This build is hilarious! Looks exactly like all the other homes except for the super nice furnishings, a pool, and a hot tub. The neighbors are going to be soooo jealous lmao
@@nedrane297No, Del Sol Valley was just an example. The challenge James received called for Strangerville style. Try watching the video before you comment.
Came here to say that! Lol it also helps with smoke if the doors are open. There are also specialized fans you can put on top of your stove that rotates when heated, it helps move heated air farther into the room.
Originally my grandmothers shotgun style home built in the mid to late 1800s was heated by just two fireplaces. In the mid 1900s the fireplaces were closed up and big oil heaters were put in front of each one and the exhaust went through a pipe up the chimney. They always kept kettles of water on them for humidity... but there was quite a few times when there was a snow storm and the power went out that we cooked on them.
I agree you need outdoor seating at least and a couple of loungers would be nice or BBQ as you said. I would have added more plants and possibly a telescope or chess set for outdoor skills and fun.
A retired little grandma fills her days training her little dog (papillion/maltese) to do tricks. Her son/grandson lives with her while he is trying to get back on his feet.
Love the house. Reminds me of the shotgun homes found here in the southern US. They did them primarily so you could open a door at the front and the back to let a breeze go through the home... usually down the middle but in a tiny home that probably wouldn't work. My grandmothers home was like that, and it was built pre-1890. I'm not sure the exact year, but she was born in 1896, and she was the baby of the family, and I know the other siblings were born there as well. Originally, it did not have a bathroom. They used an outhouse & later made a small area over into a bathroom inside the home... so your squished bathroom makes sense. I'm going to try the challenge... but I think I'm going to also build a home similar to my grandmothers as well. It's inside of small town town now... but originally, the area was agricultural, and it still has the remains a barn, outhouse, and chicken coop area in the back. Maybe I'll try it for horse ranch, too. Her older sister... like many in SC... migrated around 1905 from SC to the border of Alabama & and Florida, where they actually built a horse ranch... and the home was originally a large shotgun style as well. Most people built or helped build their own homes, and it was a design you'll find from the Carolinas to Texas as it was an efficient design and easy to build and add onto as the family grew.
At my grandparents house, they converted a bedroom into the bathroom when indoor plumbing became available, so the bathroom is weirdly large and mostly empty.
I love how the build turned out! Next time James could put the old wooden tub outside the house to wash the dog and a walk in shower in the bathroom because realistically elders might find it difficult to step up into the shower tub combo.
Actually, I don't think thats a tea pot on the fire place, it is more likely a pot with water to add humidity to the room. Those wood burning stoves are very drying to the air. Just an FYI.
I think you could have added some eco items like solar cells and water collectors, and also, good thing it didn't require laundry day stuff, although you could have put some of that in the back yard like the line, and have the washer on the porch. Not only that I would have put in a greenhouse, an easel, or a telescope, that way they could work on their skills.
Love this house it gives me grandma home vibe. The type of elder women whose house is welcome to anyone, has the guest bedroom that has the small bed and she owns a tiny dog, her backyard has the pool and i would have put a random swing back there cause its ALWAYS there and of course a bowl of butterscotch candy. And everytime u walk in a detective show is playing.
I would imagine that the Sims who would live there would be an elder sim who once was a competetive swimmer and wanted to settle down in a small house with their dog. The young aduld could be their grandchild and could have moved there because they decided to join an exotic study program exclusive to strange town.
Just tried your Random Build Challenge: The owner(s) are runaway teens and they are really into the colour blue and maximalism and really afraid of the colour blue. 😅
If anyone knows if there is a mod that lets you hang the guitars (maybe even the violins) on the wall and they're still functional, please let me know. It would look great on this tiny build and fill the walls with skill building items.
