EA did Agnes Crumplebottom DIRTY with this thing...

[@katlyndobransky2419]

I really liked how you kept the lore aspects in tact (the unfinished baby room especially), because it just adds so much so Agnes’ character! Definitely did her justice

[@Rekowcski]

I couldn't even bring myself to change the details, I figured it was perfect as it was.

[@JM-gi3el]

You've literally become my favorite with just 1 video,talkative and playing sims3... I've watched EVERYTHING you've posted so far.

[@emotionalkryptonite1161]

I remember one time I actually dedicated to playing Agnes until she died, I had her be a writer that also just kept adopting babies because she could never love again. I think by the time she joined her husband she had adopted like 13 kids.

[@Rekowcski]

Omg that's crazy! I have a mod that makes adoption $5000 per kid, so that way I dont end up with too many

[@justindisbrow9921]

This build was a "trust the process" build for sure. The build is imo one of the prettiest and most unique in sunset valley and while i prefer the previous shell for it's.... uniqueness lets say, I do appreciate your new refreshing take on it. It feels like the modern builds from starlight shores and you stick the the honestly really nice interior while bringing on your own rickoswski twist

[@Rekowcski]

Thank you, you would have been worried with the first attempt, it turned into an EA McMansion :(

[@crystalmeier6579]

Really enjoyed this! I'm glad you left Agnes as is. Sims 3 shows the young, hopeful girl who had her dreams crushed and this helps explain why she became such a biatchy prude. Lol the house is lovely! Cheers! P.s. you are killin it here with your channel! I knew you would! I'm so rooting for you! As for the house being called August moon, I always took it as August is the start of fall, the season where everything dies..and moon, short for honeymoon? So, since hubby died on the honeymoon, that's just how I thought about it.

[@Rekowcski]

I think your name interpretation might actually be the best theory

[@MikaelaCher]

I did not expect this video but thank god bc Agnes is my favourite sim ever 🥺💞

[@Rekowcski]

She is very popular and I think her best version is the Sims 3

[@girlbossmiepje]

This looks amazingly well-built! When you've rebuilt all 94 lots, will you share the whole renovated Sunset Valley with us?

[@Rekowcski]

Yes I'm going to uploaded it as a save file, but with all the sims moved in and unplayed

[@jhy8212]

The shell was great! And i'm here for the build tutorial all day! I'm in the 90% that doesnt really touch the shell. Im so glad people are making Sims 3 content in 2023! :)

[@Rekowcski]

I am looking forward to doing a build tutorial

[@evilwhitecat9]

I don't touch the shell either. I'll just make it look like a shoebox.

[@davidfl4]

You did such a great job. I love the shape of this house and how you kept the personality of the original. When you started I was like “hed better keep the nursery!”😂

[@Rekowcski]

I knew if I got rid of the nursery I would be chased out with pitchforks

[@mar-nyan]

Omg, this transformation is amazing. As someone who likes this kind of style I really wanna play in this house now!

[@Rekowcski]

I'm glad you liked it, I tried to keep it contemporary without making it "into the future" haha

[@mygetawayart]

Up until the very end i was really not convinced by the roof. Glad you changed it. IRL a black roof means the house is gonna get SCORCHING in the summer.

[@Rekowcski]

I came in clutch haha

[@lou9611]

love this series. 💓 have you thought about reviewing some public lots? if thats too much, maybe not every lot of every world, but something like „rating xy of every world“ or reviews for sims 2 would be interesting!

[@MicahRion]

I love that you incorporate storytelling ideas!

[@viniciustolfo3283]

Loving this series! 🤩 The landscaping was amazing! Now Agnes can enjoy her melancholy in her home (without diagonal rooms, of course). Btw the name "August Moon" may refer to the tragic Honeymoon with Erik...poor Agnes, circumstances have made her grumpy🥺

[@Rekowcski]

Thank you you're probably right about "August moon" it makes perfect sense

[@alanrecinos7700]

I’ve played Sunset Valley for so long, the ugly houses grew on me 🤣 I loved what you did to the mansion and I need your secret to making good shells lol

[@Rekowcski]

They grew on me too, I can't bring myself to get rid of all the original elements

[@Hanakothemizumiko]

When I saw the new shell you made my jaw hit the floor. I love modern builds but it's so easy to screw it up imo. You did an amazing job d(^^

[@Rekowcski]

It was so ugly until the end I was secretly struggling 😭 haha

[@Aleals7777]

I can’t wait for you to upload this new SV! ❤️

[@Rekowcski]

I'm excited to see what it looks like all together

[@poison9806]

when i was a child i played a lot in this building and i really love to see your version of this house ^^ ty for your video

[@Rekowcski]

I'm glad you enjoyed it 💖

[@mim9000]

Nicely done, I like how its shrunk a bit. Would be fun to do full interior reno of this house 👀

[@Rekowcski]

I wanted to but nothing bothered me THAT much so I figured we could keep a lot of it 🤣

[@andreaparham79]

That is a gorgeous change. I love the new roof… bravo!

