I like to think that the vampires have been living in the basement since the building was built. So they have the original flooring

Omg I used to live in a brownstone apartment!! (It wasn’t expensive because instead of having the entire building we just had a small unit in it)

At the 14 minute mark when you say that the apartment looks different because the vampire has changed it, I think it's the opposite: this is the only unit that has has all original (Victorian-aged) floorings, furnishings, wallpapers; it's the OTHER units that have been updated with time. This is especially true in old, rent-controlled units: if the landlord updates stuff, they can raise the rent, so the idea would be to keep the workmen out, keep the original fixtures, keep the rent low, lol.

I would love a lot in the sims with buildings (debug maybe?) on either side touching the sides of the lot for apartments like this!

“… a vampire and their baby,” I like how the “baby” part of that sentence made me laugh, however the part about the vampire in a NYC brown stone didn’t seem unusual at all 😂

As someone in NYC, this build is absolutely beautiful! Brooklyn Brownstones/Brownstones of nyc are so mesmerizing, especially when the vines start to creep up the side of the buildings. Awesome job, Kayla! The builds are always on point :)

Simsie must have the best sweater collection of any Florida girlie.

i live in new york and i love these so much :) some notes in case anyone is curious about the like "realism" of this: -the window wells aren't a thing here, normally it'd be like a taller foundation and a little yard thing slightly below sidewalk level with a side door under the stairs for basement access -windows are actually really common on the sides of the brownstones but they normally have the glass replaced with bricks -a brownstone does usually cost upwards of 3 million but hardly anyone owns a whole one, usually it's an apartment per floor -the jail cell storage things are only in the basements of more modern buildings, and they'd probably be on a level below the basement apartments -the fire escape would almost definitely go in the back or front of the building instead of the side -the floorplans she used are actually like spot on! especially the half bath near the kitchen

the vampire basement apartment solidified this as my favorite simsie build! very what we do in the shadows and i love city brownstones

I can't get over how much Lilsimsie loves these townhouses😭

I love that you left one unit empty for us to decorate. I have been looking everywhere for something like that on the gallery. I want to decorate my own unit but not my neighbors lol

Even tho Residential rentals have been corrupting (some, not all) saves, these are absolutely gorgeous! I’m holding off on building anymore for the moment to see if we get some kind of patch but I can admire yours in the meantime. Also your rant about your parents not knowing about sims despite you talking about it all the time, I totally get it. I talk to my mom all the time about my hobbies and she still barely understands what I’m talking about but at least she’s kinda listening

kayla that jumper looks amazing on you! the colours really make you shine

I've lived in Brooklyn my whole life, and I have so many friends who live in brownstones and growing up, it was my dream to live in one. Most of the time, the first floor and the basement would be the same apartment and then the second and third would be one apartment, unless you rent out the basement, or buy the whole building. Also the door you chose is PERFECT

For what it’s worth, I would watch the 2-hour long videos

dang, that is a very good build, i grew up in new york and this is a good representation , Luv your builds always and forever ♥

I feel like it’d be a nice idea to create an occults townhouse or something in that regard. Like four townhouses for four different occults. ❤ And of course they’d be decorated differently to suit the occults! Like if you agree ❤

You did a great job from the perspective of a Chicagoan (we have a lot of brownstones too and I’ve visited a couple). That cage thing is super normal in old buildings haha, I even see it in some modern buildings around where I live, and my building has it too, except they used wood instead of chain link. Very cool!

It's so sweet that your mom listens to all your videos

i’m so excited for the simsie wedding content that’s gonna come in the future

I love when you say "get a snack" because I regularly save your daily video to watch while eating my lunch or dinner 😄! I literally just moved one of my G9 legacy extended family sims into an apartment I placed from the gallery on this lot; but I'm liking this one so I may have to make a switch! Ironically I LOVE to have family meals in game, though its rare for me IRL. There's just something about everyone sitting around the dining table chatting that makes me happy; until G8 when my spouse gave my legacy homestead a reno I had a formal dining room; now I have a kitchen/dining space.

the pseudo-rat death baby whisked away glitch is one of my favorite sims glitches it gets me every time

I LOVE long videos like this, everytime I watch her usual videos, I feel like they end so fast, I could watch her speedbuilds for a whole day and feel like it only would have been a couple hours. I just love her videos so much! ❤

kayla saying “imagine sitting here and that being your view” all i could think about is a sim walking past and just staring at me going “sul sul!!!” 😭😭😂

i’ve genuinely just gotten done building a set of brownstone apartments on this same lot! this has given me some serious inspiration for what details i can add to mine

Love it when Kayla puts items she never uses ✨

I really liked that you used items you don't usually use, everything looks so nice

in the sims 3 there were a few lots marked as "beautiful vista" that would make your sims happier when they lived there or visited, i think it'd be a cool lot trait for the sims 4 where your sims will get a boost in moodlets if their view is nice. i havent played the sims 4 in a bit so i cant recall if theres a lot trait like that

This is by far one of my favorite builds you've done Kayla. Not only did you practically convince me to buy the pack, you convinced me to buy more packs just so I could download this 😂

i love the decorations in this one, makes me wish i had more packs because you pull together the cutest items

I’m loving these longer big build speed builds!

My great grandma lived in a brownstone and my mom has some pictures of it. Beautiful build!

My favorite videos are you building townhouses!! I often just listen to your talking, it makes me feel less lonely.

