It's the European Townhouse in the bin, I believe.

Seems like a good choice to me. Would there be any bonus conditions? Such as keeping the balcony, or anything like that? If not, it would be fine, just asking. :]

It sounds easy, but doing it is another thing entirely. It's not a bad idea, but it doesn't seem as easily achievable. (basically, what Heodez said x3)

The outsides pretty. I'm not going to get into the inside, since I don't have TS3 or anything. Thanks, by the way. ^_^


Since September is coming to a close, what house should we do in October? (There's a list in the previous thread.)

good job bringing this thread back from the dead and everything!

Okay, I finally got around to taking the interior pics and packaging the lot.
Fourth and final submission: Crafty Cabin


The front

The back (yes, the pond is still there!)

The entrance

The living room

Kitchen and Dining room

The bedroom

The half-bath

Single bedroom

Single bedroom 2

Bathroom 1 (with seperate shower room, as is visible)

Bathroom 2 (attached to bedroom 2)

Second story patio area

The first floor, birdseye

The second floor, birdseye



Total cost: 71,968 simoleons

Built with Double Deluxe, University Life, Bon Voyage, Free Time and Apartment Life.

Yeah, the first two weren't exactly my proudest works, and even I don't like them very much. By the time I got to the third one, I actually had some inspiration from the other builders, after seeing what some of you did with the lot. My first two houses were just done to have them done. But thank you for the in depth analysis. :]

ETA:

Here is my fourth house. Gotta furnish it and get some interior pics, but that should be done by the evening: the Crafty Cabin



I was going for authentic, so wood interior, etc. It's pretty much modeled after a few houses in the mountains here, except for the octagon. And yes, the palm tree is still in it's place. Though I really wanted to ged rid of it >_<

Okay, so you're saying to put the bare minimum furnishings and the lot would be near perfect? Awesome. I think I'll use your minimalist tactics from now on. 
Constructively, your house felt as stale as my first submission.

As an aside,

Night Racer: very nice Sims 3 rebuild, but as it only looks beautiful and I don't own TS3, I can't say much else.

Minena: once again, a very stunning home. But I'm a sucker for gardens, and the outdoors, so the landscaping is probably my favorite feature. I can't really get past the carpet you used in the living room though...I've never been a fan of the print carpet, but you did sort of manage to pull it off.

ciane: Not really sure what to say at the moment. I can't find anything I don't like, but I can't find much that I like either. A response to this house may take me longer than expected.

yibble: nice job, but it seems to me that if I had two adults, a child, and a toddler living in that house they'd be stomping and screaming about blocked paths, but who's to know? I certainly haven't playtested your lot. (don't have glamour life installed...or pets....or FFS XD)

chobeegal: I really like the roof. Especially because I've never been able to pull off those oriental roofs very well. Bon Voyage is not my friend once more, not sure how one of your lots would react to my laptop, but it looks nice enough.

Sipu_von_Sapu: it feels, to me anyway, that the exterior stucco and brick aren't really...meshing...well. I've never been really good at landings, but you seem to have pulled yours off well enough. Your house seems like it would be more comfy on a bigger lot (but I suppose many of them would :p)

Jorganza: great job on the roof of your mosque, personally I've never been to one...but it looks as about authentic as you can get without CC.

Batelle: I also love the raspberry and green color scheme. You've managed to pull that off very well, or at least better than I ever could 


And thanks to cianne and yibble for the kind comments on my third submission. :3

I made a third, and I definitely like this one better (though the angles are still driving me bananas.) Well, here it is: Marsden Manse




2 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms around 65,000 simoleons.

There is one piece of CC in this house, and it's an extracted television from Apartment Life. Downloadable right here from MATY.

I uninstalled Apartment Life (again) so theres no ceilings. Sorry :/








The two bathrooms on the second floor are nearly identical in design, the only difference is the shower curtain on shower/tub combo.
There's a half bath on the first floor, behind the stairs. Picture angles were being difficult, so I didn't get any shots of it.




Built with Nightlife, University, Bon Voyage, IKEA Stuff, and Teen Style Stuff.
Uploaded to Megaupload because the file was a whole 11 kb too big.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZT277K6D


*edited to add information and link.

I made a second one, but the shape of this house just has me frustrated (especially because I don't have seasons installed, so the roof is a total pain in the ass.)

The front

The Back

The Garden


Downstairs
The Entrance:

Kitchen & Dining:

Living Room:

Bathroom:



Upstairs...

Bedroom:

View from the Bed:

Bathroom:



This house was built with either one sim or a sim couple in mind, as it's only one bedroom...and would become rather crowded with more sims.
Lot attached to post because I could, and built with Nightlife, University, Open For Business, Bon Voyage, Free Time, Apartment Life, Teen Style Stuff and IKEA Stuff.

I just spent a long, long time building this monstrosity into a better house, but the octagonal footprint that we have to stick to made this difficult. But that was the point, I suppose?

