Fun fact: gargoyles are decorated drainspouts. If water doesn't go through it, it's not a gargoyle. If it's on a roof but no drainspout, it's a grotesque. Otherwise, it's just a statue.
EXPLANATION FOR BAD EA BUILDS: I do 'Games Studies & Cultural Analysis' at university, and my game developer teacher said that 'imperfection encourages play', which means this: When Sims house looks barren and empty, then ANY improvement the player makes, will be an improvement. Even if you know NOTHING of home decor and place a rug, it already looks homelier. When the player gradually adds more and more items to the house, they can see it go from 'empty' to 'stuffed' which gives the player the experience of growth, the feeling of time passing, the feeling of achievement. Whereas if a new/inexperienced player enters a PERFECT household, then any change means "messing up the perfect interior". So then any change, additon, or movement the inexperienced player makes, immediately looks out of place. The player isn't invited to interact with it. AND thus, the player doesn't open the build/buy-mode... ever... which renders a portion of the game useless. RUclipsrs actually use this trick. If they want more people commenting on their videos, they will sometimes make a deliberate typo in the video's mini image. This invites/prompts their followers to comment: 'hey Kayla, you made a typo!!'. Here, 'imperfection encourages play(ful audience engagement)' too. If you were to build a house where the blue floor has a single blue tile that looks totally out of place, the FIRST THING the players (that download your building) will do, is FIX that floor.
@@notllikethat Then that's beholding? beholden? to the Sims team internal object & construction limits since the goal is for the game to run functional at minimum system requirements and many simmer content creators are well aware of those limitations lol
I never get a chance to comment this, but I recently (like on or two months back) realized that Kayla kinda remakes her videos in like a similar order, I noticed it because I had some from August to November last year that I didn't watch at the time bc of, life, but this September I was like boring and didn't knew what to watch, so I remembered and went looking for those videos in particular and noticed they were very similar to the ones she was posting now... Like it makes sense considering she posts almost daily and of course the videos aren't exactly the same, but the premise of the video is the same or kinda similar which I find really interesting 👉🏼👈🏼
@@ivonne_lau this is a thing. I find myself wearing the same clothes on the same day in my Timehop or fb memories. We tend to keep doing things and it becomes oddly “customary”. I’m for it. Lol
@@alifoligno3723 I feel like in this case is a little bit more intentional, like Kayla is very organized (based on the parasocial perspective), and so it makes sense that she got a method of doing stuff so it feels easier in a way. The clothing thing has also happened to me and it kinda makes sense because of the seasons and weather, it makes sense. But I also get it with random hobbies of mine like "oh, in October of last year I was also doing a lot of macrame, or playing a ton of Sims, or Stardew"
@@iamagod6418 in most of her videos there is like one clip that the editor leaves twice and I have to assume at this point that it is on purpose, like I've been watching her videos... Omg, since like 2020, it has to be on purpose, what I'm not sure about is if she knows, but I gotta assume she does.
"If I were him, I'd be trying to keep up appearances. I don't want people to KNOW I'm a vampire..." He HISSES at people, and shows up at their doorstep in the middle of the night! I think the cat's out of the bag on this one 😂❤
honestly i love vlad's house. it has personality, (which is something a lot of ea builds are lacking) such as the abandoned kitchen & the weird way it's shaped, as if vlad tried to add onto it over the years.
Another vampire build that would be great is a vampire plasma ranch/farm. specifically for nectar making, cause you can actually make plasma nectar. So Vampire cowboy could be an interesting idea lol
Fun fact from the sims 4 wiki, Vlad is the one who turned Lilith (and turned the person who turned Caleb) and was training Lilith to be his successor before she and Caleb cut ties with him. So my guess would be that the other two coffins were originally supposed to be Caleb and Lilith's
The original shape of his house actually seems very similar to Bran Castle in Transylvania (the covered walkways and triangleish courtyard specifically) which was home to Vlad the Impaler and is said to be the source of Count Dracula! Maybe thats why its such an odd shape!
I'm not skilled enough to change the shape of Vlad's house, so I found a use for that weird, unroofed bit on top of his house: I add fake grass and place a chicken coop/plasma tree. It's still 'weird' but in a more intentional way. I also like giving him an elderly, spoiled, super fluffy fancy breed cat.
I like to think the tombstones around that lot are just empty but like as a tribute to Vlad's "previous" lifes. Like everytime he needs to reinvent himself so that people won't know he's a vampire, he will "die" and put a tombstone there and then "be" someone else.
