i tried building a *realistic* british house in the sims

[@mothhann]

It’s a crime to not put a kettle in the kitchen 😭

[@DizzyBusy]

This comment is underrated

[@TonTonL3111]

@@mothhann came here to say the same thing!

[@LokisMinx37]

Ooooooooooooh

[@Fonzzx]

I was aghast when I discovered that americans dont have electric kettles. Like at all.

[@politowed]

@@Fonzzxwe literally do though. Who is telling you we don’t

[@mylesmitchell8092]

I have to say as someone who lives in the UK with big bay windows they are great for the Christmas tree

[@kattholleyy]

@@mylesmitchell8092 literally read that as she put the christmas tree in the window ahah

[@Imslayasf1]

Your actual so correct 😂😂😂

[@Possumpostboy]

I’m English and I saw the title and clicked so fast lol! I was kinda worried at first but then I saw the first reference image and I was like “yep that literally looks exactly like my house lol!”

[@emilyrbutterflies333]

Omg same 😂😂

[@PygmyGoat]

Yeah, every British house is the same

[@katiperry8533]

Mine doesn't 😂 Typical Gateshead terrace here (and an upstairs 'flat' with 4 bedrooms) .... just a tiny pathway up to the front door and a shared (with downstairs) concreted yard out the back. Straight upstairs from the front door. Separate toilet and bathroom, a kitchen, living/dining room and 2 bedrooms on the first floor. 2 bedrooms upstairs in the 'attic'. Back door is halfway down a set of stairs off the kitchen too (it leads down a 2nd set of stairs down to the back yard)

[@Eventide215]

It's funny cause British houses tend to only have a handful of styles and that's it. There's also way too many attached houses for my liking. The cottages though.. they're amazing.

[@AnnHowell]

@@Eventide215 Much less space to work with in urban and suburban spaces in the UK, hence the attached houses. You get used to it!

[@ryanfeliscatus]

I’ve always found it really hard to replicate British homes in the Sims since the big empty lots far apart makes them look too weird. Much easier to build huge US-style suburban McMansions rather than the more compact/skinny homes you’ll find here. That being said this one looks superb!

[@marshiemallow5998]

@@ryanfeliscatus I have the same problem trying to make houses that look more like we have in Eastern US. row houses, townhouses, brownstones. you have to get creative, but it can be so annoying

[@aIwoods]

honestly, the one thing i REALLY want in the sims is a world that FINALLY gives us door-to-door lots. they showed us that its possible in lovestruck with lots attached to debug fences, so why is it so hard for them to give us a debug row for example french or british townhouses that we can build in between on? idc if they don’t match bc in real life they often have different exteriors and rooflines!!!

[@tamsims1968]

I build terrace houses all the time 😂 I recently built a massive council flat above a row of shops. Obviously the shops weren't functional but it looked so wonderfully familiar 😂

[@marshiemallow5998]

@@tamsims1968 is it on the gallery by chance? I’d love to see that, and maybe try my hand at doing it myself it sounds so fun

[@Niamhbeaky]

Downstairs toilets are very commonly off the kitchen in British/irish houses, especially because they were usually added later and that’s where plumbing was!

[@ystacalden]

@@Niamhbeaky But on the other hand, there's a rule that there must be two doors between toilet and kitchen- so either you end up with the toilet bricked into its own room, or a tiny hallway like a 2x1 where the dryer or freezer is shoved where it's real purpose is holding the two doors on opposite sides.

[@cryingwatercolours]

this and they don’t usually have a bath or shower, just toilet and sink if ur lucky

[@Niamhbeaky]

@@ystacaldenbut it’s a new enough rule, I think? (Or maybe I’ve just lived places that did it anyway, lol). Definitely when the bathroom was added first to lots of Victorian terraces they just attached it to the kitchen.

