A-Frame Chalet on Lake

As the observant might be beginning to suspect, I really do have a thing for A-Frames. Two uncles on my mother's side each had a neighboring A-frame chalet on the banks of a lake in northwestern New Brunswick, as alike as fraternal twins.

This one is a spiritual replica of my uncle Butch's (yeah, that's a nickname and not a cruel lifelong joke on the part of my great-aunt). It's a fair bit larger (perhaps double) to scale, so as to accomodate a Sims2 family's requirements. And there are a number of cosmetic and layout differences to accomodate Sims2 limitations (most especially the fact that Sims2 doesn't appear to do spiral or suspension staircases.)

That said, here it is. This is a comfortably-sized two-bedroom single-bath A-Frame chalet. The solarium (parlor/dining areas) takes up the entire back third of the chalet. The other two thirds of the first floor is more traditionally laid out, with both bedrooms at the very front of the house.

The loft is open-plan and safety-fenced, as is the one at my uncle's, which you can use either for the four guest beds* (two twin, two double, and a pair of dressers) that my uncle and aunt maintain upstairs for hosting large family gatherings at the lake. Or, you can do what I do: drive your sims into hysterics by having them move the piano, billiards table and exercise equipment up those narrow stairs. (Hey, at least it's not the original narrow spiral staircase, right?)

The place costs 82,500 simoleons, as-is, unfurnished. The price drops to 70,200 simoleons by deleting all of the outdoor lighting and landscaping, and replacing the kitchen appliances with less-expensive counterparts.

This lot was created with EP1 installed (so it'd be unlikely to work straight from the base game), and was built without resort to any mods or cheats to complicate things.

Simply sign on the dotted line.

[* ... Yes really. I don't even want to know how they got all those mattresses and box-springs up there. Although knowing how big and burly my male cousins are on that side of the family (think bipedal oxen with personality), maybe it's not all that much of a mystery, is it?]