[@Rekowcski]

It was tricky :| haha

[@elyndafae1593]

Taking what EA presented us with and making it better is half the challenge with Sims 3. Although I'm sure it wasn't their intention, it is part of what keeps us TS3 stalwarts interested. It was fascinating watching you transform one of the ugliest builds in Sunset Valley into something attractive and interesting. I love your enthusiasm too, it's very infectious: usually I like to build things from the ground up, but after watching you at work, I feel like having a try at renovating something myself.

[@Rekowcski]

I like to build most things from the ground up too, but I've been having fun with the renovations too

[@aarachnophxbia]

oh my god u did this absolutely stunning, i am in l o v e with this house, the shape, the colors, everything just goes so well with other things, 10/10 periodt

[@Rekowcski]

I'm glad you like it

[@gingercatqueen4368]

Gosh I love this. It looks so good. You improved everything about the house. I love how you’re renovating this world. And HI KYLE! You scratch your scratchy thing! 🐈

[@Rekowcski]

He ruined so many voiceover takes this time around 😂

[@gingercatqueen4368]

@@Rekowcski he doesn’t like it when the attention isn’t on him. Lol

[@Rekowcski]

I understand that feeling completely

[@Patrice738]

100% better than the original, loving this new series.

[@karenconnor6682]

Fab video 👍🏻 this is so much better than the original EA build with its diagonal walls etc

[@Rekowcski]

I am most proud of this one so far

[@Plotyyy]

I saw you kept all the original furnitures, except THAT bookshelf lol. Anyway, I love what you did! Beautiful transformation ❤

[@Rekowcski]

Oh you know I DELETED that ugly thing lol

[@theflowerbunny]

I recently discovered your channel and I'm having so much fun. I watched several videos but forgot to comment 🤣. I so going to share your channel with my friends. I'm pretty sure they will love it! ♥

[@Rekowcski]

Thank you I'm glad you enjoyed my work!

[@moonia_0697]

Omg the build looks so good! You gave me some ideas for my own game. The last time I played with Agnes I couldn't stand her big bedroom, do I just cut it on half and made her a proper office. In my game she married Geoffrey Landgraab, so I figured they'll need it more.

[@Rekowcski]

When I used to watch builders, I would rarely download the house... I would try to use it as inspiration and do my own thing 😜

[@regenwolke4924]

I played the black widow challenge with Agnes. That's why I love her and her house so much.😍 Good old times. :)

[@Rekowcski]

That's a great idea! She already has a head start!

[@CarlDillynson]

This looks so good! Your modern builds are always great

[@Rekowcski]

Thank you so much!

[@16taysia]

The build or remodel I guess you'd call it turned out great Rek! 😊💖

[@Rekowcski]

Oh thank you! Only 86 more lots to go :p

[@16taysia]

@@Rekowcski 🤣🤣🤣

[@michele3135]

I love your series but I think you should have left the shell a bit more, like i think that the roof was the iconic point of the house. But I love your series so keep going :)

[@Шурик-к3с3ч]

Funny, I almost never got children for Agnes. She was explorer in Adventure expansion, she was witch, she wrote romance and mystery novels, she went for university. Only if she'd become friends with her husband's ghost and the resurrection opportunity has been rolled (she exist to show ressurection mechanics, I think) or if I have played with newly made sim, she remarried and have kids. Because she never rolled wishes for having baby or adopting. She's not a family sim after all. And if she got one, she still has royalty for her books to live as queen.

[@Rekowcski]

I once had her grow into an old bitter lady

[@Eline1]

Bonjour , tu as magnifiquement restauré la maison d'Agnès Ladentelle , tout en gardant son univers . En tout cas j'adore tes vidéos sur les sims 3.Merci et je n'oublie pas le petit pouce 👍

[@Rekowcski]

Bonjour! Je ne parle pas francais, mais je le comprends :p merci pour le gentil commentaire

[@potatorodka2795]

My boyfriend is playing The Sims 3 for the first time (of any sims game). He'd been getting a bit overwhelmed navigating menus and placing furniture, so he'd just been focusing on his career. He reached level 8 culinary, and between that and his cat hunting, he had over 15k. I offered to reno his house while he was at school, because his poor sim was practicing mixology out in the snow! Gotta say, keeping most of the shell, and even most of his items, it's much easier to edit down from something existing, that the paralyzation of that forsaken blank grass slate. it felt nice to fix up his lay out and just explore through create-a-style. I never give myself enough time to do that in normal play throughs; it really reinvigorated me, and reminded me that decorating is fun in ts3! Just, being able to match wood tone alone, OMG. I still need to work on my building skills though, haha. Anyway, that is all to say, great series, great job, as usual!

