I remember back in the day sim youtubers would justify EA's lack of care and effort put into the base game by calling these builds quirky. Like, no hun, EA just didn't give two shits to finish half of the houses or make them look decent. 😂
@@erikkennedy8725 not to mention the missing toilets from get famous houses, Missing doors in the houses of Glimmerbrook... And don't get me started on the builds in the valley of Strangerville xD
@@douglasmcdaniel7578 Not a justified excuse. At all. Being lazy assuming people should bulldoze the lot, at that point why have a house there to begin with? The builds were there intentionally for simmers to use to play the game. They 100% half assed these builds because they did not care to place any effort into them to be usable for those starting a new game. Noone even checked to ensure each house was ready to use upon a new save, including all of the items sims should have to start off with. Don't try and justify their BS with me, you're not going to win. lol
In TS3 a long time ago I downloaded a CC set where the curtains would automatically close at night and open in the morning. I'm so disappointed that EA has never done anything like that.
Yeah EA is so greedy you can't defend it annymore, like there is no way a good game depends on mods to make it playbel. Concel players can't just mod the game it should be already playbel without mods
0:57 mid-century homes are often “open-plan”, where there is no true boundary between rooms. Oasis Springs is modeled after Palm Springs, Calif., which is famous for mid-century architecture
Tbh I hate that I'm gonna say this: Sh*t builds give me something to do and I like it. For example in moonwood mill, i cant improve James Turner's builds much, so I just don't renovate anything in that world. But glimmerbrook builds are so bad, you could renovate them with so many different parameters.
Hard agree! I hate that the builds are so bad, but like you I can't bear to renovate Moonwood Mill, but I've probably rebuilt Willow Creek, Oasis Springs, and Glimmerbrook 100 times
I really appreciate your reno videos. Since I've been so bored playing the game, mostly because the glitches and the fact it's broken, your videos inspire to build more. Thanks, Satch!
I love Oasis Springs. It has some of the best weather. I wish we could still choose the weather for our worlds like we could in Sims 2. Many of them get too much rain or snow.
When you soften all of your terrain paint, you can use the largest square paint tool and place the center of the square over the house. It's so great because it softens everything evenly. It's a feature that wasn't available until Sims 4. ♥
I resently stole a child ghost from that house and brought him back to life 😂 I was just minding my bussness fishing nearby, when I got a notification about a fire. I was confused. Found a crying couple coverd in ashes and a todler infront of the house. Tried to enter the house to put out the fire but was not allowed to. I could not contact the firedepartment as I could not reach the fire. The sim I had there fishing is a bad ass when it comes to fire, she has put out multiple that her husband started while cooking while he was hysterical and getting himself caught on fire multiple times 😅 Anyways back to the story, I keept trying to put out the fire. As I was looking for ways to reach it, a child returned home from school. The adults where chill now. So he just went inside, burned to death. They did not warn him. The todler also went inside while the place was on fire. But got back out safe. They also did not atempt to stop the toodler. Eventualy the firedepartment came as the fire spread outside and I could use the calll firedeapartment interaction. There is no smocke detector in the house.. After I feelt so bad for the kid, my sim is a spellcaster, but you can't use magic on children. So I made ambrosia and gave it as a gift only to learn that they don't eat it if they are not part of your household. I tried to become his best friend to invite him to join the household but you can't do that with them either when they are kids. Eventually I just used cheats, cooked a new batch and had him eat it. I guess my sim just adopted a new kid. He is better off, he had no toys and no bed in that house, now he has a large bed room lots of toys and all he could ever need. But I still feel like my sim just comitted a crime and kidnaped this young ghost boy then brought him back to life to play house as her own kids are becoming adults 😂🙈 But in a way I guess she also saved him from neglegt, as his previous gardians just let him walk into a burning house 😂
The child can now learn magic from his adoptive parents and return as a YA to battle their younger sibling/parents in vengeance xD Or forgive them, who knows
You know, in real life, I haven't had a window in any of my bathrooms. There is a small one in it in my mother's house but none of the places I've lived in as an adult has had a bathroom window.
