Building FUNCTIONAL APARTMENTS in The Sims 4: For Rent

[@Luna_Kobold]

the amount of times we all complain to EA about swatch colours not matching, i'm surprised EA didnt just decide a specific pallet for this game and stick to it to make sure everything fit

[@sirgaykrovos]

that would take consistency and effort; EA doesn't do that anymore

[@sky-ms3eb]

@@sirgaykrovosso it’s easier to make completely new swatches for every single item?

[@sirgaykrovos]

@@sky-ms3eb nope, but that's EA for ya,,, they don't make sense at the best of times 🤦‍♂

[@Eventide215]

Yeah no idea why they haven't just made certain colorways you have to stick to. There can be outliers but *everything* should have the same colorways by default. If modders can do it, EA can do it. It's just nobody really cares. You all complain about it but yet you'll go buy the pack. It's why EA just doesn't care really. The only reason I think we've gotten so many good packs lately, with content that people have wanted for years, is because now there's other life sim games on the horizon.

[@nedrane297]

@@sirgaykrovosdid they ever? Basegame didn't have consistency and effort. My opinion? Higher-ups in EA didn't understand The Sims franchise so left it to the sims team because they were already doing a decent job and making them money when they took it over. Then they started seeing how much money was being made and started putting in limitation and dictating things for the smaller sims games like the mobile games and that failed facebook game leading to Sims 4 (though to an extent Sims 3) which is when it all went downhill.

[@stephraphaela]

As a south east asian, i just want to tell simsie that these style of houses usually have a higher ceiling IRL. The fence and windows will look better and make more sense if you increase the ceiling space.

[@Hamstorian]

Yes! i Grew up in South East Asia, Mainly (Taiwan, the Phillipines and later Japan) this was Really Fun to Watch and the For Rent pack is One of my Favorites, as i've seen, I Wish to Get the DLC very Soon!

[@blue---monday]

true. its so jarring looking at this house, legit looks straight out of my indonesian neighborhood in jakarta lmao

[@dindanaeva]

@@blue---monday REAL

[@simply_aestheticss]

Stanley Humphrey is going to be the craziest landlord ever 😂

[@Ruby_Rosepetals]

I can just see a tenant wonder why the hotdog suit

[@VAL_KHA.SER_SAN.NACHAEV]

I can imagine him giving everyone no walls

[@ahhgeez]

i can't wait to watch stanley's next get rich quick scheme

[@cindypinewood5986]

I WAS GONNA SAY

[@greenguy8612]

After Jim Pickens

[@hibiscuspetals02]

I'm obsessed with the warm yellow/honey colors in the first unit, it's a shame Kayla second guesses herself so much

[@Eventide215]

She has a problem of thinking EVERYTHING needs to match or it looks weird.. Not everything has to be an exact match. It looks better in my opinion when there's a few things here and there that don't match. Looks more realistic and like it's lived in rather than a perfect model home.

[@ginasndergaard2709]

@@Eventide215yees, honestly one of my favourite parts about building and decorating in the sims is the fact that you can do wild shit u wouldn’t do in real life. maybe it doesn’t match or maybe it’s “too much” but isn’t that at least half the fun?

[@Eventide215]

@@ginasndergaard2709I see it quite the opposite really. In real life who has a perfect set of matching furniture? Where EVERYTHING in the house matches with things. Like who matches their bedspread to the downstairs wallpaper? I can see the draw towards doing it on the Sims because you see a top down view of each room at all times unlike real life - obviously - but the issue is it also becomes a bit boring to the eye. After a while things just kind of blend together because everything's so matched. The best part of this build in my opinion was the exterior because of how it doesn't match but works well together. Not matching but complimentary.

[@ginasndergaard2709]

@@Eventide215 yeah i might’ve worded it wrong, but i absolutely meant to agree with you! i think the best part of the sims is that things don’t have to match cause it’s not real anyway, and it also looks more realistic when things are mismatched

[@bethl7399]

100% agree. I think things are coming together nicely and then she'll get upset its not 100% matching and scrapes it all.

[@sparrow2823]

I kinda suspect that releasing 3 expansion packs this year, and this being SUCH a gamechanger in terms of the actual features, they just didn't have time to make a good large world and chose "good" over "large" (currently watching like every For Rent build video I can find, I *love* building apartments in the sims so this is gonna be great for me, but it does seem like it should have a 3rd neighborhood)

[@xvicttorxx]

¿Bueno o bonito? Bueno es Monte Komorebi que tiene gameplay este es muy malo.

