The best family house I've ever built in The Sims 4! 

I'm so usedto watching you do r2r letsplays at this point that I'd somehow forgotten that I started watching you for house build content

The blooming rooms kit is FREE for everyone on PC right now!

Not gonna lie, I have missed your building videos so much

Tbh, a fence around the pool is AWESOME in the sims, because then you can lock it during winter if you have Seasons, which helps keep your sims alive.

LOVE LONG-FORM STYLE BUILD CONTENT JUST AS MUCH AS THE SERIES, JAMES!!!

At 37:17 thats the adults dining room. You know how at dinner parties how theres a kids table. Kids in the kitchen adults in the formal room!

I just want to say that as someone who doesn't have cable tv and watches RU-vid for entertainment I appreciate all these long videos. 10-15 minute videos aren't long enough.

James : doesn't put the bar in, even if perfect for the space, because it comes from the last party kit. James seconds later, puts the music player from the same kit XDD I laughed so hard ! Great construction ! This house is beautiful

i thought there was a glitch and this was an old video, okayyyy James Turner build let’s gooo

Really love the James evolution from "the kids will love it" when throwing together the worst possible kids room, to the "awe it's so cute" James building an adorable toddler room

I'm surprised the lot is only $157K! Also can you imagine tending that garden in real life? Boy...

I think being a gameplay and building simmer, you bring a very practical element to your builds. You watch speed builds and download these gorgeous houses but very quickly realise they are not optimised for gameplay (and no hate to the creators, I'm blown away by the talent in this community). I'm guilty of it too in my own game: building something just to look pretty or realistic to real life, but is a pain to play in. But you have struck a good balance of asthetics and functionality.

Mannequins come in handy while building: They help when hanging lights, choosing window heights and placing things on the walls. As long as you remember to sell when you're done (I keep the mannie in the front yard when not in use) you will be able to fully reimburse the simoleons.

This house turned out so well! I love there is a large yard space in the back too for a water slide, rocket ship, or whatever.

Whoaaaaaa, this house turned out incredible!! The outside is banging, especially the pool area a little seating. My favourite room must be the teen's with a cute balcony :} Also, James got this family a formal dining room, a table in the kitchen, AND outside 😆 They have seats for days!!

James take this: Coziest House Award 2024 This house is so cozy and love how do you really cared about the playability of the house, I've seen so many houses that are so beautiful but they're terrible when we are playing there 😅 I can't wait to get this house, or maybe trying to do one of these for my Sims considering the stuff you said about the columns and the bookcase situation, I also loved the kids space downstairs, its so pretty. This one is definitely one of the greatest houses I've seen

it wouldn't be a James house build video without the obligatory forgetting of the kitchen bin

I love where your build style is right now! I was always amazed by the exterior of your houses, but now the interior is also much more lived in, homely and colourful, which is more my preference and i really enjoy it! ^-^

wow, i forgot how much i missed the long form build content. the lets plays and challenges are fun of course and i enjoy them! but building is really where you shine, that kids room with the little tv on the floor is everything! this turned out really well detailed without sacrificing any functionality and id love to see more of this style of build content!

Oh good, I literally just rewatched like 4 episodes of the life stage challenge while doing an overnight at work and now I have a build to lull me to sleep. Thanks James!

James: "I thought this would be a good place for a kitchen bin" Also James: "forgets kitchen bin*

I love how homey this is. Everything is so thought out, it’s cozy without being too crowded, not everything is perfectly matched, it’s semi renovated but still has traditional elements, activities are favored over aesthetic. AH this is my new favorite build ever! 😍 I miss your builds so very much and this definitely brought me back. Thank you for this! ❤️

an hour long build video! James really spoils us

i really enjoy when james are building real time on his LP series, so i'm SO glad this build video is also real speed (and very long too!!)

It’s definitely giving, TheSimSupply ☺️☺️

Watching you build without a budget heals my soul 😭 i missed these videos

Okay, this is positively gorgeous. So many awesome details. Hope you, Deli, Bowser and Fran are all doing as well as can be expected! That doggo ACL recovery def hits the whole household, especially with such a baby pupper who probably is desperate to play with her big bro.