[@SarahKatherine1065]

The house i grew up in had a full bathroom with bath/ahower combo off the kitchen no little room seperating and was pretty normal from friends growing up

[@ystacalden]

@@Niamhbeaky True - but in those instances you're usually talking about a 2-up,2-down, not a massive 4-up build like the one in the video. And that's only allowed if the bathroom was built before the regulation came in in like the 1960's, and if you do anything else in the house that requires inspections, you have to add that separating door to meet requirements or your other improvements won't pass. My mother watched a lot of the house flipping auction shows, the hosts were usually pretty explicit about why a house was or wasn't the bargin it seemed, and my dad had to read up on the regs when he did an extention.

[@arandomidea9010]

On the topic of a dresser at 22:30 ish- in real life the kid could use the under bed drawers for clothes storage, and even the nightstand. My cousin did that as a kid, cause she want to have more play space. Like it isn't a thing in the sims but it is 100% something a kid would do

[@mamabearof1877]

I think Ravisheen has a mod that has couches with beds that are separate pieces like a mix and match day bed sorta thing that you can put together to create unique furniture that best suits your needs. The frames come as either a 2 in 1 combo or 3 in 1. They come as a dresser, and a couch or dresser, couch, and bed. I recommend that mod, especially if you're playing in a tiny home or wanting to have more space in your Sims bedroom for your Sims to do other things.

[@JiyuAkina]

Tiny living dresser could have matched the narrow space & orange-brownish color

[@acors_ca]

There was no kettle in the kitchen... I think British people wont approve this executive decision

[@jenjensi]

To make it more realistic, you could do something like different coloured window frames on each house; you often see small differences in each side of the semi detached as the owners update their houses over time 😊

[@poolygaray]

Good! someone that knows how to deliver constructive criticism/ advice ❤️

[@emilymatthews5058]

yes this! also another touch could be different extensions/conservatories because that's super common! (love the video though and it looks SO good)

[@moth.03]

I had that thought about the doors. Having different coloured doors would actually not be that weird because it's a fairly common thing to change in a house

[@sweetbean2009]

theres alot around where i live where one family would leave the red brick natural and another family would paint their half white

[@tamsims1968]

I was watching this build and looking oit my window at the eclectic terrace on the other side of the street. London living is never uniform, but new builds always look like toy towns 😂

[@Ryan-mm1oj]

its funny sometimes kayla says smth and im like yep thats everywhere and other times she says smth and ive literally never seen it before in the uk lol Also: bins are usually at the front so they can be dragged onto the street on bin day, KETTLE!!!!!! its not a british house without a kettle (and i dont even like tea)

[@johnv3689]

in the US our trash cans are usually in the front too or in the garage - same reason. She likely just put them in the back for aesthetic reasons

[@daevastafford]

We had a second bin in the back, but we were afraid sm1 was going to steal it so... 🤔 That pretty much explains it...

[@xenon8117]

Our bin is at the front door but we have to put it at the end of the road for collection which is a couple hundred metres. We put a mark on the bins with the first letter of the house and now they look very racist the three of them lined up.

[@rileymitchell2550]

2:50 her camera roll being all pictures of the cats is so Kayla I wouldn’t expect anything else haha I love it

[@AstronomicalJelly]

that's just the average cat owner behavior tbh

[@gaslight.mp3]

fr if not for my cat id have no pictuees

[@daevastafford]

During her twitch streams when they were lottle babies 🤞💕 literally the best, miss those daily pictures.

[@tetepirselova6367]

Now i want to see Dan build a typical UK house in the Sims lol. I have only seen the insides of houses meant for students in the UK (lived there for uni). And the one thing I’m missing apart from the kettle is the carpet in every single room including the bathroom 😅

[@charleyjames8045]

Oh yeah carpet in the bathroom is a real issue

[@RosinaEmilyW]

@@charleyjames8045 generally being quickly phased out. However, oddly, the thing that got me was the arched front doors. No builder past the 1920s is going to bother with curved wood if they can make a decent door without it.

[@CozySimsMama]

oh god yeah, when we first moved in (my grandma's house) there was carpet in the KITCHEN AND BATHROOM. ugh. only remaining carpet is our bedroom

[@gcxjo]

What I'm getting from this is that Dans family have fully renovated their terraced house, cause they do not usually have those fancy floating toilets or fancy kitchens with dishwashers. The kitchens are usually "galley" kitchens.

