- For non-permanent residential rentals, see Vacation rental.
Residential Rental
Lot with rentable units
Residential Rentals are lot assignments introduced in The Sims 4: For Rent. It is a regular residential lot that can have rooms and floors to be rented out for tenants, with this Players can create their own apartments. Residential rentals can be placed on any lots, including penthouses (since Patch 162), except waterfront lots in Sulani, and vacation worlds as well as hidden lots.
Creating a Unit[]
When selecting a room on a residential rental lot in build mode, under the room controls is a drop down menu for designating a room as a shared room, a specific unit's room if created, or created as a new unit. Players can make 2 and up to 6 units of rentable apartments, although it is also possible for a lot to only have one unit. Each unit has a drop down panel in unit configuration showcasing individual details such as unit value, dimensions, how many bedrooms and bathrooms, as well as if it is a home unit. Lot traits can be given to individual units rather than the whole lot.
The 6 unit cap can be extended with the bb.increaserentalunitcap cheat. There is, however, a hard limit of 99 units per save across worlds.
Units don't have to be connected to other units or shared spaces, thus allowing for not just apartment complexes to be made but also townhouses, duplexes, or renting out a suite or floor.
Tenant Agreement[]
Within tenant agreements, players are able to manage the individual unit's rent fee, length of the leases, unit ratings as well as categories, set bans, and see the tenants occupying the unit. Property owners living in a home unit will not have these options.
Unit Ratings[]
Unit Ratings are governed by four categories:
- Size - "Increase the unit's size to raise the tier's quality."
- Amenities - "Place items from Build Mode such as beds, toilets, showers/bathtubs, skill/hobby activities, and appliances in a unit to raise the tier's quality."
- Environment - "Place items from Build Mode with an environment attribute in to raise the tier's quality"
- Maintenance - "Keep the unit and shared space clean and repaired! Greet and initiate positive rental interactions with your tenants. Abide by the Unit Rules and participate in events to raise the tier's quality."
Unit Rules[]
Tenants can abide by unit rules set in the agreement. If tenants violate one or more rules they will get fined if enabled. The rules set can be:
- No Social Events - "Hosting any type of Social Event will be strictly off-limits at this Residential Rental unit!"
- No Loud Noises - "Tenants will be prohibited from having TVs or stereos on between 10pm and 6am. Beware: Sims love to enjoy loud music or television, so this might make for an unpopular Property Owner."
- Maximum Capacity - "Two's a crowd, three's a party, and four Sims in one household violates the Maximum Occupancy rule."
- No Trash Overload - "Tenants must maintain a tidy living space; clean appliances are a must, and accumulating trash or trash piles will not be tolerated."
- No Pets[TS4:C&D] - "This will prohibit tenants from having cats or dogs in their unit. That's right: no fuzzy wuzzies allowed!"
- No Ghosts - "The afterlife is an afterthought here; no ghosts will be allowed to live in this Residential Rental unit."
Tenant Applications[]
In this section, players can see the list of potential tenants who are interested in the unit. The first section reinforms the unit rating, unit rules, as well as the beds & baths and the rent per day set.
Below is a scrollable list of potential tenants listing their family name, their ages, their pets, how many beds they're looking for, as well as the rent cap they will pay up to. Players can determine which tenants they wish to rent out the unit to and switch back to the previous panel to change the rent either lower or higher depending on which tenants they want, as if the rent is too high, the tenant will not live there.
Tenant Eviction[]
As property, Sims can evict their tenants at anytime, however, circumstances will dictate whether the eviction is a just eviction or an unjustly eviction; both of which can be acted out via interactions with the tenant Sim or through the specific tenant agreement from the business panel.
Justful evictions are when a tenant has broken one of the rules within their tenant agreement, players will be notified on any rule breakings and with it Sims can decide whether to speak it out with their tenant or evict them from their unit.
Unjust evictions are for whenever a tenant is evicted without breaking rules. Unlike justful evictions, unjust evictions come with potential consequences of negatively affecting the relationship with the tenant, lowering the unit's rating, and could potentially lead to an eviction settlement in which if succeeding the property owner must pay out fines.
Troubles[]
Living in a residential rental, Sims can come across many problems that can lower the unit rating.
Maintenance Troubles[]
The maintenance troubles lot challenge is automatically added to all residential rentals and is unremovable. This challenge makes periodic events where an issue such as electrical failure, pool algae, cursed books, etc. pop up on the lot and must be taken care of or else the unit's rating can drop.
Tenant Revolt[]
Once a unit rating goes low enough for too long. Tenant NPCs can start a revolt where everyone living in the lot will walk out the door and protest, playable Sims can also organize their own tenant revolt and both situations the landlord must provide a deal with the tenants on solving their problems. This works both ways for playable Sims as a tenant or as a landlord.
Premade Tenants[]
When as a property manager choosing a tenant, there are number of pre-made tenants that will sometimes be viable for adding into a residential rental's unit depending on the rules and rent. They will also not spawn into the world until they have been added to a unit.
Premade Residential Rentals[]
There are two premade residential rentals within the world of Tomarang:
- Taka Soi 15 which is owned by Vanesha Cahyaputri
- Sungai Point which is owned by Panya Li
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