No back door? Not up to fire code! You need two exits Which reminds me how my last apartment was 3 stories up and I had only the front door and absolutely no other way to escape in a fire unless i jumped and broke my legs lol
As for plants, cacti, grasses (small light-colored patches) for on top of the hills and in between rocks, dried-out pine trees, tumbleweeds, aloe vera, and Joshua trees--something I wish EA had given us.
The two main things that have always bothered about this house are, like you said, there is no door to the bedroom, and the house is very dark inside. I did do a cute remodel once, where there was an adorable little loft up top, with a ladder to get to it, made for a teenage girl.
Are you wearing a Sookie Stackhouse shirt?! Love it! One of my favorite book series. (And show as well). And from someone who lives in the desert, definitely cactus, LOTS of cactus. We also have agave, yucca, mesquite, lantana, and believe it or not, palms grow here too. It's surprisingly lush, even though it's the desert, especially during monsoon season when all the grasses and flowers explode. I really like what you did with that little house, it looks great! SO much better than the original. Also, very common in the American SW for our homes to have a "great room" and open kitchen. Very open floor plans, which I'm guessing is to help with the heat and air circulation.
It looks so much better! I did this lot over a few months ago while playing a sim there- mine is on the gallery, but not a starter. I kept the shape too, but flipped the floor plan around- the original was awful.
Ooooooo satch doing a build/update! I love to see it! ❤ Also love the kitchen! We do have palm trees in like LA so it’s not unrealistic. Also the mailbox facing the wrong away cracked me up. 😂
I've noticed over the last year that the move objects cheat never stays on anymore. If you exit build mode and go back in you have to re-enable it. At least I've been having this issue for a long while now.
You could have used the counters as there’s now a button you can click to set which sink is which, so you can make a bathroom sink ONLY a bathroom sink.
I have a comment about that painting with the girl with the messy hair and sunglasses, EA should have given us at least 4 different colors so we could size them down and put them in 4s like an Andy Warhol painting. It would be a good homage to him considering today is his birthday.
I think ive moved into this world maybe 2 times LOL and I pick the house across the street always or a empty lot. I think they need to redo all the EA base game builds with creators work (and credit them of course) the next time they update
I call that abomination «The Bunker» or «The Claustrophobia Trigger». Doing better won't be hard. Reason why I don't put counters in the bathroom : My Sims will prepare their food in the bathroom instead of the kitchen when there are counters in the bathroom... EVEN if that bathroom is NOT on the same floor and on the opposite side of the house. As there is a public trash can right next to that house, you don't need an outside trash container. Save a few § by exploiting the surrounding area. Always put that small telescope close to a door.
I am always scared to make those empty pillars using walls, because my Sims (and other Sims) tend to get stuck in them. But if I use platforms to fill them, it makes the camera jump, which is annoying!
Excuse me, but a real-life kitchen would also have the sink on an exterior wall and a window above the sink so you can look outside while washing dishes. THANKKK YOUUU.
I love your videos Satch. But who are these people always starting by moving into Willow Creek?!?! I always start a game as a rags to riches commune on that one island on Sulani.
To be fair Im sure EA somewhat does it on purpose to make these homes crap. It gives more incentive to renovate. But yeah some of these are so half assed.
I believe they mostly are until the other life simulator games come. I haven't opened mine in a couple of months, and from the comments, not many simmers who aren't youtubers aren't really buying stuff right now.
You claim it's awful, but you are pulling a Jordan Peterson lie out of your rear end with no evidence, in order to justify everything else you say/do. Just because I say the moon is made of cheese and then write a long story about how to mine that cheese, does not make it true the moon is made of cheese. That home is perfect, it limit sun exposure and that is more important to me as I have a light sensitivity.
I wish the moon was made of cheese... Imagine if the moon was made from garlic and herb goats cheese. I'd be on a rocket right away and scoffing my face!
satch is honestly the best CZcamsr ive come across in a while. its so rare to find such an unhinged entertainer who enjoys what they do.
i sound like a bot but im not bahaha🤣🤣🤣🤣 just genuinely enjoy his content
One of the quickest youtuber obsessions I've had since like 2014 stg
No Fr he’s the only sim creator that actually uses critical thinking
He's great! Whiny Brit as well
i agree he’s the most relatable imo. i also love complaining
I remember back in the day sim youtubers would justify EA's lack of care and effort put into the base game by calling these builds quirky. Like, no hun, EA just didn't give two shits to finish half of the houses or make them look decent. 😂
They got worse in the packs. Some of the houses in Windenburg don't even have kitchen sinks.