So true 😂 my best friend and I even used to live next door to each other at one point yet we still didn’t have any pics together until very, very recently
Something even scarier than an EA build... is a building with tall wall heights! Kayla, you should totally do a challenge where you only use tall wall heights to build a "normal" "-looking house!
@@sandroribeiro7644 I lived in a loft style apartment for a few years so the main living area had super tall walls and they honestly were indeed a nightmare! I had windows very high up and my cats were insistent on trying to jump up to the windowsills 🙃 it freaked me out every time
this is the first vampire build of yours that ive seen and honestly, i wish you wouldve kept some of the original build's intended design, like the "wrap-around" balcony at the back, the silhouette of the roofs with the spires and gables, like studying its intention, why its designed like that and how its possibly used, but improving its execution as youve said. Though dont get me wrong, your renovation is amazingly designed,,, its just almost entirely different, ALMOST.
I agree!! I especially wish she kept the balcony hallway thing because it actually is kinda reminiscent of actual Dracula's castle in Romania. Same with its jagged, kinda weird shape. I'm not sure if that's what EA were going for but I thought it was a nice touch.
I agree that the reno just kinda made it into a cool vampire house. I really love when simmers renovate townie homes but so often it goes from an interesting idea to an almost cookie cutter box with maybe some rounded shapes. Like I get it. It’s a style and also easy/accessible for RUclipsrs to show others how to do but it’s resulted in a sort of flat linear pov on building within the community. I think it’s awesome to show others how to play differently but maybe a better way to do these reno videos is ‘styling the build while keeping original ideas/intentions from the og design’. That way we’d get to keep the funky architecture of vlad’s house but just with a way to work them in rather get rid of completely.
What the sims 4 has is actually what’s known as a grotesque in architectural terms since they are only decorative features upon the building. A gargoyle on the other hand comes from the French to do gargling water and would be a decorative means to remove water from the roof space and water would flow out from the mouth and away from the building. So there’s a little fact for you.
What boggles my mind about the Vampires builds is that there are two decent Victorians, this monstrosity, and a box. Did they choose 3 random people to build for the pack, or what?
I feel like not having any nice photos is a true mark of being best friends. I constantly realize that I have _zero_ photos with my best friend. You're just always having too good of a time together to think to stop and take photos
I was one of Emrys' friends at the wedding! That was such a wild evening 😂 Loved the Vlad reno, his house is so unnecessarily big. Who is he inviting over? the folks he is hissing at all day??
the other coffins in the basement are for Miss Hell, Caleb and Lilith when they have coven meetings! or by coven i mean "family bloodline get together"
I just built in horse ranch of the big lot and they have a similar situation where the property is actually much bigger based on the fence. I wish what they would do is have the main lot space to build then let you switch to a certain amount of surrounding space (like to the fence in this video) where they let you go into build mode but that only certain things are available, like landscaping then like putting thinks like stuff to train your animals on and like outdoor stuff.
I look forward to watching your videos everyday. Literally audibly gasped when this video popped up in my notifications because I had been waiting for this renovation to come out.
I like the idea that vlad pit thr gargoyles on the roof so that he can land on the roof and not worry about people seeing him, because if someone seens something with batwings on his roof he can just day it was one of the statues.
Love that you're hyperfocused on City Skylines right now! Would love to see you play it on stream maybe! Also, this might be my most favorite Vlad reno ever!
kayla im so sorry but what you did to his balcony was a tragedy, it was meant to be like an "outdoor hallway" like hogwarts castle kind of balcony and now it just looks like a normal american balcony in those homes in the middle of nowhere in like kansas or something
The reason I don't like the vines in the Vampire pack, or really any pack, is that they don't go all the way to the ground if the house is on a foundation. Like they just grew straight out of the concrete.
When I use the vampire vines I stick em under the get together vines so they look more "real" (at least to me), otherwise I rarely use em except on light colored homes bc the different colors are really pretty against like a cream
Another build tutorial would be amazing. I’m getting into building now and I need help with a lot of things. Things like how to roof an octagon shaped room, how to not make your house look like a big square, also how to stay on theme but not make it super cringy or cliché and obvious.
Love videos like this where you just give lil details and life updates! Build looks amazing! Wish the base game was more like this! Also: I love crocs they have fuzz lined ones that are cozy and have become well worn by me. Genuinely prefer them over my slippers!
I was gonna say the exact opposite. It annoys me simsie always makes her houses smaller. As a player I understand all that space isn’t necessary. But (and especially this build) he lives in a huge mansion. Let it be huge!
