landscaping tools to put some type of a mound there and plant a bunch on top. KInda what like happens to real landfills, hence the name!

[@mdsimpson]

Bushes on t'road! (0:06) 🫖

[@oasntet]

0:10 Like the tree in the middle of the road in the first five seconds?

[@Hyper_Speed10]

I have a name suggestion for a new town or area called: bourbon borough , Winegums way, Maltesers mill, Percy pig palace, Cadbury corner ,tea cake town, Daim drive

[@LewiBrom]

Bourbon Borough inspired me. Custard Cream Crest, Digestives Drive, Malted Milk Mews, Rich Tea Rise etc etc

[@TobyPlayz14]

🫖 I love your cities skylines series! Also i think a great name for a district would be Cadbury Cul-De-Sacs!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

I like it!

[@FaithlessEmoRacing]

Video 5 of asking for trollies in the river / The Boil. Just a couple.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

🤔

[@jaredhill6896]

The houses in Quality Crest won't auto rebuild. You manually placed these houses and the areas are not zoned

[@Tonydoore]

Loving Kettlewick so far!

[@Macwelshman]

You need to remove the surface below the posh houses so that the gardens look greener.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

I do! I keep forgetting that as I run out of time. Super detailing episode coming up soon, so that's going on the list! Thank you 👍😀👍

[@erikstenviken2652]

In sweden we call these roads T-roads because of the sign we use to point out that you have to go back the same way. It would fit with ypur theme :) check wikipedia for Cul-de-sac and change language to swedish and you will see the sign.

[@martincurrie6243]

A lot of unused riverside space in the up market area. Many wealthy areas with large gardens have backlands development, where large gardens are sold and a few houses are built down little lanes. What you could do is fit a few alleyways off the cul de sacs and have a few large detached houses face the river. And also increase the density. In addition near the bridge you could have a large pub and garden face the river off an alley, with a river tow path connecting the pub and all the cul de sacs.

[@magicalmac7505]

I feel like this new area should have something named after the little bay/pond at the end. Something like "the best arrow" because of its shape. I think it'd be cool to make the pond a more prominent feature and have like a few shops around it at the end of the neighborhood

[@MalikTahaa21]

You need a big shopping outlet near or in the city. A "downtown" area with big office buildings would be cool too.

[@ardenwarwick1087]

If you're gonna call it Celebration Garden, go all the way and call it Celebration Garden City. I used to work in Welwyn Garden City and it didn't feel much bigger than that. That may have been from my prejudice of coming from an actual city though.

[@LewiBrom]

Classic UK this episode lol. Charge more, services just barely afloat as before but let's focus on building a new wealthy neighbourhood on a flood plain! Looks great though, these assets are amazing

[@Thesecret101-te1lm]

Great progress! I think you deserve to use anarchy to put in the highway link. That would probably be something that an administrative layer higher up would do. For the connection to the main road, maybe turn both of the roads you built into one way roads, and put a two way road that curves and connects to the main road at a 90 degree angle? That way the left turns would be smooth in all directions, while the dangerous right hand turns (with left hand traffic) would be taken at a 90 degree angle which reduces the risk of accident due to many rear view mirrors missing things at a slight angle rearwards. Also, when you moved the cul-de-sac's, the through road became a bit wonky. Maybe temporary extend the cul-de-sac roads, delete the through road and redraw it with less wonkyness? Also thinking that in some rare cases the pedestrian bridge you put in would rather be a bus bridge, possibly one way or possibly a regular double direction bridge.

[@EternalGamingNet]

Beautiful new estate! Really fun build.

[@YHY88]

2:36 the house won't rebuild as you place it manually. it's not zoned to grow

[@TobyPlayz14]

I think a great name for the river would be The Biffa Burn

[@carllewis3346]

Should call the river either Tees or Teise. Both real rivers and work well with the kettle vibe. Living the videos.

[@unstoppable2180]

☕👍 25:22 get a decal pack and you could make that roundabout look like a mini roundabout it's meant to be! 31:33 you can get them to snap to the sides of the road without any mods in case if you didn't know. INSPIRIED BY @DanAI17's comment of " "The Brew" would be appropriate bc most of our rivers are a lovely, silty, brown. Also the new estate does look a little bit like its on a flood plain, those residents are going to need their boats!": The river brew could be a good name. However, river is water, a liquid. Tea is a liquid. Tea-On-The-Brew or The-Tea-Is-Brewing or something along the lines of those would be good. EDIT: Rename Kettlewick to Kettle and the river could be named Brew. Then you can rename Kettle to Kettle-on-the-Brew!

[@dzo487]

That is so clever 😎

[@jonathanmogg1541]

How about "River Tisane" for a refined and elegant touch, I do like "Kettlewick-on-the-Brew" for a charming and whimsical feel? A tisane (pronounced tee-zan) is a herbal infusion.