[@Rekowcski]

I usually like to build my own house from the ground up, but I don't want to do 94 houses haha

[@deemah3602]

drooling over this build

[@Primadonnasims3]

EA did do Agnes dirty with this house. Whenever I play her, I give her a makeover because they also did her dirty with that hair.

[@Rekowcski]

It's the worst base game hairstyle for women or even men lol

[@Qermaq]

Hey here's another series idea. I thought of it when you mentioned Agnes. Last time I encountered her in SV I used Nraas MC to etit her in CAH and make her less hideous. So maybe you could give makeovers for the townies. Sort of Queer Eye For The Straight Sim but less people ;)

[@Rekowcski]

That sounds fun, but I kind of like the ugly sims 3 townies :| haha

[@Qermaq]

@@Rekowcski Some of them are untouchable, I agree. I find it's later in the game when I really have to. When you've played a long while, newly-generated NPC Sims pretty much all get made with zeroed-out facial sliders, so they all have wide jaws and the same dumb round head and look like potatoes. So there's one. Hey just remembered, in a Townbrook game I gave Chase Bayless a makeover. She's got the makings of a pretty girl but for the ears and sunken jaw and the bad hair. I think she turned out quite the fetching young lady.

[@s0phie93]

i love playing with this house and love your renovation. somehow it never clicked with me that the house isn't supposed to be agnes's style, it's erik's... that makes so much sense. my one problem with this house and a lot of houses in sunset valley is how there are only two bedrooms!! it's such a huge house, so it seems like you should be able to fit in a third bedroom somehow.. but it's really hard to do without totally changing the floorplan. there are so few houses in sunset valley with 3 or more bedrooms and it makes me sad. even the landgraab and alto mansions only have 3 and 2 bedrooms each :(

[@Rekowcski]

You're right, I think the Alto mansion I could make into smaller rooms, but I want them to be fancy rooms. Like a ballroom, parlour, library, conservatory... stuff like that

[@justinjay2318]

Finally someone giving the house she deserves!

[@Rekowcski]

I tried my best x

[@bowkatiewow]

I agree! The shell is so much more fun to do than the interior.

[@Rekowcski]

It takes me more time to choose wallpaper than it takes me to re-roof an EA disaster

[@stephenspears5022]

Personally I prefer the Landgraab Estate mansion to renovate myself. Using a few of my personal touches. Every time I ever renovated LE I'd add a few of my personal touches, like an awning over the front entrance, a second garage on the other side of the front yard and a second floor of living space. But I do keep the attic floor space as it looks in the original build. Not hard to do. I just replicate the floor plan over the existing attic and then delete it when I add the new floor living space. If you do this, just make sure you use the box tool in wall mode before you paint the outside wall. Then when you're ready to put the roof in place. Delete the walls where the roof will take over as part of the wall build. I also do like renovating the Shotgun house. But then I make a non starter home when I get finished.

[@Rekowcski]

I remember you adding lots of details to the LE mansion. I'm not sure if I will redo mine or just include the one I made last year. All starters I am keeping as starter homes because there are only 4 I think and I know simmers like starter homes haha

[@stephenspears5022]

I'd like to see your renovation of LE.

[@Rekowcski]

@@stephenspears5022 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKO2m2OQp7RofZY

[@stephenspears5022]

@@Rekowcski thanks. I remember that video now. Very nice.

[@stephenspears3206]

Hey friend. I just watched this, and want to let you know that I redid the August Moon home. But replaced her with a new Agnes and she now has a toddler daughter born after Eric Darling's death. She found out she was pregnant after his death in my backstory. I rarely will play the family tho.

[@user-rt7wj5qb6n]

This looks so much better

[@arieltales8952]

You are right, such a modern house doesn't fit with old money and dark outfits. I like how did you add another stool at the kitchen because there's just one where Agnes eats alone. A pity you didn't buy her a computer to write, but I don't blame you. I like to annoy her by sending her to write at the library in front of a crowd of strangers.

