I only have 66 tiles for this Tiny Home...

[@charitycodes]

When I do these challenges, I always spend the exact budget so that high budgets are a challenge too. If you're doing tiny homes, this becomes difficult fast. You probably need to buy a larger lot and make a larger outdoor space with more outdoor activities to spend it all and not have it look terrible.

[@EmilyBlueJaye]

Definitely agree with needing to spend every last dollar of the budget making it much more challenging! Great tips.

[@TheBioExplorer]

Yes... I get it as close to zero as possible. Thar way it is still a challenge even if you get $37k for 71 tiles.

[@Chaotic_Pixie]

agreed! Plus, the clutter queens amongst us love a big budget. Plants and clutter get expensive but the details of a space are soooo satisfying.

[@MotorCityStitchers]

I can here to comment this! Small budget for big houses is a challenge so big budget for small houses should also be

[@lillie450]

yes to this comment, I always get a little disappointed when people don't use all the budget. It is a challenge after all :)

[@samanthakate2117]

I think the giant budget can also be just as much of a challenge sometimes, especially as you have to fit it in a tiny home. I count the budget not as a 'don't spend more than' but a spend as much of this as you can challenge.

[@marykalter13]

Totally agree! Definitely think it takes away from the "challenge" of the challenge if you don't view it in such a way. Like Plumbella's similar challenge her's says "exactly" when it comes to budget. So "Exactly 40253 simoleons". I think that adds a fun element for sure!

[@Reverend_Salem]

i like to give myself the rule that i have to be at most $100 under budget (just because it may be nearly impossible to actually spend the full budget

[@MacGhriogair]

Maybe in addition to tweaking the budget, you can have a rule where you have to spend 90-95% of it.

[@KorriTimigan]

This seems like every airbnb house I've ever stayed in, including and especially the awkward placement of furniture and strange decorations. I actually kinda love it!

[@zararobnett8284]

Yes!! Exactly what I was thinking

[@irishduchess7577]

The turret could be a fancy outdoor fireplace

[@anurlailika]

Exactly what I'm thinking! Or put candles inside, it would look nice

[@therussianprincess7036]

I was thinking a firewood pizza oven

[@irishduchess7577]

@@anurlailika It would look lovely!

[@irishduchess7577]

@@therussianprincess7036 Yes! So want one irl!

[@johku7638]

I was thinking bird house

[@minihj]

This really has the exact look and feel of a classic Danish summer house (holiday home), with the wood paneling, the small rooms, and the big terrace - the only thing is you would need to remove the desert plants that wouldn't have the slightest chance of survival in our cold, wet climate 😅

[@emilia4355]

I was gonna comment that it looks swedish lmao, I guess it's Scandinavian then 😅

[@potatoryaan]

i'm from sweden but i've only seen houses like this when i lived in a holiday house at lego land in denmark for a weekend

[@SheReeCW]

The turret thing looks like an outdoor pizza oven.

[@TeruteruBozusama]

With the basement trick could one take it around the pizza oven from the new pack..!

[@shushia1658]

That's what I thought

[@irishduchess7577]

Sims will absolutely get themselves stuck between the hot tub and fencing

[@karababy42]

Completely agree with the struggle to build with limited tiles and a large budget. However, I took it as part of the challenge to use the entire amount, if possible. Love how you hid the porthole window since it didn't really fit the style you were attempting to achieve. I did something similar when I was down to spending all but 1 simolean and decided to hide some paw prints behind the kitchen counters. Such a fun challenge, thank you! 💜

[@moonrunekrystal]

If you shift click once on a light in build mode, you can change the color of it without having to go into live mode. I do it all the time. Hope this helps!

[@simsujemy]

I think it's tool mod, isn't it?

[@simsujemy]

Or rather better build buy?

[@ohtsukki]

@@simsujemyit actually is a better build buy mod

[@moonrunekrystal]

Actually its a new basegame update I believe

[@amberbrackett9787]

It’s definitely the BBB mod, I’ve been playing ts4 since it came out and this is not a base game feature lol

[@JC0816]

It’s interesting that aussies call a headboard a bed-head and a back splash a splash-back. Things really are opposite down under!