[@rachelturner5837]

This was my thoughts too lol

[@destinyc7801]

Was just about to say this I’ve never seen a floating toilet or sink living here my entire life and I’ve been in a house that cost more than £2M before, that’s a very specific aesthetic, I’ve seen more of those ones with the high up tank and long chain than tankless ones.

[@DrewBernstein]

I haven't seen them quite floating but the toilet tank being in the wall is definitely more common here. Even my shitty cheap flat has that

[@Frankenzebra]

​​@@destinyc7801My 2012 built flat has floating, they look nice but there's more to go wrong so probably better off keeping the old style toilets really 😅 The floating sink is good to be able to put the cats litter tray under though!

[@trendybytyana2146]

I’m living in the UK for a while and I think you did very well, considering it’s the Sims. I would have add two different colour bins at the back, radiators by the windows and a kettle in the kitchen. I love the fact that you put a washing machine in the kitchen and a fireplace in the living room (even most of the fireplaces in houses aren’t in use)). At some point you were concerned about the bathroom being too close from the kitchen, and that’s where they actually are in the Northeast England.

[@envymordecai4429]

Something I love learning about is the different architectural designs based on where they are. For instance the reason why you don’t see a whole lot of brick buildings in Florida is because the brick would most likely be too heavy for the wet swamplands to uphold! I grew up in Ontario, where the houses were all brick to keep them more anchored during tornados. Now I’m in British Columbia and they’re made of wood so they bend and sway with earthquakes and hurricanes. Scared the absolute life out of me as a kid my first major storm over here.

[@ganapatikamesh]

I’ve lived in two different parts of the US state of Oklahoma and there’s differences in designs. In the part I grew up it’s the plains area so not a lot of trees, but there’s plenty of red dirt clay which is used to make bricks. So a lot of the popular designs for buildings and houses throughout the various decades uses this red dirt clay brick in it. When I moved further south and east in the state, it’s very forested and so a lot of the houses and buildings use wood in the designs . Like I had family I remember visiting that lived over in that part in a big house on some land and I thought as a kid that they were just showing off they had money by having a wood house with wood architectural features, but then living in a suburb of the big city there and seeing it everywhere made me realize the family I thought was showing off their money was actually just blending in! I have family in Florida, California, Arizona, Colorado, Kentucky, Washington state, New Hampshire, etc, etc and it’s really interesting how diverse the commonly built types of houses, apartments, etc are in places. I do enjoy watching simmers who make videos do so of designs from where they live. I watched a video a few months ago of a simmer from Cyprus remaking a typical house there based on the one he grew up in and likewise saw a video from a simmer in Poland who made one based on her grandparents’ house.

[@delphibear]

lol i feel the exact same way! i also grew up in ontario but i moved to nova scotia-- experiencing a hurricane for the first time in an apartment building was next level terrifying! what a coincidence to find you in this comment section :)

[@ashcooper9423]

Also brick is better for colder weather for better insulation!

[@DizzyBusy]

​​@@ashcooper9423These houses in Europe tend to have multiple layers of insulation around the brick skeleton. You're absolutely correct, the game is always to retain heat and lower heating costs 😂

[@buritters]

That’s funny that you mention that about brick for tornados. I live in the Midwest and we all have wood houses here for that reasons. Less damage when tornadoes do happen.

[@PleaseApplaud]

Some of it is right, but I find that almost all houses in the UK (at least those built more than about 30 years ago) stick to the idea that the floor plan off the ground floor and upstairs should be almost the same, so the downstairs walls can hold up the upstairs walls. In this type of house, your bay window lounge is probably directly under a primary bedroom of exactly the same size, for instance. Second bedroom is often above the dining room. Kitchen usually goes directly behind the stairs usually, probably with bathroom above for plumbing (depending on the age of the house and original intent - older small homes originally meant for lower income families might only have downstairs bathrooms if that aspect hasn't been renovated, because many people tacked bathrooms onto the back of the kitchen as indoor toilets became a thing, if they didn't have the funds or space to pay to have one put in upstairs).