And with all the little things added you still managed to forget the bin in the kitchen. 😂😂 Still an amazing build!! Definite download

Only one bathroom upstairs? A crime 😆 I'd be changing that free room with two archways into a mirrored bathroom immediately

Amazing build. Would love to see you build a house following the basic principles of Feng shui

I can't wait to play in this house! This is definitely the kind of house that I imagine if one of my friends as a kid lived here, I'd think they were like royalty or something

For the bathroom with no mirror, it would be good if they had shaving mirrors you could put on the counter

I remember watching your Sims 3 builds videos (and Deligracy's) 10+ years ago and it makes me so happy, you were both the first Sims RU-vidrs and non-French speakers I followed! Thank you for your amazing content! 🌱

The room at the top of the stairs is great for Scouts since you need the chess, crafting & science tables to earn badges. Adding a full length mirror in the house somewhere will help your Sims earn the “Keep Fit” badge with the “practice dancing” option. That’s the fastest way for kids to earn that badge - or possibly lap swimming.

The fence with landscaping on top is what I've always wanted but never realized I could do! Thanks James! lol. Great build.

This cottage feels very late 90s to early 00s American houses, like the one you saw at home alone movie but better. I bet james gonna be a very good movie set and prop director

I’d love to see you and Deli do a shell challenge where you attempt to build in each others style. I think you’ve done a similar video years ago, but it would be great to see something like that again.

So nice to see a full build video, I've missed them. And nice for us to have a house from you to use if we do the challenge.

this might be my favorite james build of all time. its so colorful yet harmonious, so cozy yet so spacious. it has so much personality and everything was planned so perfectly. i cannot wait to play in this house!

The nightlight you have above the bed in the cloud room, I know it's necessary for kids unless you want nightmares. But I tend to make it smaller and put it lower down on a wall, like an actual nightlight. It doesn't have any glitches changing its size with the bracket keys that I've noticed.

The house is great, but I really want to give you kudos for your landscaping in this video. As an ornamental gardener, I approve of the shrub borders you created around the perimeter of this lot, instead of fences, and without using formal hedges. In addition to being aesthetically pleasing, it is a far more environmentally friendly and sustainable way to do this. The flora and fauna will greatly benefit from this method! Job well done, James!

I love the colours, it feel so cosy and playable and I will defo be downloading this when I have enough money lol

Yes! A James build video!! I just started watching but I think the style you're thinking of is an old colonial home! That's what this seems like to me 🥰 Love this look! 🏡

I have a foster home mod and this house would be perfect for foster parent sims. it has enough space and different bedrooms for each age group. ❤️

This build is honestly so amazing, I am obsessed.

Yes! a James Build. It will be a great day.

I would love to change the formal dining room. I would knock out the wall between the living room/play space and the dining room, and then turn that dining space into the play space. It would connect the living room directly to the large bathroom/mudroom and give you more space to place the toys and kids stuff. It would also make sense for get togethers because the parents could have some separation from the playing children to talk and hang out while still having direct line of sight to the kids.

A good roof tip with balconys. put the roof one tile away from the fence/end of balcony, then pull the eve up to it. You will have both a roof the connects and a fence.

I'm a big fan of the rectangle with a sprawling floor plan

I'm French and I had similar French doors from the entry to the living room in my childhood home. They were almost always open though. Approved ! Also I don't think the room for the bath shower combo is weird, when I was in Oz a friend of mine had a just-a-shower-room next to the full bathroom next to the toilet. Made it easy to shower when the roommates are brushing their teeth.

00:00 - building 20:31 - furnishing I really love this build! 🥰

if this house was/is the one to go in the Life Challenge, I think i'd be nice to do a small little cottage on the backyard for Krystoff and his family ❤

I’ve missed your build videos!

The wall on the opposite side of the open doors is a perfect place for a family photo wall, and using the Growing Together Photo Frames is perfect for that as well

This is exactly how I build my Sims' houses haha, I'll add some clutter sometimes but mostly I need a clean slate with a lot of space and just nice colors and pieces. I like this house, it looks traditional without straight up turning into a dusty museum like some people tend to do.

James about the Ancient Greece Corinthian columns: 'I like the old school design of them" 😂 Oldest academia!

I like how instead of making every single item in one room match by pack or esthetic, you actually make it feel lived in and realistic. Like I can believe a family actually lives there. I did something similar with my first ever build of a home (all base game). I'd rather mix colors and esthetics than pretend that everyone has the same tastes in one household. Especially when you have kids. Your wall WILL be covered in drawings and science projects lol

OMG A build video?! love love love

Finally, another building video, we have been waiting for aaaaages!

This is so thoughtful - for real life layout planning as well.

