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Showing posts with label Apartments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Apartments. Show all posts

Grosvenor Street: 1763 Townhouse -or- Modern Apartments

Cross-posted to MTS and Simblr.

Grosvenor Street
1763 Townhouse -or- Modern Apartments
RL British Regency (London, 1763) floor plan, found HERE (...scroll down to "No. 16")
As a single family Townhouse:
9+ bedrooms - 6 bathrooms - space for 4 cars
as authentically furnished as I could get with no cc (so, very lightly furnished!)
As 5-unit Apartments:
3 and 4 bedroom units - space for 4 community cars
amenities include lounge areas, bar, pool table, poker, playground, grill and picnic area
modernized and fully furnished
2-Step Foundation - No-SLOPE Basement
- No CC -

If you click through and read about the history of this property, it starts with this:

VUL TownHome Apartments - 3B/3.5B/Garage

Cross-posted to MTS and Simblr.

VUL TownHome
Apartments with Garages
This is a Mark Stewart design - #M-2253-VUL
3 bedrooms - 3.5 bathrooms - 1 car
Private Garage - Bonus Room - Rooftop Lounge - "Deceptively Spacious"
Only 1 apartment is fully furnished
- One CC = Moune's Add-On "Stacked" Window -

Beach Rentals - 3 Stilt Houses: as Apartments or as Vacation Hotel

Cross-posted to MTS and Simblr.

Beach Rentals
3 Stilt Houses - either as Apartments or Vacation Rentals (Hotels)
fully furnished & tested - each "house" offers 2 bedrooms, and a full kitchen
Amenities include: the BEACH - with lounge chairs, plus...
fruit trees, hot tub, tiki bar, poker table, several grills and picnic tables, dart boards, chess games,
easels, a hammock, campfire, and fixer-upper car.
Hotel amenities: (add to the above) Karaoke, and an arcade game.
~ No CC ~

Courtyard Garden Townhomes ~ Luxury Estate Apartments

Cross-posted to MTS and Simblr.

Courtyard Garden
Townhomes
2 apartment units: $11,059 each
fully furnished & tested
Each Apartment includes: 4 bedrooms - 2 are Master Suites, 6 bathrooms,
and a private garage, spa, sauna, pool table, easel, chess set,
dartboard, grand piano, bookcases, bars, grill patio...
Community amenities: courtyard swimming pool, and garden areas with fruit trees
~ Only 1 CC (Joselle's modified maxis staircase) ~

Knights Griffin School ~ Converted to Apartments: 5 Units - No CC

Cross-posted to MTS and Simblr.

Knights Griffin School Apartments
Original RL "Old Florida" school building built in 1924
5 apartment units: $982 - $1,897
playground - greenhouses and orange trees - grill area
fully furnished & tested
- No CC -

NOLA ~ Dauphine St Apartments: 6 Units - CORNER lot - Min CC

Cross-posted to MTS and Simblr.

Dauphine St Apartment Block
from my NOLA collection
6 apartment units: $611 - $3,731
authentic design - distinctive balcony & porches - historic architecture
Lot-Adjusted CORNER lot
fully furnished & tested
2-Step Foundations
- Min CC -

This was inspired by my recent trip to New Orleans, Louisiana.
I have been posting a small NOLA series, please check out my profile for more!

Isosceles Apartments - four 2-bedroom units - under a glass pyramid dome

Cross-posted to MTS and Simblr.

Isosceles Apartments
...under a glass pyramid dome
this is an Earth-sheltered, bermed lot (built with the Grid-Adjuster)
4 units; each with 2B/1.5B - and a community observation level
Only 4 pieces of a CC set - Numenor's Slanted Windows!

This lot idea came to me a while ago when I was messing around with 'bermed' lots. If you want more Earth-Sheltered lots like this, I posted several of them a few months ago - just scroll back through my 80's Series.

The Villages ~ a 55+ Community. No CC.

Cross-posted to MTS and Simblr.

The Villages ~ a 55+ Community
...a part of the Sameville Hood Project
a trailer park community - especially for retirees (if you use age-restricting mods)
7 units - club house - back porch bar - grill area - fishing pond - community garden
No CC!

This trailer park ...uhhh, mobile home community is part of my new hood project: Sameville. It will be included with that hood, when it is released... soon!
Meanwhile - here is a preview version of this lot for your own hood.

SEMA Container Apts (Sims Emergency Management Agency)

Cross-posted to MTS and Simblr.

SEMA Container Apts
Sims Emergency Management Agency Disaster Relief
...for when you need shelter fast and cheap!
1B/1B - 3 units
community amenities include: picnic grill, dining table, chess set, easel, and 1 parking space
No CC!

I built this last week while Hurricane Milton was sitting in the Gulf gathering power, before he barrelled right over the top of us. The eye of the storm crossed over our roof around 2am - it was eerily quiet... then the howling wind started up again after 3am - with a vengeance!

Thankfully my family and our house made it through with only very minor damage. (We lost our Papaya tree.)

Others in our area, and across the state, were not so fortunate. I have several friends in North Carolina, who are still without power from Helene blasting through there last week... If you are in a position to donate to relief efforts, please do!

Desert Palms Apartments ~ 4 units: 2bed/2 bath

Originally uploaded to MTS on May 31st, 2017. Updated and de-CC-ified January, 2023!

The Desert Palms Apartments...

...welcomes you to paradise!