[@durdleduc8520]

i'm really not a fan of EA, but i can tell that either they're pushing for more DLC content for the Sims, or the dev team was really pushing to get more stuff done. either way, i'm extremely impressed by what the Sims 4 team accomplished this year. it's honestly kind of crazy. it's just really sad knowing that this expansive game is being helmed by one of the most notorious game companies in the industry.

[@Simbecile]

I'm going to go wild in Newcrest. I might demolish Magnolia Promenade and make it all apartments.

[@maddieinglis4138]

@@Simbecilethat would be awesome, you could make the bottom floor of the buildings shared space shopfronts to fit in with the vibe of the world

[@beentheredonethat30]

​@@durdleduc8520Kayla said a couple of times that she thinks covid might have delayed a bunch of their projects so it pretty much came out all at the same time and I think it would make sense!

[@Vy-vg3if]

EA did a great job with making it feel like Southeast Asia!! The tall skinny tube houses and the family restaurant plastic stools are so accurate loool

[@lourencovieira5424]

kinda sucks that its all fake and its going to be pretty empty, i honestly wished the world was just more compact with all the buildable lots in the city neighbourhood close together

[@christopherhuang9501]

I grew up in Singapore and this is hitting all my nostalgia buttons!

[@clairemccaff]

Being Thai and based here I would say I'm slightly disappointed :( They hit all typical tourist symbols like spirit houses and tuktuks, but the world is everywhere and nowhere in SEA + its Phuket like 10+ years ago lol If EA's going to be specific with a culture then it should be true to it, also not for the tiger sanctuary - they sedate those tigers with K and it shouldn't be promoted. Overall, it's almost there and I appreciate the effort but one Asian American rapper is not going to be able to consult EA on SEA culture.

[@svideos5754]

Real disappointed that it’s not even a dining chair so you can’t use it in a functional restaurant. It’s a armchair

[@beentheredonethat30]

​@svideos5754 omg really? I didn't know this! That's really disappointing, when I saw it in the trailer, I thought it would make the perfect outdoor dining chair! Well, I guess not🤷🏽‍♀️

[@AxHost]

As a Malaysian, this pack and your build actually nails what most of our homes would look like especially the terraced houses. Just vibrant colours and mixed and matched furniture. Although we typically don't have open-layout houses and our kitchen and dining are separate from our living room. Still it's an amazing build!

[@ladyteruki]

Once you have access to all your packs, this EP will go SO WELL with the Tiny Living SP...

[@katechenault4808]

assuming that having two units that are 25 tiles count as two separate "micro" homes as opposed to one "tiny" home that's 50 tiles

[@emilyprice178]

@@katechenault4808 I don't think you'll be able to have units and tiny homes on the same lot (in terms of it actually functioning as a tiny home in game), because "Residential Rental" and "Tiny Home Residential" are both lot types, and you can only have 1 lot type assigned at a time. But the furniture that came with the Tiny Living SP, like the murphy bed, will be useful in apartment builds.

[@ladyteruki]

@@emilyprice178 Absolutely, this is what I meant :)

[@lisab301]

I was thinking it would be like appartments?

[@inerciasart]

That new plastic chair makes me more excited than it should 😭

[@nin_ri]

OMG I’VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT and surprised no one has mentioned it 😭😭

[@yomiyuarts]

I LOVE THAT MONOBLOCK CHAIR SO MUCH, and in the pre order stuff, there was a micromatic umbrella aswell 🥲🥲🥲 I literally have the chair in my apartment right now 😭😭😭😭😭

[@pathetic2399]

Same. Can’t wait to put them in a garden

[@hfjireh]

it’s a universal experience

[@beentheredonethat30]

But you can't clip it to a table apparently!! I thought you could use it with an outside table but no:(

[@Hiro_Trevelyan]

I can't wait for her to build a thousand flats just because she can, I live for this. I'd love to see her build an entire "high-mid density" Newcrest.