[@anatohatan1933]

its funny, my house is like this too, but i never realise these things so i never building like this in the sims… i might give it a try though lol

[@sirgaykrovos]

okay yeah- but I agree, these kind of British houses are actually really pretty idk it just gives such a unique homey vibe?? can't explain it well

[@DizzyBusy]

It's so cool that you think that! To me it looks very middle class. You just know your neighbour is judging your lawn and you'll have a dispute about that pear tree branch that crossed the border, lol

[@Eventide215]

I think a lot of times with British houses it's just like she built with the interior. They're cramped because they're trying to maximize the usage of space wherever possible. So it can give of a bit of a cozy homey vibe but it can very quickly turn into claustrophobic mess too lol. Like in real life a smaller well-used space generally feels better to be in but the second it starts to get messy it's a pain..

[@aIwoods]

youd love the show ackley bridge! the “main” character had a big family and only a two bedroom council house, so they turned the living room into a bedroom for her grandmother, which always stayed closed, and made the small dining area in their kitchen into a tiny sitting room. this happens a lot in the uk and ireland, but they even put a bedroom for the main chara in the attic! the same thing with a renovated attic room happens in derry girls

[@Smitchh1]

im british and the reference house you picked is EVERYWHERE and i dont like them but i love how some americans r so fascinated by them-

[@zombiiebonezz]

@@Smitchh1 I think it’s more that she finds them really beautiful and interesting like how other countries might be mesmerized by our colonial homes in america

[@Smitchh1]

@@zombiiebonezz 👍

[@sunnflare]

Honestly America is just a blur of copy-paste beige neighborhoods that barely differ, and these are pretty because to me bc they’re interesting 😭 it’s like moving out of the sad beige mom’s house lol

[@kiyasthriftycrafts]

My fiance’ is from Pennsylvania and I’m obsessed with the architecture styles up there and he is simply not a fan 😂😂

[@boilingsoda]

As an American I can confirm I am not fascinated by these houses lol. They’re pretty normal looking to me, but I live in the Midwest and Kayla lives in Florida, very different architecture

[@carolinecaddelmore5108]

The big long hallway on the first floor is actually pretty realistic. Where I live, a lot of apartments (albeit nowadays the floorplans changed) have this structure. You access each room of the house through an hallway that extends from the entrance alllll the way to the opposite wall.

[@wyyandere]

as a british person, i feel like i’ve walked past each of the example houses you’ve shown everyday of my life

[@Rainey-69]

Henford on Bagley having bad lighting is so fitting for this depressing country 😭

[@princessjellyfish98]

I'd like to see Dan's reaction to this house

[@leah_025]

i love the look of semi detached houses but the problem is that you can hear most things. like we had a young couple as neighbours a few years ago and they argued non stop…ngl it was quite entertaining tbh lmao 💀

[@sirgaykrovos]

yeah free entertainment lmao (except at night 💀)

[@discogoblin]

I’ve got a similar situation, but they’re kids. I get that wee ones are gonna be loud and cry, but the kinds next door to me are THEE MOST miserable children I have ever known; I’ve never once heard them laugh or play. All they do is scream and cry, all day and all night 🫠

[@KatelynxXxAngel]

​@@discogoblin i have those kinds of kids, i'm trying i swear! They're just little demons 😂

[@Frankenzebra]

But it's what makes your neighbour moving so exciting! /S

[@annathxm]

Kayla I am British and when my mum was originally looking to move house, we went around Christmas time so she could see the houses with their trees up and if they had a bay window for her tree or not 😂😂

[@sunny_xiao]

As a british person you NAILED the vibe in everything expect the computer in the hallway- from my experience we would just have a thick family laptop which we carry around rooms as we need to. But everything else was spot on!

[@blueocean43]

There's a couple of things I'd change to give the really british vibe, like the kitchen counters. I had a look through the packs I have, and the closest I can find is the Tall Order Vintage Counter set, but the colours aren't right. I've also seen something more like the parenthood counters, but the upper cabinets are wrong somehow. The kids rooms look spot on though! I'm pretty sure all of my friends had rooms just like that, lol.

