House Building in The Sims Social on Facebook

One of the best things about the Sims franchise is the ability to build and decorate your own home. In Sims Social on Facebook you get to do the same thing but to a lesser degree. In this article we look at house building for your new social sim. In this game you have many different building options but you can only buy rooms of various sizes depending upon the house value of your home. You can raise the house value by purchasing new items in the game shop. As your house goes up in value more room sizes will appear in the store until you can buy very large rooms for your home. Many items require a certain player level and a number of skill points before they unlock for your use. Keep playing the game and working on skills which will unlock the items.

If you have never played a sims game buying items is a very simple process. Click the game shop and enter the buying mode. You'll need simoleons, skills, and the appropriate game level to buy items. The "specials" button shows items that are on sale or cost game cash or in this game"sim cash." Simoleons and sim cash are different and you'll need to soend real life money to get sims cash while you'll earn simoleons just by playing the game. At the shop screen you can browse through the many items and pick what you want. Drag the item to your house or drag it back to cancel if you don't want it. The "build" tab lets you work on the rooms in your home and change wallpaper, flooring tiles, doors, windows, and so on. In this tab you can buy new rooms too. Storage shows all items you aren't currently using and the energy tab provides energy refills for sim cash.

The game divides each item for your home into categories making it easy to pick what you want for your home. Click the shop icon to see the various house categories listed below.

• Living - provides chairs, tables, counters, couches, bookcases, and other home furnishings.
• Bathroom - Sinks, toliets, showers, tubs, bathroom counters, and other bathroom items are found here.
• Bedroom - Beds, side tables, dressers, desks and other bedroom furnishings are found here.
• Decoration - These items make your house look nice. Find plants, pictures, posters, rugs, clocks, toys and other fun items for your new home.
• Kitchen - Buy stoves, kitchen counters, coffee pots, refridgerators, sinks, and other items.
• Outdoor - Buy rocks, hedges, trashcan, benches, trees, and other items. Outside you can also plant a few crops and make money from them.
• Skill - Buy these items to raise your skill levels. Purchase typewriters, computers, ovens, guitars, grills, pianos, keyboards and other skill based items.
• Misc - Provides items not found in other categories
• Electronics - Brings together all the electronic items. Buy stereos, clocks, phones, computers, and other items.

Like the store items the building tab has several categories to help you with your new home.

• Rooms - Buy new rooms and have your Facebook friends help you build them. You need the appropriate house value and simoleons to purchase new rooms. Raise your home value by getting new items to unlock all the room size upgrades in the game.
• Doors - Buy a wide selection of different doors for your home.
• Windows - Get many window styles here.
• Tiles - Chnage the look of your home flooring.
• Wallpapers - Change the look of your house walls.

In the Sims Social try not to shove a lot of items into one room. Your sims need plenty of space to move around and if they can't get to an object they will complain to you.The more room you have the easier it will be to play the game and enjoy your new home. Try to get larger rooms as soon as you can since the beginning default rooms are very small. The decorating options are up to you just give the sims room which is the important thing. Don't block doors either or your sims will just stand there or try to go the long way around which can be frustrating for the player.

Sims Social offers a lot of options for your home and more arrive all the time. Be sure to check the game ona weekly basis to see the new items that have arrives. More building options for rooms would be a welcome change. Send a comment if you need help with the game.