Sims Virtual Realty: Round 1 - The "Shack"
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sigh* No bonuses for me this round... I really wanted the rusted tin roof (not BG) and I went over my expected budget of 16K by $1,747 (actual cost is $17,747.)
I suppose I could've left out a few things - like the dart board, chess board, easel, and scrubby palm tree... but, I like my sims to have something to do - and a home just isn't a home without a few games/fun things!
Anywho...
After the meeting with Val Briggs, Cat sat right down and started drawing up plans:
- This is a home for a single person; try to come in around 16K - and absolutly no more than 20K. (NB: Briggs referred to this home as a 'shack'!)
- It must have a private enclosed area with at least 3 walls, flooring, a roof. plumbing and at least one phone.
- Do not move the county's lightposts, or improve the land. (taxes!)
- Seamlessly blend in with the rest of the 'hood. Remember - it's in "that" part of town... nothing fancy!
WAIT!!! This site used to be a park, right?!!
Cat picked up the phone, "This was a park? You're tearing down a park, right? Like, playground equipment?"
Val: "Is this Cat? Yes. Yes, playground equipment..."
Cat: "Are there toilets? And a public phone?"
Val: "There were, but..."
Cat: "NO! No, no, no! Stop! Stay the execution! Leave everything as it is!"
Val: "But, you don't understand..."
Cat: "Please - whatever's left of the building - don't destroy it. I need it!"
Val: "...in this section of town - just a ghetto really. It was a
PUBLIC park."
Cat: "I am a firm believer in recycling - and reclaimed buildings are at the top of my list. If I can turn an old, run-down, fruit-packing shed into an upscale loft duplex, I can certainly make a livable 'shack' out of a public-parks building."
Val: ---silence on the other end of the line---
Cat: "Reduce, re-use, re-purpose, re-claim... re-build. Please, let me at least try?"
Val: "It's a disgusting, vandalized, broken public toilet! You can't imagine the filth - covered in graffiti and... and muck! It's gross! The rats won't even..."
Cat: "But, it's made of the same bricks, right? If you don't like what I do, I'll tear it down - free of charge - and start over, K?"
Val: "Well..."
Cat: "Great! If you need me, I'll be 'on site' for the next ten days. Bye!"
Cat arrived at the build-site just as the phone company was driving away with the old phone booth.
"Oh well..." *
sigh* "they'd probably rather the phone was located indoors anyway." She rolls up her sleeves and...
And, here is "the rest of the story":
Thank you for offering sVr a contract for this home.
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