Good Basic Design - 4 mid-century houses with same floor plan

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Good Basic Design
4 mid-century houses with same floor plan
This floor plan comes from Richard Pollman's Designs for Convenient Living series
2 bedrooms - 1.5 bathrooms - oversized garage - multiple terraces/patios
plenty of room for hobbies and pets - laundry area - space for 2 cars
fully furnished, though sparsely decorated
- No CC -

Richard Pollman and his partner, Irving Palmquist, did much to popularize mid-century modern house design. They are credited with over 2,500 house plans. This "4-in-1 floor plan" is from a book on his philosophy of house design, published in 1946. It is a part of his Designs for Convenient Living series.

Pollman - Design X1869 (DCL43 Series) - MCM Contemporary

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Pollman - Design X1869
This floor plan comes from Designs for Convenient Living Portfolio #43
A MidCentury Contemporary/Modern
3 bedrooms - 2.5 bathrooms - oversized garage - multiple terraces
sunken living room - room for hobbies - laundry area - hot tub - junker car
2-Step Foundation
fully furnished
- with No CC - 

This series of houses is built from plans by Richard B. Pollman (1914-1980,) and are a part of his Designs for Convenient Living - specifically from Portfolio #43. (I couldn't find an exact publication date for Portfolio #43; but Portfolio #45 was published in 1963, and Portfolio #47 was published in 1966. So I think it is safe to say this was probably in 1961-62-ish?)

Pollman - Design X1867 (DCL43 Series) - MCM with Central Courtyard

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Pollman - Design X1867
This floor plan comes from Designs for Convenient Living Portfolio #43
A MidCentury Contemporary/Modern
3 bedrooms - 2.5 bathrooms - garage - central courtyard
back patio - hobby area (in garage) - large yard w/soccer pitch
Grid-Adjusted Roof Slope
fully furnished
- with Minimal CC -

This series of houses is built from plans by Richard B. Pollman (1914-1980,) and are a part of his Designs for Convenient Living - specifically from Portfolio #43. (I couldn't find an exact publication date for Portfolio #43; but Portfolio #45 was published in 1963, and Portfolio #47 was published in 1966. So I think it is safe to say this was probably in 1961-62-ish?)

Pollman - Design X1329 (DCL43 Series) - MidCentury Modern

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Pollman - Design X1329
This floor plan comes from Designs for Convenient Living Portfolio #43
A MidCentury Contemporary/Modern
3 bedrooms - 2.5 bathrooms - garage - pool
Patio - Playground - Large Yard - Hobby Area (in garage) - Laundry Room - Pet Ready
fully furnished
- with 2 CC (Moune's MM add-on windows) -

This series of houses is built from plans by Richard B. Pollman (1914-1980,) and are a part of his Designs for Convenient Living - specifically from Portfolio #43. (I couldn't find an exact publication date for Portfolio #43; but Portfolio #45 was published in 1963, and Portfolio #47 was published in 1966. So I think it is safe to say this was probably in 1961-62-ish?)

Pollman - Design X1215 (DCL43 Series) - MidCentury Modern

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Pollman - Design X1215
This floor plan comes from Designs for Convenient Living Portfolio #43
A MidCentury Contemporary/Modern
3 bedrooms - 2.5 bathrooms - carport
Multiple Terraces - Hobby Room - Pool - Large Yard
2-Step Foundation
fully furnished
- with Minimal CC -

This series of houses is built from plans by Richard B. Pollman (1914-1980,) and are a part of his Designs for Convenient Living - specifically from Portfolio #43. (I couldn't find an exact publication date for Portfolio #43; but Portfolio #45 was published in 1963, and Portfolio #47 was published in 1966. So I think it is safe to say this was probably in 1961-62-ish?)

