Lot: 60 x 60
Built as a request for a larger version of 'Oak Hill', Chestnut Hill is a large family estate home with all the trimmings. This legacy-lot home will offer comfort, convenience, luxury and SPACE for generations of Sims. Yes, it has it all - large rooms, beautiful grounds, pool, tennis court, garage, pool house and a lovely walled garden.
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20 x 30 lot:
Are you a Sims 3 game player who might want a stylish, but purist, 'non-cheat-code' starter home to plunk a freshly-baked Sim into? Just for you, I decided to challenge myself and build (and furnish) a true starter home for less than $16,000. In two hours.
I really had to pull out all the design secrets and stops on this build. I used every build-option I could think of to save money - everything from colouring the grass into the flagstone interior floor, to pasting up the cheapest wallpaper available, then re-colouring it into brick, wood and tile. I used pattern, colour and texture to create the illusion of wall art and expensive area rugs, and each furniture piece was selected simply because it was the least expensive available (then re-coloured to match the interior). All the landscaping plants (baby bamboo trees and hydrangeas) were selected because of their price-point - the hydrangeas are only $1 a piece.
There were a few design splurges, like the clear-storey windows and glass entry door, but some of the best design, like the interesting roof lines and the lot contouring, were free (and yes, even the mailbox and garbage can have been designer-matched - sorry, I just couldn't stop myself....) Best of all, if placed on any small 20 x 30 $1,200 lot (like this one on Maywood Lane in Sunset Valley), 'New Day' comes in at $14,603.
So why dump your poor, new Sim into a dreadful, run-of-the-mill EA starter house? Don't you think all the plucking and pulling they just went through in the CAS system was torture enough? Why not show them some mercy? Let your Sim's 'New Day' begin here!
All build and decor items are available free of charge, compliments of the talented artists who take the time to create these incredible objects and patterns, and then simply share them. Most are available here on TSR for download, so please take the time to download the patterns and objects to completely enjoy this lovely home.
Additional items that are available off-site as free downloads:
Living room Regency chairs (only $15 each!!!) are available from MK Sims:
http://mk-sims3.blogspot.com/2009/12/blog-post_20.html
And the living room sofa (only $99.00!!) is compliments of XM Sims:
http://www.xmsims.com/sims3/ehtm/object/livingroom001.html
Download (4.8 MB as shown):
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Lot size: 30 x 30
The elegant Oak Hill Estate dates back to the Edwardian period, and has enjoyed a long, colorful (and some say haunted) history. Does your Sim dare explore this lot....?
Qube Design is pleased to present this wonderful fully-featured estate home on a 30 x 30 lot. This home offers dramatic, historic architecture, Farrow and Ball color-matched trim, and all the luxury touches you expect in a large, huge-lot estate. Designed for a small lot (or, put it on a huge lot and landscape away), this home can finish off a period street-scape, or offer an exquisite back-drop for your next machinema project.
No detail has been overlooked - everything from a beautiful rose garden with heart-shaped swimming pool to a 4 car garage, two-level green house, guest suite and full laundry room. And that is just in the basement! The main level offers a formal living room and dining room (with adjoining terrace and dramatic two-storey arbor), a large family kitchen overlooking the garden green-house, a stunning two-storey library with piano alcove and a large sunroom. The second level offers three bedrooms and a big family bath, and the attic has been finished, but awaits your decorating ideas - a large master suite? Media room with star-gazing balcony? Or horror-filled prison chamber, where the only escape is to jump into the blood-red pool.....
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