@@erikkennedy8725 not to mention the missing toilets from get famous houses, Missing doors in the houses of Glimmerbrook... And don't get me started on the builds in the valley of Strangerville xD
I think the reason why they do that is because they know alot people get annoyed and would build their own house
@@douglasmcdaniel7578 Not a justified excuse. At all. Being lazy assuming people should bulldoze the lot, at that point why have a house there to begin with? The builds were there intentionally for simmers to use to play the game. They 100% half assed these builds because they did not care to place any effort into them to be usable for those starting a new game. Noone even checked to ensure each house was ready to use upon a new save, including all of the items sims should have to start off with. Don't try and justify their BS with me, you're not going to win. lol
In TS3 a long time ago I downloaded a CC set where the curtains would automatically close at night and open in the morning. I'm so disappointed that EA has never done anything like that.
Wow that's cool
Satch is very honest and never sugar coated about the Sims 4. That's why I watch his videos more and it makes sense.
Yeah EA is so greedy you can't defend it annymore, like there is no way a good game depends on mods to make it playbel. Concel players can't just mod the game it should be already playbel without mods
@@juliaboskamp9666 I agree with you
Haha he’s a savage 😮😂
@@G-bh4mt Agree 🤣
0:57 mid-century homes are often “open-plan”, where there is no true boundary between rooms. Oasis Springs is modeled after Palm Springs, Calif., which is famous for mid-century architecture
did you save any time by not writing the full word?
Satch is in his build mode era, and I love it. I'm learning so much because I suck at building 😅🤭
the “oopsy daisy” made me giggle
Thank you for the triangle kitchen. It pissed me off so much when otherwise amazing builders don’t abide by that rule ❤
The rule actually says that the triangle should be as small as possible for maximum efficiency
Tbh I hate that I'm gonna say this: Sh*t builds give me something to do and I like it. For example in moonwood mill, i cant improve James Turner's builds much, so I just don't renovate anything in that world. But glimmerbrook builds are so bad, you could renovate them with so many different parameters.
Hard agree! I hate that the builds are so bad, but like you I can't bear to renovate Moonwood Mill, but I've probably rebuilt Willow Creek, Oasis Springs, and Glimmerbrook 100 times
i feel like Brindleton Bay builds are so empty as well
I'm from Arizona, and the Cactus thing was spot on 😂
You can set the sinks for bathroom only, kitchen only or both, go ahead and use counters.
I’m so obsessed with these renovation videos☺️
I really appreciate your reno videos. Since I've been so bored playing the game, mostly because the glitches and the fact it's broken, your videos inspire to build more. Thanks, Satch!
I like these sad homes. Not all houses need to be nice. Just like not all Sims are well-off and happy. Struggling Sims will stay in houses like this 😂
I like these sad houses too they remind me where my future is heading😃
I love Oasis Springs. It has some of the best weather. I wish we could still choose the weather for our worlds like we could in Sims 2. Many of them get too much rain or snow.
I am learning a lot of secret life hacks for sim houses from this guy.
When you soften all of your terrain paint, you can use the largest square paint tool and place the center of the square over the house. It's so great because it softens everything evenly. It's a feature that wasn't available until Sims 4. ♥
The Landgrabb house.
I’ve always hated this house lol you did a great job!
I resently stole a child ghost from that house and brought him back to life 😂
I was just minding my bussness fishing nearby, when I got a notification about a fire. I was confused. Found a crying couple coverd in ashes and a todler infront of the house. Tried to enter the house to put out the fire but was not allowed to. I could not contact the firedepartment as I could not reach the fire. The sim I had there fishing is a bad ass when it comes to fire, she has put out multiple that her husband started while cooking while he was hysterical and getting himself caught on fire multiple times 😅
Anyways back to the story, I keept trying to put out the fire. As I was looking for ways to reach it, a child returned home from school. The adults where chill now. So he just went inside, burned to death. They did not warn him. The todler also went inside while the place was on fire. But got back out safe. They also did not atempt to stop the toodler.