[@blewbirdbre]

Did you forget the tiny living stuff tv is also a bookshelf? Totally could have had a kitchen sink as well as the dishwasher.

[@Maddie-ln5vb]

Considering that the tv functioning as a bookshelf wasn’t always a feature, it’s easily forgotten and overlooked by those of us who either had the pack before that feature was added or just don’t use the item often🫶🏼

[@obi-wan-pierogi]

That backyard looks so cozy. Makes me wanna make my sims have a dinner party and grill for the family

[@irishduchess7577]

Love your username! ❤️❤️

[@slate613]

One thing I've always disliked about the Sims. The devs use objects/terrain paint etc., that we can't. That ends up with weird yard meetings where you can't match the grass right, or like James ran into, no trees to match the surrounding trees.

[@RayyRayyRAWr]

A one tile glass door could have been off the hallway to lead tot he backyard

[@nisangunalcin]

i could only think of this the whoole time

[@RayyRayyRAWr]

@@nisangunalcin agreed!! I was like James use a one tile glass door!! 😂😂

[@codynorris6414]

I did this challenge and it came out so similar to this, down to the awkward off-theme window that I covered with a plant 😂 you've influenced my style so much James!

[@selkiefluff]

This house looks amazing from thr outside, but the color choices inside leave a lot to be desired in my opinion 😂 And it would be nice if the "teen" space actually looked like a teen lives there, some posters and a backpack scattered around maybe.

[@codynorris6414]

I decided maybe the teen is the child of the adult member of the couple, from the previous marriage, and therefore only lives there part time (hence the Murphy bed)

[@chloecat5335]

I kind of love the interior aha, feels like a Nordic holiday home

[@bluebawls]

​@@codynorris6414such a great headcanon

[@irishduchess7577]

@@chloecat5335 It’s a warm, welcoming neutral kind of color scheme imo

[@AlexaFaie]

@@irishduchess7577 It was plain white. How is white warm and inviting? Its cold and sterile and bland.

[@XIANPR]

Having a big budget for a tiny home it’s a challenge within itself!

[@irishduchess7577]

Yay! I can’t make myself watch the LP’s out of order so am working to get caught up, but happy to catch a brand new stand alone video. Love the challenge generator!❤

[@lindseymercuria3971]

Ceililngs have been really hard to paint because we don't have paint for them. I've started using gravel or plain linoleum unless it's horse ranch.

[@linnywines8014]

The window in the fence idea reminded me of the windows/bubbles people install on their fences for their dogs

[@AKA_Studios]

The large budget is a good challenge, though! You could definitely spend it on a bigger lot with a pool, wellness garden, etc

[@NicoleLaurenEsq]

I agree - tweak the budget! I’ve done two builds so far that I shared on the gallery, but I had to “spin” so many times to get ones that didn’t have such a high budget. I want a challenge! Thanks for doing these generated challenges on your website - they are so fun. 🤗😊

[@AlexaFaie]

If you have to use the whole budget in a very tiny space I'd say that's challenging still.

[@LunaWitcherArt]

This challenge could also have used the bunk bed with a double bed under it, so the teen and the young adult could be siblings or something, and the adult could have the main bedroom.

[@PhireJoy]

I have a very small apartment and my keyboard is not going anywhere. I will lose my couch before I get rid of my piano.

[@loverrlee]

Haha same

[@elliottlupin]

Yeah, and anyways, you can use the piano bench as a couch!

[@PhireJoy]

@@elliottlupin I don’t actually have a piano bench but the logic checks out. I have a chair that I rotate around lol

[@aybikeerol7755]

I waited so patiently for you to delete the bookcase since you already have two in the house and put a SINK in the kitchen instead..... anyways...... good build as always James!

[@lemonadelemon1960]

In my rags to riches let's plays all I have money for was Tiny homes I'm talking one room.

[@catsncrows]

I love tiny homes and have become inventive in the "how can I make it look like a wall is completed here?" and "terrain paint is flooring, right?" technique. My poor sims!