That’s funny because I just started playing sims like a month and a half ago and my beginning builds are all big boxes. They got a little more interesting but still big until the last one I made in horse ranch it’s very small because I wanted to try something I saw. I made a 5 story house on the waterfront big lot in newcrest and it is almost the whole size of the lot. I love it though. I didn’t realize that certain thing cause glitches until I saw a video of someone talking about not wanting to use to much stuff because of glitches, so it can but frustrating to play that house with is me, I live there with my husband and dogs.
Coming from a Nevadan here.. You talking about the F1 racing and the nightmare that is walking the strip had me remembering the time I visited family there as I’m from the north. I literally sprained my ankle walking that thing, and I didn’t even trip. 😂. Good times. That strip is no joke when it comes to getting around.
What is wild to me, as someone who avidly watches your videos & someone with at least some basic knowledge of architecture, is how so many of the builds created by Sims players far surpass that of the base game & packs. It’s amazing!
Hey Kayla, love your videos. I would love to see the 64*64 lot in del sol valley renovated. I know it's a big ask, but i bet you could make it look so good!
If you like a fun designer tip from someone who just turned vlads house into a gothic castle. The small handheld candelabra can be used in alot of unique places to give it that victoian feel. Such as on the base of the stairs on the railings, on the piano by the keys, on the edge of a tub. I just recently did that and was amazed how a simple addition can make a big difference visually.
I agree with you on the location of twitch con. I liked it because I got to see family but it was a PAIN to get to the convention center. It was nice to meet you tho that was definitely one of the biggest highlights of my trip!❤
I think the worst thing about Vlad's house for me is the stairs to the basement. They clip through the ground and I've struggled so many times to try and fix it without just bulldozing. It's just so irksome.
when i renovated his mansion i made it bigger and added a bunch of mansion details like a servants quarters and a food larder and a ballroom and a grand dining room and more bedrooms and such, and that really fixed all the awkward shapes. like the big balcony became indoor space and the non-walkable part of the balcony became the actual balcony
I love the build. One "but" I've is about the kitchen being open to living room. I think it's kinda weird to have abandoned kitchen next to a room you use and it being open to that. So IMO there should be either regular door or at least a curtain to close the kitchen off a little. Great vid Kayla!
Omgosh that was a blast. The best way to start the week. Love the hacks with you and Mrs B I really think the immersion blender nuts is genius. Sometimes you just need a few and the food processor has parts to clean. This would be quick. Funny but quick. :)
I'm so so happy that I've found yur chanel here at yt! I searched 'the sims unattended' and your video got my attention, because of your tittle AND a face expression of absolut panic at the thumb lol! I think you are super super cute, I feel totally represented by the builds, the challenges and by your way to communicate with your audience. I feel like I'm playing with a friend!
actually, with vlad being a vampire, you don't even need to put a staircase to the top floor. he could just fly/teleport there, right? and then you could put some secret vampire thing in there, like I've read a comment about a plasma farm lol. or more cowplants, very on brand
yes, with my best friends of 13 years, i probably have a handful of photos with them 😅 when we hang out we just aren’t thinking about that (which is nice to remember looking back, we were having lots of fun in the moment!)
19:11 crocs were my go-to shower shoe in university because of their anti-slip design. Any other flip flops I felt like I was going to slip and break my neck
great build. been thinking about this pack and what i would do with it. probably the scariest big mansion myself, but at least it aint as horrifying as the Volkihar Castle in Skyrim that there was scary
Honestly I'd love a true nightmare shell challenge where it's just a giant single floor rectangle. We've all tried making one when we were younger, it'd be hilarious to see a skilled builder try to make it work 😂
I’m so torn because I love Vlad living on the top of the hill in Forgotten Hollow but the terrain is *perfect* for my cemetery 😭 I love the addition of a tiny mysterious door nobody can open 😂
I actually love Vlad's house. It's unique in the good way, the roof is actually very coherent, and I think many simmers are just... scared of the "weird." Also, you can hardly call it a renovation when you, indeed, changed *this* much of the build 💀
I've seen a lot of Halloween vampire builds now and almost all of them include a telescope, I sure hope their vampires aren't looking at the moon with it bc moonlight is just a bit dimmer sunlight :')
This looks way better than the original. Vlad isn't my favorite vampire but he is better than some of the others. I like Caleb. Last two games I've played though Vlad has died by being out in the sun. lol. If you do a video for Halloween day, I hope you'll include your kitties because they are the perfect thing for a Halloween build on Halloween day. I hope if EA is going to come out with a Sims 5, their builds will be better and they will be if they hire creators for it all like you.
this will be an extremely niche reference but I hope someone gets it. The inside of the rebuilt mansion, particularly the grand entrance looks EXACTLY like Reaver's Mansion in the game Fable II. It also reminds me of some other houses in the Bloodstone location. 10/10 downloading that from the gallery and making a Reaver sim right now.