I so wanted a potted plant or something by that tv and maybe a few other touches, but overall it's really cute and just the terrain paint+trees+objects works surprisingly well for landscaping
Hi James , I love you video’s I often end up listening to them like a podcast on my drives to work😂. I was wondering if you could ever do a basic coding tutorial on how you make the designs and functionality of the website!! I’m an Aussie IT student and would love to see which languages you use and how much time goes into such a cool site 💚
day 1 asking u to build a house backwards, meaning whatever you usually do last in a build, u do it first. so walls and roof will be added after all the decore and stuff
Ahhhh James the builder is back!! I really love the second bedroom, the colors go quite well together and its cozy.the exterior look looks like it can be turned into a rental. lovely!
I personally imagined the adult child having moved back in with their elderly mum (who has since moved out of the family house) maybe after they hit a difficult spot in life. That's why their room is so small in my head, because the house wasn't initially meant to live there with two people and mum had to make room or they had to make the guest room their own. But I like your story as well!
I tried the random build challenge - and let's just say I gave up, got mad and quit the game without saving. Like a 2 story 3 bedroom house. 20x30lot. the owner was a Ghost who loved pink, and also was a technophobe - and budget of 25.000 something simoleons. Oh! and I could cut my budget in half if I wanted an extra challenge. (how about no). But I might try it again with a tiny home - just to avoid getting the 2-3story mansion builds for a ridicilously low budget
next time u wanna use a certain fridge but already have another one youre committed to, u could consider trying to fit both in. lots of people have two fridges in their house! maybe a bit sillier in a tiny home but then this house wasnt That tiny and had the budget for it :)
Yeah a BBQ with a nice sitting area and maybe a few planters or other activities would've been nice in the backyard! Maybe even a hangout spot with lounge chairs by the pool.
The little tea pots on wood stoves were used as humidifiers/diffusers. Either just water of water with spices boiling through the winter to help the worst of the dry air
I think every decision you made with this build was actually great, and i think youre just an over perfectionist, dont have to think so much into it! 😂❤
This is a very cute house! I love the pool! The only thing I’d add with the $5,000 budget would be an expensive BBQ and outdoor table and chairs. Great job! 💯
Was waiting for him to use the random empty space in the middle of the house to make the bathroom bigger but it never happened. 😂 So that was frustrating!
I saw the criteria for this build and automatically thought "Okay, the elder and young adult are going to be in a relationship...boom, one bedroom. Easy!"
I usually really like James's layouts but in this one, if he had moved the bathroom to be against the outer wall and had the hallway down the middle, it would have made a entryway and better nook for the living room.
For the bathroom issue, I would have changed the way the door opens while also moving it as far over as possible from the tub on that diagonal wall. Maybe choose a toilet I could put the back of it more into the wall, and could rearrange the bathroom a tad more.
You got it right first time calling the letterbox a letterbox. Never in my life heard it called a "mail slit" before. Its such the proper name that there are even brands who sell things like letterbox cakes designed to be just the right size to fit through letterboxes. Also the bedding with cats on wasn't childish. The bedding my partner and I currently have on our double bed has little sleeping cats on it (black and white outlines) with tiny grey stars on the white background. The reverse is a light grey with white stars. And the pillowcases match. One thing I hate about the sims is how boring the bedding swatches are. Very few fun options like you get IRL. Our latest halloween bedding I just got for my birthday has little baby Grogus dressed up in different halloween costumes. Its adorable. The bathroom would look fine if you stopped hiding the walls. Its not even realistic to playing to keep hiding them. Like it looks weird watching a sim staring through walls because they are looking at something on it. I've never understood playing with walls down. I don't even like how they cut away if you zoom in. I zoom in so I can see what I'm doing with my shitty eyesight, not to move through the walls! 🤦♀️
23:50 - "Much more visible from the front" ;-; I can see my front window from my back room. I can see every room (sans one bathroom) from the front window.
I would of made the bathroom on the other side were the second adults bedroom is. So that they enter the bathroom from the living area, and second bedroom from the hallway.
I feel like James would lose his mind if he saw the bathroom of the melb apartment my friend is renting. A travesty of landlord reno if ever I saw one :P
The shower/tub combo totally would have worked along the right side with the sink and toilet closest to the door, just need to scoot the toilet further to the left.