[@sunny_xiao]

@@blueocean43 I see what you mean actually yeah! I have wooden counters and cabinets in my house but I think i’ve seen people with counters like the ones in the video in other houses - never payed attention to cabinets!

[@4231]

Or you would turn the box room into an office

[@CustardCream22]

I've seen a computer in the hallway before

[@GuavaMarshmellow]

Mine used to be a big, chunky computer in the living room which was on a really low table for some reason? Maybe it was held up by boxes.. idk. But anyway we sat on bean bags instead of chairs because of the height. (I think it's because the cables didn't stretch far enough for it to be that high up?? The socket wasn't that close.)

[@justanobody864]

Kayla is traveling and Sims did not release new stuff right now? Strange!

[@kaydenk4111]

shh don't jinx it

[@pleaseenteraname4332]

As a British person the title of this video gave me whiplash

[@Magpie_Media]

You also getting the "Something doesn't feel quite right" vibe?

[@mwahha6965]

Fr I feel like the 1930s suburban house had a baby with a cottage :/

[@ystacalden]

The big downstairs bathroom was the biggest "Oh no" for me. Either the full bathroom is in an addition at the back of the house while the house has only bedrooms upstairs, the downstairs has a tiny powder room while upstairs has a full bathroom that maybe replaced a bedroom, or its a new build that still wouldn't have a downstairs bathroom like that, more like a combination powder/laundry room

[@mwahha6965]

@@Magpie_Media yep the layout downstairs is off fr and Spanish rooftiles

[@aislingm8036]

Did all of you guys skip through the disclaimer at the start

[@yasaminwhy8212]

Why do we have so many of those houses though 😂 I saw that first picture and was like "oh I think that's Birmingham! No actually that could be Reading- maybe Worcester- oh who am I kidding that could be literally anywhere"

[@Lady_Sleepless]

Honestly as a british person the most unbelievable thing is having 2 bathrooms in a house. This house seems very upper middle class.

[@KatelynxXxAngel]

True, I gave up a bedroom for a family bathroom because my tiny downstairs loo was so pokey

[@haetokki4784]

i live in a poverty stricken council estate and i have an upstairs bathroom and a downstairs toilet 🤷

[@charleyjames8045]

I have an upstairs bathroom but my downstairs toilet is literally a cupboard

[@bethany8315]

Lots of these kinds of houses are that red-ish brick with the kinda bergende windows/doors. Also usually have a really weird conservatory on the back. Also carpet in every living room. Oh and don’t forget the washing machine in the kitchen and the washing line out the window 😂 Edit: Oh, and the cupboard with about 9749368648357 shopping bags within 😂

[@lilacpenguin5329]

2:15 hey! unrelated, ive bought second hand clothes from this company about a year ago. i got two office outfits for under twenty five from here and it was nice! :D the options were cool and it was easy. they also send coupons in the mail occasionally, too.

[@Maya-fn4zy]

im english and seeing the title made me so happy (also love your vids)💗💗💗💗💗(just a tip in england everyone has different coloured doors)

[@Jockles]

love how you got the decor vibe bang on, and the layout made me insane. I s2g every british semi/terraced house has one of like 3 layouts and I didn't even realise how fundamental that was to my feeling about british housing until you didn't use one 😹

[@mariacasolari]

simsie, you should try builting a traditional 70's brazilian house. they are so different and so cute! or a colonial one, they are pretty cool too

[@Ori41078]

Almost all the houses have different coloured doors (I'm british)!!!I love ur vids

[@davidmorris8333]

Front living room one tile shorter, take the shower out of the downstairs bathroom and make it a 2 x 2, with the extra space to the kitchen. Also, instead of a window, British homes commonly have a door to the back garden in the kitchen. Upstairs the master bedroom would be perfect with an ensuite shower, and then the bathroom with a bath. As for the overall look of it though, I pass a dozen houses like this on my way to work, so good job!

