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The Fixer-Upper

The worst lot in town — derelict, ugly, unloved — and your Sim sees potential where everyone else sees a teardown.

✦ Set your packs to confirm this works for you
Type
Build
Difficulty
Hard
Length
Multi-session
Best for
Builders who love before-and-after transformations

Difficulty (1–5 plumbobs): 1 Casual · 2 Moderate · 3 Hard · 4 Brutal · 5 Extreme

📖 The story

The worst lot in town — derelict, ugly, unloved — and your Sim sees potential where everyone else sees a teardown. Strip it back, rebuild it, and turn the neighbourhood eyesore into its showpiece.

💝 The goal

Take a deliberately run-down, low-value lot and renovate it into a **high-value, showcase home**.

🎀 Packs required

✓ Base game only

Packs recommended

None

🏡 Setup

LotA run-down, low-value home
Funds§50,000
AgingAny
SimsOptional residents to live test

🚀 Getting started

  • Build (or download) a genuinely rough starter home, then renovate it room by room into something beautiful.

⌨️ Cheats to type

testingcheats truemoney 50000

📋 General rules

  • Start from a genuinely poor-condition build.
  • Renovate rather than demolish-and-replace — keep the bones where you can.
  • End in clearly high-value, polished condition.

✨ Specific rules

  • Document the "before" so the transformation is visible.
  • Improve every room — structure, fixtures and décor.
  • The finished home should look like the best on its street.

✅ What you can do

  • Start from a deliberately run-down, low-value lot; renovate with earned funds or a set budget; use `bb.moveobjects`.
  • Capture a clear before-and-after.

⛔ What you can't do

  • Renovate rather than fully bulldoze — keep the bones and improve them.
  • The finished home must be genuinely high-value and livable.

🎯 Objectives — complete the checklist

0 of 5 done · 0%

🎮 If you don't own the packs

Fully base-game.

💡 Strategy tips

  • Fix function first (a working kitchen and bath), then layer in style.
  • Small structural tweaks — moving a wall, adding windows, raising the roof — transform a space more than furniture alone.
  • Keep one or two "original" features as a tasteful nod to the home's humble past.

💕 Milestones — track your progress

0 of 5 done · 0%

🔥 Want it harder?

  • Renovate on a strict §15,000 budget instead of §50,000.
  • Keep the **entire original footprint and roofline** — interior and finishes only.

🎭 Variations

A "flip" version where you renovate, sell (roleplay), and move to the next worst lot in town. ---

A community renovation/fixer-upper build format. · Last tested: Patch 1.108 — Feb 2026