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Richard Pollman was born in Kansas in 1914. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1936, with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture. From the late 1950s to the 1970s, Mr. Pollman, with his partner, Irving Palmquist, did much to popularize the mid-century modern house design. They are credited with over 2500 mid-century modern house plans which were published in a series of popular home plan books by Home Planners, Inc. of Detroit, for which Mr. Pollman served as the president. - from the web

Fix It -or- Flip It: Contest Houses - 5 houses for you to renovate

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Fix It -or- Flip It: 5 Contest Houses
From our new MTS contest: Fix It -or- Flip It
All 5 of these properties are foreclosed, and need your help!
Tap into your HGTV creativity, and join the fun.
The contest will run officially from May 3rd to the 31st.
- No CC was used in these 5 houses -

Here are the Smillow/MLS listings for each of the houses...
Click over to the Fix It -or- Flip It Contest Thread to learn more about fixing up these houses - and entering the contest.

Pollman - Design X1317 (DCL43 Series) - MidCentury Ranch

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Pollman - Design X1317
This floor plan comes from Designs for Convenient Living Portfolio #43
A MidCentury Ranch
3 bedrooms - 2.5 bathrooms - garage
Courtyard Garden - Pool - Large Yard
fully furnished
- built with Bespoke CC -

Did someone say something about a new hood? Sim Tropico-something? 😅
Oh look! A squir new book of house plans from the archive! So yes... here we have another small series of MidCentury houses from me. The hood will be done - eventually. I promise. 😎

Stilt Shack On the Water ~ Beach House with 2B/1B/2-Cars. No CC.

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Stilt Shack on the Water
This floor plan comes from Topsider Homes: #PGE0206
This is a BEACH Lot
2 bedrooms - 1 bathrooms - 2 cars
This sturdy little shack has weathered several hurricanes. You'll be safe.
fully furnished
- No CC -

Winding Lane ~ Based on a RL house from 1959. 4B/2.5B/Gar - No CC.