[@cryingwatercolours]

14:23 lol this is funny. yes we have stacked washer dryers. my aunt has one in her downstairs bathroom, it’s literally an L shaped box with the washer, dryer and sink on one wall and the toilet in a little nook

[@bibebbu]

The back door would most likely be in the kitchen, but you did really good!

[@Jojo-om7uy]

Love when simsie deviates from her normal builds :)

[@gwenowens6727]

I live in the UK and have played SIMS since the beginning. I’ve made endless versions of the houses I’ve lived in and the biggest issue is the sizing of the Sims basic measurement of building and interior fixtures - far too big for UK houses. So whatever I’ve built ends up far too oversized for a UK home but I’ve had lots of fun in the process. I’d love a pack tailored to the UK because it has to said Henford on Bagley is not representative of an English village, far too ordered, needs to be more higgledy piggledy. Love the channel ❤️

[@cesarionoexisto2848]

you definitely get washing machines and dryers stacked in the uk - my childhood home built in the 1950s had a small room (1 tile room basically) that was just for a stacked washing machine and dryer

[@stormcollider5298]

As a Brit myself... the houses are kinda naff. Im in an older house on the corner of a semi detached so huge back garden but tiny front, yay! And the kitchen is tiny, no space for a dining table but we have a coal house + downstairs toilet + porch, its a right mix. Can't say I have ever build a British house while playing the sims that arn't victorian manor style. The house does look like your typical houses here atleast lol other than the fact that not all houses have the bay-type windows

[@kaydenk4111]

imma need a British to american translation on the word naff

[@Kelslay]

@@kaydenk4111 I may not be British but google told me naff is British slang for “tacky or unfashionable”

[@KatelynxXxAngel]

​@@kaydenk4111 as a brit, I can confirm in this context 'naff' means 'a bit shit' 🤣

[@sconei]

@@kaydenk4111 it means cr*ppy, or maybe tacky but in a boring way, sort of like poor quality/unfashionable/not up to standards. My mum would use it mostly to describe her interior or fashion choices “I’m not sure if this looks a bit naff?” After buying a new furniture or something. Younger (I’m millennial) people don’t really use it as far as I’m aware. Hope that helps

[@ShaShe2371]

Anyone else read this in a British accent? Or was it just me?

[@kahayler]

The way Kayla said "oh a kitchen scale!" (15:33) was just so beyond excited, it tickled my brain and made me giddy about a kitchen scale

[@amelieg246]

This was pretty decent, but just to reiterate what others have said, it's very unlikely to have a downstairs bathroom. Just a small WC, toilet and sink only

[@craftyyounglady]

Tip if you use debug during a build and need more of an item... save a room to the gallery and download as many items as needeed.

[@potatoryaan]

18:49 those wood carved decorations always change for me when I put them down too😭 it's so annoying cause they change into different things so it's not like the swans always become birds sometimes they just become a horse like so frustrating

[@SedraKotova-wb9ib]

Whoa, this was insane! Do more like this!

[@princessjellyfish98]

I was hoping she'd put a steamboat on the mantle 😔

[@Extinct-Lizard]

I might download this as the shell of my next legacy house but change about the inside to fit the sims that will move in. Plus next door I could move in last Gen.

[@Kin0006]

Simsie building some kinda of townhouse build is my favorite content to watch frrrrr

[@anyawillowfan]

My only real issue with this is the colour of the roof. I don't know if it's because of the lighting, but generally tiled roofs are more of a dark terracotta vibe. And for those of you wondering, in Britain non tiled roofs are likely to be thatched, though this is only really common in older rural builds (and not particularly common as they are replaced with tile if there are any issues).

[@Stayville_Clown]

0:48 I’m German, living in Germany and I live in a house sort of like that 😂

[@vevissek9856]

@@Stayville_Clown I love German houses honestly 🥹 my boyfriend is German and when I was visiting him for the first time, I was amazed

[@beabzz_]

its so interesting that you're fascinated by this as a british person! its so normal here

[@JosiahDePhoenix]

As a Brit, I think you did a really good job. They look a lot like the houses in my neighbour.

