Still can't get Jack Tarinton

[MissLane]

Hey guys, I need some help trying to unlock Jack.
I've searched other threads and it seems my issue is that I've already sold the "Just Married" house and the "Variable Women's" house was one I was already working on (IE I already tore down walls and sold stuff so the step by step guide is useless.)

Any suggestions would be helpful...

I still own...

1. Home Alone
2. Many Generations
3. Admin-Legends
4. Boring House
5. Huckster's House (Already started modifying)
6. Variable Woman's (modified)
7. Samarta's House (modified)
8. Family/Murder House

It seems he's actually on the top 5 board for house 8, but the two families are of course more interested in them. He doesn't even pop for the other houses at all.
Anyway, any suggestions or insight would be GREATLY appreciated.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Jack Tarinton guide
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1421970752

[MissLane]

Originally posted by Jaunitta 🌸:

Jack Tarinton guide
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1421970752

As I mentioned before, I have already made modifications to "Variable Woman's House." and that guide SPECIFICALLY says to follow it step by step EXACTLY... so. This guide is zero help for me.

Thanks anyway though.

[milkygirl]

"Variable Woman's House" is probably still your best bet out of what you haven't already sold, though you might be able to use the "Family/Murder House". Unless you're much more creative than I am!

To get Jack Tarinton, you'll need:

4 bedrooms. If you go to 5, the big family will outbid him.
2-3 bathrooms
The absolute cheapest furniture/decorations/etc. in every category. Use the cheapest paint and tiles, too. Sell anything in there that isn't the cheapest.
Two sofas and a tv in the living room.

Now here's the kicker: do NOT add a kitchen
He doesn't like there's no kitchenette with the living room, but if you have any kind of kitchen whatsoever, the Smoth Family will outbid him.

Hope this helps!

[MissLane]

Originally posted by milkygirl:

"Variable Woman's House" is probably still your best bet out of what you haven't already sold, though you might be able to use the "Family/Murder House". Unless you're much more creative than I am!

To get Jack Tarinton, you'll need:

4 bedrooms. If you go to 5, the big family will outbid him.
2-3 bathrooms
The absolute cheapest furniture/decorations/etc. in every category. Use the cheapest paint and tiles, too. Sell anything in there that isn't the cheapest.
Two sofas and a tv in the living room.

Now here's the kicker: do NOT add a kitchen
He doesn't like there's no kitchenette with the living room, but if you have any kind of kitchen whatsoever, the Smoth Family will outbid him.

Hope this helps!

I DID IT!!!!

It took some work but I was able to sell him the murder house...
1. Deleted EVERYTHING that wasn't on his list of requirements including the kitchen.
2. Didn't clean ANYTHING
3. Swapped out the things he wanted for the cheapest versions
4. replaced floors and walls with cheapest options
5. After all that Jonson family was still in the lead, so I went down to one bathroom and that did the trick!

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Congratulations :)

[milkygirl]

Originally posted by MissLane:

I DID IT!!!!

It took some work but I was able to sell him the murder house...
1. Deleted EVERYTHING that wasn't on his list of requirements including the kitchen.
2. Didn't clean ANYTHING
3. Swapped out the things he wanted for the cheapest versions
4. replaced floors and walls with cheapest options
5. After all that Jonson family was still in the lead, so I went down to one bathroom and that did the trick!

Fantastic! Congrats! :D

[SericaRose]

Yeah! Just sold house to Jack!
I did the house with "unexpected visitor" (or something like that) but this should work in any of the smaller houses.

Cleared out everything and knocked out walls so entrance, living room and kitchen area one big room.

Made one room a bit smaller and created at 2nd bathroom
1st bathroom - bath, toilet, sink, towel radiator
2nd bathroom - shower, toilet, sink - no radiator
2 bedrooms - each with 1 bed ( the one that looks like a couch) + Charles closet
Room with kitchenette - 2 cheap sofas, wall TV, mono fridge, the tall think kitchen closet, round table + 4 plastic chairs ( color can make more expensive AND a big difference to Jack) and a kitchen cabinet with sink (about $300+)

No Pictures!
No Plants!
No Carpets!
Always the cheapest possibility for everything - tiles, paint, furniture.

He does say he wants a round table so I put that in, not the cheapest table. Also he wants a TV in the living room so got the wall hanging one - again cheaper than the regular TV.

