How To Build A House in The Sims 4

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This video is family friendly, but The Sims 4 is rated T for Teen and this video is intended for an audience aged 13 and up.

[ragdollflop]

in my head i think my houses are great. in reality they are minecraft dirt huts. i needed this video ty😍

[kaziza]

I Love the idea of a sims 4 build-along series, Kayla can be our Bob Ross

[lli]

Also, knowing the minimum room sizes helps. A bathroom fits in a 2×3, a double bed fits in a 4×4, a living room 5×6 etc.

[kelsidysinger]

The fact you are doing a build along and doing it just base game so everyone can do it is so amazing. A lot of big simmers don’t put in a lot of effort to make sure everyone feels included. They use a million different packs and don’t explain the cheats and everything. We love you Kayla! ❤❤❤

[miechellew.]

Since the very first The Sims, I’ve used graph paper to pre-plan my builds. In 20+ years, I have filled three graph pads, and started my fourth as of 2023. It’s fun to go back and look at forgotten, or favourite, builds.

[Sorkabeth]

Your "builder's bible" series made such a big difference when I was just learning. And my daughter, who is 10, says "build a box, then make it fancy" all the time!

[Faolyn]

You can translate a floorplan by dividing the size of the room by 2.5 and rounding the result. That does a fairly good job of translating real-life room sizes to sims tiles.

[svgerd]

the fact ive been watching kayak for so long ive seen her improve these 'how to build' vids :')

[kibotenshii]

It would be really cool if maybe you made this like a mini series and showed how to build different style houses. Like maybe a big Victorian house and that can also be a way to show how to use rounded/hexagonal walls since a lot of them have a spire in the front. It could also be a way to use one pack at a time i.e generations/craftsman style, vampires/Victorian, snowy escape/japanese style.

[wow]

I've just now gotten into building in this game! I've been making different saves, one where I renovate every lot, one where I build every lot myself, etc. Wonderful timing

[myrandamiller]

A good guide to converting IRL floor plans to TS4 (or any Sims game honestly) is to divide the measurements by 3. Tiles in the Sims are approximately 1 meter square, so that's a good rule to follow.

I almost exclusively convert IRL floorplans so I'm very comfortable with the concepts. You can find some of my work on the gallery under the same username as here.

[elliegd]

kayla needs a bob ross type series where it’s just building with her lol happy little trees still apply

[GamerNerd]

I really needed this video. I have a learning disability and have a hard time trying to figure out houses in the game. This step by step tutorial really helped me and didn’t give me anxiety like I usually get trying to build a house! Thanks Kayla! 😊

[TheeShifty]

I hope this gives me more motivation to get back into building

[avakinceli]

Toturial for the Playstation:
Cheat window: press L1+R1+L2+R2
To free place: press L2 like 3 or 4 times
For free rotate: press L1+R1
To make somthing bigger or smaler: press L2+R2 and press the arrow keys on the left side for smaler and the right side for bigger
To make somthing to level down or high: open the cheat window and close it again and then press the arrow keys up and down (sometimes it works and sometimes not )
Hope u can understand i can help u have a nice day 💜

[erinw.]

Today I started making a retirement home and I impressed myself cos I just randomly put down rooms and it looks kinda halfway decent!! I knew I wanted a courtyard or some garden space and then of course the kitchen, community room for coffee and board games, and a lobby.

[natatatt]

This was super helpful, particularly in the spots where you added character to the home by adding bump ins inside and bump outs outside, as well as the roof and corner trim additions. That is where I tend to struggle the most - my builds lack character and look a bit boxy/plain.

[guenslydesir]

just wanna say i’m in love with the longer form videos kayla’s been doing recently 🥰

[meganthornbury]

So helpful! Roofing is enemy#1 😂. I would love to see you do a Tudor and Victorian style basics next. Sometimes the hard part is getting things to translate into the sims.

[alimeowiee]

Simsie is the queen of roofing in the Sims 4