[@annemcclintic1718]

As a musician who lives in a small space I’ve definitely “move objects-ed” a keyboard or two around in my house

[@SherlockedStorytellr]

I don't know how I feel about the budget, on the one hand, I do want to see it be challenging, (like that first one would have been crazy challenging!), and on the other when I watched another video where you struggled to meet the budget and had to keep swapping stuff out and deleting things I was like noooo! I just want to see it look as good as it possibly can! There's room for both I guess is what I'm saying. Maybe it could be a separate challenge mode depending on what you wanted from the challenge?

[@carmenphoon]

I randomized and got a micro-tiny home with 31 tiles and I have only 11,000++ simoleans budget for a Teen, San Sequoia styled build. I had so much fun building a runaway teen tiny home, the new lunchbox came in handy and I can only afford a sleeping bag in the end. This was such an obvious runaway teen build. The story writes itself. What I'm trying to say is, I like your randomizer, don't change anything. The budgets are actually the best challenge! Whether it's too much or too little, that in itself IS the challenge!

[@AbbeyAnn]

I love when James posts a build video!

[@Havokmaker]

Man that house fits everything but the kitchen sink.

[@Chaotic_Pixie]

I liked the budget. For those of us who love to clutter, that budget is so necessary. Plants and all the little everyday clutter that makes a place looked lived in add up. I will also spend a fair bit of $$ on outdoor spaces. Elaborate flower beds, gazebo, outdoor kitchen & dining area... and again, the plants add up. And when in doubt, you find expensive items & shrink them into bookshelf decor

[@sileika2097]

Nice build, but I feel like the outside looke nothing like Windenburg and that poor teenager didn't really get a room but has to sleep i an second living room, that no tiny house would have. As for budget, I think that you should have tried to use all your budged as budget is part of the callenge.

[@samara.morgan]

So many small flats have folding couches instead of normal beds. I live in a flat with two of them and zero beds.

[@the_nikster1]

I was so nervous you weren't gonna add a bin; my sigh of relief when it finally happened was audible.

[@irishduchess7577]

Classic (early) James Though I wish it didn’t take sims forever to complete basic tasks so it makes ‘sim sense’ to have an outdoor bin by the front door. Not a welcoming sight or smell irl 💩

[@bluesky2vinci]

nice build, just kind of wondering why you’d put a bookshelf instead of a sink in the kitchen

[@ArreisJK]

"gunna do one thats challenging" JAMES PLZ do one where your budget is 15k 4 beds, with fucking only 32 tilesallowed! everytime i do your challenge i get the short end of the stick and i am CRYING lol

[@KylieValley]

No one: James: this table seems too.. ✨table-y✨

[@OrderOfTwisted]

I’ve used the generator every day for like 2 weeks now. lol I always get stagnant with my builds and this gives me a reason to branch out :) thanks James! Can’t wait for the new pack to come out & see you play with it! ❤

[@defjbae]

it has been awhile since james made a modern contemporary build. i love this

[@corvidsam]

I honestly thought the portholes under the eaves looked good, idk why he's hating on it so much

[@lifebooksandeverything]

For the first one I would give them two tents and call it a day😂

[@AlexaFaie]

I always struggle with budgets because the best looking stuff to me is super expensive. You always use the cheapest bin too, whereas you could've used the one that earns money but costs loads. Same thing with the mirror choices and wallpaper options, using cheap white vs a more expensive option. Technically you failed because you didn't use all the budget. That's where the budget becomes challenging because you have to fit a lot in a tiny space but still have it fit the theme.

[@indijohnson1278]

Not me waiting for James to realise e's blocked off the bedroom entrance

[@klatchabobby]

Wow, our build styles are so different. I would never put a Murphy bed in someone's bedroom when I have a dedicated living room already (I'm throwing massive shade right now)

[@AKA_Studios]

My headcanon is that the teen is spending the summer with their aunt and uncle. They pushed aside the keyboard and furniture to make room for them

[@lunalavender5027]

I don't know if you really need to adjust the budget for the tiny home generator. You could have gotten closer to using up your budget by adding more clutter and detailing to your build. Also, the teen didn't really get a room designed for a teen; that would have eaten up some more of the budget.