[@Rekowcski]

I love how you noticed the extra stool.. I thought 1 seemed so lonely

[@tybuckley7368]

Hey! Question. I’m so curious what your take on the “Los Aniegos” world for sims 3 is. It was so impressive to me, but when I downloaded it- nothing could load when playing because it was so much.

[@Rekowcski]

I haven't played it but I'll let you know that LA was the worst place I've ever been in real life 🤣

[@uraddiictOnx3]

Wow! Building is not my forte I’m more of a decorator lol. Watching your remodels are so relaxing

[@westanimesims]

I think this may be more off brand for Crumplebottom, I guess this modern take of the house looks much better. I totally forgot the roofing in this house is weird and totally incompatible with the style they are going for. yessh the zinc roof texture?

[@Rekowcski]

That roof is good for trailers, not mansions :( I really did try to make it a more classic style, but the shell was near impossible to work with

[@licorice_lukri]

so good, where i can download it?

[@Rekowcski]

Most of my sunset Valley builds are available on the sims 3 exchange, my username there is the same as the channel

[@sporemania]

I'd love your renovation videos even more, if you'd do a small tour around the house before starting the renovation so you can get a feeling for the uglynes. Additionally, a before/after section at the end of the video would improve it, too in my opinion. Anyways, I am a big fan of all your sims 3 videos 😀

[@Rekowcski]

I already toured all the houses in sunset Valley in a previous series so I left it out... However next episode I'm going to do that because I actually don't have a speed builds for it,,, I did it when I didn't think people wanted to see :( haha

[@VicEclectica]

I could spend forever on interior design... so alter the shell and I'll do the decorating lol

[@Rekowcski]

I was thinking of trying to make a sims 3 shell challenge :/

[@gabriel_de_bettin]

Where can I download it?! It’s beautiful

[@Rekowcski]

I'm putting everything done so far on the exchange, maybe 5 or 6 builds :p

[@christinemurphy8862]

Sunset valley may explain why I tend to go 70s in my sims 4 builds 😂 (the only thing I do now in the sims 4)

[@Rekowcski]

Oh no, EA has inspired you 😂

[@glgga]

love the reno🫶🏻

[@raphaello8893]

where do i download your lots?

[@Rekowcski]

I'm putting the first few on the exchange this week

[@desolatefox6582]

How are you playing the Sims 3? What platform? I can’t get the game to work on Steam or Origin or the EA App. It’s my favorite game and I refuse to play Sims 4 because it’s just a downgrade from Sims 3. I would appreciate anyone’s help!

[@Rekowcski]

I am playing from the EA app i bought this game from Origin. I use the lazy duchess launcher and smooth patch 2.0

[@desolatefox6582]

Where do I find the lazy duchess launcher and the smooth patch 2.0?

[@RemyKaiRoseCosplay]

Love this.

[@Lovlyb35]

Love what you did to Agnes house she deserves it🥰. I remember playing her and trying to get her pregnant by her ghost husband but he never wanted to woohoo with her. But when I stop trying with him he always ran away her lovers 😂😂poor Agnes couldn't win or lose in my game.

[@Rekowcski]

I tried to make her have babies with someone else and the ghost kept interrupting and scaring the woohoo haha

[@twylasorrells7338]

I love this.

[@Rekowcski]

Thanks for the support Twyla 🙏

[@ladyteaslinger]

Do you upload these?

[@Rekowcski]

Most are on the exchange but I've been having problems with the launcher recently, any missing ones will be in the save file when released

[@ladyteaslinger]

@@Rekowcski yay! My launcher has been buggy too!

[@tiaplaya3508]

💛💛💛

[@jonathanraithel5726]

The original EA house for Agnes has so much good about it, but EA ruined it with a lack of cohesion in the shell. Each section before the renovation is good by itself, but none of them work together. To top it off, it’s a bad interpretation of a very local San Francisco style (third bay tradition), and a global game shouldn’t be making hyper-obscure references like that. The remodel fixes everything wrong with the house, especially getting rid of the ugly burlap-lined dining room. It's the house EA should have done in the first place.

[@Rekowcski]

I really tried to twist it into a more classical style, but the roof was not possible

[@jonathanraithel5726]

Oh, I meant that the original house’s has a lack of cohesion. Your renovation looks amazing. I’ll edit the post to make that clear.

[@CookieLovey1728]

She'd could adopt a baby.

[@IGenty]

İs this on the exchange? if it is whats ur sims 3 username? I like the house I'm gonna use it nice vid!

[@Rekowcski]

Same username as the channel x

[@ChicChicken]

We know you're a Leo, but really. Poor Agnes. Whenever i played her I really felt bad 😢

[@nerdycat2625]

I love this series! I can't wait to download the save file!