Can't move my household to a empty lot I built a house on?

[Jackal]

I bought a large empty lot, and built a big house on it, but it isnt showing up on either the "move into house' or the "move into empty lot" options when attempting to move household

Am I doing something wrong?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2575194031
this screenshot shows the empty lots available when moving, except for the one I built on.

[HiFive]

Try taking a member of the household there and click on the mailbox or front door and see if the proper option shows up.

[Jackal]

Originally posted by HiFive:

Try taking a member of the household there and click on the mailbox or front door and see if the proper option shows up.

Only thing there is "send gift to a friend"
it's almost as if the two houses have merged into one

[B✪✪tsy]

If you have Nraas master controler then you can bypass your problem and move your household to any lot with the lot option 'add sim'.

[HiFive]

Your family already owns the new house, or you wouldn't be able to build on the lot in the first place. What you seem to want is for the family members to automatically go to the new house as their primary residence when they get off work, or whatever.

Do you plan on keeping the old house? If not, have you tried selling the old home? Are you not getting the option to use the new home as your primary lot after you sell the old home? Use the "Save As" option, of course, and label the save in a way that you'll know which save gets you back to the pre-sell situation. Even if you plan on keeping the old home, you can still do this and just buy the old home back once the move is complete.

[Jackal]

Originally posted by HiFive:

Your family already owns the new house, or you wouldn't be able to build on the lot in the first place. What you seem to want is for the family members to automatically go to the new house as their primary residence when they get off work, or whatever.

Do you plan on keeping the old house? If not, have you tried selling the old home? Are you not getting the option to use the new home as your primary lot after you sell the old home? Use the "Save As" option, of course, and label the save in a way that you'll know which save gets you back to the pre-sell situation. Even if you plan on keeping the old home, you can still do this and just buy the old home back once the move is complete.

I know, I bought the lot, and want to make it the primary home, and I can't sell the old home unless i choose a new one to build on...

[HiFive]

Originally posted by Unholy:

Originally posted by HiFive:

Your family already owns the new house, or you wouldn't be able to build on the lot in the first place. What you seem to want is for the family members to automatically go to the new house as their primary residence when they get off work, or whatever.

Do you plan on keeping the old house? If not, have you tried selling the old home? Are you not getting the option to use the new home as your primary lot after you sell the old home? Use the "Save As" option, of course, and label the save in a way that you'll know which save gets you back to the pre-sell situation. Even if you plan on keeping the old home, you can still do this and just buy the old home back once the move is complete.

I know, I bought the lot, and want to make it the primary home, and I can't sell the old home unless i choose a new one to build on...

So that's what I was asking. Did you already try selling the first home? Once you do that, the game should ask you if you want to keep the furnishings or sell the furnishings as well. If you say you want to keep the furnishings, the game should put everything into your household inventory. Then, since your family already owns the newer home, they should automatically start using that newer home as their primary residence.

If that doesn't work, then try selling the newer home and see if you can now move your family into it. Again, make sure to save the game before doing any of these things, in case they don't work. If another family has already moved in, you can evict them, but that usually doesn't happen right away.