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

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[mothhann]

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

[mylesmitchell]

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

[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!”

[acors_ca]

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

[arandomidea]

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

[rileymitchell]

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

[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!

[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!

[tetepirselova]

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 😅

[Ryan-mmoj]

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, its not a british house without a kettle (and i dont even like tea)

[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

[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).

[carolinecaddelmore]

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 the way to the opposite wall.

[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 😊

[leah_]

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 💀

[justanobody]

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

[Smitchh]

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-

[princessjellyfish]

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

[yasaminwhy]

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"

[Rainey-]

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