"You must build a tiny home with no more than 17 tiles... It has to have room for an elder, a young adult, a teen and a child and use a budget of §8,142." I am not sure that is even possible XD
Make the door open the other way! 🤣 Opening into the hallway would make more sense because you have more room there and it still wouldn't open into the walkway. I know bathroom doors normally open into the room, but in that case, it's better to open into the hallway.
Coming over to fight James in the parking lot for making an entire gold-based bathroom but leaving the toilet paper holder silver 😫
i noticed that too lol
And the silver handle counters with a silver fridge with that cream and gold stove. 😅
This build is hilarious! Looks exactly like all the other homes except for the super nice furnishings, a pool, and a hot tub. The neighbors are going to be soooo jealous lmao
Definitely gonna be that one nosy neighbour that thinks you are doing tax evasion or smth
@LunaWitcherArt I mean it is Strangerville, i feel like tax evasion would not be totally out of the question
@hollowlunax Except the challenge was for Del Sol Valley style, so to make it FIT in Strangerville it fails the challenge.
@@nedrane297No, Del Sol Valley was just an example. The challenge James received called for Strangerville style. Try watching the video before you comment.
Teapot on the fire place isn't for tea. People put them on with water to add humidity to the room.
Came here to say that! Lol it also helps with smoke if the doors are open. There are also specialized fans you can put on top of your stove that rotates when heated, it helps move heated air farther into the room.
Interesting. I think my parents only really used the teapot on the fireplace for hot drinks..
Originally my grandmothers shotgun style home built in the mid to late 1800s was heated by just two fireplaces. In the mid 1900s the fireplaces were closed up and big oil heaters were put in front of each one and the exhaust went through a pipe up the chimney. They always kept kettles of water on them for humidity... but there was quite a few times when there was a snow storm and the power went out that we cooked on them.
@@TheBioExplorerthat’s really cool and unique! Thank you for sharing 😊
And fill a hot water bottle. Very handy for elderly people
Doing a pool is fine, but you could've had a nice bbq area. Seating, fireplace, bbq. It would've been great
I know, right!? Could have extended the tiles outside to the stairs, too.
I agree you need outdoor seating at least and a couple of loungers would be nice or BBQ as you said. I would have added more plants and possibly a telescope or chess set for outdoor skills and fun.
Literally what I was thinking
Not me screaming in my head at James to change the bathroom door to open outward instead of inward so the door wouldn’t hit the tub. 😅
Also I definitely DON’T have OCD. 🥴
A retired little grandma fills her days training her little dog (papillion/maltese) to do tricks. Her son/grandson lives with her while he is trying to get back on his feet.
the new frame tv would've looked really nice in the living room
frame tv? what do you mean by "frame tv"
@@loptseldr The one that looks like a painting when it's off
It's based off the real life version also called Frame TVs
@@d.sadster5684 exactly, it came with the most recent kit
there's a new frame tv??? what, is this a base game update or in a pack?
@@patmisc it's in the most recent kit, modern luxe kit, but if it's the only item that interests you, there's also cc versions
Love the house. Reminds me of the shotgun homes found here in the southern US. They did them primarily so you could open a door at the front and the back to let a breeze go through the home... usually down the middle but in a tiny home that probably wouldn't work.
My grandmothers home was like that, and it was built pre-1890. I'm not sure the exact year, but she was born in 1896, and she was the baby of the family, and I know the other siblings were born there as well. Originally, it did not have a bathroom. They used an outhouse & later made a small area over into a bathroom inside the home... so your squished bathroom makes sense.
I'm going to try the challenge... but I think I'm going to also build a home similar to my grandmothers as well. It's inside of small town town now... but originally, the area was agricultural, and it still has the remains a barn, outhouse, and chicken coop area in the back.
Maybe I'll try it for horse ranch, too. Her older sister... like many in SC... migrated around 1905 from SC to the border of Alabama & and Florida, where they actually built a horse ranch... and the home was originally a large shotgun style as well. Most people built or helped build their own homes, and it was a design you'll find from the Carolinas to Texas as it was an efficient design and easy to build and add onto as the family grew.
interesting!
