shotgun homes also have the doors in the same spot all the way through that's how they got there name, you can shoot a gun from the front porch all the way through to the back door without hitting anything and it was for circulation
@@sahm_and_bean heck yeah. They always get a poor reputation for being dirty and run down. I've seen some really nice and well decorated mobile homes. Their even cheaper than houses.😆
@@sahm_and_bean Another cool challange would be getting a friend to make an old and falling apart home like those old victorian houses. Then setting a budget and refurbishing the house. No deleting or adding walls. Just floor, furniture, paint, ect. As if someone bought a really old home and touched it up.
I know! In my particular neck of the woods they're pretty much all run down and gross, but I have been in some really nice ones. You almost forget where you are.
I've actually done a handful of these rundown homes myself. One of them really took off on Reddit and has in total I think like 13k downloads? I don't remember, it's been a while since I've checked, but I'd actually like to do a new one on a live stream if and when I can actually get a good time and place to live stream. So now you're the first to know 🤫😉
My grandpa built my grandma’s and his house and it looks like this. It has a nice big deck tho that my grandma always wanted to get enclosed. Never happened but i think it’s nice anyways.
I have learned that as long as one wall piece is missing, that room won’t count towards the tiles. I made a farm in Henford-on-Bagley and wanted the gardening perk of the smallest micro home. So the actual home is one level up. The area below that has walls on three sides. One end is separated with a wall for crafting tables and laundry but instead of a door there’s just no wall for one tile. On the other side there’s a store (world with a mod) that’s only closed in on three sides so none of that area counts as a tile.
That is a super handy trick if you need space and want to keep the perks. I prefer to not cheat for these homes but it's definitely a good trick to have in your tool belt. Sounds like you made a pretty cool farm though.
I definitely use math and a touch of psychology to my advantage, but that's because I was weird even for a homeschooled kid. I can't speak for other builders 😅
That house looks so beautiful!!! Is this really all base game? 😳 The builders I’ve seen on RUclips always use other packs (which means I can’t use their houses-) and I thought that meant I could never build a good house with base game 🥺
It's absolutely all base game! The base game has so much more to offer than it's often given credit for. If you check out my "full size, full length" videos I have at least a dozen base game only build tutorials, including a two story shotgun.
@@sahm_and_bean I’m making newcrest a family neighborhood! We got a community pool with w couple family houses! Thinking about making 2 live in the shotgun home
Just randomly commenting that I’ve always heard these houses called Railway house. Because each room is directly connected one in front of the other like train cars.
The one story shotguns do look kinda like trailer homes. Do you call the two and three story ones trailer homes as well? Or just those similar in size to classic "trailer park" manufactured homes? (For science)
Trailer homes are different than shot guns. Similar look but not the same thing. Shotgun is pretty much like a Katrina cottage if you know what that is. Trailer homes can be in similar layout to shotguns but don’t have to be. I lived in one that wasn’t.
@@wtfamisupposedtodowiththis7123 trailers are totally different, they're mobile homes made of metal/vinyl which can be moved easily and generally don't have permanent foundations. They also have a lot of different styles of layouts for trailers. Shotgun homes are regular built homes from brick and mortar or wood that aren't mobile and do have a fixed foundation like a regular home. The specific shape and layout is what makes them shotgun homes.
My home is kind of a shotgun, the main rooms living room, dining room, kitchen all come one after the other with all the bedrooms and bathrooms on the left side of the house. Still, one after the other
When I was house hunting my realtor took my mon and I to a shotgun house. It was the living room, bedroom, kitchen and then bathroom. We were standing in the kitchen and my mom was like "wait...where is the bedroom?" I'm just like "...we walked through it". Yeah I didn't buy it. We actually had to be warned that it was once a "lab" by law. Which made so much sense when I saw the layout. It was so undesirable that it only made sense that whoever "lived" there...didn't actually live there and it was going to be used for illegal purposes.
I’m born and raised in New Orleans where shotgun houses originated (so we’re told). I have been in a few different floor plans. Every one I’ve been in has always had the kitchen in the back of the house with a back door that leads to the backyard. Also one of the floor plans I’ve seen is with a very long hallway that had all of the rooms on the opposite side. But usually you’d have to walk through multiple rooms in order to get into the kitchen or bathroom.
That is the general layout for a shotgun. Unfortunately I did have to tweak this one significantly because I only had 32 tiles, but the traditional layout is a small sort of family room in the front, kitchen in the back, and many homes are so old that the bathroom is just sort of added on later either in the main rectangle of the build or possibly as an extension at the back. But you're right, the floor plan on mine is a little bit wonky. I do have a more historically accurate one as a "full size full-length" video on the channel as well, but this one was just for fun.
No mods or cc! I do check every lot before I build to make sure the light is good, and having your graphics settings on high or ultra does make a huge difference.