[@saffronhaylett]

Fun fact, the colour of the brick on older homes would be location based on where it could be sourced. So, some bricks are red, orange, brown etc. where I'm from a lot of homes have flint covering the front of the house, this was considered a sign of wealth.

[@catisyellen9877]

That’s the nicest duplex I’ve ever seen. I wish the one I live in looked half as good. 😭

[@sirgaykrovos]

wow the thread up new search engines are so cool!! I wish more sites were like that

[@GuavaMarshmellow]

Bathrooms are either very small, or unusually large because they used to be other rooms that were converted into bathrooms (above the kitchen) after the toilet was moved from outside in a shed to inside.

[@rockbandny]

High school years have great windows for British council houses. And the home chef hustle counters are so British.

[@Soladat]

I love your live build videos, especially when you try different styles!

[@maggie4028]

I love this house so much! These kinds of builds are so fun because they feel so real and familiar so they're fun to decorate!

[@Alice_ingamerland]

I love seeing British houses represented in the sims, I'm honestly so impressed with how it looks and you did such a realistic job of the inside of the house

[@frankiem2402]

25:37 thank you for the apologies

[@erinparkinson712]

This was a perfect example of a classic British house, however the bikes in the front garden would probably get robbed😭😂❤️

[@deltapoeta]

I love seeing folks build "realistic" (quotations because it can only be so realistic in the sims 4) inspired by other cultures/places in the world!! This was so fun to watch!!!

[@aIwoods]

kayla talking about the “new builds” at 1:11 is so funny 😭 those are DEFINITELY from the 50’s

[@murielnally3740]

Yup, that's a pretty good representation of a British semi-detached house. Small rooms & all shut off from one another. That's what I remember from growing up in the UK as a child. The only thing that didn't feel quite right to me was having a shower rather than a bath. When I grew up houses only had a bath, although towards the end of my time there (I emigrated to Australia in 1987) a few enlightened families had a bath/shower combination.

[@apologyygirll91]

i feel so represented

[@notc4it]

this video was especially fun to watch as a brit, the reference pics made me laugh bc they just reminded me of houses i've seen near me 😭 aside from the lack of kettle in the kitchen, this build was amazing kayla! i smiled extra hard when you added a fireplace in the dining room as well as the living room, my grandma used to have the same in her house ❤

[@GladysGordon-zq1wr]

U make great vids, appreciate ur work!

[@isabelamartins8343]

omgg i love lilsimsie style of clothes, and that tote bag is SO CUTE

[@ElsaStead-ib7bf]

Love the colour scheme and how you Americans love our houses so much ❤️. Kitchens usually go at the back and bathrooms at the front but other than that I think you did a great job!

[@arpilclark1]

I live in one of these houses and there's quite a specific layout, the upstairs is realistic and the downstairs would be good if it's extended but it wouldn't be mirrored in each house

[@issa4839]

Fun fact actually, about designing a whole house around where the Christmas tree goes; my grandma did that, when we were rebuilding/renovating our old house. She specifically said "I need a tower so that I can put the tree in it", and our contractor gave her two for symmetry lmao

[@T55-zb6de]

“everybody in the UK loves that stuff”(football) lol also the build being a deathtrap after adding one telescope is such a out of context moment

[@megandoesmusic5593]

I love this!!!! As a British person, I think it is really realistic, looks a lot like my house. Only thing i would add would be a kettle in the kitchen but it looks great!!!

[@tyjoisdunwithjish]

I was honestly thinking about simsie doing a build like this the other day

[@Planetbluevideos]

My British house has a washing machine and a dryer in the kitchen. Opposite each other. Plus, I've never seen a sink and toilet like that 😂

[@FreyrDoors]

WOAH im so excited for this, wanna see how realistic it is!

[@SupernaturalBaby08]

Kayla placing a window and immediately going "I HATE that window" is very funny to me

[@SmoshBaby2468]

I know kayla was joking and i appreciate the joke but hearing "everybody over there loves that stuff" in reference to football. As a brit who strongly dislikes football it made me cringe 🤣 but thats just a me thing. I know im in the minority of brits. Kayla is right though, your common brit will go die hard for the footy 😌

[@leereeves3921]

You missed one of the vital details of any British house, the radiator in the most useless places 😂 like behind the front door, under the windows, or in the case of my mum house were you would actually put a bed 😅.