Anyway, I don't really like how my remodel has turned out, but for tips and whatnot, I will post it.











I didn't really want to decorate it, because I don't necessarily see myself using it, nor do I forsee anyone actually downloading it.
Meh.
Built with University, Nightlife, Free Time, Apartment Life, IKEA Home stuff, and Teen Style stuff

This is going to be fun. Not. I'll start today. :]

Looks like it would be a good challenge to add to and make that house better. I say go with it, as long as it's made available for the base game. (I went through a cleanup this weekend, which involved me deleting neighborhoods and un-installing some EP's. Seasons was one of them.)

If you had read the full post, you would know that the bathroom HAS wallpaper, just not in the picture

Yeah. Photobucket sucks like that. They're all displayed now with img tags, if you're up for another look.

Your house is absolutely stunning, by the way, you always make such pretty things 

Okay, Edited to add my last house for the month:

The Sunny Suburban
Front:

Back:

Entryway:

Family Room:

Downstairs Bathroom:

Kitchen:

Dining Room:

Downstairs Bedroom:

Half Bathroom:

Upstairs Hallway:

Upstairs Bedroom:

Upstairs Bathroom:

MasterBedroom 1:

MasterBedroom2:



TopViews:
Second Story: http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/ComaB/TS2/?action=view&current=Secondstory-TopView.png
First Story: http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/ComaB/TS2/?action=view&current=Firststory-TopView.png

Attached because I could; this lot was made with ALL EP's, excluding Bon Voyage, and [Glamour Life Stuff, H&M Fashion Stuff, IKEA Home Stuff, Teen Style Stuff, and Celebration Stuff]

And just a quick note: The half bathroom appears unpainted in the pictures, but I painted it. The attached file comes with the painted bathroom. I don't think of a lot of things until I start taking pictures. Which is why in some pictures you'll see things that weren't in others. 

All of my houses are between 60,000 and 70,000 simoleons furnished. When unfurnished, they are usually under 20,000. (but I don't attach any unfurnished, so unimportant.)
All files have been attached to their original post, and pictures updated. The only house that won't be getting any interior pictures is the Cozy Cabin. Only exterior for you!

It's to bad I don't have the Mansions and Gardens stuff pack, then.

It's red! And it has a light green roof! Love! Can't download it though. Lack of stuff-packs and I think you have BV.

Concur.

Can we try to keep it nice and peaceful in here for more than a few posts?

@Erry - I really like your house! But it seems to not really deviate from the original design (besides adding a second floor) The colorrs selected for the shrubbery and whatnot don't clash with the exterior paint or anything, which is nice, but the house could be easily interchanged with the original :/ The inside is rather nice, however, and the minimal furnishings keep it from feeling clogged.

I'm not saying I don't like it, because I do. In Sims 1 I used to play lots like that all the time. But I never actually got the opportunity in TS2  

I was going for woodsy in this one:
But now I kind of feel like I copied Honeywell  
I mean with the stone front, and all.



I'm not so sure about the color scheme atm, because I'm trying to stick to the no CC rule, but Maxis doesn't really give me good wood options in the EP's and SP's that I do have. :/

Edit: Attached the lot to the post.

This lot was made with ALL EP's, excluding Bon Voyage and [Glamour Life Stuff, H&M Fashion Stuff, IKEA Home Stuff, Teen Style Stuff, and Celebration Stuff]

@ lizbeth - your house has inspired me for a few other projects, it's very nice ^_^

@ chobeegal - it's very pretty, and colorful. Though it seems a tad cluttered. Or maybe I'm just anti-a-lot-of-stuff-on-lots because I run TS2 on a laptop...but it's still very nice!

hey hey, guys, let's just all chill out. They're just houses. :/

OH! I figured out what was wrong. See that black line where the two roofs interesect on the first story? Yeah, I fixed that. There isn't a black line anymore. ^_^

I've reattached the file to my second post. :]

Apologies for double posting, and you can poke fun at me if needed...but the forum is refusing to save my edits.  

the NEW front

the back

the foyer

Living view 1

Living view 2

Bathroom 1

Bathroom 1-2

Bathroom 2

Dining and Kitchen area

Bathroom 3

Upstairs Hallway

Bedroom 1

Bedroom 2


Birdseye (First Floor)

Birdseye (Second Floor)



Still feel like I'm missing something now that I've 'fixed' it.  

This lot was made with ALL EP's, excluding Bon Voyage and [Glamour Life Stuff, H&M Fashion Stuff, IKEA Home Stuff, Teen Style Stuff, and Celebration Stuff]

I seriously just realized that I completely forgot landscaping. I built that house very early this morning. I think I'll be fixing that now. XD
I was trying to go for a "beach" lot, but...ahhhh...I suppose that's kinda difficult without BV 

SEE SECOND POST