[@annoar9776]

the family for this is the dad (adult) that has a younger wife and his teenage daughter, who is mad at him for leaving her mother

[@sirollyfortune]

I'm losing it. I tried to close the challenge window TWICE. Too much screen real estate taken up even though I know there isn't anything really going on in the top corner RIP.

[@foranzo1582]

I loved the boat decoration above the armchair!! ⛵

[@bloopmnstr]

I'm loving this challenge!!! I had one the other day that had me building a 31 tile cottage for an elder for $9000 and needed to include.... a WEIGHT LIFTING MACHINE 😂 go granny!

[@amberwasatomic]

The little connection of the H should have been the door

[@susans.2010]

I think you should make 2 floors because technically your second floor is on top of the 66 tiles. 😊

[@qp5337]

Really love this build James, so creative!

[@ulvha]

I just come back to binge watching James again after my school work finally done and suprised to see another person with james voice to find out its actually james with no beard! Beard really is man make up!

[@vnsssls]

I would have tried to put the door to the backyard between the little H section, but then there would probably be too many doors in that hallway

[@Bethgael]

That was my thought, too.

[@rainnypaints3727]

door city over here

[@IneffableTrash]

I was about to comment the same thing

[@hbkgirl1982]

I like the murphy bed for the teen room as they can use it as a hangout space when the bed is up

[@destynnee]

Anyone else think James was gonna forget that the 2nd room was for a teen, since he kept calling it a second sitting room? Lol The house turn out AWESOME though. James never disappoints with his builds. I watched a video once, where they were testing people who deliver mail to ppl on boats, islands, etc. It was soooo interesting how many had a box on a dock, and ppl had to jump off a boat, run to the box, then run back, etc. Lol

[@Adrian-Maxwell]

I’d love to see you do kinda a cheaty/pre-tiny living tiny home, Where the house itself has to be x amount of tiles, but things that don’t count as part of the house/don’t make sense, you can do. (Ex: being allowed to do a raised porch/patio, or flat roof.)

[@inoriya]

I love the color scheme!! James definitely improved so much in terms of color selection

[@rjafitzgerald]

Really love this it’s just the 57 different wood tones for me 😂

[@indijohnson1278]

Take a shot everytime James says funsies 😂

[@alexandrialeonora6542]

Love this house! Wish I could live there. Well done!

[@thesimmersnook]

I actually recorded this challenge for my chanel a few days ago and it was tough! I spin it a few times more after and I find that budgets are often too low (less than 10000$) - so I found weird when you said you get high ones, still a challenge to spend too - and most cases have at least 3 sims in a house, so it can get very very challenging to do it, but that's what makes it a challenge. I was quite happy with the result of mine tho! 😁

[@charitycodes]

If you do debug items and have eco lifestyle, it's possible to do a house for 8 sims for $5,000. If you just have basegame, you can do a house for 8 sims for $10,000. It just means they don't get separate bedrooms. Growing up, we had 5 people and only 2 bedrooms and one of them was only big enough for 1 single bed. My parents slept in the living room on a pull out couch.

[@thesimmersnook]

@@charitycodes yeah, I know, but it does get harder in a tiny home! And I hate not to be able to add some clutter 😂😂

[@cassidyfordham166]

It's kind of a cruel idea of turning a teen's room into a second living room. Where's the privacy?

[@heather_bee]

All of my builds are super expensive because I clutter them to heck and back so a lower budget is the hardest for me but also makes me sad when the build looks barren lol

[@Swoshan]

been thinking since your previous tiny build in stranger ville that you could have done outdoor kitchens to extend the kitchen possibilities... would fit the environment and spend those Simoleans! xD

[@janniegurl05]

I like but the teen room feels more like a spare room. I think the budget could have been used up with a computer and higher prices bed and stuff

[@chaosisbeautiful]

Not sure if it's just me but it doesnt look anything like the homes in Windenburg? I mean it may be a while since the last time I played but the house looks more like it would belong in eco lifestyle and not get together

[@ohleander02]

When i use your generator i rarely ever have enough budget for the build let alone furnishing it. It's a good and challenging generator.

[@Stukov961]

Woah, you can finally change the ceilings now? When did this happen?

[@HeyItsAmyZing]

The port window in the fence looks like a cute lookout for doggos.