To respond to the question of forgetting to take pictures with people, I was looking through my photos the other day and have exactly one photo of my husband and me for the entire year.
I usually have the exact opposite problem to what you were describing. Making the rooms small and not being able to fit what i want or need, having to enlarge them :D
honestly wouldn't put this build as one of the worst -- at least nothing feels accidental (doors to nowhere, no rails, stairs to nowhere, empty rooms, no lights, etc)
Did you know that in Henford-on-bagley the unoccupied cottage in the corner of the world, the one next to where the Scotts live doesn't actually have an outdoor bin.
I never place outdoor bins. I didn't know they were "required" when I first started playing. I always use the "Reduce & Recycle" lot trait and have the Sims rummage for stuff in their garbage to get bits & pieces. No outdoor bin necessary. First time I decided to try one, it got kicked over. Grrrr! Why bother? I only started playing TS4 during the pandemic, so that trait has always been available for me.
@@acebildz1253 oh okay, I completely forgot about the reduce and recycle trait so I never use it. Anyway I always place outdoor bins but never have people over so it can't get kicked over.
Fun fact: gargoyles are decorated drainspouts. If water doesn't go through it, it's not a gargoyle. If it's on a roof but no drainspout, it's a grotesque. Otherwise, it's just a statue.
I'm curious if this is just general knowledge you picked up, or if you learned it through a certain fictional character with horns...
General knowledge, because I have no idea what character you're talking about, sorry.
Don't forget they were also originally used to scare away evil or malevolent spirits - hence why you see them on old churches a lot.
@@DenimNinja are you talking about Goliath 👀
@@DenimNinja are you talking about Malleus?
EXPLANATION FOR BAD EA BUILDS: I do 'Games Studies & Cultural Analysis' at university, and my game developer teacher said that 'imperfection encourages play', which means this:
When Sims house looks barren and empty, then ANY improvement the player makes, will be an improvement. Even if you know NOTHING of home decor and place a rug, it already looks homelier. When the player gradually adds more and more items to the house, they can see it go from 'empty' to 'stuffed' which gives the player the experience of growth, the feeling of time passing, the feeling of achievement.
Whereas if a new/inexperienced player enters a PERFECT household, then any change means "messing up the perfect interior". So then any change, additon, or movement the inexperienced player makes, immediately looks out of place. The player isn't invited to interact with it. AND thus, the player doesn't open the build/buy-mode... ever... which renders a portion of the game useless.
RUclipsrs actually use this trick. If they want more people commenting on their videos, they will sometimes make a deliberate typo in the video's mini image. This invites/prompts their followers to comment: 'hey Kayla, you made a typo!!'. Here, 'imperfection encourages play(ful audience engagement)' too.
If you were to build a house where the blue floor has a single blue tile that looks totally out of place, the FIRST THING the players (that download your building) will do, is FIX that floor.
That works for starter homes, but such obscene amount of awful house-building for townies is inexcusable
It's not okay that I need a starter save with renovated houses and properly dressed townies
your professor is so right
I get that!
@@notllikethat Then that's beholding? beholden? to the Sims team internal object & construction limits since the goal is for the game to run functional at minimum system requirements and many simmer content creators are well aware of those limitations lol
honestly you renovate this so often i feel like it should be the halloween tradition
I never get a chance to comment this, but I recently (like on or two months back) realized that Kayla kinda remakes her videos in like a similar order, I noticed it because I had some from August to November last year that I didn't watch at the time bc of, life, but this September I was like boring and didn't knew what to watch, so I remembered and went looking for those videos in particular and noticed they were very similar to the ones she was posting now... Like it makes sense considering she posts almost daily and of course the videos aren't exactly the same, but the premise of the video is the same or kinda similar which I find really interesting 👉🏼👈🏼
@@ivonne_lau this is a thing. I find myself wearing the same clothes on the same day in my Timehop or fb memories. We tend to keep doing things and it becomes oddly “customary”. I’m for it. Lol
@@alifoligno3723 I feel like in this case is a little bit more intentional, like Kayla is very organized (based on the parasocial perspective), and so it makes sense that she got a method of doing stuff so it feels easier in a way. The clothing thing has also happened to me and it kinda makes sense because of the seasons and weather, it makes sense. But I also get it with random hobbies of mine like "oh, in October of last year I was also doing a lot of macrame, or playing a ton of Sims, or Stardew"
@@ivonne_laushe also repeats herself a lot
@@iamagod6418 in most of her videos there is like one clip that the editor leaves twice and I have to assume at this point that it is on purpose, like I've been watching her videos... Omg, since like 2020, it has to be on purpose, what I'm not sure about is if she knows, but I gotta assume she does.