Eventualy the firedepartment came as the fire spread outside and I could use the calll firedeapartment interaction. There is no smocke detector in the house..
After I feelt so bad for the kid, my sim is a spellcaster, but you can't use magic on children. So I made ambrosia and gave it as a gift only to learn that they don't eat it if they are not part of your household. I tried to become his best friend to invite him to join the household but you can't do that with them either when they are kids. Eventually I just used cheats, cooked a new batch and had him eat it. I guess my sim just adopted a new kid.
He is better off, he had no toys and no bed in that house, now he has a large bed room lots of toys and all he could ever need. But I still feel like my sim just comitted a crime and kidnaped this young ghost boy then brought him back to life to play house as her own kids are becoming adults 😂🙈
But in a way I guess she also saved him from neglegt, as his previous gardians just let him walk into a burning house 😂
The child can now learn magic from his adoptive parents and return as a YA to battle their younger sibling/parents in vengeance xD Or forgive them, who knows
You know, in real life, I haven't had a window in any of my bathrooms. There is a small one in it in my mother's house but none of the places I've lived in as an adult has had a bathroom window.
No back door? Not up to fire code! You need two exits
Which reminds me how my last apartment was 3 stories up and I had only the front door and absolutely no other way to escape in a fire unless i jumped and broke my legs lol
As for plants, cacti, grasses (small light-colored patches) for on top of the hills and in between rocks, dried-out pine trees, tumbleweeds, aloe vera, and Joshua trees--something I wish EA had given us.
I think there were no doors because base game doors were pricy and they opted out so they can spend money somewhere else.
Is that why there's no lighting either?
The two main things that have always bothered about this house are, like you said, there is no door to the bedroom, and the house is very dark inside. I did do a cute remodel once, where there was an adorable little loft up top, with a ladder to get to it, made for a teenage girl.
I live in Arizona and there are palm trees everywhere. They are not native (they are a tropical tree) but they do well in the climate.
Eliza is handling the Divorce amazingly, and I think Betty brought some of the good 50's housewife Sniff to the marriage
Are you wearing a Sookie Stackhouse shirt?! Love it! One of my favorite book series. (And show as well). And from someone who lives in the desert, definitely cactus, LOTS of cactus. We also have agave, yucca, mesquite, lantana, and believe it or not, palms grow here too. It's surprisingly lush, even though it's the desert, especially during monsoon season when all the grasses and flowers explode. I really like what you did with that little house, it looks great! SO much better than the original. Also, very common in the American SW for our homes to have a "great room" and open kitchen. Very open floor plans, which I'm guessing is to help with the heat and air circulation.
That kitchen looks great 🎉
Even after deleting a few things to save simoleons, the placement of everything is thoughtful.
This is the only lot I like to renovate! Glad to see you doing it Satch 💖
I love your builds hehe
It looks so much better! I did this lot over a few months ago while playing a sim there- mine is on the gallery, but not a starter. I kept the shape too, but flipped the floor plan around- the original was awful.
Ooooooo satch doing a build/update! I love to see it! ❤
Also love the kitchen!
We do have palm trees in like LA so it’s not unrealistic.
Also the mailbox facing the wrong away cracked me up. 😂
I just went into this home for the first time the week and I was like wtf? It was a hot mess. It looks much better now!
love mid century homes so this is my usual starter home location XD so I lvoe seeing other people reno it
California homes are usually open floor plan. Cacti grow near rocks because they don't need a lot of water but they still need a very little bit.
such a lovely build, I may add it to my Oasis Springs save =)
I love your build videos Satch plz don’t stop making them 💕
I've noticed over the last year that the move objects cheat never stays on anymore. If you exit build mode and go back in you have to re-enable it. At least I've been having this issue for a long while now.
if you use mods twistedmexi's better build-buy mod is really good, it basically defaults it to move objects!!
@@jeffbuckleyloverr good to know!
Hey sis your getting good at remodels, big well done
You could have used the counters as there’s now a button you can click to set which sink is which, so you can make a bathroom sink ONLY a bathroom sink.
recently started watching satch, I would to see an unhinged fully modded mini let’s play😂
Obsessed!
I have a comment about that painting with the girl with the messy hair and sunglasses, EA should have given us at least 4 different colors so we could size them down and put them in 4s like an Andy Warhol painting. It would be a good homage to him considering today is his birthday.