[@madebymetta]

ArtTisanal - should be the name of the local upmarket pub too

[@wellimagamer8848]

Tea Brands, PG Tips, Yorkshire Tea, Taylors of Harrogate, Tetley, Twinings and Typhoo. Also Jams and Spreads as well, Lemon Curd, Black Currant, Marmalade, Strawberry Jam, Nutella, Blueberry Jam and Raspberry Jam.

[@adalariea]

Quality Crest really needs its own small firestation, the houses keep burning down

[@Mdcmv2]

Hello biffa, have noticed the food names and came up with a few ideas for you, love the videos! .Ready salted station .Cheese and onion corner .Munchie Mount .Mr whippy way .Pringle point .Haribo house .Honey nut Homes .flapjack falls .Yorkshire pudding place .Rolo road

[@AlexIanMartin1]

Tree in the road. 2 seconds in.

[@Boney0ne]

Another great episode! I really thought the intro of fixing things was going to address that road bush, but it looks like our friend is here to stay

[@theedgeofcurrentunderstanding]

Hi Biffa love your videos, but where are the UK roads? Circular turning circles (lollipops) were used up to the 1950's, from the 1960's & onwards turning T's & L's were implemented in modern urban design layouts. Also 'entries' were phased out with no access to the rear of houses, with the exception of 'Span' design developments (1960's/70's) with rear access only & communal areas to the front. In addition, any 'new builds' (1980's/90's) houses would be placed in a slightly 'staggered' pattern (back fence to back fence) following the deliberately designed 'wobble' in the road, a deliberate design decision to give a more 'organic' feel to the scheme & I think to correct the mistakes made in previous years were straight roads added to the sterile feel of a development. Just my observations, apologies for rambling on. 😊

[@scotto7047]

Loved the video mate. Living in Australia in 2024/25, its sad that I will never be able to afford to buy a home in a place remotely like this - this housing crisis just sucks. At least, we can dream as we look at these interesting suburbs.

[@cddc2468]

Not a better way to start the day than with coffee, toast, and a new biffa video

[@AndreLouis]

In keeping with the chocolate theme, I think the roundabout in the new village should be called the wagon wheel roundabout

[@notnotjase7909]

Another area and street name idea. 'Wine Gum Groves', with Port Crescent, Sherry Street, Champagne Close, Burgundy Avenue, and Claret Drive.

[@CptCupcakeUk]

Sherry street is good!

[@MarcelEvers1]

19:45 Im honna play within the game, connects to the other side using anarchy 🙂 No problem, you can play how you like but it's a bit inconsistent! (not the road type but the connection)

[@mikeyboy1234567]

One day I hope to play some video games again, until then seeing CSII via Biffa is a treat.

[@PerfectAlibi1]

To avoid confusion Biffa, you should call it, British English and American English ^^

[@davidnorman6028]

Hi Biffa, love you channel. with the bus route you added for school, why bother making a connection between road if you are not putting a stop there? the stop you adde does not require the bus to even venture that far up the road where you added the bus connection.

[@FleetfootMike]

Round my usual haunts (Hull/Peterborough) cul-de-sac ends are often very short T-junctions.

[@Gary87]

A nice round estate called Wagon Wheel Way, with lots of roundabouts etc

[@stephenclark9917]

There needs to be counter clockwise versions of bus routes. Also, walking paths to get from Quality into Hobnob.

[@blaikie79]

Can't believe you didn't put a roundabout at the start of the bridge to the new area!

[@The_Comment_Bot]

Found the first episode in this series and have been watching since and subscrided, keep it going!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Welcome aboard! And thankyou ☺️

[@roybmanofmerlin]

@26mins In country England I know some houses backing onto rivers have a little jetty amongst trees with a small boat. that would be a great thing to detail if possible.

[@MateyDrake]

Eventually a nice canal way would look good, not like Amsterdam style but like a Leeds to Liverpool vibe, going through the industrial areas from old mills

[@Jeroneymo92]

Those dead end streets in hobnob heights could really do with some pedestrian connections

[@roybmanofmerlin]

for the river name, as it's all going to be chocolate associated, flowing chocolate is used for Fondue, Kettlewick on the Fondue

[@izzatsufian2796]

The city is cozy 👍🏻🫖🍵

[@colserra9770]

Your videos relax me so much and made me reaise just how much I love the UK and all it's weird and wonderful designs and architectures. Thanks so much!

[@TJSpks]

With British towns you'd normally see an old historical town center, with housing estates spreading out from this? Kettlewick seems to be a few housing estates joined together without an actual historical town center that makes sense

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Some British towns so, some don't 🤷‍♂️

[@TJSpks]

@ I guess so especially with new developments!

[@welshykev]

The houses in Quality Crest wont re-build as you placed them rather than zoning for residential. Also, have you set zones for the service vehicles (ambulance, fire etc)?? Perhaps thats why the houses keep burning down as Quality Crest may not be included.

