Maxis Home Makeover: Pleasantview | WINNER ANNOUNCED!

This contest belongs in HOUSES


Welcome to Maxis Home Makeover, where YOU get a chance to turn a mediocre Maxian home, into a fabulous abode.



1. You are allowed to change the interior floorplan of the house.

2. Budget is unlimited, so go crazy.

3. For a challenge, the only CC allowed for the house are:

Maxis recolors (both for buy and build mode)
Maxis Match items (and their recolors),
Life Stories (and other Stories-to-Sims 2) items (if you still have them)
OMSPs
Pre-Order items
Lost and Found stuff,
official Maxis downloads (US and International)
walls and floors.
Other CC is not allowed.

SEE IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ON POST 38

4. You may have up to 2 designers, but they must work on the same house (in other words, a team). They may be adults or elders.

5. You should retain at least 75%-80% the actual exterior structure (which means, you may change the structure of the walls a little bit, but the general structure of the original house must be retained)

However you may change the wall covering, roof color and shape, the doors, the windows, and things like fences, columns, etc.

6. Contest deadlines are shown in GMT +8 time. To benefit everybody, especially those further west GMT time, I have provided a clock to guide you and scheduled 6 days per round.

7. You will need 1 exterior shot, 1 aerial shot per floor, and at least 2 interior shots. Apply forum rules. Make sure that your pictures are not monstrously huge. A minimum of 500x450 and a max of 700x700 shall suffice as not to make our judges' lives difficult.

8. As much as possible, NO DROPOUTS!

9. The ultimate rule: HAVE FUN!




Name(s):
Age(s):
Specialty (living rooms, bedrooms, kitchen, bathrooms, landscaping, etc.):
EPs and SPs you have:
HEADSHOT OF DESIGNERS:

FOR THE APPLICATION ROUND

The Lothario House:



Good condo, bad interior design and floorplan. Can you turn this house from blah to fab?



Judges
1. duderocks
2. emde40
3. Nirvana

Emergency Judges
1. fway
2. kattenijin

ROUNDS AND JUDGING INFO



1. Judy Cameron (CiaoAlora) APP RD1 RD2 RD3 :1st
3. David and Maddy Anderson (romyhorse) APP RD1 RD2 RD3 :3rd
7. Franny Proctor (I.nfectious) APP RD1 RD2 RD3 :2nd


Gone, but Not Forgotten (Eliminated/Dropped Out/Incomplete/No Entry)

2. Kathleen Morgan and Reiner Andrews (Game Shark) APP RD1 ELIM RD1
4. Dutch Kitch Design (appelsapgodin) APP RD1 D/O
5. Sophie Petite (LOZOTRON) APP RD1 ELIM RD1
6. Lukas Jenkins (j3ss!c@) APP RD1 NO RD2 ENTRY
8. Gabriel Nightwood (eruwenfuin) APP RD1 D/O
9. Lily Grant (photo) APP RD1 RD2 D/O
10. Stella La Rue (coldfloral) APP RD1 RD2 NO RD3 ENTRY


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Contest Approved
Begins 3.29.08
Ends 4.29.08

ROUNDS:

ALL ROUNDS AT 11:59 PM MY TIME

Application Round: A Lothario's Haven (March 29-April 4)
Round 1: Home Makeover Desperation (April 4-April 9)
Round 2: Dream On (April 11-April 16)
Round 3: Pleasantly Love (April 17-April 22)
Final Round: Complete Overhaul (April 23-April 28)


Judging will be on a rank-based system based on the following criteria:

Aesthetics and Originality: How does it stand out against the rest of the entries? Does the house look good inside and out, with appropriate clutter on the right places?

Physics and Functionality of Rooms: Are the rooms functional? Will the sim be able to use an object without throwing a tantrum? Are the essentials there (fridge, phone, fire alarm, etc.)?

Compliance with Rules: Self-explanatory. The judges and I will be especially strict with the CC rules. Also, don't forget to put the name of the designer and the round. I will likely remind you if you forget.

Effort: How much work did you put into it? It will be obvious with the overall look of the house.

This looks like a cute contest, but I have a couple of questions. First of all, what can we change about the outside of the house? You mention the interior floorplan but not how much of the exterior structure and landscaping must be intact. Also, do we need only headshots (not freeshots or anything else) of the designers for the app round in addition to the house images?

As soon as I saw this I knew I wanted to enter! I just deleted my Pleasantview neighbourhood this week so I guess I'm going to go and dig it out again :D. As well as Life Stories objects can we use objects from other Stories, eg Castaway? Also can we use Bonus Pre-Order stuff?

I mean, you may change the wall covering, the doors and windows, but not the actual walls.

I was going to make an attempt at this, but I have two quick questions. At the end of what custom content is allowed, you have walls and floors. I am just making sure that we can use custom walls and floors. Also, can we use custom roof colors. For future rounds. I have several roofs which I downloaded. They are exactly the same as the regular roofs, except they have a white trim. Am I allowed to use those? I apologize if my questions sounded confusing

Application:

can anyone be a judge?

Application

Name: David and Maddy Anderson
Age: 24 and 27
Specialty: Living rooms.
EPs and SPs you have: All!
HEADSHOT OF DESIGNERS:



The Lothario House

Front

The outside of the property has been totally paved over to give it a minimalist look (and cut down on gardening!). We kept the same style of windows but changed the doors and railing on the terraces. We also added a high wall for privacy when Don is entertaining in the garden.



Ground Floor

We kept the layout open plan as the square footage is quite small, and moved the bathroom under the stairs to maximise the use of space available.



First Floor

The bedroom is uncluttered to give it an airy feel and outside we have given him a nice entertaining space. We kept his telescope so he can continue to spy on his neighbours, oops, we mean maintain his neighbourhood watch scheme!



Second Floor

On the top floor we have given him a trainset, because he's really a closet anorak! At his request we put a gate at the bottom of the stairs to stop any of his nosy neighbours wandering up and finding out his secret.



Interior

The living area is decorated in masculine colours with sturdy furniture. At the rear there is a study area, but he only uses the computer for... well, we'll leave you to work that one out for yourself!



We gave him a trendy kitchen to impress the ladies (but the only thing he uses is the toaster oven).



Bedroom

Dining Area

Outside