Every time I tried with a house with more rooms the families stayed on top.

Hope this helps.

[mechafi]

You should also try adding a sauna. During some loading sequences Jack says something like "Norwegian tourists love saunas" and when you build a sauna (which is a room with a sauna heater and 2-3 sauna benches) his satisfaction with the house goes up. I think that Jimmy Traitor also appreciates saunas.

Otherwise, his demands are the following:
4 bedrooms
3 bathrooms
1 living room with kitchenette (containing a television set and 2 sofas)
cheap furniture

With all of the above and the sauna, it is possible to sell a house to him with his every demand satisfied and with no other buyers outbidding him.

However, I think that it needs some luck and that the inclination of each buyer to buy a certain house is somewhat random with every playthrough. I mean, I believe that apart from the demands being or not being fulfilled, there is a random -/+X% "interest factor" for every possible buyer that affects their behaviour.

[AustereLemur799]

If it helps anyone, I got his achievement by doing the 'Home Admin Legends'. I sold everything, made the old kitchen area into a bedroom by walling that off. I kept the existing bathroom (it had a toilet, washing machine, shower, sink) and made the store room area next-door to the original bathroom into a second bathroom (I put in a bath to jazz things up, but also had a sink and toilet - no washing machine).

I painted everything white and put in white walls (I mean as someone looking to rent out a property, you want everything as clean and neutral as possible). Put in no personal touches like plants or paintings. In the area that was the lounge, I had a kitchenette (the island with sink as well as the island with the gas plate) then two 'grenade' sofas. In addition I put in the 'anna' TV stand and a TV on top. Basic light switches only throughout the place. This worked for me! - I hope it helps others too :)

[crystalfire808]

If anyone is still having issues, I finally got it by selling everything in House that's Hiding Something and breaking walls/adding walls for:

1. Three dedicated bedrooms, containing ONLY a "Single Bed Mantis" in each (no other furniture)
2. Four bathrooms, with the plumbing for a sink, toilet, and shower; but only placed the cheapest sink and toilet--did not place shower or install sink/toilet. "Toilet Paper Holder" may be required as well to make it an official "bathroom."
3. One living room/kitchenette with two "Armchair Karos", one "Table Lim", one "Coffee Table Venne", one "TV" on one "TV Corner Cabinet", and one "Kitchen Cabinet with Sink."

No decorations or any other furniture were used other than ceiling lights. Walls painted cheap white, floor tiles cheapest white tiles for bathrooms and cheapest wood panels for other rooms.

[jormcomm]

hi I used house admin legends
created 2 extra bedrooms in the big living room and a small bathroom (sink toilet AND toilet roll holder), converted storeroom next to main bathroom to a bedroom - added the basic mantis bed to each bedroom. basic pendant lights, white paint throughout, left original floors.

After i added that final toilet roll holder he shot to the top of the list without even setting up the lounge/kitchenette

[Ceana of the Crags]

Originally posted by MissLane:

Originally posted by Jaunitta 🌸:

Jack Tarinton guide
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1421970752

As I mentioned before, I have already made modifications to "Variable Woman's House." and that guide SPECIFICALLY says to follow it step by step EXACTLY... so. This guide is zero help for me.

Thanks anyway though.

I had already replaced the coffee table with the cheapest one and have no idea what was originally there, plus I knocked out the walls of that extra "storage room" in the master bedroom.

If you cannot do anything other than exactly what the OP says, the dev team is ♥♥♥♥♥. This is completely ludicrous. I have the same comments in the green and in the red - THREE OF THEM. He also says there are two sofas, and that there are no sofas. I wish that the crackpipe would get sold, so that we can deal with lucid buyers. The code is REALLY crap concerning these buyers, and I'm not seeing that this is being addressed. I'm only seeing new content.

[SericaRose]

For whatever reasons the sofas and beds get confused. just sell one and see if that doesn't help. Jack is the hardest to get and about everyone has problems getting him.

[71006.1644]

Well, I just wanted the achievement, so I followed the instructions in the 100% achievement guide to the letter. Found it a little hard to believe that it would work, considering what it said, but worked perfectly.

[stormfeather3]

I thought I had seen him comment on specifically wanting 4 bathrooms, and that renters really like a sauna. I have not targeted him yet, so I'm really learning from what you all are saying. I think I might try for him next.