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Chelsham Road: Semi-Detached Duplex with 2 Small Apartments. No CC.

Originally uploaded to MTS on Sept. 3rd, 2021.

Chelsham Road
Semi-Detached Duplex
based on a RL freehold property in England
2 Apartments
3 bedroom - 2 bathroom |and| 2 bedroom - 1 bathroom
- tiny living - off-street parking - garden - pet friendly - lot-adjusted -

~~~ No CC! ~~~

I found this house on-line through RightMove, UK; the listing is no longer available.

The listing said: "The house has been done up to a high standard from previous owners and has been thoroughly looked after which means it is ready to move into but also allows potential for you to apply your own stamp. As you walk into the house you have a porch like area that allows you to take off your coat and shoes leaving the day behind you. Downstairs has a really nice and modern open plan feeling with a spacious reception room that leads on to the fully equipped kitchen. If you are a keen chef then there's plenty of space for your recipe books and integrated appliances allowing you to cook up a storm! There is space for a dining area where your guests can wait in the reception room. Downstairs also has a stylish family bathroom. On the first floor this house has two good sized double bedrooms and both have decent storage space. Further benefits include the loft conversion on the second floor which is a large master bedroom with a stylish en-suite. The rear garden is perfect for firing up the barbeque and dining al fresco in the summer months."

The "Right" apartment (shown above) is the original, real life lot, from the real estate listing. It is recreated as faithfully as I could get it - based on the listing's pictures, and keeping it CC Free. The "Left" apartment (shown below) is decorated in more of a quaint, comfortable style. Both apartments have as many skill-building items as I could find room for - including: dressers, desks, toyboxes, bookshelves, chess, TV with game system, stereo, easel, and dartboard. The Right side also has a potter's wheel, while the Left side has a swing set.

Please enjoy touring the rest of this build by scrolling down through all the pictures.

This duplex is part of a mini-series I am doing of British Houses. (Scroll down to the very last two pictures to see them all!) I hope you will enjoy them all. 😁 Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think!

Both apartments are simply furnished and decorated. All appliances, plumbing and lighting are included. The stoves, grills, and fireplaces have smoke alarms. Front doors are burglar alarmed. Telephones are downstairs, in the main living area.

This is a clean copy of this house/lot; no sim has ever lived here. The package has been cleaned with Mootilda's Clean Installer.

Each apartment has parking for one vehicle on the front driveway pieces: remember you must place the cars before moving any sims onto the lot. The driveway cars will be community property - usable by any and all residents.

This is a pet-friendly build. No pet items are included - but there is space to add them.

Though there is no CC included, I would suggest you may want to get:
- Sophie-David's Invisible Driveway.
- Use Inaccessible Beds from Simlogical for the Right Apartment's Master Suite bed (which is against the wall.)
- The pictures show my default version of HL's Backless Shower. If you don't already have this shower, the game will substitute the regular walled shower for you.
- I use the Lifestyle Build Bundle wallpapers/floors ALL the time. (follow the link and it's the second link in the top post - extracted by Argon/MATY) This 'bundle' lives back in my Bins folder so it doesn't have the CC star. If you ever enter one of my builds and find it has blank/unpapered walls/floors, it is because I used ones from this bundle and forgot to mention it. So, either substitute the wall/floor of your choice, or go get this bundle and re-install the lot (from your lot bin.)

Thank you, Mootilda for the awesome Lot Adjuster used to make this lot.

There is No Custom Content Included.

Lot Size: Lot-Adjusted 30X10
Lot Price (furnished): $114,172
Rent (furnished): $1,953 - $3,193 (Scroll to the bottom for help renting a furnished apartment!)

DOWNLOAD @ SFS

More pictures:

The right side unit's bedrooms:

The left side unit's bedrooms:

The British Series is available here on my Blog (#Series: British Houses) and at MTS.

How to rent a Furnished Apartment:
- Bring up the cheat box with CTRL-SHIFT-C.
- Enter the following cheat: boolProp testingCheatsEnabled true
- Walk your sim to the front door of the apartment that you want to rent. They need to be standing right in front of the door.
- Clear any actions from your sim's queue - including other sims trying to talk to them.
- SHIFT-click on the door of the apartment you wish to rent and choose "Rent Furnished."
- If the action falls out of your queue, your sim probably needs to be closer to the door.
- Once the apartment is rented, bring up the cheat box again.
- Enter: boolProp testingCheatsEnabled false to turn the cheat off again.

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