[@junezchan]

This is just fun fact about Asia townhouse. The Kitchen area Always stay at the back of the house because the process of making food produce lots of smoke and the smell of spice can be so strong. We don’t want to stick up the whole house for the guests 😅. So in this one Kayla’s layout is accurate and is so satisfying to watch ❤. However if the parents catch kids drawing marble circle on the tiles, they are surely going to get punished 😂.

[@JosieMae2]

19:16 Remember kids Wedding Stories had the "not final software" disclaimer too & it was definitely the software they shipped at launch. She's playing with the final software.

[@fruity4820]

About the bugs in live mode, yeah I don't think it's going to be fixed, but with things in build/buy like the wall paper lag, I reckon they will solve it eventually. I wonder if the lag can be helped by building the entire build as a normal resedential and setting up the units only when you are done.

[@brookeclair0209]

Especially when you take into account that there are a couple new townies just floating in the void, there should have been more rental lots to place them in! And the larger empty lot easily could have been another community lot.

[@r.i.pmydog7723]

I agree that the world needs more lots and should be bigger but like complaining about empty lots is juts moronic. Just place a building there if you want a building there it’s almost that is a feature of the game

[@marleythewizard]

​@r.i.pmydog7723 I agree, if there weren't any empty lots, that would be a complaint from the builders. The base game doesn't have that many great public lots...

[@tsudeno]

south east asian here, i pre-ordered this set just because im from SEA, and im kind of surprised how close you did the floorplan and furnished this lot to real life.

[@deathbysnusnu8303]

She admitted in a video before that she often uses references of real life houses when designing her builds, so it's not too surprising if she had reference pictures to look at while creating.

[@kit7195]

16:41 i love the picture of a plant right over the plant, its his family photo

[@maddieo333]

That made me laugh way more than I thought it would lol

[@finixfire8323]

Seeing this build is so nostalgic. I grew up having these shophouses lined up in the cultural/historical areas of Singapore. And they're so nice to have as an addition to the high-rise buildings

[@wow2926]

I'm curious to know how residential rentals will look on the gallery- will it be like normal or will it show the cost of individual units as well?

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

It’ll proably show whole building cost as a residential rental is a buyable venue like a restaurant or vet clinic and the sim buying the whole building still would need total cost of the whole building like any other business. In game you will proably get unit cost.

[@wtersign]

I know it has nothing to do with the video but i'm kinda loving simsie's sweater... I think it's like little sheep and it's such a nice green colour!! wish I knew where it was from!

[@bheanejsaemvionts]

I found a similar one it is blue tho and £100=$120 It is from pacharama An other one from liliangrenenough that one is £260 = $330 It is green tho

[@katechenault4808]

@@bheanejsaemvionts I know she shops from threadup sometimes, wouldn't surprise me if she found it there!

[@SimsLegacy5083]

Cute! You never use the card table, by contrast I put them EVERYWHERE. With Growing Together and Get Together its so versatile and it also builds the logic skill (Not 100% about Don't Wake The Llama but the other 3 absolutely do).

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

I love games tables in Sims. Especially in backyards and patios. As sims will sometimes go all the way out to the patio instead of dinning table to eat. If it’s a games table, they will only go to it for fun.

[@selkiefluff]

I can't get over how the palm leaf rug in this pack, in particular the tan and light green swatch, looks EXACTLY like my bedroom rug 🤣

[@EmmaPersil]

A thing that doesn't make sense to me it's that in a pack where the central feature it's being able to build multiple units in a single lot, most of the lots are sized like they belong to Tiny Living.

[@kellysueballard7654]

I think EA was more thinking that we would build up, not spread out, individual building that most of us plan on doing.

[@sky-ms3eb]

i wish they would do another base game update or even a kit with some basic realistic furniture and plumbing. i find that most things in this game are either modern or just plain strange looking. i need some basic things :(

[@peridotrivers]

The starter home is probably in the world due to cost. You can move in on a new save with the starter money, make one bedroom a rental unit, live in the second (if it has one, if not split the one into two smaller ones), and designate the rest of the house as common areas. Once you get more money, you can expand or purchase another one.

