Sameville ~ a Mid-Century Florida-Style Unpopulated Neighborhood

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Author CatherineTCJD
Uploaded: 27th Nov 2024 at 5:29 PM
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!)

In my angsty teenage years I was fond of calling it 'Sprung Hell' - with a HUGE eyeroll.
I couldn't wait to move out and go off to Uni, some exotic place far, far away. (Well, across the state, anyway.)
...and I did. And I didn't look back for a long, loooong time.

My folks still live there. In a different house, now. And, as they are getting up in years, I have been visiting more and more. And, with each visit, I am reminded that I really ought to sim this place!

So..., here I have built an idyllic, utopianized version; not-unironically named Sameville (because it is!)
There are 14 different "model" homes, each with several variations. All based on RL houses from RL Spring Hill, built by the Mackle Brothers from 1967-1980. Plus I've added several community lots to round-out this neighborhood. I hope it is a place where your sims will enjoy living.
It was, after all, a good place to grow up.


If you want more insight into the Real Life area - here is the wiki link: Spring Hill

Sameville has a total of 93 included lots.
63 are residential lots - one of which is an apartment/trailer park.
There is also a cemetery.
And there are 23 commercial/community lots.
(Plus 6 designated "empty" lots - 4 residential, and 2 commercial.)

More than half of the lots in the hood are available separately to download (links are included under the 'spoilers' below.)
30 of the lots are only available with this complete hood. They are either modified beach lots, or built in such a manor that uploading them separately is not feasible.






On the maps above, I have labelled each lot.
The front two cul-de-sacs (at the bottom of the map) showcase the furnished "Model" homes. IE: M8 = Model home of plan #8.
The other unfurnished houses are designated by plan number and variation. IE: 7.1 = Plan #7, variation 1.
Each cul-de-sac has a Community Park in the center. (Roads and portals have been changed, to allow 'flow' around the parks.)
Central Park (the central lake area) is the main shopping area of the neighborhood.
Along the coast your sim will find several public beaches, piers, and many more fun places to visit.

Just like the RL Spring Hill was when I moved there in 1974, there is a lot of room to expand this neighborhood. The "city" area is just made up of hood deco buildings and there are many beach lots awaiting your personal builds. Please customize the hood however you want!





Every lot is a clean copy; no sim has ever been in this hood.
Each lot was cleaned and compressed with Chris Hatch's Lot Compressor.
Everything has been cleaned with Mootilda's Clean Installer.
And run through her Hood Checker.

OTHER INFO:
There are 8 NPCs that have generated - most of them are either baristas or bartenders:
Sharlene Dennis
Ichelle Yang
Brenda Schweber
Elise Boyle
Arcadia Hanby
2 Human Statues
Break Dancer

CC used/included:
- Honeywell's Bespoke Build Set (Be sure you have the MASTER!)
- Moune's Torrox Build Set Part 7 - Arches (Be sure you have the MASTER!)
- my Completely Invisible Floor

Recommend: NOT INCLUDED, but you really should have them for this hood!
- WHoward's Forceable Urns
- HugeLunatic's Backless Tub/Shower
- SophieDavid's Invisible Driveway
- MogHughson's Decorative Parking Spaces
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