Highlights
- One The Sims 4 player created an impressive mermaid apartment building spanning four floors and half a dozen residential units.
- Their design feat was achieved with just five DLC packs: Island Living, Jungle Adventure, Growing Together, For Rent, and Blooming Rooms Kit.
One highly dedicated The Sims 4 player has recently gone through the effort of building a large apartment complex for mermaids. The images of their impressive feat of engineering later made the rounds on social media, eliciting praise from The Sims 4 fandom even though the building couldn't serve its planned purpose in the end.
Mermaids have been part of EA's hit life sim since June 2019, when the company released The Sims 4: Island Living expansion. The DLC pack introduced the tropical archipelago of Sulani, which provides players with the chance to behold, befriend, and even become mermaids, among many other kinds of activities.
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Reddit user properjs appears to have been enjoying th DLC so much that they have recently decided to build a sizable apartment complex for mermaids. They ended up with a four-story beach building incorporating half a dozen apartments in total, as well as several spacious terraces, all covered in and surrounded by idyllic greenery. Aside from Island Living, the location makes use of some furniture and decorations from The Sims 4: Growing Together expansion, as well as Jungle Adventure and Blooming Rooms Kit DLC packs.
The Sims 4 Water Lots Can't Be Used as Residential Rentals
The creator also used The Sims 4: For Rent expansion pack while putting together this impressive project, but was later disappointed to learn that water lots on Sulani cannot be used as residential rentals. Their carefully constructed mermaid apartment complex hence can't actually accept tenants. A reliable way to circumvent that limitation on the PC version of the game is to make use of mods that allow players to change lot types at their discretion. Venue Changes by Zerbu is one such mod that is still being regularly updated.
This mermaid apartment building can be downloaded from its author's The Sims 4 Gallery page, whose ID is "parasyte_770."
Even without the inherent ability to accept tenants, properjs's apartment complex impressed many a fan; the screenshots of their design feat garnered thousands of upvotes, eventually landing on the front page of the r/Sims4 subreddit. Many players praised the author for their creativity, while some others publicly wished they were more creative with their own The Sims 4 home designs after seeing this would-be mermaid apartment building. Reflecting on some of those comments, properjs advised fans to try limiting themselves to as few DLC packs as possible, labeling that as a reliable trick that always helps them boost their own creativity.
Following multiple requests, properjs uploaded this impressive building to The Sims 4 Gallery. Dubbed Aquatic Apartments, the lot can be found under the author's Gallery ID, "parasyte_770."
The Sims 4: Island Living
The Sims 4: Island Living offers a sun-soaked world where Sims can adopt a relaxed lifestyle. Sims can take on the role of a conservationist, learn local folklore, or just spend time relaxing in the sun. The expansion also offers pit barbecues as a community event. Don't forget to wear appropriate attire for Island Living.
