Upgrading houses

[molly_zero]

I upgraded a small house, using the maximum number of builders so it was as fast as possible, but still lost several householders to starvation. Do I have to build a hostel for them to move to while I upgrade?

[Beardless Bob]

For small house upgrade, people shouldn't have starved.
To make sure it doesn't happen to you again here are a few tips:

1) make sure you have all building materials in stock
2) make sure the house is near the stroage area where the materials are kept
3) only upgrade during non-winter seasons
4) build a stone path to the house first
5) go into first person with a spare villager, press '1' to speed up building


For bigger houses I build another house.
The moment it's finished I press the upgrade button on the original house (or they'll start expecting babies, which will give you homeless ppl).
As soon as it's upgraded I press the upgrade button on the second house and pause (so that there isn't a sudden spike in the population).

If anyone has any other ideas, let us know :)

[Ddoge]

just have another house ready with only a few hammer-strokes left to finish it before you hit the upgrade button.