I used some wooden floor and the concrete slabs (under stone) in this build. Good floor hacks to know are < and > rotate the direction, and Ctrl+f will let you place quarter tiles. If that doesn't answer your question I'm afraid I'm not sure what you're asking 🙈
While newer (or recently renovated) shotgun style homes may be open floor plan, the originals actually didn't even have a hall but instead were door after door after door all along one side (like this one). I wasn't able to do a genuine shotgun floor plan in this build because it is only 32 tiles, but if you're interested in more of the history of the shotgun, including how the floor plan has changed, I recommend checking out my 'full size full length' video here on the channel :)
Hi! Once you're online in the gallery, you can search by creator ID using the drop-down menu at the top of the page. My ID is sahmandbean. You can also search by lot name on the main gallery page or on a creator's own gallery page. The lot title for this build is Micro Shotgun. Don't forget to follow creators you like to make sure you can find them again! Once you've found the build you want, you can favorite it, add it to your library (an offline collection), and/or place it on a lot. Does that help? Idk how much of an explanation you needed but I figure too much is better than being too cryptic 🙈
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Just in general no matter the size shotgun homes are difficult to build
Agreed! I made a shotgun complex for a school project and it was pretty challenging, even with two floors
Watching this with headphones in I can hear your baby in the background and thought my daughter woke up from her nap and she's talking to herself
Oh no! Yeah, my little guy likes making background appearances. Hopefully you get a good long nap today 🤞
shotgun homes also have the doors in the same spot all the way through that's how they got there name, you can shoot a gun from the front porch all the way through to the back door without hitting anything and it was for circulation
Yup, that's the general idea! Unfortunately for 32 tiles it was that or a bathroom 😬
I never heard of the term shotgun home before. Learn something new everyday.
You make these look so easy omg but it came out awesome!
Looks like a 5 star mobile home. I would live in that.🤩
Five star mobile home 🤔 new build challenge?
@@sahm_and_bean heck yeah. They always get a poor reputation for being dirty and run down. I've seen some really nice and well decorated mobile homes. Their even cheaper than houses.😆
@@sahm_and_bean Another cool challange would be getting a friend to make an old and falling apart home like those old victorian houses. Then setting a budget and refurbishing the house. No deleting or adding walls. Just floor, furniture, paint, ect. As if someone bought a really old home and touched it up.
I know! In my particular neck of the woods they're pretty much all run down and gross, but I have been in some really nice ones. You almost forget where you are.
I've actually done a handful of these rundown homes myself. One of them really took off on Reddit and has in total I think like 13k downloads? I don't remember, it's been a while since I've checked, but I'd actually like to do a new one on a live stream if and when I can actually get a good time and place to live stream. So now you're the first to know 🤫😉
My grandpa built my grandma’s and his house and it looks like this. It has a nice big deck tho that my grandma always wanted to get enclosed. Never happened but i think it’s nice anyways.
That's awesome. What a skill!
So cute! And your landscaping is everything
I have learned that as long as one wall piece is missing, that room won’t count towards the tiles. I made a farm in Henford-on-Bagley and wanted the gardening perk of the smallest micro home. So the actual home is one level up. The area below that has walls on three sides. One end is separated with a wall for crafting tables and laundry but instead of a door there’s just no wall for one tile. On the other side there’s a store (world with a mod) that’s only closed in on three sides so none of that area counts as a tile.
That is a super handy trick if you need space and want to keep the perks. I prefer to not cheat for these homes but it's definitely a good trick to have in your tool belt. Sounds like you made a pretty cool farm though.
How are people so good at landscaping
I definitely use math and a touch of psychology to my advantage, but that's because I was weird even for a homeschooled kid. I can't speak for other builders 😅
Omg yes! Shotgun houses are hard to design in the Sims!
Okay but this is cute. I'd live in one no lie
A shot gun usually has the front and back doors in alignment which if a bullet went through it I’d go through both doors so it’s a shot gun
Usually, but I only had 32 tiles so I had to make some adjustments
That house looks so beautiful!!! Is this really all base game? 😳 The builders I’ve seen on RUclips always use other packs (which means I can’t use their houses-) and I thought that meant I could never build a good house with base game 🥺
It's absolutely all base game! The base game has so much more to offer than it's often given credit for. If you check out my "full size, full length" videos I have at least a dozen base game only build tutorials, including a two story shotgun.
Wow. It is really challenge this is sooooo small house! i love it.
Super cute!
This is so cute omg 🥺💛✨️
💙💙💙
I’ve been building homes like crazy on my sims, I’m gonna try this one next! Trying to fill up Newcrest 🥰
Oh fun! I've never actually completely built up Newcrest specifically, but I think I've built enough to fill it up three times over 😅
@@sahm_and_bean I’m making newcrest a family neighborhood! We got a community pool with w couple family houses! Thinking about making 2 live in the shotgun home
IM OBSESSED
Beautiful!!!!!!!!
Just randomly commenting that I’ve always heard these houses called Railway house. Because each room is directly connected one in front of the other like train cars.
I have never heard that, but it makes total sense! Can I ask whereabouts you are? I wonder if it's a regional thing 🤔
New Jersey
ooh! i love it:D it looks so beautiful!
random fun fact, elvis lived in a shotgun house as a kid.
Fascinating! I am incredibly illiterate when it comes to pop culture, past or present, but maybe if it's connected to a house fact I'll remember lol
I've never heard of it being called shotgun. I call it a trailer home.
