I imagine that we are all very familiar with this neighborhood and these
starter houes in The Sims 4. When I'm playtesting stuff
or looking at new items, I make a sim, put them in one of
these houses and then just go. So I have played in them a lot. And
here's the thing: they're kind of boring. Maybe that's because I've used them so
much, maybe it's because they look a little bit boring, but they're not exactly
the nicest homes in the game, obviously. And not because they're starters, and not because
they're base game, they're just kind of dark, there's not really a lot of style
going on, they're all kind of lacking. And so I was thinking today we could try and update what I'm calling this
boring base game starter home. I love this style of house, I think this
lot in particular kind of has potential. It's two bedrooms, I love the little
bay window they've got going on. There's not really a lot of yard though, like, there's nothing going on in the
side yard and there is no backyard. And I'm serious, the most annoying thing
about this to me is how dark it is. This is a problem across all of the builds that EA
makes, but they keep using wall lights and lamps. I understand this kind of thing
happens in real life, like, this bathroom in real life would probably have
a sconce like, above the mirror and that would be it, but in real life, it wouldn't be so dark,
like, you actually can't see in this bathroom. This bedroom especially is terrible,
only having that one lamp sucks. And I guess maybe they're going for that
on purpose because it's a starter home. A lot of times in real life, houses and
apartments don't have ceiling lights, but I hate that in real life too, so
why would I want that in The Sims? You just can't see, when he stands
in here, you actually can't see him. I mean, you can, but I'm being
really dramatic. It's not gonna be nice for screenshots though, it's dark in here. That is really and truly my biggest
pet peeve about any EA build, why did they not put a ceiling light in that
room? It makes no sense to me, it's 75 simoleons. You could use the same bad one that you put in
the other rooms, just put it in all of them! Anyway, I'm sorry, I need
to -- I need to calm down. So I moved a sim in here because I wanted to make
sure we kept the house at a reasonable budget, we've got like, 6,700 simoleons left,
but I don't want to spend all of that. I might actually cheat his money down.
I think I'm gonna give myself like, 4,000 bucks to try and fix this house. I feel like we can make do with that and I guess
with that being said, we should try and start. Now I might try and follow EA's
restrictions a little bit here, and by that I mean I don't think I'm
gonna use the move objects cheat. Oh my god, I never noticed that these
windows weren't on the same height. Oh, that makes me so unbelievably upset, you have no idea. Why are they in different places? Ahh,
everything about the houses that they build is so genuinely upsetting to me. I could sit here and whine
about EA builds all day, trust me, I've done a lot of it on this
channel, I'm sure you probably knew. All right, I'm gonna start by
making the walls shorter though, I don't love the medium wall height. I guess I should say it's not the
medium wall height that I don't like, it's the medium wall height in small houses and
in budget houses because you have these like, enormous walls, and doors and windows that don't
really fit, and also nothing on the walls, like, there's no art or anything so it's just these
big expansive wall spaces and nothing on them. I prefer to use the short wall
height for houses like this. All right, I'm also gonna get rid of the
lights that they've got put in here because I do not vibe with those at all. We lost a little
bit of money selling them because I've got a sim living here so the house is depreciating in
value which might actually be okay, obviously it's not ideal, but we are trying to keep this place
cheap, so it's not the worst thing in the world. Okay, I am gonna put an actual door
into this bedroom. It's always kind of bugged me how it didn't have one,
and I'm also gonna make this flooring be the same direction because that
has always made me so upset as well. Are you sensing a theme here is
that this build makes me upset. I feel like the other two houses in this
neighborhood are way cuter than this one, they just have more style, you know? Like, with
the pretty green vibes, this one's kind of blue, and then this one just has like, the default
roof color and then brown window trim. You know what, I might try and make this
whole place pink. Even if we didn't do like, pink-pink, I think we could
definitely make it prettier. For some reason I kind of love that brown
trim with this roof so maybe I will keep that. I'm also gonna switch the door out, I kind of
want to use a bigger one. It's always bugged me how these doors are a little bit short, I kind of
want it to be up to like, this height, you know? That's why I like this door so much, it's just
a little bit more substantial. Ah, I'm sorry, this video is turning into like, a complete
complaining session, I didn't intend for that. Okay, one other thing, I think the
stairs -- oh, never mind. I thought the stairs might have had an underside
and I was gonna delete it to save money, but they don't have an underside,
so good work Sims team I guess. That is actually a pro tip though with
stairs, if you're trying to save money. When you put stairs, you see how it has
this like, whole under part of the wall? The stairs just cost me 692 simoleons,
but if you delete that, I got 612 back. So especially in a place like this where
you can't even see the underside of it, there's no point in paying for it, delete that. You know what, this bedroom is
enormous, I might make it smaller. I'm also gonna delete the
terrain paint so I can fix it, but I don't think it would hurt to have
the house be a little tiny bit smaller, and it would definitely save us
money so I think I might do that. Still won't get a backyard though.
