The "Blue Star" Residence (House of Fail November 2008)
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Created by plasticbox
Uploaded: 17th Nov 2008 at 10:47 PM
Updated: 13th Mar 2009 at 11:43 PM
Updated: 13th Mar 2009 at 11:43 PM
Requires NL, OfB, Pets and Seasons.
No custom content.
This is the residential version of the "Green Star" hotel, my contribution to the EAxis House of Fail challenge at MATY this month. Goal of the challenge is to take one of the horrible lots that come with the game (this month it was Sim Lane 130) and do something nice with it -- external walls can't be moved but the rest can be gutted and rebuilt, and no CC must be used.
I kept many of the features that the "Green Star" has to offer, but changed the downstairs floorplan a little (to account for the different traffic flow) and gave it a different color scheme and made it more "home-like" overall.
Features:
I left the toilets/showers downstairs (near the pool/tub) where they were -- the shower room would make a good sauna if you have BV (I hope it would fit in there?), then one of the toilets could be made into a shower instead. Altenatively, tear out the showers and use the space for a lounge area (would make sense, right next to the bar).
This is built on Mootilda's version of the Maxis lot (thank you, Mootilda!), so the lot edges are 100% flat.
Enjoy!
Lot Size: 3x3
Lot Price: 200.671§
No custom content.
This is the residential version of the "Green Star" hotel, my contribution to the EAxis House of Fail challenge at MATY this month. Goal of the challenge is to take one of the horrible lots that come with the game (this month it was Sim Lane 130) and do something nice with it -- external walls can't be moved but the rest can be gutted and rebuilt, and no CC must be used.
I kept many of the features that the "Green Star" has to offer, but changed the downstairs floorplan a little (to account for the different traffic flow) and gave it a different color scheme and made it more "home-like" overall.
Features:
- In- and outdoor pool, gym, indoor hot tub, rooftop bar with outdoor fireplace and karaoke, outdoor grill with dining
- Greenhouse with direct access to the kitchen (I believe you need a hack for greenhouses that aren't on the ground floor -- there is one on this site I think); another room upstairs that is technically a greenhouse
- Ground floor with living/dining room, lockable kitchen, nursery and two bathrooms (one public, one private)
- Top floor with three bedrooms, two baths, lounge and roof terrace
- "Basement" (very un-basement-like) with pool, tub, gym, outdoor terrace
- Parking for four cars, cars included
- Low-maintenance landscaping (except for the hedge in front perhaps) -- I believe the off-grid shrubs should still be trimmable (in my game they are)
- Fully furnished, including alarms and phones and suchlike -- I only left two of the bedrooms empty, and the room that is the salon in the Green Star is also empty. It's in an excellent location for a home business, or you could make it accessible from the living room and use it as a workshop or hobby room of some sort.
- Inobtrusively fenced off (i.e., without looking like a fortress) so that pets and neighbors can't mess around (we pretend that the fence inbetween the driveways is a driveway door, ok? =)
- Built along the lines of Awesomespec for the most part (I ignored the vampire stuff though -- why would a vampire want to live in a house full of balconies and outdoor terraces?)
- Very playable -- the basement in particular is easily viewable since it doesn't have many foundation walls
I left the toilets/showers downstairs (near the pool/tub) where they were -- the shower room would make a good sauna if you have BV (I hope it would fit in there?), then one of the toilets could be made into a shower instead. Altenatively, tear out the showers and use the space for a lounge area (would make sense, right next to the bar).
This is built on Mootilda's version of the Maxis lot (thank you, Mootilda!), so the lot edges are 100% flat.
Enjoy!
Lot Size: 3x3
Lot Price: 200.671§
Filename | Size | Downloads | Date | |||||
BlueStar.zip
Size: 1.33 MB · Downloads: 6,808 · 17th Nov 2008 |
1.33 MB | 6,808 | 17th Nov 2008 | |||||
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Other Information
Number of bedrooms:
– 4 Bedrooms
Custom Content Included:
– None
: No Custom Content included
Furnishings:
– Fully Furnished
: Lot is completely decked out in furnishings
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– Not Applicable
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