Noob question: Moving a household from one lot to another.

[Zemecon]

My apologies if this has been asked before, it is probably looking me right in the face without my realizing it but I can't seem to figure it out.

I am trying to move a household from one lot to the next and I would like to know how to factor in the cost of the lot I am moving the household out of so that I have a better idea of what I need to buy the lot I want to move the household into. I am going to leave the house on the lot up and most of the furnishings in it so that should increase the lot's worth but will I get anything from that or do I need to pay for the lot I want the household to move into in full first?

For reference, the lot I am buying is considerably more expensive than the lot I want to sell so I no doubt will need to save up most of the cost

I know you can get a sim in the household to buy lots as additional property and then I am assuming you can sell the old lot afterward but the house I want my him in question to buy is way too expensive right now and I would rather not cheat in the additional funds. Is there a way to move a household from one lot to another and factor in the difference in the old lot toward the new lot? Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks for reading.

[marstinson]

Probably the easiest way (and it's not really cheating) is to follow these steps:

1. Gather up everything that you want to keep and move it into family inventory (do this in Buy Mode - it's just drag-and-drop). Don't forget about cars - they go with the lot unless you move them first. Andd don't forget anything in the refrigerator that you want to keep.
2. Save the game with a new filename.
3. Buy the cheapest empty lot you can find.
4. Move the family to the empty lot, selling the old lot, house, and all of its contents. Moving is under the Real Estate menu from your phone or any computer.
5. Check your money. That's how much money you'll have available to buy the new house. If your family funds are more than the cost of the new house, then buy it, and move again (you can sell the empty lot and get its value back later if you want). Save the game again and keep playing.
6. If family funds are less than the cost of the new house, the difference is how much you need to save. Load that saved game, put stuff back where it was, and start saving your Simoleons.

[Zemecon]

OK, I really am a noob. I just found out that I can evict a household and take what I spend on that lot with me through the game's clipboard. I found out how much I need and fortunately my sim only needs one or two more days at work to be able to buy the new house but I will need to evict him first. I have no chance of buying the house through the real-estate feature on my sim's laptop without spending more out-of-game hours on that saved game, which I do not have any intention of doing.

Originally posted by marstinson:

Probably the easiest way (and it's not really cheating) is to follow these steps:

1. Gather up everything that you want to keep and move it into family inventory (do this in Buy Mode - it's just drag-and-drop). Don't forget about cars - they go with the lot unless you move them first. Andd don't forget anything in the refrigerator that you want to keep.
2. Save the game with a new filename.
3. Buy the cheapest empty lot you can find.
4. Move the family to the empty lot, selling the old lot, house, and all of its contents. Moving is under the Real Estate menu from your phone or any computer.
5. Check your money. That's how much money you'll have available to buy the new house. If your family funds are more than the cost of the new house, then buy it, and move again (you can sell the empty lot and get its value back later if you want). Save the game again and keep playing.
6. If family funds are less than the cost of the new house, the difference is how much you need to save. Load that saved game, put stuff back where it was, and start saving your Simoleons.

Thanks for this. I moved my sim to a cheaper lot and it showed me I had around $20,000 or so from the old lot. Some of that went into my household funds which I then had to subtract from my original funds and add onto whatever I bought the new lot for in order to find out what I was taking with me.

Unfortunately I still would have had to save up to account for what I put into the new lot on top of the additional cost for the lot I originally wanted if I had done this through my sim's computer or cellphone. I then fount out about evicting households but I didn't think my sim's household would be saved to the in-game clipboard so I didn't try that at first.

Oh well. Stupid moment #1 for The Sims 3, I guess.

[Drawsome]

another advice is if you have any of the expansion packs that adds a new neighborhood its $50,000 to move there.