There's definitely not enough space. Maybe I could try and scoot it over
to have a little bit of a side yard. The fence may be a little bit of a stretch, but
wouldn't it be so nice if we had a little yard? The house looks so odd. There's just something
about the roof line that is bothering me. I don't know what it is. Maybe I need it to have
like, some trim or something? Would that help? Like, a little bit of a line? You know
what, I think I like that better. Okay, we definitely cannot afford to buy a
fence gate so I might just open it. I know that's weird, but I
might just leave it open. Also these windows are a different color
than the door, and I'm gonna ignore it. I know that might upset you and for
that I'm sorry, but I'm gonna ignore it. Oh, we have a guest. You know what, she's
here to yell at me over this. She's like, Kayla, they don't match. You can't
do that. I'm gonna do it anyway. I also hate this porch, I might change
the wood that's on it. I'm sorry, I'm trying to be less negative. I like the porch, but I think I could like
it better so I'm gonna change the wood. Are you gonna help me? Yes? Is that
why you're walking back and forth across my desk? You can sit there, that's fine. Perhaps I paint the house yellow? I think that's cute. Obviously the windows
have to move, they look terrible, but maybe if we just put the three back there
honestly, it looks nice from the bedroom as well. We can keep those there. I might
just get myself an extra one in here, and maybe also one more in the kitchen. We can't really afford a lot of wall decor,
like, we aren't gonna have a lot of like, cabinets or art or anything so windows
are a good way to fill that in. We gotta fill that void somehow.
She's been so needy recently, it's just the past few months, she comes
and sits here while I'm recording like, almost every day, like, how often has she been
in the videos recently? It's kind of cute. Okay, is there perhaps a green
swatch of this -- no, there's not. I don't know why I even asked
that, I knew there wasn't. I love the blue, but I'm not sure if it's ugly because I really want to like
it, I just don't know if I can. Okay, other couple things: I'm
gonna change that dining table, I hate the yellow, always have. I think
I'll make it white. Hopefully we can do a little bit of decor, like, I would
love to have a little plant on there. I also am not really vibing with the mint on
this, I hate to say it, but I might change that. Oh, how nice that the house
comes with a fire alarm. I don't usually give my
Sims that, that is a luxury. I think I'll do a tile backsplash as well. Oh, we actually saved money doing
that, oh, that's a good tip. Another tip: if you press F5, you can place things on quarter tiles
instead of the half tiles like this. I'm gonna quarter tile back that
out a little bit from the wall so there's a little bit more
space to walk around the table. I really want to get cabinets, but I feel
like I can't afford that, you know, like, I think that might be a little bit pricey
for very little return, but it's so nice. It makes the kitchen look so much more full.
I also want a little rug underneath the sink. I don't know what color. It's
not good, this house is not good. Okay, I also want to move the couch around, I was
thinking about swapping it to be more like this? I wonder if we could size up a rug then.
You know what, that might be a pro tip. I did just say that I was gonna do
this with EA's restrictions and this is not that, but you know what, that's
fine. That's 290, this is only 235, and it's actually kind of cuter. Maybe
we could use that? And then if we got like, this instead, we could put the TV on
it. Okay, I actually think that's better. I think that makes way more sense in here.