Saw u on recommended. 2 seconds in and i knew im subbing 😂
Love it!!! Nice job 😁 Oh, you know you can set sink types now, right? Tried to see if someone mentioned that, but didn't see it. I love that feature!
I just wish you could open or close the blinds in game. You know like real life, and it's a Sims game. LOL
I wish you could open and close curtains/blinds like in AC:NH.
These reno videos are so good! So happy youre keeping this base game as i only have the base game!
I think ive moved into this world maybe 2 times LOL and I pick the house across the street always or a empty lot. I think they need to redo all the EA base game builds with creators work (and credit them of course) the next time they update
I call that abomination «The Bunker» or «The Claustrophobia Trigger». Doing better won't be hard.
Reason why I don't put counters in the bathroom : My Sims will prepare their food in the bathroom instead of the kitchen when there are counters in the bathroom... EVEN if that bathroom is NOT on the same floor and on the opposite side of the house.
As there is a public trash can right next to that house, you don't need an outside trash container. Save a few § by exploiting the surrounding area.
Always put that small telescope close to a door.
I am always scared to make those empty pillars using walls, because my Sims (and other Sims) tend to get stuck in them. But if I use platforms to fill them, it makes the camera jump, which is annoying!
You made green appliances in the kitchen and I had a '70's flashback that caused PTSD...
As someone who lived in the desert even I don’t know how cactuses work lol
That’s so ironic I was renovating that house too rn 😂
satch im begging you to make this a series
In full Satch fashion he renovated sad basegame house in sad beige house 😅
Excuse me, but a real-life kitchen would also have the sink on an exterior wall and a window above the sink so you can look outside while washing dishes. THANKKK YOUUU.
I thought it was a base game build but he used the closet 😮 Wuh oh 😮
4:37 making the oven, fridge and the sink in a sort of traingular system is a common practice... nothing new
Your t-shirt 👌🏼
I almost start in Nookstone lol
One of the most disappointing builds in the game to me is the Roswell residence in Strangerville. It'd be awesome to see you renovate it!
Like I can understand some of the older packs' builds not being so robust. Strangerville has no excuse
as someone who lives in a desert this was funny 16:19 😭
I love your videos Satch. But who are these people always starting by moving into Willow Creek?!?! I always start a game as a rags to riches commune on that one island on Sulani.
Finally! justice😂🎉
My stereo wasn't functional anymore after placing it with manually raised up. That sucked.
6:30 Do the new(ish) sink settings not work if we use counters in the bathroom?
Click on the sink not the counters
I just have to ask: why are the trash can and mailbox pointed at the house? 😂
what cc do you use????
Hi Satch what's your EA on gallery please I can't find your builds
Satch EA account ID is Satchonsims
I wonder if Satchie gets tired of seeing the same folks stalking his comments every damn day. Sorry!
To be fair Im sure EA somewhat does it on purpose to make these homes crap. It gives more incentive to renovate. But yeah some of these are so half assed.
I thought it was bg friendly😦
this reno is questionable but i love satch so we move 💐💖
That green in the kitchen is horrendous, sorry lol
I can't believe people are still playing sims 4...
I believe they mostly are until the other life simulator games come. I haven't opened mine in a couple of months, and from the comments, not many simmers who aren't youtubers aren't really buying stuff right now.
i still play the sims 4 and im working on egtting all the packs, i dont undertsand why people wont play t, ts and awesome game
At 4:12 the house looks like a wiener
I love you Satch but you build the ugliest houses LOL
I didn't like the house from the start and I think it's too tiny and very ugly.
You claim it's awful, but you are pulling a Jordan Peterson lie out of your rear end with no evidence, in order to justify everything else you say/do. Just because I say the moon is made of cheese and then write a long story about how to mine that cheese, does not make it true the moon is made of cheese.
That home is perfect, it limit sun exposure and that is more important to me as I have a light sensitivity.
I wish the moon was made of cheese... Imagine if the moon was made from garlic and herb goats cheese. I'd be on a rocket right away and scoffing my face!
Id love for you too look though my builds on the gallery. Im building on console and I like to see what pc players think.
MrsSilva2015 on the gallery