EAxis house of FAIL: December

[Yecats]

I like the 1097 one with the angled wall. 

I'll try and find some too, but that one looks like a winner.

[witch]

Had another poke around. I've been downtown, farmtown, shopping town - I've been everywhere man!

There are a couple here that could have the pond being left in as a requirement. The last lot, the farmhouse I've been wanting to make over for ages but I think it's too big when most people want something a bit smaller this time round. I'd like it to be considered for a future month though.

112 Riverbend Road

125 Huckleberry Lane

211 Huckleberry Lane

38 Greaves Avenue

204 Old Farm Road

ETA: Here are a couple of better pics of 1097.


On the plus side, the lot appears to be flat, I used the hammer tool to check. On the minus, how many people have Desiderata?

[Alex]

1097 West Dreaming Drive is a nice house to work with. Plus there's room for expansion, which is always good. I'd love to see how some of the more imaginative people get around the diagonal wall.

[witch]

Alex, I added a couple more pics of 1097 at the bottom of my last post after you posted. The lot is flat, so that's a bonus. All the land is in front of the house though, so I guess that's a challenge. 

ETA: Here's the lot of 1097 if people want to have a look. I don't know how to make it base game compatible though. Which EP did Desiderata come from?

[Yecats]

After poking around, these are my two entries - lacking in images due to idiot internet.

From the Houses menu:

Cosy Castle (AL)

Hearty Home (seasons). 


I'm liking the turrets on the castle one - the fact they're walls means that we have something to work around.
The bridge on the Hearty Home one MUST be left in - but can be expanded, not made smaller.

Also, witch, I *Think* Desiderata came with either Freetime or Pets?

[toad]

Also, witch, I *Think* Desiderata came with either Freetime or Pets?

FreeTime.  It's all "Hobbyville".  It has things like the Genie lamp that came with Free Time.

[witch]

Here Yecats, here are the pics.

Cozy Castle is flat and looks interesting. The Hearty Home is not flat and may be a bit large?

Cozy Castle

Hearty Home

[originalhalf]

Ack!  Pick one!  I'm going to throw my hat into the ring with all of you professionals this time, so which is it?

[witch]

G'day mate! Well, the pics have only been up for a couple of hours, so maybe get a few more people to see them I reckon. Plus someone might still come up with the perfect lot. 

Glad you'll be joining us.

[Mootilda]

OK. Here are a bunch of possibilities from Desiderata. I'm just wondering if we can choose other lots and have someone convert them into base game compatible? That would certainly give us a wider range of choice. Plus two or three of these would need flattening.

There is no way to convert a lot to a previous EP, or to make a lot base-game compatible.  The best that we could do is to require only the base game and the EP that the lot was shipped with.

[eevilcat]

The Desiderata lot (1097) looks simple enough that the shell could be built from scratch using the basegame - unless there is some functionality in there that I'm missing.

[Mootilda]

I like 1097 as well. 

The base game wouldn't have the same windows.  There may be other things there that would need to be replaced with a base-game object.

Did the base game allow that style of diagonal roof?

[pbox]

The Desiderata lot (1097) looks simple enough that the shell could be built from scratch using the basegame - unless there is some functionality in there that I'm missing.

It could be rebuilt except for the diagonal roof -- that would have to be a flat roof instead.

ETA: Woops, didn't see Mootilda's post =) .. the windows do look like base game windows to me, except for the one in the kitchen (the screenshot is too jpegged, I can't see what that is). I have the base game disk here (and a base-only game), i could try and rebuild from what I can make out on the pics .. if anyone would be able to post a less fuzzy screenshot in the next couple minutes, that would be great! (I don't have FT, so the pics are all I can go by)


Here you go: attached is a base game version (built in the Base game, shrunk with the LA, edges are flat, no CC)

Pix:

[HomeschooledByTards]

I like 1097 as well. Tiny lot though. What restrictions would we have on this lot?

[kalina]

I also like 1097 - I think I played it once a while ago.
The other one that I like is 211 Huckleberry Lane - it is not too big and has the garden and the lake.

[Faizah]

1097 looks interesting, indeed.

[Minena]

I think that the fact that 1097 has the diagonal wall and all the land is out in front of the house makes for an interesting challenge.

[Alex]

How about some sort of room (of no particular size) must be built on the exterior side of the diagonal wall?

[Yecats]

It's up to the OP of the house to pick the restrictions for the challenge. 

We're almost a week into January!!  I'm losing precious building time!

[HomeschooledByTards]

It's up to the OP of the house to pick the restrictions for the challenge. 

We're almost a week into January!!  I'm losing precious building time!

Chill. It's only the 3rd of January in Malaysia. That's hardly a week.

If you're that worried about losing building time then post the next house. I'd recommend using pbox's version of 1097, it's base game compatible, flat, and ready to be used.

[witch]

A restriction could also be that the house cannot be built forward of its current position. i.e. you could go up and wide but not forward. That would encourage people to utilise the diagonal wall as part of the internal house, as Alex suggested.

If there are no major objections to this lot today, I'll post a thread - unless I get beaten to it!  I reckon we should wait another, say, 10 hours from now, that would make it a full day from the first suggestions being made and give most building regulars a chance to see the thread.

Pbox, cheers for the conversion/rebuilt house.

[PirateFaafy]

My suggestion is that the pathway must remain a pathway. It may be enclosed, perhaps with greenhouse walls only, but it cannot be a "room". It also may not be obstructed.

[chobeegal]

A restriction could also be that the house cannot be built forward of its current position. i.e. you could go up and wide but not forward. That would encourage people to utilise the diagonal wall as part of the internal house, as Alex suggested.

The wall is on the front of the house. If the restriction is to build only up and wide it would actually prevent one from using it as an interior feature. Maybe a restriction to build forward to no closer than a specified point to the front edge of the lot would be appropriate to ensure leaving a large area open for an outdoor space. Or only that specific section may be (must be) extended forward by 3 to five squares.

My suggestion is that the pathway must remain a pathway. It may be enclosed, perhaps with greenhouse walls only, but it cannot be a "room". It also may not be obstructed.

I don't get what you mean by this. I would find this to be a confusing restriction. If you mean the access from the street would have to stay in the same location with freedom to alter it as wanted in other ways, OK. But a blanket "no change" rule seems too harsh.

[Faizah]

I get the feeling that you can do what you want with the path itself (pave over it with floor tiles, etc) but the pathway must remain unobstructed. There must be a path of that size or larger, in that place, with nothing blocking it.

[witch]

The wall is on the front of the house. If the restriction is to build only up and wide it would actually prevent one from using it as an interior feature. Maybe a restriction to build forward to no closer than a specified point to the front edge of the lot would be appropriate to ensure leaving a large area open for an outdoor space.

That's what I was trying to say. The house should be built no closer to the road than the point of the house at the front. I didn't say it very clearly, but it's only one suggestion.

Personally I think the path idea sounds good.