Building Your Home

by Veronika Kent

All families need a home, and all homes need a family. Some families decide to build their homes from the ground up, others families buy a home that is already built and sometimes furnished. Either way is great, but if your family plans on building a home there are a few things you need to know.

When deciding to build a new home, think about why you are moving. Need more space? Bigger yard? Need less space? Then think about the needs of your family. Need a workshop for the growing business? Want to have a garden? Want to entertain more? Do the kids need their own room? Don’t forget to have plenty of bathrooms. I suggest that there is at least one bathroom for every two family members. Finally, look at how much money you are willing to spend. I suggest looking at your net worth and then subtracting about 5,000-10,000 simoleans to buy furniture. This thought process should help you build a criteria for your new home.

Now that you have a criterion, look around your neighborhood for piece of property that meets your needs. Thanks to a bill passed in the SimNation Senate, the value of the landscaping of a piece of property is not taken in account when the property is sold. So have your agent plant all the trees and flowers you want, you can even add a lake if you desire. After the land is prepared, decide on a house plan. Many families use online house plans to guide them while some have an idea from the beginning. The only thing that all families who have built have said is that diagonal walls are the most pleasing to the eye and should be use without restriction. A bonus is that they are cheaper to build, which means, a cheaper cost for the completed home. I also suggest building the home on the land before you buy the property, instead of buying the property and then building. This is cheaper because the contractor gets to work on your home without your meddling and then kindly gives you a discount. Another way to save money, use cheap wallpapers and floors in the interior decor of the home, then once you move in and make more money, repaper the walls with wallpapers of your choosing. With so many economical options and online catalogs, it is easier to choose wallpapers without breaking the piggybank.

Now that you built your new home, let me be the first to say, welcome home.

Veronika is an independant house designer and will be offering several house designs in the Greymount Store, opening this October.