Nice reading your story, thanks
They usually used a closet made over to a bathroom and called it a "water closet" after plumbing was available.
Thanks for the historical background and for sharing your family story!
At my grandparents house, they converted a bedroom into the bathroom when indoor plumbing became available, so the bathroom is weirdly large and mostly empty.
I was waiting for James to change the ceiling lights given the extra budget but that did not happen😂
the ones he uses are just the best 😂
*James who has a dog:* "Dogs like toys, right?" 😂
King of the tiny homes returns 🎉
My immediate thought about the style of strangerville was that he can just put no furniture in it or have a non-functional kitchen lol.
😂😂😂 and for del sol valley no toilets!
I love how the build turned out!
Next time James could put the old wooden tub outside the house to wash the dog and a walk in shower in the bathroom because realistically elders might find it difficult to step up into the shower tub combo.
Actually, I don't think thats a tea pot on the fire place, it is more likely a pot with water to add humidity to the room. Those wood burning stoves are very drying to the air. Just an FYI.
I think you could have added some eco items like solar cells and water collectors, and also, good thing it didn't require laundry day stuff, although you could have put some of that in the back yard like the line, and have the washer on the porch. Not only that I would have put in a greenhouse, an easel, or a telescope, that way they could work on their skills.
Besides, you add on lot challenges and lot traits to the challenge to make it more interesting.
@@marieduran6286 yes this!
You could have a shower inside and one of the rustic/handmade tubs in the back garden for the dog.
fun fact! the pet toy chest is fully functional if you size it down one time! :) live this build, James!
I would have loved to see some knifty knitting or crochet for the grandparent! And a garden out the back :)
I love watching tiny houses so much 😊 its so fun to challenge yourself!
Love this house it gives me grandma home vibe. The type of elder women whose house is welcome to anyone, has the guest bedroom that has the small bed and she owns a tiny dog, her backyard has the pool and i would have put a random swing back there cause its ALWAYS there and of course a bowl of butterscotch candy. And everytime u walk in a detective show is playing.
I would imagine that the Sims who would live there would be an elder sim who once was a competetive swimmer and wanted to settle down in a small house with their dog. The young aduld could be their grandchild and could have moved there because they decided to join an exotic study program exclusive to strange town.
Just tried your Random Build Challenge: The owner(s) are runaway teens and they are really into the colour blue and maximalism and really afraid of the colour blue. 😅
They like fear I guess? 🤔
If anyone knows if there is a mod that lets you hang the guitars (maybe even the violins) on the wall and they're still functional, please let me know. It would look great on this tiny build and fill the walls with skill building items.
What a good idea, I would love that. It would also solve the issue of "I can't walk there, there's a tiny children's violin on the floor nearby"
this would be so cool!
I just finished building my insane tiny home so I’m happy to see this!! 😄
Very nice build! I really love that new fireplace, but I wish we had swatches without the tea pot aswell
I so wanted a potted plant or something by that tv and maybe a few other touches, but overall it's really cute and just the terrain paint+trees+objects works surprisingly well for landscaping
Hi James , I love you video’s I often end up listening to them like a podcast on my drives to work😂. I was wondering if you could ever do a basic coding tutorial on how you make the designs and functionality of the website!! I’m an Aussie IT student and would love to see which languages you use and how much time goes into such a cool site 💚
day 1 asking u to build a house backwards, meaning whatever you usually do last in a build, u do it first. so walls and roof will be added after all the decore and stuff
wait this would be kinda fun!!
Ahhhh James the builder is back!! I really love the second bedroom, the colors go quite well together and its cozy.the exterior look looks like it can be turned into a rental. lovely!
This challenge looks so fun! It’d be cool to see a generator like this made for community lots next!
Great idea as I love doing community lots
Still waiting on James doing a guilty pleasure build - free budget - free world - all packs. Cheat to his heart's content. Would be fun to watch
I imagine it being the house of a grandma, her dog, and her aroace grandchild..!
exactly!
