I needed a little break from the uberhood, so I decided to fiddle around with the little Pleasantview/Strangetown merge I made. I'm not too sure what I'll do with it yet... Maybe play it as a sort of prosperity-style/let the sims make their own decisions type thing. Also, I wanted to do some makeovers, after being inspired by various talented building people. So if these makeovers look sort of familar, they probably are.
I decided to do those houses that Don and the Caliente sisters live in first. I don't quite like the idea of palm trees in Pleasantview, since in my mind, it has four seasons and snow and stuff. Those houses look more south Veronaville-ish. So I got rid of the palms and tore down walls and put up new paint and floor and so on.
Middle Lane/Main Street house (I just copied the lot onto the other, near-identical one).
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The smaller Middle Lane house. I copied it onto the empty lot at the end of the street, too.
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Lakeside Drive house, which I also copied onto the empty space next to it, so now there's two of each of the empty houses.
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The Caliente house.
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The Lothario house.
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Didn't use any money cheats, so that's why the Calientes' house is a bit spartan, and that's with two §1000 mortgage shrubs, too.
Don had a couple of expensive paintings, so it was a bit easier for him.