Can I try and put this little -- okay, you cannot scoot it that close, but I really
want to put the trash can in the kitchen instead of just being like, in the living room. I also would love to buy some more furniture
and change the walls, but I know that I maybe need to tone it down a little
bit, so I'm going to try and be careful. I so badly want this, but it's
725 simoleon so we just can't. Like, we absolutely cannot do
that. We could probably have a simpler one? That's 400, but it's a nice
piece of furniture so it might be worth it. Okay, I'm gonna try and add in a couple extra
things into these other rooms. For example, I really want a desk. I think that if
we had a desk and a computer -- eugh, that's like, all the money. Oh no. Okay, okay,
no dresser. We do desk and computer instead. Oh, forget it, I'm gonna use move objects.
I'm sorry, I just -- what's the point in doing this dumb EA restrictions thing?
Save that for a different video. I want to make sure that I can
actually place stuff back here. So none of these houses have trees I'm noticing.
This one's only 70 and it is a giant oak tree, it totally blends in with the neighborhood
as well, like, there's loads of them around. I think I might use that in the
back, and I'm probably just gonna put a couple of these little flowers
around kind of at the base there. How much was that? Oh, 20.
That's fine, that's fine. You know, you can do a lot with terrain paint so
I'm gonna try and do a little bit of that here. I want to get a little patio space kind
of in the front of this little backyard. This is 45, but it's so nice.
Should I bother? I really want to. I like, really want to. I feel like
that's the number one easiest way to improve the look of spaces like this too
is to add in a little bit more landscaping. I really think that having a little bit more stuff
outside is gonna go a long way for this house. I'll put the trash can back there and honestly
we could just do nothing else in the side yard. I mean, I only have 300 simoleons
so I shouldn't anyway, but we could just do nothing else back here. Oh, that's way too big. Oh,
no, no, no, no, no. Okay, I want to put a little bit of terrain
paint, I think that's the way to go. It's free, it adds a lot, I mean, that's
why the original EA build just had a lot of terrain paint in the backyard because
they couldn't really afford much furniture. They did have money left over, I
should clarify, they didn't like, spend all of their money on the build,
but I think that was on purpose. Kind of like how I left a couple
thousand simoleons on purpose. Their goal is to make houses that you
can actually play in, you know? Like, when you start playing in this build, you've got
money so that you can decorate it a little bit, you know, they don't want to spend all
of your money to make a starter home. That was expensive. Agh, but I want to use it
so bad. Okay, 200 simoleons, what can I do? I might get rid of this bookshelf
and I'll do a nightstand instead, probably with a really cheap plant
on it because I can't do much else. Ah, we could probably put this like,
60 simoleon bookshelf over there. And you know what else, we can actually get
cheaper wallpaper that looks nicer because it's got trim on the top and bottom. Yeah, we can save
a lot of money doing that. Look at that, the money is just coming right back. We're really just like,
scrounging up every last bit we can get, huh? It's kind of bad. Okay, I want to give a little
bit more style to this kid's room too hopefully. I don't know by doing what, but I'd
like to get a little bit more going on in here. We can hopefully get some cheap
toys, like this dollhouse is only 170. We could put a couple of toys
on it. Oh, that's so cute! We only have 69 simoleons left
though, so that's not good. Where can I scrounge up some extra?
This wallpaper is expensive, right? 12? Ah, never mind, this one's two. See,
that saved me a hundred simoleons. Oh my god, I was trying to use like, some
different tile that I don't normally use because I know I always do this one, but like,
I just got 148 simoleons back by changing that. I think that was worth it. You know
what, this is kind of an expensive wood floor too. I love how it looks, but oh
my gosh, hundreds of simoleons back. Yeah, I think I think we should do that,
I think we should get rid of it. I'll give this sim Blarffy maybe.
It is a cute little room though, you got to admit, it's kind of nice. Maybe I'll put Blarffy in the corner over
here with the toys. Can I afford any posters? These little chalk drawings are
kind of cheap, it's only 40. Is that random? It's a little bit random.