"If I were him, I'd be trying to keep up appearances. I don't want people to KNOW I'm a vampire..." He HISSES at people, and shows up at their doorstep in the middle of the night! I think the cat's out of the bag on this one 😂❤
SOMEONE had to say it. also yeah compliments people’s necks… yeesh
He always reminds me of Baron Afanas from what we do in the shadows 🤣
@@haileyhowson8350It's always funny to me, it's like nothing happened to cause the compliment and yet he says "nice neck".
he's just a little silly
honestly i love vlad's house. it has personality, (which is something a lot of ea builds are lacking) such as the abandoned kitchen & the weird way it's shaped, as if vlad tried to add onto it over the years.
Yeah, is it bad I kinda liked it mote before 😭
Not at all! Personal opinion is an amazing thing!@@INEEDAhanDle269
Next Vlad build show be turning the house into a blue suburban home so no one can tell its a vampire home at all
I fully support this idea, it’s just GOLD!! 😂🩷
Well, it's October again, who knows, maybe that'll happen this year 😂
Another vampire build that would be great is a vampire plasma ranch/farm. specifically for nectar making, cause you can actually make plasma nectar. So Vampire cowboy could be an interesting idea lol
Yes!! Up
Youre givin me all kinds of ideas
Oh yes, thank you so much for this idea! I am going to build it right now! hehe
I actually did that after getting Cottage Living! 10/10 would definitely recommend
does it say something about me that I read "vampire plasma farm" and thought, "ah yes, the old prisoners in the basement kept around as vampire food"
18:44 - 19:23
Kayla said the word "crocs" 13 times in 40 seconds.
Trying to get some crocs coin 😂
Petition to turn renovating vlads house into a Halloween tradition
Fun fact from the sims 4 wiki, Vlad is the one who turned Lilith (and turned the person who turned Caleb) and was training Lilith to be his successor before she and Caleb cut ties with him. So my guess would be that the other two coffins were originally supposed to be Caleb and Lilith's
I had sims move into his house (abandoned and haunted) and they’ve been slowly renovating it but keeping the same vibe
that's great idea
Ooh amazing idea
The original shape of his house actually seems very similar to Bran Castle in Transylvania (the covered walkways and triangleish courtyard specifically) which was home to Vlad the Impaler and is said to be the source of Count Dracula! Maybe thats why its such an odd shape!
Was about to say this!
I noticed it at the weird balcony part
I'm not skilled enough to change the shape of Vlad's house, so I found a use for that weird, unroofed bit on top of his house: I add fake grass and place a chicken coop/plasma tree. It's still 'weird' but in a more intentional way.
I also like giving him an elderly, spoiled, super fluffy fancy breed cat.
I ALWAYS give Vlad a cat, it just makes sense
I did something similar! I also swapped the roof out for one of the greenhouse ones, which makes it feel a lot less weirdly out of place.
I like to think the tombstones around that lot are just empty but like as a tribute to Vlad's "previous" lifes. Like everytime he needs to reinvent himself so that people won't know he's a vampire, he will "die" and put a tombstone there and then "be" someone else.
I love it! Headcanon accepted.
Not having good pics with besties means that you are enjoying your time with them too much to remember. ❤
So true 😂 my best friend and I even used to live next door to each other at one point yet we still didn’t have any pics together until very, very recently
Something even scarier than an EA build... is a building with tall wall heights! Kayla, you should totally do a challenge where you only use tall wall heights to build a "normal" "-looking house!
Those flats with tall wall heights in San Myshuno still give me nightmares.
@@sandroribeiro7644 I lived in a loft style apartment for a few years so the main living area had super tall walls and they honestly were indeed a nightmare! I had windows very high up and my cats were insistent on trying to jump up to the windowsills 🙃 it freaked me out every time
I agree, BUT I want to add the rule that you cannot use platforms to make the tall walls look shorter!!
this is the first vampire build of yours that ive seen and honestly, i wish you wouldve kept some of the original build's intended design, like the "wrap-around" balcony at the back, the silhouette of the roofs with the spires and gables, like studying its intention, why its designed like that and how its possibly used, but improving its execution as youve said. Though dont get me wrong, your renovation is amazingly designed,,, its just almost entirely different, ALMOST.
