How To Build A House in The Sims 4 

Yeah! Please, do a build along series

Yeeesss!

I agree. I really want one for community lots

We'll just put a happy little fire toilet here!

yeeees

Same

When I start a minecraft, instead of trying to find a village or finding sheep to get wool, craft a bed to skip the night. I just dig a 1 block wide 3 block deep hole to wait out the night.

Love that 😍

Lol

@@King.of.Battleships me too😂😂😂

You can commit more shenanigans in bathrooms than you'd expect if you have Snowy Escape or Discover University. The smallest I've seen is 3×1 because those packs have a shower that your sim can walk through.

@@lumindoesvideos oh yes. I was saying 2×3 for a family house. Bathtub/shower combo, sink and toilet

​@@3lli0 that's definitely the smallest one that would make sense in a real house or for a house with a family. I have what would easily be a 2×3 bathroom in real life. It's not ideal but it's functional. But it's funny to think that the true smallest is 3×1 but that requires you to ignore toddlers and pets.

Wow this is a great tip. Thank you.

@nikeviaplays welcome

we are 10 years into sims 4. the fact that kayla still does only base game or base game + 1 pack 80% of the time is annoying. by now most simmers are exploring their options and building to tend to their creativity and sharing their tips. we should be past posting “base game build under 20k” every other week

​@abrisc32 if you find it that annoying then just go watch all the other simmers who do everything you outlined. I'm new to the sims, and as much as I love crazy expensive builds with lots different packs (which Kayla also does) because of the entertainment value, I really appreciate that there are simmers who still try to keep things simple and accesible. It makes it easier for me to get into the game. There's literally nothing wrong with having both. And like you said, MOST people aren't limiting themselves, so why complain about the few people who are? Does everyone need to approach the sims in the exact same way, or make the same kinds of content? Obviously, no. 'We should be past' - no, you and a lot of people are past it. But many people clearly aren't, hence the original comment thanking Kayla, and the many viewers who return every day. There is nothing wrong with approaching the sims in different ways. It's weird to try and get a creator to adhere to a standard you have created. Just watch someone else if you don't like it. No one is forcing you watch videos you think are boring or annoying.

@@Lisa_Flowers you spent way too much time on this response lol

@@abrisc32 I think it’s funny that you say this because lilsimsie does a good number of builds where she uses a larger number of packs/fun floor plan/creative build etc. They have SO MANY different sims creators here on RU-vid and they all do different stuff. If you want some simmers who maybe do more eccentric builds I recommend CarynandConnieGaming, SydMac, and FakeGamerGirl. The Sims community is a large community. So instead of hating on lilsimsie for what she doesn’t do, find a different sims RU-vidr who does what you want to see!

@@abrisc32 packs are expensive and not everyone has the luxury of owning every single pack. Kayla has plenty of builds that use multiple packs and honestly doesn’t have that many that are just base game. If you don’t like it go watch other simmers. Sorry she’s trying to be inclusive for everyone

As an art kid this makes my soul happy 💙

oh man, im wishing i did this back during sims 3 when you couldnt adjust the foundation after you put the room down. so many hours wasted writing down room sizes before bulldozing the whole build and re-placing everything WITH foundations.

oooo yes this is a great idea

id love to see like how to use the weird hexagonal roofing because oh my is it annoying

Just wanted to say that it’s so sweet that you got your daughter in on it, I got introduced to it through my sim-loving parents too!

Literally screenshotted this comment to use for future builds 😅

Another thing I found helpful for scaling is to look at what you are referencing and find either a window or a door that exists in the game that is similar to what you are trying to copy on the house. Use that as a scale reference and "count" the spacing using the window or door. I usually opt for a window. You can generally guess the size of a room based on how many "windows" fit on a wall. This works great for smaller houses, but its more complicated for larger houses because in real life windows can be all sorts of sizes and in the sims, most windows are 1 or 2 tiles (sometimes 3) so the scaling gets weirder with larger houses. But its still helpful if you want to make things as close to the picture as possible imo

Yeah, I do that a lot as well. Counting kitchen counters and appliances is also helpful as well, since they're basically 1:1.

OMG THANK YOU!!! This will be so useful to know for my future builds🙏

"kayak" 😭

Same! I remember watching the og builders bible when it was released.

gotta love Kayak

Kayak instead of Kayla is one of the funniest autocorrect moments I've seen in a while.

Kayak the 13 year old makes great build tutorials

Another good tip is starting by building the obvious rooms like the 2x3 bathrooms. When you have those as reference, building the rooms around them becomes easier when calculations are wonky.

As someone who always uses floorplans too my personal tips is to use the beds. I check how many times a bed would fit in a bedroom and/or amount of space around it and base the rest of the house around the size of said bedroom. But I have done this so often nowadays I usually tweak it to my needs, a tile bigger or smaller depending on what I want to put in the room and then adjust the rest so it doesnt look out of place.

What is shift on PlayStation controls?

@@KatieCorbett-yo3nm i think it might be the square button

@@chrispy2000s thank you!!!!!!!!

Do you know how i can get the outside floor ? I can never find that option on ps5

@@justme1106 what do u mean with the outside floor 😅

Roofing is where I constantly struggle. I deeply miss auto-roof.

😂😂😂