Rise Up 18 (two matching modern base-game no-CC houses)

The House:

The ample foyer of this house splits to the living room at the rear of the house and a wide hallway at the right which leads to the 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths. A smaller hallway on the left divides the formal dining room at the front of the house from the eat-in kitchen at the back, and ends at a powder room. Archways link the living room, dining room, and kitchen, so that the house feels open and airy and yet provides privacy which is not associated with the great room concept.

The attached garage enters the house near the powder room. A partially covered deck is accessible from the kitchen. The garage and optional basement are roughed-in, for future use. The lot is small, but fully landscaped, with easily-playable views from the front of the house.

The Series:

Rise Up is a series of matching modern starter-furnished one-story houses on 3x2 lots. Each one was inspired by a real floor plan, but modified to fit on a small lot, simified, and redesigned with a modern exterior. Choose between a ground level home or the same house on a foundation with a basement.

Homes in this series are meant to be the next step up from a starter. Rooms are reasonably-sized. Furnishings are minimal and starter-style to keep costs down. There are no extraneous items like pictures and sculptures, although skill items are available. You can move your family in and have everything that you need, or consider the existing furnishings to be placement suggestions and upgrade to your liking.

Technical Details:

Some pets cannot navigate 2-click stairs. If you intend to play a family with pets, you might want to use the ground level lot.

There is no space for a functional driveway at the front of the house. If you wish to add a driveway inside of the garage, you will have to place the driveway extension piece using the "moveobjects on" cheat.

The basement has two columns which can prevent your basement from flooding on low-lying ground, depending upon your EPs. Please see http://www.modthesims.info/showthre...840#post3579840 for details. If you'd like, the columns are easy to remove using the foundation tool, and the ground inside of the columns can be flattened using the level terrain tool.

The roof is a "foundation roof", created with inexpensive foundation walls. If necessary, these walls can be removed using the foundation tool.

The lot price shown is for the basement version of the house. The ground level version is slightly less expensive, at $47,955.


Lot Size: 3x2
Lot Price: $49,169

Additional Credits:
Numenor, for the AnyGameStarter, which allowed me to make this lot without any EPs:
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=250555

The LotAdjuster, which allowed me to create the walls one tile from the edge of the lot.
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=384656

The GridAdjuster, which allowed me to easily make the 2-click foundation and the modern roof:
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=327439

ConvertiWall, which allowed me to change the walls on the roof to foundation walls, thus reducing the cost in line with the actual structure:
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=327132

The LevelAdder (still in testing), which allowed me to add a foundation and basement to an existing ground level lot without rebuilding the entire lot:
http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=328166

Quaxi and Peter and Igne Jones, for SimPE, which allowed me to transfer the terrain paints from one lot to the other after a new level had been added:
http://sims.ambertation.de/

The LotCompressor, which allowed me to remove unnecessary images from the lot package, thus reducing its size by half:
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=426409

Ultimate Plans, for Plan #221015, which inspired this lot:
http://www.ultimateplans.com

The Parachute Club, for their song "Rise Up".