I agree!! I especially wish she kept the balcony hallway thing because it actually is kinda reminiscent of actual Dracula's castle in Romania. Same with its jagged, kinda weird shape. I'm not sure if that's what EA were going for but I thought it was a nice touch.
@@cornflake_fairy right? like the renov was cool and all but now the house doesnt look like its vlad's anymore, now its just a cool vampire house
I agree that the reno just kinda made it into a cool vampire house. I really love when simmers renovate townie homes but so often it goes from an interesting idea to an almost cookie cutter box with maybe some rounded shapes.
Like I get it. It’s a style and also easy/accessible for RUclipsrs to show others how to do but it’s resulted in a sort of flat linear pov on building within the community.
I think it’s awesome to show others how to play differently but maybe a better way to do these reno videos is ‘styling the build while keeping original ideas/intentions from the og design’. That way we’d get to keep the funky architecture of vlad’s house but just with a way to work them in rather get rid of completely.
I love how the change from summer time to standard time here in Germany makes it so that I get your videos at 8 pm now instead of 9 pm.
wait did it change already??? - a fellow German
@@marveludus if you slept through it, it happened the night to sunday
Then you wouldnt notice you know?
What the sims 4 has is actually what’s known as a grotesque in architectural terms since they are only decorative features upon the building. A gargoyle on the other hand comes from the French to do gargling water and would be a decorative means to remove water from the roof space and water would flow out from the mouth and away from the building. So there’s a little fact for you.
kayla is in her secret bookcase door era and honestly love that for her
Please somebody tell me which pack this is in
18:44 take a shot everytime Kayla says crocs and you'll be blackout drunk in 30 seconds 😭
😂😂😂
I actually love the outside of his house 😭😭😭 same w/ the goth’s house, the actual builds are gorgeous
What boggles my mind about the Vampires builds is that there are two decent Victorians, this monstrosity, and a box. Did they choose 3 random people to build for the pack, or what?
Omg I would LOVE to see you do a reno of this house but make it super modern. It could be something like "Vlad's house if he were a Cullen"
I really want Kayla to do a cowplant themed build like if u agree
Btw i cant remember what vidio but she has do this is u want to do some searching 😊
*kayak
She made a cowplant shrine in when she built a cake but I mean an entire house dedicated to cowplants
PLEASE do the garlic place next! I feel like it has so much potential
Love the renovation it’s just what vladdy daddy needs
Perfect for recreating the entire novel of Dracula in the Sims
She should make a video of her top 10 favorite Sims. I would love to see that❤
I feel like not having any nice photos is a true mark of being best friends. I constantly realize that I have _zero_ photos with my best friend. You're just always having too good of a time together to think to stop and take photos
your cardigan is SO CUTE!! this build needed some help so i’m glad you did this again!
I was one of Emrys' friends at the wedding! That was such a wild evening 😂 Loved the Vlad reno, his house is so unnecessarily big. Who is he inviting over? the folks he is hissing at all day??
I love how you say "re-vamped" without even acknowledging the pun. (@23:57)
the other coffins in the basement are for Miss Hell, Caleb and Lilith when they have coven meetings! or by coven i mean "family bloodline get together"
I just built in horse ranch of the big lot and they have a similar situation where the property is actually much bigger based on the fence. I wish what they would do is have the main lot space to build then let you switch to a certain amount of surrounding space (like to the fence in this video) where they let you go into build mode but that only certain things are available, like landscaping then like putting thinks like stuff to train your animals on and like outdoor stuff.
I look forward to watching your videos everyday. Literally audibly gasped when this video popped up in my notifications because I had been waiting for this renovation to come out.
I like the idea that vlad pit thr gargoyles on the roof so that he can land on the roof and not worry about people seeing him, because if someone seens something with batwings on his roof he can just day it was one of the statues.
I love this, and I honestly feel like the scariest build in the sims 4 is the museum in Del Sol Valley
Love that you're hyperfocused on City Skylines right now! Would love to see you play it on stream maybe! Also, this might be my most favorite Vlad reno ever!
I'd make that top floor a spellcaster's altar room. No staircase. Either you have the skills to get up there , or you don't.
kayla im so sorry but what you did to his balcony was a tragedy, it was meant to be like an "outdoor hallway" like hogwarts castle kind of balcony and now it just looks like a normal american balcony in those homes in the middle of nowhere in like kansas or something
The reason I don't like the vines in the Vampire pack, or really any pack, is that they don't go all the way to the ground if the house is on a foundation. Like they just grew straight out of the concrete.