The one story shotguns do look kinda like trailer homes. Do you call the two and three story ones trailer homes as well? Or just those similar in size to classic "trailer park" manufactured homes? (For science)
@@sahm_and_bean I've never actually seen a two or three story trailer home I have no idea what to call one maybe just a tiny home I'm not sure
Trailer homes are different than shot guns. Similar look but not the same thing. Shotgun is pretty much like a Katrina cottage if you know what that is. Trailer homes can be in similar layout to shotguns but don’t have to be. I lived in one that wasn’t.
Not even close to the same thing.
@@wtfamisupposedtodowiththis7123 trailers are totally different, they're mobile homes made of metal/vinyl which can be moved easily and generally don't have permanent foundations. They also have a lot of different styles of layouts for trailers. Shotgun homes are regular built homes from brick and mortar or wood that aren't mobile and do have a fixed foundation like a regular home. The specific shape and layout is what makes them shotgun homes.
love a shotgun home i’m gonna have to try this
Wow your builds are beautiful!!
It looks cute
My home is kind of a shotgun, the main rooms living room, dining room, kitchen all come one after the other with all the bedrooms and bathrooms on the left side of the house. Still, one after the other
Sounds kinda like a double barrel!
kind of like a real life house
I do build based on real life styles, so yes? Maybe I don't understand the comment.
Looks a little bit like dudley house from sims bustin out on ps2
Which concrete did you use out front? Love the build.
It's called Sidewalk Slabs and it's in the stone section of the floor textures :)
When I was house hunting my realtor took my mon and I to a shotgun house. It was the living room, bedroom, kitchen and then bathroom. We were standing in the kitchen and my mom was like "wait...where is the bedroom?" I'm just like "...we walked through it". Yeah I didn't buy it. We actually had to be warned that it was once a "lab" by law. Which made so much sense when I saw the layout. It was so undesirable that it only made sense that whoever "lived" there...didn't actually live there and it was going to be used for illegal purposes.
That layout is super traditional, but yikes on the lab part. Glad you didn't get stuck with that neverending project!
I wonder if you could get creative with a micro-scale double barrel. Or double decker. So same base size just added together.
Maybe not a micro, but a tiny (64 tile) could work 🤔
are you able to make half walls? or does that break challenge rules?
You can use half walls! The challenge is to only use 32 tiles, which sounds like a lot but it's not 😬🤣
I’m born and raised in New Orleans where shotgun houses originated (so we’re told). I have been in a few different floor plans. Every one I’ve been in has always had the kitchen in the back of the house with a back door that leads to the backyard. Also one of the floor plans I’ve seen is with a very long hallway that had all of the rooms on the opposite side. But usually you’d have to walk through multiple rooms in order to get into the kitchen or bathroom.
That is the general layout for a shotgun. Unfortunately I did have to tweak this one significantly because I only had 32 tiles, but the traditional layout is a small sort of family room in the front, kitchen in the back, and many homes are so old that the bathroom is just sort of added on later either in the main rectangle of the build or possibly as an extension at the back. But you're right, the floor plan on mine is a little bit wonky. I do have a more historically accurate one as a "full size full-length" video on the channel as well, but this one was just for fun.
did you use a mod for that window light cos i dont think i have that in my game and it looks so pretty
No mods or cc! I do check every lot before I build to make sure the light is good, and having your graphics settings on high or ultra does make a huge difference.
Where is it on gallery?? Beautiful 🥰
My gallery ID is sahmandbean and this home is called Micro Shotgun
How did you connect the fence on the ground to the foundation 😮
Start away from the house and draw to it. Works 99% of the time :)
How do you do that with the floor because I do it once and now I can’t do it again.
I used some wooden floor and the concrete slabs (under stone) in this build. Good floor hacks to know are < and > rotate the direction, and Ctrl+f will let you place quarter tiles. If that doesn't answer your question I'm afraid I'm not sure what you're asking 🙈
A shotgun house is a house that goes straight through. And yes it can be an open floor plan. To the front door and a back door
While newer (or recently renovated) shotgun style homes may be open floor plan, the originals actually didn't even have a hall but instead were door after door after door all along one side (like this one). I wasn't able to do a genuine shotgun floor plan in this build because it is only 32 tiles, but if you're interested in more of the history of the shotgun, including how the floor plan has changed, I recommend checking out my 'full size full length' video here on the channel :)
Can somebody please explain how I can find this? I'm new to gallery things
Hi! Once you're online in the gallery, you can search by creator ID using the drop-down menu at the top of the page. My ID is sahmandbean. You can also search by lot name on the main gallery page or on a creator's own gallery page. The lot title for this build is Micro Shotgun. Don't forget to follow creators you like to make sure you can find them again! Once you've found the build you want, you can favorite it, add it to your library (an offline collection), and/or place it on a lot. Does that help? Idk how much of an explanation you needed but I figure too much is better than being too cryptic 🙈
@@sahm_and_bean thank you very much! Your reply was very helpful and I'll make sure to find you later!
Weiner house 😔
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