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Winding Lane
RL Mid-Century 1959
built into a hill with the (Grid-Adjuster,) ...so it is a sloped lot!
4 bedrooms - 2.5 bathrooms - garage - walk-out basement
game room - home theater - robot lab - huge yard
lightly furnished & ready for you to decorate
CORNER LOT
~~~ No CC ~~~

Sufficeittosay/Anachronisims suggested this house to me, from Zillow...

Sameville ~ a Mid-Century Florida-Style Unpopulated Neighborhood

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Sameville
a Mid-Century Florida-Style Unpopulated Neighborhood
my utopiazed TS2 version of the real life Spring Hill
which was developed by Mackle Brothers/Deltona Corp in the '60's
Isn't it time your sims moved to Florida?
...with minimal CC!

I spent my formative years - ages 8 through 18 - in a place called Spring Hill, Florida. At that time it was just a "place" ...not yet incorporated into a town, with dirt roads if you veered too far off the main boulevard. It had one school (K-8th,) one small grocery, and one gas station with a convenience store - oh, thank Heaven! The whole development was designed as a "retirement" community, meant to entice New Yorkers to buy their Florida-dream-opportunity sight unseen, and move down to the land of eternal sunshine. (And many did!)

1st Church of Sameville ~ a Community Lot

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1st Church of Sameville
...a part of the Sameville Hood Project
a community lot
park-like grounds - church - bathrooms - lecture podium - grand piano
One CC - my invisible floor

The funky "roof" design of this building is inspired by a RL Lutheran church.
There really isn't much to do here on this lot; it is more of a "set-dressing" build...
A copy of it will be included with my Sameville hood, when it is released... soon!
Meanwhile - here is a solo version for you to place in your hood.

Hunter's Bait & Tackle ~ Community Lot General Store

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Hunter's Bait & Tackle
...a part of the Sameville Hood Project
a community lot general store
groceries - games - empty shelves (for your CC) - bathrooms - picnic grill
No CC!

There are 3 versions of this lot in my new hood, Sameville. This is the "original" version.
It will also be included with that hood, when it is released... someday soon!
Meanwhile - here is a solo version of this lot.

Gas-N-Go Kwik Mart ~ a Community Lot - Convenience Store

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Gas-N-Go Kwik Mart
...a part of the Sameville Hood Project
a community lot convenience store
groceries - magazines - phone/electronics kiosk - coffee barista - bathrooms - junker car
No CC!

There are 3 versions of this lot in my new hood, Sameville. This is the "Beachside" version.
It will also be included with that hood, when it is released... someday soon!

Sameville ~ House Model #13: 3B/2B/Garage - No CC - Four Variations.

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House Model #13 (MB1300)
...a part of the Sameville Housing Project
3 bedrooms - 2 bathrooms - garage - courtyard - Florida room - patio - opt. pool
in 4 variations - lightly furnished OR unfurnished - ready for you to decorate
...with no CC!

This courtyard home features a Master bedroom with an en suite bathroom, two kid's bedrooms, a shared "pool" bathroom, formal living room, a large eat-in kitchen with an adjacent dining area - plus a garage, grill patio, enclosed pool, and nicely landscaped yard.

Sameville ~ House Model #12: 2B/1B/Garage - Four Variations - STARTER

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House Model #12 (MB1200)
...a part of the Sameville Housing Project
2 bedrooms - 1 bathroom - garage - front porch - covered Lanai - large yard with pool option
in 4 variations - lightly furnished OR unfurnished - ready for you to decorate
...featuring the Bespoke Build Set & Torrox Arches!

Enter this spacious 2 bedroom home via a welcoming front porch. Step inside to an open concept "Great Room" living and dining area with a separated kitchen. The attached garage has space for a laundry area. There is plenty of room to park a second vehicle on the driveway. PLUS there is a pool option, a covered Lanai, and a nicely landscaped yard. That's not all - two variations of this plan are STARTER priced!

Sameville ~ House Model #4: 2B/1B/Carport STARTER - Three variations.

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House Model #4 (MB400)
...a part of the Sameville Housing Project
2 bedrooms - 1 bathroom - carport
in 3 variations - lightly furnished OR unfurnished - ready for you to decorate
...featuring the Bespoke Build Set!

A charming two bedroom home with one bathroom, a large kitchen, dining room, living room, carport, and back patio.

Sameville ~ House Model #3: 2B/1B/Garage, STARTER or with Pool

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House Model #3 (MB300)
...a part of the Sameville Housing Project
2 bedrooms - 1 bathroom - garage - large yard with pool, OR starter priced
in 4 variations - lightly furnished OR unfurnished - ready for you to decorate
...featuring the Bespoke Build Set!

This home boasts two bedrooms, and a bathroom, in a spacious, open concept "Great Room" design, with an eat-in kitchen and living room, garage and driveway - with a pool option, and nicely landscaped yard.

Sameville ~ House Model #1: 2B/1B/Carport STARTER - No CC.

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House Model #1 (MB100)
...a part of the Sameville Housing Project
2 bedrooms - 1 bathroom - carport - small yard
in 3 variations - lightly furnished & unfurnished - ready for you to decorate
...with no CC!

This home has 2 bedrooms - a main bedroom, and a 'spare' bedroom, 1 bathroom, kitchen, dining area, living room, carport with adjacent laundry/storage room, and a Florida room.

A-Frame Retreat on a Swimmable Pond: 3B/2B/2CarDriveway with 1CC.

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A-Frame Retreat
on a Swimmable Pond
3 bedrooms - 2 bathrooms - 2 car driveway - deck - patio
lightly furnished & ready for you to decorate
...with only 1 CC - my invisible floor, for the pond!

This floor plan is #43025 from Cool House Plans - a scan of the floor plan is included.

1980's Contemporary Side-to-Side Split-Level: 3B/2.5B/Garage

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Contemporary Side-to-Side Split-Level
...a part of The 80's Called series
3 bedrooms - 2.5 bathrooms - garage - balconies - patio
this Split-Level with a 2-Step Foundation was built with the (Grid-Adjuster)
this is a SLOPED lot
lightly furnished & ready for you to decorate
...with only 1 CC: JenWar's Maxis Clapboard Siding Reversed

Do you remember the 80's? Boy, I do! ...like totally!
...But the 1980's were more than just neon colors, big hair, Madonna, Duran Duran, Michael Jackson, MTV, righteous toys, and most excellent games like Nintendo and Pac-Man. It also had it's own awesome iconic building style - postmodern "contemporary" architecture (which is, sadly, no longer contemporary today.) Houses from the 80's often present asymmetrical facades, geometric shapes, unusual rooflines, and stone accented features against a mix of vertical and diagonal wood siding.
It is an eclectic mix of patterns, fer shure. 😎