Each of our 4 units feature 2 bedrooms and 2 baths; amenities include private rooftop patios, the pool, 2 playgrounds, and 4 community-use vehicles.

Now mostly CC-Free. The CCed-up version is still available on MTS.

Surfside Garage Apartments: three 3-bedroom units with a pool. No CC.

Cross-posted to MTS and Simblr.

Surfside Garage Apartments
...a part of The 80's Called series
3 apartments: each with 3 bedrooms - 2 bathrooms - private garage - large deck - balcony - garden patio
this is a Split-Level SLOPED lot
lightly furnished & ready for your sim to move in
...with no CC!

Do you remember the 80's? Boy, I do! ...like totally!
There are sooooo many beach-side apartments like this, along the coast of Florida. Most of them - built in the 1980's. This lot is based on my recollections of an apartment just north of Daytona Beach that a college-friend of mine lived in. It was on the inland side of A1A...

Two Large EXAMPLE lots, using the No-Slope Basement Templates

Cross-posted to MTS and Simblr.

These are 2 example lots I built using the large 2-step foundation version of the No-Slope Basement Templates.
Those templates restrict what you can build because the foundation canNOT be changed...
But, you can still create many different styles of buildings, like these. 😉

Sessoms Street Duplex: Two 1-Bed/1 Bath Garden Apartments

Cross-posted to MTS.

Sessoms Street Duplex
Two Garden Apartments

1 bedrooms - 1 bathrooms - pets accepted
- private yard - gardening space - garages -

~~~ Min CC ~~~

This duplex - and the Apartments next door - are from my little RL home-town. I drive by them all the time! The other day I noticed they were for sale and finally made myself sit down and 'sim' them.

I built them from memory (without referring to their RL images) ...and I gussied them up a bit. Especially their roofs. They should both have much plainer roofs. 😊 Hubs has always said I wear rose-colored glasses, maybe this is the proof?

Anyway, I like how they turned out - I hope you do too!

Sessoms Street Apartments: Four Cheap 2-Bedroom Apartments

Cross-posted to MTS.

Sessoms Street Apartments
Four Cheap 2-Bedroom Apartments
2 bedrooms - 1 bathrooms - pets accepted
- common amenities - shared driveway -

~~~ No CC ~~~

These apartments - and the Duplex next door - are from my little RL home-town. I drive by them all the time! The other day I noticed they were for sale and finally made myself sit down and 'sim' them.

I built them from memory (without referring to their RL images) ...and I gussied them up a bit. Especially their roofs. They should both have much plainer roofs. 😊 Hubs has always said I wear rose-colored glasses, maybe this is the proof?

Anyway, I like how they turned out - I hope you do too!

Belisle 2: 4-Bedroom Apartments with Private Back Yards

Cross-posted to MTS.

Belisle 2
Semi-Detached ~ Townhouse ~ Duplex
Apartments

4 bedrooms - 3 bathrooms - private yard
- daylight basement - driveway - pet ready -
Built with No-Slope technology!

~~~ No CC ~~~

The floor plan is from Drummond House Plans. It is the "Belisle 2" plan - the brochure says:

"Contemporary style 3 4 bedroom semi-detached house plan with great master bedroom
Superb Modern 3 4 bedroom semi-detached (duplex) house plan.
Open floor plan concept on main floor.
Laundry room on main floor.
3 large bedrooms on second floor.
Master bedroom with seating area and walk-in closet.
Large family bathroom.
Unfinished basement. -which has been finished somewhat to include the 4th bedroom

ZIG Apartments - 3 economical units with parking and private yards

Cross-posted to MTS.

ZIG
3 Apartments
2-Step Foundation
1-to-4 bedrooms - 1-2 bathrooms - driveway
- private back yards - pet friendly - economical -

~~~ No CC ~~~

The name comes from the offset nature of each unit; find the complementary lot here: ZAG Apartment.

ZAG Apartments - 4 economical units with parking and private yards

Cross-posted to MTS.

ZAG
4 Apartments
2-Step Foundation
1 to 3 bedrooms - 1 bathroom - driveway
- private back yards - pet friendly - economical -

~~~ No CC ~~~

The name comes from the offset nature of each unit; find the complementary lot here: ZIG Apartment.

Camp Apartments ~ Cheap 1B/1B Accomodations

Originally uploaded to MTS on July 1st, 2022.

Camp Apartments
...kinda like an old Florida Fish Camp
4 Cheap Apartment Units

2-Step Foundation
1 bedroom - 1 bathroom - parking spaces available
- grill area - pool - pet friendly - lots of community amenities -

~~~ Only 1 CC (my Cracked Asphalt terrain paint) ~~~

Memphis Condos: 7 Apt Units - with back doors, garages, and amenities!

Posted to MTS on Oct 21st, 2022.

Memphis Condos
...inspired by a trip through Memphis.
7 Apartment Units

$1,412 - $3,489
SLOPED LOT!
4 Units = 2 bed/1 bath; 3 Units = 3 bed/2 bath
pet friendly - "back door" access to community amenities - grill area
- parking spaces available - garages - junker fix-up car -

~~~ No CC ~~~

Cheap Duplex Living ~ pets accepted

Originally uploaded to MTS on April 8th, 2016.

Cheap Duplex Living
2 Studio Apartments ~ Pets Accepted

Yes, you saw that correctly - pets accepted - for less than $700 a month. Nice!

These are inexpensive studio apartments. A great place for your fresh sim to live! Not only is the rent low, but they are also pet friendly, and there are several community features your sim will enjoy.