I personally imagined the adult child having moved back in with their elderly mum (who has since moved out of the family house) maybe after they hit a difficult spot in life. That's why their room is so small in my head, because the house wasn't initially meant to live there with two people and mum had to make room or they had to make the guest room their own. But I like your story as well!
I would love to see more of these challenges!
I tried the random build challenge - and let's just say I gave up, got mad and quit the game without saving. Like a 2 story 3 bedroom house. 20x30lot. the owner was a Ghost who loved pink, and also was a technophobe - and budget of 25.000 something simoleons. Oh! and I could cut my budget in half if I wanted an extra challenge. (how about no). But I might try it again with a tiny home - just to avoid getting the 2-3story mansion builds for a ridicilously low budget
next time u wanna use a certain fridge but already have another one youre committed to, u could consider trying to fit both in. lots of people have two fridges in their house! maybe a bit sillier in a tiny home but then this house wasnt That tiny and had the budget for it :)
As always, love any of your builds/build challenges ❤ I’d add a garden and bbq area there though, since you still had money 😉Cheers!
Yeah a BBQ with a nice sitting area and maybe a few planters or other activities would've been nice in the backyard! Maybe even a hangout spot with lounge chairs by the pool.
I actually built Barbie's AI Buzzfeed South Carolina house on this lot. It is colossal and took hours. I love this take on those shotgun houses.
The little tea pots on wood stoves were used as humidifiers/diffusers. Either just water of water with spices boiling through the winter to help the worst of the dry air
I'm glad the dog toy box was moved because that would be such a tripping hazard irl 😅 not that it matters in the sims
A new challenge use the nectar rack as your walls because they are stackable. I built a small home using the nectar rack as the walls.
"dogs.. I guess they like toys too right?" says it like he doesn't have a dog😂
“It’s Sims, it doesn’t matter.” Says the one who tries to make every build realistic😂 19:44
I think every decision you made with this build was actually great, and i think youre just an over perfectionist, dont have to think so much into it! 😂❤
It’s giving new addition/updated 55+ community home ;P
As a fellow Aussie, I'm glad you remembered to fence the pool and shut the gate 😂😂
This is a very cute house! I love the pool! The only thing I’d add with the $5,000 budget would be an expensive BBQ and outdoor table and chairs. Great job! 💯
Was waiting for him to use the random empty space in the middle of the house to make the bathroom bigger but it never happened. 😂 So that was frustrating!
Yayy tiny house challenge, maybe I'll actually submit for this one 😂 I kept waiting for James to get more rugs to use up the money.
17 tiles for an elder, young adult, teen and child is what I got... Reallllllly glad we have bunk beds now
The Art Framed TV from the new kit would work nicely in the living space.
Could have used very, very expensive ceiling tiles to make up that budget haha
Oh gosh, I haven’t watched the rags to ranches series yet and I did not realise he was fully living the ye haw lifestyle. That was quite the shock
Not watched the whole thing yet but I'd have done bedroom for elder and then a Murphy bed in living room for young adult to save space
Could have used just a plain bathtub without shower or that basegame shower/tub combo with the curtain. Would have had more options for placing.
I saw the criteria for this build and automatically thought "Okay, the elder and young adult are going to be in a relationship...boom, one bedroom. Easy!"
I usually really like James's layouts but in this one, if he had moved the bathroom to be against the outer wall and had the hallway down the middle, it would have made a entryway and better nook for the living room.
The would have been sharing one room with single beds if that had been me. I’m impressed he fit all that in there.
I rolled a single elder in an 18-tile house with 17,015$. It was interesting to achieve.
I rerolled the one I got afterwards with a 6k budget though.
For the bathroom issue, I would have changed the way the door opens while also moving it as far over as possible from the tub on that diagonal wall. Maybe choose a toilet I could put the back of it more into the wall, and could rearrange the bathroom a tad more.
I wish you would've used all the money and added an outdoor table & barbecue area in the backyard but oh well!