[@NatyMV2011]

Hi Kayla! Im a architect from brazil that loves thai culture and i think a good way to learn about the layout and design of thai homes is watching thai series, i love bls, so i really recommend watching moonlight chicken or i told sunset about you, i got really fascinated with thai architecture and interior design watching both series

[@phosphenevision]

my 12% is the first thing I think about when I think of thai architecture because so much of the series is in the protagonist's homes cus they are neighbors and both their moms have shops on the first floor

[@NatyMV2011]

@@phosphenevision omg YES I really got into my 12% as well, its also a perfect example

[@libramoons]

do you have any other series you like? i’ve never watched any before! i looked up moonlight chicken and it seems cute :)

[@phosphenevision]

@@libramoons I'll butt in to say one of my favorite thai series is ghost host ghost house, it's kinda short and low budget but it's a really cute and well made story, the synopsis sounds scarier than it is hehe it's more funny and sweet than scary. it's available on KZbin too !

[@NatyMV2011]

@@libramoons i really recommend one that just started “last twilight”, and finished series that come to mind as well are bad buddy and until we meet again

[@lowotus]

some aspects of this pack really reminds me of the philippines. really gives me some nostalgia :')

[@wow2926]

This is all I have thought about for the last month. It has consumed my every waking moment

[@lovebunny2345]

just so surreal seeing simmers make southeast asian builds. this is pretty, kayla ❤

[@leilahamel6104]

The top left corner at 2:10 has town houses just like the ones you built! Pastel colors and little front yards

[@kaleaj]

Those fences and honestly some of the non playable builds remind me downtown Bahamas.. ESPECIALLY that fence; hope ea does a Caribbean inspired world

[@kaleaj]

All of the fences seem bahamas inspired bro I’m so tempted to buy it now

[@denellebalach1200]

i really loved this speed build and was crying internally for you when it crashed!!! I would love if you uploaded it to the gallery, i really want to play in this. thank you for making this video.

[@lindsayhartje6678]

The little yellow unit is so cute. Reminds me of my place when I lived in the Caribbean.

[@shiro-chan5476]

BIKE RAKS?! OMG I didn't know they come in this pack. we needed them for so long

[@abbitbunny]

13:07 As an asian, the squat toilet bowl next to a bath tub feels so wrong 😂😂😂 But it made my day to have a laugh ❤

[@elizabethannnaYT]

i’ve been super sick this week and your content is really getting me through it ❤

[@ethanbagg388]

This is genuinely a building that I would want to live in Edit: minus the mold 😭

[@almoose555]

Hey Lilsimsie Remember the world ranking video you can give Del Sol Valley apartments now! I think it is a great oppertunity!

[@gee472]

I LOVE the side table with the attached mirror... so excited for this pack to come out

[@DVAMEKAGK]

😭😭😭 omg I feel you. No matter how much you remember to save, you will still forget from time to time. Lol the build is great! So inspiring!

[@chloepryor1877]

i’d love to see a video where you attempt to use this pack to run a hotel! like making the leases short to pretend like it’s a 5 night stay or whatever…. i’d be curious to see if it worked out. love your videos!! ❤️

[@shegua]

i’m getting some retro spanish vibes from the first house

[@nikolarutkowska6611]

you kinda did not so berry move with the mint and red units next to eachother. im currently starting gen 2 and maybe i'll have them live in townhouses next to gen 1... so cute!

[@flaviuswestfall1718]

kayla: these units are going to be COMPLETELY DIFFERENT also kayla: *creates a carbon copy of the first unit with different colors*

[@Gerrly]

I personally don’t mind nine lots, considering you can build rental units anywhere in the world. Newcrest could be all apartment buildings. Or bulldoze Magnolia Promenade and use those huge lots.

[@marleythewizard]

Same. I have not seen many early access builds that utilizes rooftop and basement

[@mayak333]

I think a wet bathroom would look great with this pack! completely/mostly tiled and floor drain w/ cabinets for dry stuff :)

[@Sparkling34]

it does very much seem like they had a half finished southeast asian inspired game pack and a half finished apartment game pack and stuck them together with some ducktape.

[@dasatakacova5424]

I love word hopscotch it's so funny for me. Because in my language, "hop" is the sound for jumping and "scotch" is the verb for jumping. It's sound literally same.

[@Space-Milk]

I cannot express how happy I am about the ac units

[@beste0888]

heyyy i just wanted to say that we dont really use that floored toilets in the main bathroom with the shower (at middle east). we usually have a realllly small second bathroom with only that floor toilets and a little sink next to it(i think you call them powder rooms). its because we usually have crowded households and really need a toilet when someone is taking a shower at the main bathroom:D you prolly dont detailly know this and wanted to use the new pack and i get it but i just wanted to say it to be more realistic:) love the rest of the video! cant wait for you to play with this pack normally with the other packs!!