[@AdventureInBeauty]

I'm really enjoying this series!

[@llluana]

one of the best houses you have ever done, in my opinion, i loved it, 10/10

[@TeruteruBozusama]

I imagine that the teen and young adult are siblings, the young adult started dating the adult but T&YA's parents died in a fire, so the teen had to move in with them, which is why it looks more like a guest room that's slowly becoming personal. Quite depressing but..!

[@charcharchark]

Don't be scared James, do the first challenge that you loaded in on... would love to the you attempt the £5000 budget 😅

[@anska7475]

Tiny living would have benefited from some live-dragable furniture like the one from OR.

[@ENAndysPlaying]

You did well! Half way through I wasn’t sure but you really pull it off 😂😊❤

[@luckyheather2807]

I am enjoying the challenge, I have noticed many entrants do not seem to know the build cheats like the Debug ones so they have a bare garden. James could you explain the cheat codes sometimes as not everyone know they exist. Love this house btw cool modern design

[@johannamcclure3861]

I love this build challenge generator

[@moonpie21012]

I think some people didn’t like this build but it’s one of my faves!

[@SimplyDeeSims]

Usually chimneys will only have smoke if you light a fireplace in live mode

[@elizabethconley4996]

Honestly love these challenger videos ❤❤❤

[@r.l.bookreviews]

I played with your generator and I had 3,035 left over to spend from a 19,032 budget. I had to build a 23 tile home for a young adult, teenager, and a dog. had to include a charcoal grill

[@mi1kguts]

you could've easily used the budget up by using the schmapple appliances lol

[@heleonard]

i don’t think this is windenburg style 😬

[@christinemurphy8862]

It drives me nuts that they don’t have a few matching colors across all the packs. Like 2 colors that match is all I’m asking

[@ragnkja]

At least match the colours that are supposed to be painted.

[@jenniferwalker1408]

Im loving watching this challenge. All his homes our different. 😊 Maybe the next idea could be a horse shoe design 😂.

[@Cryselia]

This is a really nice house! I think I will download this for my save too!

[@MunnyPig]

james if you ever see this you should do one of these challenges while doing the no mistakes challenge. i feel like it would make for a great video lol

[@appieloosa]

Do you have a room challenge generator? Like the same as the whole house build except just for rooms. You could do a random size, simoleons and style. It could have a random sim with traits as well or use your CAS generator to create the room?

[@MiamoryHJ]

I want more videos on this challenge so much! ❤

[@Danimeows]

Me: I'm a noob at building but the budget is generous so I'll try one. Generator: 8,675 simoleons.... buy the arrrmed dining chair... But I did it. It's a cute starter home. Wish I'd had a bit more budget for a pool and more landscaping!

[@xtayalex]

So ready for this

[@FyodorsWetUshanka]

Same

[@ashleybarker1122]

Something that confuses me is that the ceiling is in the floor category, and you use flooring for it. Don't you usually paint your ceilings, and they are made of drywall? It's not the flooring of the next level.

[@sophieom9160]

Yes!!! I’m so annoyed they used flooring instead of walls because the floor options make no sense to me?? I just want to paint my ceiling! And even with wood panels, the wall options would look better as a ceiling since it would match the walls.

[@rebeccawicker6207]

The window makes it a proper tiny McMansion. Which is how I think of the island in windenburg

[@Clowncore27]

This generator is insane but so much fun. I had to build 4 story, tiny home for a family of 6 that are also doomsday preppers 😂 it took me a long while to figure out but I managed it Edit: OH, and it had to have an indoor pool. It is on the gallery

[@natalieeger9826]

This house totally gives the vibes of a couple that just downsized after their college kid moved out!!

[@Ivy99999]

I like how James always trolls us by waiting till the end to go back and put the bin in, leaving us to wonder for almost the whole vid if he's forgotten again 😂

[@sreenair6357]

would love to see you build up instead of just on ground for these challenges, may help spend the extra $$ too

[@AlexaFaie]

The tile limit counts upstairs rooms too. So in this case he'd have had to split the 66 tiles between two floors. Would increase the challenge but the cost increase would only be the price of the stairs/ladder.