[@andrewlumsden-groom3566]

Perfectly timed. Stressful day and literally just sat down to find something to relax too. Can't thank you enough biffa.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Enjoy! And hope your day improves :-)

[@brandonthomas2550]

You should incorporate some canal systems throughout the city! As the UK is known for its vast canal networks playing a historic role in the Industrial Revolution👍🏼 love the vids also!

[@GeoffreyEG]

I don’t have a tea emoji. Only a coffee one. Can’t use that tho…

[@Kristian-sj8bn]

For a larger estate.. of either kind... Tea Cake Spread?

[@glenofborg]

I'm not from the UK. 😀 My name suggestion is "Kettlewick on the Thames"

[@pinkarey_]

Don’t forget the signature buildings, some mansions would go well in the new area. Also kind of bothers me that there are no paths in and around cul de sacs and those dead end terraced streets

[@elubrium7322]

You are one of the only ex-hermits who are actually active and having good numbers

[@commiexian]

10:55 I mean if we want to get technical, it's pronounced "coo de sac", but at this point I don't think we're gonna convince too many on this side of 'La Manche' to revert to the French pronunciation! 😅

[@vgrundea52]

It is pronounced "queuel de sac" without the j sound

[@baldytail]

I would think it more likely there'd be a road running parallel to the river and big houses all along it to maximise the river frontage aspect rather big open spaces at the end of cul-de-sac. Just a thought but from my experience in river heavy Shrewsbury this is how it happens there.

[@DrakeGamer85]

The bridge to Celebration Gardens would be so much better if it were one of the UK's traditional stone bridges at that height. The kind of bridge that is there is something I would expect to be a little higher in height.

[@Cities-By-Maps]

Hey Biffa there is a mod called unlimited unique buildings on paradox mods which means you can place more then one of the unique buildings and as many as you want.😊

[@davidwhite3337]

Love Kettlewick, Biffa.

[@drjonritz]

The older the city, the more likely you'll see power lines hanging about...new cities came after power and so they planned on burying them.

[@georgethomas7814]

Tea Tree Estate..... Pubs , schools and Shops on the other side of the round about. High School Bus for the teenagers. Look for a public school (for the posh areas only) place that in Office park off the highway road.

[@carriegarrisonvos4433]

Lovely development!! I really like this one best of all. I like The Brew best of all. Looking really nice in Kettlewick, Biffa!🤩

[@Rosspeter123]

Loving this series. The UK Region Pack looks so good

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thank you @Rosspeter123 :-)

[@jameswiebe8956]

Not sure how it works in the UK, but you can't actually have a place that sells liquor within 150 meters/500 feet of a playground or school in Canada.

[@GeoffDulieu]

Love watching this series and learning so much thank you Biffa.

[@DangerPooleMotors]

How about the River Char? Good to see I'm not the only one getting the Move It error!

[@msdmathssousdopamine8630]

In quality crest, I think destroyed houses will not pop up again since you placed them manually.

[@LeveLUP.]

Biffa doing the incredibly British thing of putting Bus Gates to stop "rat runs" 😂

[@alistairogara]

Where I'm from (west yorkshire) There the huge Haribo factory, its part of the Rhubard triangle, and also the home of liquerice...would be great to include those. Also how about a National Trust/English Heritage style house if possible!!!

[@Rosspeter123]

Rowntree Roundabout? Jaffa Junction?

[@rozenkai4422]

Viscount crescent , werthers university club hub ind estate, penguin promenade, dodger hills and wafer way Love the series super nostalgic see place that look like places I've lived 🍵☕️🫖🍪

[@ptg1204]

Not sure someone else already commented, but could probably use some more school bus stops in Hobnob Hieghts. PS would love to see a Cricket pitch someday.

[@markberg6197]

Biffa jr influencing dad absolutely hilarious

[@brendenhardy1265]

Youre simply the best, Biffa

[@ZoZooZoooZoxxxx]

I really want to see the Train-Ification of that city

[@keeperofthefate]

Never put bus stop before the lights or crossing. Bus might have problem leaving that. It's always better to put bus/tram stops after junction. That's how most stops are located in my city (with few exceptions, mostly because of space constraints).

[@PhilRiphagen]

I’ve noticed in Quality Crest (unless your speeds are set to be in KPH then you can just ignore this) the speed limits advised on the roads are crazy. Your main houses streets are set to 40mph and should be 30 at most maybe 20 and your back streets are 30 and should be 20 at most maybe 15. Not sure whether that’s the same in the other housing areas but I did see that the default speed limits In quality crest are a touch too high.

[@ChristianGriffin-z5q]

Kettlebridge on the Blend

[@bradymoran343]

I love the random tree in the middle of the road in the opening. 😂

[@macaidwin]

Kettlewick on The Brew if I'd had a word in that.

[@ryryk6977]

This is kettlewick not kettlebridge lol

[@msdmathssousdopamine8630]

0:05 What's this thing in the middle of the road ? 🍃