It’s so hard to believe it’s been almost two years since the last renovation of Vlad’s house.
When I use the vampire vines I stick em under the get together vines so they look more "real" (at least to me), otherwise I rarely use em except on light colored homes bc the different colors are really pretty against like a cream
Another build tutorial would be amazing. I’m getting into building now and I need help with a lot of things. Things like how to roof an octagon shaped room, how to not make your house look like a big square, also how to stay on theme but not make it super cringy or cliché and obvious.
Kayla should have one of her legacy heirs marry Vlad…
just so she can kill him later with a cow plant or sharkpond.
Kayla this sweater is GIVING it’s so cute
Love videos like this where you just give lil details and life updates! Build looks amazing! Wish the base game was more like this!
Also: I love crocs they have fuzz lined ones that are cozy and have become well worn by me. Genuinely prefer them over my slippers!
I was gonna say the exact opposite. It annoys me simsie always makes her houses smaller. As a player I understand all that space isn’t necessary. But (and especially this build) he lives in a huge mansion. Let it be huge!
0:27 yeah, pay...
She doesn’t get the packs for free either, this is ea we’re talking about
I am SO IMPRESSED with the roofing you did in this build like the turret at the end of the longer rectangle roof?? Omg?
Any tutorials you could ever make for building are always wanted Kayla! You are the GOAT
That’s funny because I just started playing sims like a month and a half ago and my beginning builds are all big boxes. They got a little more interesting but still big until the last one I made in horse ranch it’s very small because I wanted to try something I saw. I made a 5 story house on the waterfront big lot in newcrest and it is almost the whole size of the lot. I love it though. I didn’t realize that certain thing cause glitches until I saw a video of someone talking about not wanting to use to much stuff because of glitches, so it can but frustrating to play that house with is me, I live there with my husband and dogs.
Coming from a Nevadan here.. You talking about the F1 racing and the nightmare that is walking the strip had me remembering the time I visited family there as I’m from the north. I literally sprained my ankle walking that thing, and I didn’t even trip. 😂. Good times. That strip is no joke when it comes to getting around.
What is wild to me, as someone who avidly watches your videos & someone with at least some basic knowledge of architecture, is how so many of the builds created by Sims players far surpass that of the base game & packs.
It’s amazing!
Hey Kayla, love your videos. I would love to see the 64*64 lot in del sol valley renovated. I know it's a big ask, but i bet you could make it look so good!
This house would almost be perfect for a Decade Challenge
If you like a fun designer tip from someone who just turned vlads house into a gothic castle.
The small handheld candelabra can be used in alot of unique places to give it that victoian feel. Such as on the base of the stairs on the railings, on the piano by the keys, on the edge of a tub. I just recently did that and was amazed how a simple addition can make a big difference visually.
I think it's great you kept all the room Vald doesn't need, since this could be his house from before he was a Vampyr too
I agree with you on the location of twitch con. I liked it because I got to see family but it was a PAIN to get to the convention center. It was nice to meet you tho that was definitely one of the biggest highlights of my trip!❤
I was thinking about Reno Vlad house in sims 4 today!! And there you are, posting a video with it!!! ❤❤❤
I'm soo happy for Vlad that he got such a nice renovation
But does Vlad need to think of the resale value? He's a vampire living forever, he can just live here - forever. 🤔😁
I was just on a binge of you're Halloween videos this is great timing
Kayla is in her bookcase door era
I think the worst thing about Vlad's house for me is the stairs to the basement. They clip through the ground and I've struggled so many times to try and fix it without just bulldozing. It's just so irksome.
Freezes tutorial would literally save my life/vlads life his life is sad without them
when i renovated his mansion i made it bigger and added a bunch of mansion details like a servants quarters and a food larder and a ballroom and a grand dining room and more bedrooms and such, and that really fixed all the awkward shapes. like the big balcony became indoor space and the non-walkable part of the balcony became the actual balcony
I love the build. One "but" I've is about the kitchen being open to living room. I think it's kinda weird to have abandoned kitchen next to a room you use and it being open to that. So IMO there should be either regular door or at least a curtain to close the kitchen off a little.