If you want to truly become unhinged with the every lifestage challenge, you could keep going until everyone of Semaj‘s children is an adult with a family of their own. 😂 Expand the household size and just keep adding rooms to the house. Obviously you would only have to do the tasks that are still applicable. I would love the chaos ❤

It just hit me what this house reminds me of. The Bigwallet: Seasons house.

You nailed the old school vibe. The house feels very 90s/early 2000s to me

Hope bowser is doing better 🌹

I've been watching & playing so much of Deli's Tiny Town that this giant build was totally mind blowing! That pool area is just absolute perfect! I always come away with awesome new building ideas after I watch your videos.

I love this! It looks so good for gameplay too which is always a major issue with homes from the gallery. Can't wait to play with this with my current family.

this turned out SO good. I feel like this is the hardest I've ever seen James really try at a build, and it definitely paid off. for once I agreed with almost everything he did lol. this house would be so much fun to play with.

this house is so nostalgic of australian/kiwi houses that I still see everywhere, would love to see more houses in the style of other countries as well!

god i love when james just runs wild for an hour with no restrictions

Love love these long episodes. Thank you for spoiling us. Would be great to see the family from your challenge buy this home and make it their own

Wait this house is perfect for my family I’m playing with now!!! So cute!! And then I can turn the nursery into a walk in closet and then I don’t have to change anything else!! You’re the best James!!

I really love how the house turned out! Thanks James for uploading a 1hour house building video. This is definitely my kind of therapy 😌

this is one of the best, most realistic builds i’ve seen in a long time, the kids rooms feel so nostalgic ✨

The kids sleeping bags would’ve been super cute out on the big balcony! Like they’re having a fun sleepover outside!

James your builds have always been great, but this is next level. So much better then the grey/white era of the city living penthouse.

Woohoo! Get that sponsorship money. I'm sure Bowser's vet bills were not cheap. Seriously, great video. I miss watching your builds. Take care! ❤

I'm a walls up player, I like to feel immersed in their world, so decorations mean a lot to me and thinking about "it doesn't disappear when the walls are down" doesn't occur to me 😜

Oh this might be one of my favorites of your builds! It looks so homey~

Just added this beauty to my legacy family! Thank you, James!!!❤

A long build video! Takes me back. The house looked kinda sus in the thumbnail to me, but it is indeed lovely! It has a cosy lived-in feel to it that I find quite charming. Also, it'd be cute to see you and Deli collab on a build again, like when you first met. :) You build, she furnishes. Or you can switch it up. Either way, we'd all be happy to see it, I'm sure!

This house is sooo pretty, I love the landscaping so much!

I am STUNNED by this build! it's so gorgeous! this is a dream house for me tbh ❤

This house looks nice. I liked many of its features. My favorite one is the study table with the bookshelf underneath.

I think this is one of your best builds ever...love the detail with room to grow, it will be easy to add a basement for extra space.. be well always.

The tv and game console on the floor zooted me to my childhood 💕

I love how you go "not everyone has kit" for the bar but you put the record player in 🤣🤣

i absolutely adore how this house came out! love it so much!

the shower room next to the toilet room cracks me up, imagine you're enjoying a nice bubble bath and you here someone dropping butt nukes next to you LOL

Over an hour of watching James build, I’m in heaven

I think this might be one of my favourite houses james has ever built! It's so cute and I love how much thought he put into it! ❤

I think you mentioned during the tour at the end that you had been recording this build for 4-5 hours which is wild to me because this would take me multiple 4-5hr sessions to complete! Incredible build. One of my faves.

The level of decorating genius is high in this video

Looove this type of build/furnishing style! Definitely gonna download this in my game!

I love this house! The space/dino room with the TV on the floor was such a great idea. So realistic & I’ve never seen anyone else do that in a build before! Love it! Edit: love that James didn’t add the new bar bc it’s in a recent kit, but then added the record player from the same pack anyway 😂

James, I am living for these longer videos of yours!

this is such a good family home! and hey - the big space in the back is finally enough space to kick a ball around! also perfect for bonding activities for families

This is so cool, and it would be great for a 100 baby challenge, since there's so many skill building items and activities for kids!

I just gotta leave some feedback cause James 👏👏 this was so chill to watch, put me in a great mood, love all your efforts and commentary (plus the random laugh after putting the dining table diagonally) and the house is freaking beautiful!

This was amazing!!! I can't wait to see Semaj and his family in it!

Yay I love watching big family home builds. They’re so fun!