Potential build for Rosa

Regarding the floorplans I linked in my previous post, I wondered if it would actually fit better their backstory, as the house was extended in the early 90s. And what other adjustments could I make in the given floorplans?

Baumann
Thanks for the suggestions! Due to limited object space and Sims don't minding sports smells, I threw all hobby objects in one room, but I will keep it in mind in my other builds.

Gerstner apartment
I assume that many more RL floorplan layouts from old houses/apartments are nonsensical, so I usually go along with them because I think nonsense is part of the Sims charm, as long it stays functional. The DG is advertised as a potential studio, but I just left it "undeveloped". Sometimes I have to resort to spiral stairs due to lack of space, or because the RL reference also has spiral stairs (even though it isn't appropiate for apartments irl).

Potential build for Rosa

I did a quick search, but could not find the family description. Are they the family that you rather see as expats where the parents have university degrees and teenage children? If yes, I do not think that the house would be a good choice for them. I assume that they moved to their current house when the children were younger which was at some point during the 90s. It would not make sense to buy a house that immediately requires extensive modifications like an extension. Either they found an existing house that matches most of their expectations or they would have chosen to build a new house instead to completely match their expectations. An old house with a new extension would combine the disadvantages of both options - the risks and waiting times of a new construction and the outdated heating, insulation and electrical installation of an old building. As they only moved to the Veronaville area as adults, they also did not yet have any special ties to one village or another so that they had a bigger selection of houses/empty lots to choose from than other families would have had. It also does not sound too plausible that the extension was built by the previous owners as this would have been very shortly before selling the house.


Gerstner

Most RL buildings have better layouts. Strange layouts are more a problem of some very recent buildings as there seems to be some kind of trend to have studio apartments with more than 100 m². It should not be a problem to have a few older buildings with strange layouts, nevertheless, as long as the majority has better layouts.
The spiral stairs in the RL reference are not yet a problem as the DG is not an apartment and not accessible to the other tenants. If you do it the same way for your building, it should be fine. I assume that the stairs and the fire protection regulations might be the reason why the RL DG has not yet been turned into an apartment.





Other possible references

This link might help you to find more towns that you can use as reference: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis..._in_Deutschland
I did not check all the linked cities and towns, but amongst those that I did check, there were several with less than 5000 inhabitants.

If you still use RLP as reference for one of the subhoods, you also could use bordering regions of Elsass/Alsace as reference. During a recent trip to France, we e.g. drove through Weißenburg/Wissembourg and it looked suited to be a reference for one of the town subhoods.