[@acebildz1253]

Thank you so much for this information! I love leaning culture specific details like this. This is actually so similar to many other areas of the world. I remember learning to specifically ask for the water closet in the UK, NOT the bathroom, because they could be two different things. Also, when Snowy Escape came out, the builders for that pack were advised to put the toilets in separate little rooms adjacent to the bathrooms. Anyway, thanks for the info. And yes, they are called powder rooms, or half baths.

[@bellab5145]

I really want this pack, don't know if I should just wait for the sale though! Not sure how much I'll use it tbh 😂

[@anniexx6645]

I saw its on sale already on cd keys!

[@bellab5145]

@anniexx6645 ooh really! Need to check

[@anniexx6645]

@bellab5145 i always buy my packs there (i live in the Netherlands) and its totally safe!

[@gwendolynrobinson3900]

Arguably, you should pretty much ALWAYS wait for the packs to go on sale 😂 or just get them from CD keys, I've had no problems with it so far 🤭

[@rjafitzgerald]

@@gwendolynrobinson3900 fully fully agree!!! The packs are almost never full price, even at release. I’ve used it for years and it is a legit store :)

[@karolinas.5679]

I love Kayla wanting to branch out and then going absolutely delulu and trying to use the purple couch

[@Hamstorian]

omg kayla, as somebody who grew up in south-east asia (taiwan, the phillipines, and later japan) this house looks really similar to mine, the layout and everything! the wood colour and all of that, it's so cool and nostalgic!! the only thing that's off is the squatty-potty lol we had a western one in our house(s)

[@aunni152]

the build will live in our memories 🥺🫶

[@mikkol3]

Love this pack! For inspiration I would suggest looking up pictures from Hoi An, my favorite city in Vietnam and would go well with this pack

[@sweetmusicwoman984]

I have been watching so much early access content and not sure if I’m getting this on release date or not. Kind of scared it will be broken like My Wedding Stories. Anyone else?

[@mistyv773]

Meeeeee lol

[@_Chantelle]

I'm more worried about Gameplay and the size of the world. I love apartments tho. Just not sure about paying $64 CAD for it. 😂

[@faelyynn]

Been watching so much of the content and it does seem bugged. Like Kayla n James have had multiple issues e.g. going between rental lots so I'm holding out for now

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

Nah, not worried, I want the feature of multi unit so much I broke my rule and pre-ordered (I literally never pre-order or even buy first day). i haven’t seen anything so severely bugged I’m disinterested. Especially since I see myself mostly playing tenant and not landlord.

[@marleythewizard]

I'm not worried at all, more worried for my old pc😅 I'm taking notes of all the early access mistakes

[@Dylan-xo9qx]

This is such a cute build!! You did a fantastic job.

[@louisev.r8614]

This pack does look promising even though the world is small. Its so pretty and I cant wait to live in the world and build with the cool new stuff!

[@Itskryztal]

FUNCTIONAL!! So exciting

[@hadeskore]

This build reminds me of the houses in my grandmother's neighborhood in the Philippines. The interiors also look like some houses I've lived in Thailand. Good job. Sul sul.

[@evas2499]

The queen has posted! EARLY!❤🎉

[@raymondchen5047]

Stairs facing the front door and a countertop. Definitely something you don't normally see in a regular southeast asian house I think. hahaha

[@gleefullybrutal]

I think some of the new stuff will go great with the stuff from decor to the max 😍

[@yourQweenbea]

I can't wait until this pack goes on sale. I love all of the new build and buy items.

[@Jay-kz4td]

kayla radiates such good vibes 🥹💗

[@marcorochat9475]

After playing for such a long time I am starting to wonder more and more about other new worlds, you already see houses you want to go to and once you move into that world you see plenty of open spaces but you are not even allowed to walk to them.

[@Nessabirdie]

I’d love if someone creates rental properties in each of the worlds. Like the college town would be cute or some of the other worlds.

[@anitaacda6900]

I loveeee the colours in this build 😍

[@maggie4028]

This is such a game changing pack!

[@Irisandstuff]

I love how simsie described this version of the game as ✨QUIRKY✨

[@megandenbow]

This is probably one of my favorite builds you’ve ever made!!