[@Stinemma]

I know it doesn't matter in the sims, but in real life, at least in Denmark where I'm from, it's often preferred to have the living room in the southern direction, and I think it's often in the back of the house 😊 So whenever the lighting seems "bad", I usually build my house with the living room in the afternoon sun 😊 (It's so difficult to describe in English, but I hope it makes sense 😅)

[@katherinel8661]

I love the utility and simple charm of British homes like this. The designs are so clean and functional. Things just make sense.

[@dianemariemiller]

I would love to see more like this!

[@bappupup]

the houses being mirrored is totally correct - im british and i had a friend who lived in a semi-detached and her neighbour invited me inside when i arrived before she finished work once to wait for her and it was so odd since the entire house was like her layout but flipped 😭 also idk about others but in my house the washing machine is in the downstairs bathroom, not the kitchen also i have never seen a toilet or a sink in a british home like the ones she used hehe

[@GuavaMarshmellow]

I've never seen a floating toilet lol, they all look the same as the plain base game one. Also two bathrooms is very uncommon. There needs to be radiators like everywhere lol, but I'll stop nitpicking because everyone's experience is different and you did great

[@sybrenkruijf8570]

Wow i never saw so many people complaining about how simsie build a house from a eu country. She even said she's not a expert.

[@alicebthegachaweirdo8378]

I’m really tired right now, it’s 9:03 pm in my time zone, but I’m still going to watch this video.

[@bevvystephenson9504]

As a brit love this and don't worry about where the computer goes I live in a little terraced home and mine is in the cupboard under the stairs very cosy

[@roguesmile1491]

About computer desks in hallways, when I was a kid I had 2 friends whose family's computer desks where almost directly opposite the front door with the path to the kitchen on one side and the living room on the other. If you don't have a dedicated space then you put essentials where they fit.

[@ashcooper9423]

Radiators and window sills wouldve really captured the britishness of our homes tbh, but i think you did really well in the end!

[@amandaewoldt8205]

I love this. It's a potential idea for a future build. Maybe we should try to build a (wheelchair) accessible home, just thinking about open spaces. I know it wouldn't be practical for gameplay but it could be a fun challenge.

[@lanejohngordon]

i fully had a built in desk space in my childhood home under the stairs so youre spot on with that tbh

[@izziev2550]

i love ur hair kayla 🫶🏻💕

[@kellycann7647]

Love this as a fellow UK follower x

[@lolacza]

What a timing! The episode worked great for me cause rn I’m spending my summer there😍 great depiction

[@vanillalocky]

Curious to see your vision of a british house 😊 And yes, I am a brit. And yes, I DO have a cup of tea next to me while i watch this 😂 Edit: OK, 13/10 simply because you put the washing machine in the kitchen, where it belongs!

[@maggietopp6475]

First of all YAY THIS VIDEO EXISTS but second of all for your washer dryer problem, in my house we have the washing machine in the kitchen and the dryer in the garage downstairs.

[@amoraromero8430]

one of my favorites ,,,, something about it im so obsessed

[@aliendxde]

can you do realistic german houses?

[@nixi-bixi]

What kind of realistic German house? Location varies the type significantly, then add in historical houses that survived being bombed to shite (very few) Vs post war rebuilding of not particularly aesthetic apartments & houses. Or like my uncles who live in the countryside of NRW yet have modern, self built homes that neither have actually fully finished despite decades having past and being retired.

[@aliendxde]

@@nixi-bixi just whichever houses she likes the best

[@someonesomewhere7150]

​​@@nixi-bixiMost historical German builds are not really reproducible in the Sims (at least those from Gotik, Renaissance, Barock, Classicisme, Jugendstil and so on) because of the ornaments which are pretty essential :(. Some Fachwerk is possible but yeah I think it's pretty difficult to build good old German buildings (besides the most "boring" or post-war ones)