Maybe I won't do that. Can we get like, a mirror, like, a floor-to-ceiling mirror?
205? 135. Ugh, there's no dresser in there, but I think that's too expensive. These ones are actually quite cheap, so maybe
I could use these. All right, we've got 307, let's see about any extra decorations
we can add in, like, plants places. Perhaps very small amounts of wall
art. Oh, what about a coat rack? 150? Oh my god, this one's only 85, that's better. I think that's a kind of nice furniture
piece. I've got 132, maybe I should stop and like, try and do a little
bit of landscaping. Luckily we can size up some of these bushes and it'll
hopefully fill in some of the space. That's a little bit sad looking, but that's okay. Maybe if I got a rock? That's only 20
simoleons, that's a nice touch, right? And we put terrain paint,
that'll help fill it in. In fact, terrain paint underneath the
entire house would be good. Okay, we put a light, we put some
landscaping, we got some stuff in the yard. Bookshelf, TV, we have a
computer, kid has some toys. Actually a lot of toys which is kind of nice. There's even a plant on the table,
that's lovely, that's a great touch. We don't have a dresser in this bedroom
which is kind of sad, but I don't really know if we can fit one. We also probably -- oh yeah,
we definitely can't afford one, never mind. We can only afford this one, I think I'll pass. Maybe a plant. Can I get a
mirror? This one's only 70, that's nice. Oh, and it matches, oh,
that actually helps a lot I think. All right, we got 66 simoleons left. How
much do the benches cost? Oop, never mind. 150? Maybe like, some kitchen decor? I
guess we can get paper towels for 30. That is such a waste, it's so small. Such
a like, little, tiny detail, I'm like, oh, let's get some paper towels. Yeah, spend all
the rest of your money on that, great idea. Okay, but actually though, it might be kind
of nice to have some decor in the kitchen, so maybe I will do that and then we can call it. I feel like this house is significantly improved, and look, it's still only worth like,
15,000, that's not even that bad. It looks like an EA build, it certainly does, but there's a little bit more
going on, there's more life to it. I think with that, I'll stick it on the
gallery. I'll call it Crick Cabana Update, that way you can hopefully
find it and download it. It's also still base game and still pretty cheap
so if you want to play in this house, but you maybe want it to be a little bit ever so slightly
improved, this is a good version to download. While that is uploading, I wanted
to tell you all a little bit about my St. Jude charity event starting this weekend. And it uploaded and didn't
even glitch, that's a positive. Let me save the game quickly too. But every year in the month of May for the entire
month of May, I do a huge fundraiser on Twitch for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Last year
we raised $320,000 on just my channel in just May. And I have a lot of really fun
streams planned for this month. I'm gonna leave my game on pause for 24 hours. We're gonna play crowd control Minecraft. We've got one where I'm gonna have
your donations control my build, like, if you donate a certain amount,
you can bulldoze my lot and stuff. We did it last year and it was a disaster, I could
barely get through the build at all because it just kept getting bulldozed, but it is a lot of
fun and hopefully we can raise a lot of money for charity, so I'm gonna link the donation
page, but also my Twitch channel down below. We haven't started yet, it starts on Sunday
on May 1st, but I just wanted to warn you and make sure you knew what was going on in case
you wanted to pop in and watch the streams. But it's happening every day for the
entire month of May on Twitch.tv/lilsimsie, so if you want to pop in, like I
said, I've got it all linked for you. Please do not feel like you have to donate, but if
you want to, I've got that linked for you as well. And with that being said, I'll stop like,
talking in your ear about stuff like this. I hope that you enjoyed this video, if you like builds like this, I do
a ton of building on my channel. I've got a really fun build coming
tomorrow actually, so feel free to subscribe so you can see more of that, and
I'll catch you all tomorrow. Bye everybody. I may or may not have a cardboard cutout of
Rick Astley that is going to be coming out for the month of May and sitting behind me,
so I just want to warn you in advance, okay? If you see a man, a scary man, standing behind
me in the videos, it's probably just Rick.