[@weareinantartica]

theory: the small number of lots is a) they were behind schedule on production so didnt have time to make lots and b) the feature was super laggy and four rentals was the literal max of lots they felt could fit in one save without lag

[@Anonymous-cq5dl]

Nooooo when it crashed… the build is so beautiful I was really looking forward to playing in it

[@SKathleen615]

Love struck and For Rent are my new favorite Sims 4 packs ☺️☺️

[@heatherjenkins1756]

Kayla- you are awesome at building! Thank you for sharing your talents.

[@deitrabess588]

26:30 "The gallery contains some amazing creations from your fellow simmers" Ok that was really shady EA ngl 😂😂😂

[@maddieo333]

Agshjijhbfg- I LOVE the color schemes here (especially the inside of the minty one)!! unrelated- but that green sweater really brings out the green in your eyes!

[@KeViNMCMXXCIX]

Those apartments are so nice!

[@XxTwilitexX]

I liked the rug with the first couch, it looked like the diamonds in the rug matched the couch and it worked!

[@RomneyRanjo]

i wish they would've made the fake buildings livable cause their exterior look so good

[@merlefi6162]

I can definitely see the Southeast Asian inspiration from the world design. The look and layout of the streets and buildings remind me of my city in the Philippines, it's a bit rural in my place cause we have lots of trees in my area, but we do have lots of buildings built close to each other, just like the layout of the buildings in the video.

[@chayanitc.1981]

I love the floor tiles. It’s so SEA 😂😂😂

[@kateberlyy]

As a South East Asian, her putting in the dishwasher in the kitchen was honestly amusing HAHA we don’t use dishwashers at all

[@AlyssaGarciaGSBB]

I cannot wait for this pack! Thanks for another great video!

[@mistresstia]

Saying that they couldn’t coordinate with Simmers should not be an excuse because they said we can prebuild before the pack came. They could’ve done it, if they wanted. We actually appreciate when Simmers who build on a regular basis make lots for us because they actually think about what is needed for the space - even with the limitations.

[@kaleaj]

I am sooo ready for sims to make more cultural packs.. ten years of just mainly white countries inspired worlds is fine but there is so much more uniqueness and a sense of home with the other packs like this and snowy escape!! I hope they continue this trend or I’ll be so upsett

[@Misa_amane69]

Omg omg someone should make the Gnomeo and Juliet house

[@crumbsfor]

it feels smaller than moodwood mill (maybe even lot wise, but i mean like, just being in moodwood mill feel bigger)

[@gstvgs]

that blue roof is so fun and adorable, i want you to use it all the time! lol

[@VenatrixOoriana]

Ohhh I love that tile trick from the kitchens!

[@ryuusei1907]

I SCREAMED when I saw the bikes. My grandpa had the exact same kind of bike (except it wasn't in a funky color). Shame it was decorative; we could use more packs with usable bikes in them and not * cough * the Cottage Living early purchase bike. P.S. I am aware we have more than one expansion pack with usable bikes; I just want them in THIS one.

[@leleite1]

South asian stuff reminds me so much of south american stuff, a lot of the things could also be in a more traditional brazillian house, i love it!

[@RjRolo]

Super excited to build a cult/commune in tint homes :)))

[@Marieee777]

I really want this pack but i’m not allowed so i love that you’re posting a lot of video’s about it because that way i can kinda experience it as well if that makes sense!

[@VVx1600]

I LOVE THIS PACK SO MUCH i cant wait to get it

[@laylamayla6011]

It’s give the gnomeo and Juliet houses, a bright blue one and a red one 😭 I absolutely adore the build

[@livianobrega1865]

It looks so beautiful!! It reminds me a lot of some brazilian houses I've been to

[@KayleighElizabeth86]

This world is one of my favourites I have redone the whole world at least twice I love my sims living there

[@sarah62137]

I’d love to see you build a multi level apartment building with shared lobby’s and 6 apartments (two per floor)

[@CeramicSunflower]

this is so cute!! I love ittt!!

[@Maple-111]

almost 2 mil!!!❤

[@hedgerow.homestead]

I dislike the fact that it can only be residential. I want my Sims to be able to live above a retail lot or have a gym and library on the same lot. I really hope that community lots won't be a separate expansion pack.