The exterior really works but my god as you were placing things in the interior I was shouting at my tv. Hideous! 😂😂
love the build but gotta say that moustache is absolutely glorious, king 🙏🏻 never remove it
the tea pot of the fire place isnt for tea. you fill it with water so the room doesnt draw out
James.... the stache is looking AMAZING. Quite dapper if I do say so myself.
You got it right first time calling the letterbox a letterbox. Never in my life heard it called a "mail slit" before. Its such the proper name that there are even brands who sell things like letterbox cakes designed to be just the right size to fit through letterboxes.
Also the bedding with cats on wasn't childish. The bedding my partner and I currently have on our double bed has little sleeping cats on it (black and white outlines) with tiny grey stars on the white background. The reverse is a light grey with white stars. And the pillowcases match. One thing I hate about the sims is how boring the bedding swatches are. Very few fun options like you get IRL. Our latest halloween bedding I just got for my birthday has little baby Grogus dressed up in different halloween costumes. Its adorable.
The bathroom would look fine if you stopped hiding the walls. Its not even realistic to playing to keep hiding them. Like it looks weird watching a sim staring through walls because they are looking at something on it. I've never understood playing with walls down. I don't even like how they cut away if you zoom in. I zoom in so I can see what I'm doing with my shitty eyesight, not to move through the walls! 🤦♀️
U could've put some garden stuff for the elder, you know, like some plant boxes
Thia house feels like the young adult is a uni student that comes and stays with their grandparent on breaks.
a sconce either side of the tv would look good
The fireplace would be perfect for the elder
Sincerely, I think the hallway was a lost off living space that was really needed. 🤷🏻♀️
23:50 - "Much more visible from the front" ;-; I can see my front window from my back room. I can see every room (sans one bathroom) from the front window.
I would of made the bathroom on the other side were the second adults bedroom is. So that they enter the bathroom from the living area, and second bedroom from the hallway.
I’m sitting here saying out loud ‘please move that post! Please move that post!’ Like he can hear me. I hope he moves that post.
I feel like James would lose his mind if he saw the bathroom of the melb apartment my friend is renting. A travesty of landlord reno if ever I saw one :P
The shower/tub combo totally would have worked along the right side with the sink and toilet closest to the door, just need to scoot the toilet further to the left.
A new James build video, LETS GO!
Sooo...lets talk about Burger Boiss, do they come back? I really do miss them!! 😢
food dish? Outside. Toy bin? Inside!
"You must build a tiny home with no more than 17 tiles... It has to have room for an elder, a young adult, a teen and a child and use a budget of §8,142."
I am not sure that is even possible XD
2 sets of bunk beds
I love your challenges❤
I’ll definitely be doing this build challenge!!!
Love it but in small builds, The hallway is a waste of space. Bedrooms would've been great at the back of the house and a bigger shared bathroom.
‘hEy mY wInDoW!’ KILLED ME
The young adult room reminds me of a dorm room at University
You can turn the door around, so it opens the other way.
Make the door open the other way! 🤣 Opening into the hallway would make more sense because you have more room there and it still wouldn't open into the walkway. I know bathroom doors normally open into the room, but in that case, it's better to open into the hallway.
Love this challenge, gives me ideas for my tiny apartment
The new frame tv would have been perfect!
Bro is slaying with that moustache ngl
Strangerville made me think of Stranger Boys and now I miss the Burger Boys.
you surely could've put a bbq in the garden to use up the budget :D
The challenge should be spending every SINGLE simoleon 😂
Me repeating "Outdoor seating and a grill"
I would love to see you do a build in an archi cad program. I used to play with it as a kid until I found out Sims was a thing
That green window with the blue curtains bugs me because it doesn’t match but it wouldn’t be a James build if it did 😂
Swap the door round for the bathroom and it would open into the hall instead of bathroom.
This house is adorable
Fake fireplace, use the fireplace frame, add a picture of fire in the "hearth" area and down size a room divider as the screen
despite the layout, that bathroom is beautiful
I can't believe James didn't paint the ceilings 😂