Great vid Kayla!
green = sewer, red = murder dungeon!!!! this stream was so much fun, i love that you made a vid out of it
Omgosh that was a blast. The best way to start the week. Love the hacks with you and Mrs B I really think the immersion blender nuts is genius. Sometimes you just need a few and the food processor has parts to clean. This would be quick. Funny but quick. :)
I'm so so happy that I've found yur chanel here at yt! I searched 'the sims unattended' and your video got my attention, because of your tittle AND a face expression of absolut panic at the thumb lol! I think you are super super cute, I feel totally represented by the builds, the challenges and by your way to communicate with your audience. I feel like I'm playing with a friend!
actually, with vlad being a vampire, you don't even need to put a staircase to the top floor. he could just fly/teleport there, right? and then you could put some secret vampire thing in there, like I've read a comment about a plasma farm lol. or more cowplants, very on brand
yes, with my best friends of 13 years, i probably have a handful of photos with them 😅 when we hang out we just aren’t thinking about that (which is nice to remember looking back, we were having lots of fun in the moment!)
19:11 crocs were my go-to shower shoe in university because of their anti-slip design. Any other flip flops I felt like I was going to slip and break my neck
Yes a tutorial on freezes and exterior trims would be so awesome! Great renovation too btw!
This renovation is so good!
great build. been thinking about this pack and what i would do with it. probably the scariest big mansion myself, but at least it aint as horrifying as the Volkihar Castle in Skyrim that there was scary
Honestly I'd love a true nightmare shell challenge where it's just a giant single floor rectangle. We've all tried making one when we were younger, it'd be hilarious to see a skilled builder try to make it work 😂
I’m so torn because I love Vlad living on the top of the hill in Forgotten Hollow but the terrain is *perfect* for my cemetery 😭
I love the addition of a tiny mysterious door nobody can open 😂
I actually love Vlad's house. It's unique in the good way, the roof is actually very coherent, and I think many simmers are just... scared of the "weird." Also, you can hardly call it a renovation when you, indeed, changed *this* much of the build 💀
I've seen a lot of Halloween vampire builds now and almost all of them include a telescope, I sure hope their vampires aren't looking at the moon with it bc moonlight is just a bit dimmer sunlight :')
This is kind of giving “What We Do In the Shadows” vibes and I love it ❤
ah just what i need on an evening hot soup and kayla renovating vlad’s mansion
This looks way better than the original. Vlad isn't my favorite vampire but he is better than some of the others. I like Caleb. Last two games I've played though Vlad has died by being out in the sun. lol. If you do a video for Halloween day, I hope you'll include your kitties because they are the perfect thing for a Halloween build on Halloween day. I hope if EA is going to come out with a Sims 5, their builds will be better and they will be if they hire creators for it all like you.
this build is amazing omg especially for a limited pack build! can't wait to play in this
I often forget to take pictures of myself in cosplay and of myself and friends. I usually remember when I get home. Love this remodel as usual.
this will be an extremely niche reference but I hope someone gets it. The inside of the rebuilt mansion, particularly the grand entrance looks EXACTLY like Reaver's Mansion in the game Fable II. It also reminds me of some other houses in the Bloodstone location. 10/10 downloading that from the gallery and making a Reaver sim right now.
Just what I needed after a long and boring day😌💕
missed opportunity to say reVAMPED.
This is my favorite Lil Simsie build!
she "reVAMPED" it!
To respond to the question of forgetting to take pictures with people, I was looking through my photos the other day and have exactly one photo of my husband and me for the entire year.
I usually have the exact opposite problem to what you were describing. Making the rooms small and not being able to fit what i want or need, having to enlarge them :D
Imagine if crocks had sims charms. Little cow plant heads, plumb bobs, freezer bunny, etc that'd be cute.
Kayla making me want to build a gawdy over the top victorian vampire house for a cute new vampire legacy ive never thought of before this point😢
You did an excellent job with this 😍😍 (no surprise, you’re great!)
honestly wouldn't put this build as one of the worst -- at least nothing feels accidental (doors to nowhere, no rails, stairs to nowhere, empty rooms, no lights, etc)
Did you know that in Henford-on-bagley the unoccupied cottage in the corner of the world, the one next to where the Scotts live doesn't actually have an outdoor bin.
I never place outdoor bins. I didn't know they were "required" when I first started playing. I always use the "Reduce & Recycle" lot trait and have the Sims rummage for stuff in their garbage to get bits & pieces. No outdoor bin necessary. First time I decided to try one, it got kicked over. Grrrr! Why bother? I only started playing TS4 during the pandemic, so that trait has always been available for me.
@@acebildz1253 oh okay, I completely forgot about the reduce and recycle trait so I never use it. Anyway I always place outdoor bins but never have people over so it can't get kicked over.
I wish there was more, houses like this I generally like Gothic Victorian-Style homes. there is just not enough of them. in the sims 4
kayla’s new obsession with secret bookcase doors 😭