When I was a kid I had to walk past a bunch of brownstones on my way to school in NY. I loved looking at them and I told myself when I was old enough I would live in one 😂 . Growing up and seeing how much they cost is terrible. Still pretty to look at tho and I love building them in TheSims

the vampire apartment is particularly fun, also I'm here for a cute floral yellow gamer house

Could you download an empty version too? I think it would be fun to furnish them and its a lot easier to do that if if theres an empty version aswell😊 That way there would also be a lot less packs

Kayla, this is amazing. Might buy this pack solely to be able to download and play with this lot. Thank you so much!

Does anyone remember her series of decorating a custom apartment she built and one was like an orange and blue studio? I liked that series, despite it only being two parts

THIS IS SO AMAZING!!! I‘VE ALWAYS DREAMED ABOUT LIVING IN THIS KIND OF APARTMENTS IN THE SIMS!

brownstones always make me think abt elementary sherlock and joan's home 💞

I love this style of build!!

These apartments look so good. Love the video simsie. Keep up the good work.

your sweater is absolutely perfect and it looks so good on you!!

To be fair to your parents in the upcoming build challenge (I love the idea!) - I only just started playing the Sims, like a week ago. I've been watching your video for much longer and can do a lot of building just fine, or know different ways I can deal with it, but I cannot point out Nancy Landgraab. 😂 I suck at playing the Sims, but building is a different question because you absorb more than you realize!

I can't wait to watch the VOD of this. Absolutely beautiful, good job Simsie :D

If y’all liked this Jessicapie did a brownstone apartment build in city living from about a month ago, it’s a longer video just because she shows a lot of the building!

This build is so fun!! The vampire apartment also got me thinking about a Hotel Transylvania type apartment building with all the different occult sims living there!

loving these longer videos!! perfect thing to watch while i cook dinner and eat

Wow I love this build so much!! I can't wait to download it and put it in my game! ❤

This makes me want to create families for each one! I love this!

If I had that pack, I would play in that apartment because I just love that style of home!

The reason I play sims is because my mom used to. I remember being sooo jealous of her builds.

I LOVE the story of this building! also the building

I love this lot and build combo so much! I created an industrial restaurant called “The Industry” on this lot and I love to have my sims propose along the water there

The first thing I built with the new pack was a set of brownstones in San myshuno! I love seeing your take on the same idea

I downloaded this and decorated it for my sims it's a super cool build ❤❤❤

GIRL I NEED YOU TO MAKE A BUILD TUTORIAL AND TIPS VIDEO AGAIN with all your tips and tricks for build mode omg 😭 i couldn’t for the life of me figure put how you did those basements that show from the outside!!

I love these longer videos!

I have been to Disneyland twice and you are so incredibly right with the Minnie Mouse comparison. The my first pets stuff, specifically in the pink and purple swatch, the resemblance is uncanny 😂

this is such a good build simsiee !!! love it

Omg I NEEDED a long video today!! Thank u ❤❤

this is one of my fav builds from you this is so cool

loooooove ittt!! maybe you could bring your version of the painted ladies as your next big build

I ❤ watching your builds and gameplay! I’m newish to your channel and I’m loving it! You are SO fun @lilsimsie, thanks for your great content!

That blue bedroom is SO cute! This video is v good inspiration for a townhouse build 😊

aw i live in a brownstone apartment in brooklyn and this is so cute to see (a lot of brownstones are divided up into apartments inside - each floor a unit, so not a townhouse).

LIVING for these long vids!!

i am OBSESSED with your sweater !!

this yt channel makes me so happy ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

This is funny, I grew up in one. Many people my parents’ age had been living in brownstones they bought in the 1980s when NYC was dangerous and housing was much more affordable. Obviously growing up in a family that owns any house is a privilege, never mind a beautiful old house, and I am very grateful. But I don’t miss it. They’re dark, and I have SAD - getting minimal sunlight in the winter was brutal. Moving into a “boring” modern apartment with big windows, central air and central heat, way fewer bugs, and soundproofed windows was pretty exciting for me haha. They also need constant renovations, because they’re old and falling apart, but it’s very difficult to do, because they share walls with their neighbors and even tiny details are protected by historical organizations. My parents replaced the broken sidewalk with concrete they chose because it would give good traction when icy, and they got fined by a historical organization because it was the wrong color gray.

Bro how did i get here so early

i really like this build!! i would also enjoy a build based on the yellow floral office chair

this looks like it could be a street in my city, so i'd say you did a great job! and the massive mural on the side of the building with a couple windows next to it, soooo accurate

Hi Kayla! I love your videos, they’re so inspiring 🫶🏻

I love Brownstones! This is so kewl!

OMG I found this build on the Gallery the other day and I was so confused as to where it came from because I couldn't find a video for it. Now I know! I haven't played in it yet but I'm excited to!

Ugh I've been so burnt out from the sims but this may have just reignited my passion and now my builders imagination is running wild

i like the magenta blue house and the vamp apt the best. looks really good

My grandparents owned a brownstone in the neighborhood of Carroll Gardens in Brooklyn! They owned it up until last year when they gave it to my dad and his two younger brothers! It’s been in our family’s possession for decades at this point and has passed down from owner to child. They have tenants in the building so now my dad and his brothers are landlords 😂 Thanks for making this build Kayla! You just gave me so much nostalgia and many memories from visiting our brownstone throughout my childhood 🥰

I love your sweater, so cute!

I've been using the shell of this build for the last week or so 😂 currently furnishing it but it is taking a long time ❤

Wow this looks SO good! 😮

I loved these apartments! I'm not really a builder, I like using CAS more, and these inspired me so much I made families for all of them!

You did a great job with the NYC apartment house, particularly crunching up the living spaces to multifunctional rooms and making personal to that Sim family. It's the neighborhoods you had to choose from really kills the vibe. But I do get it, this is the Sims. Back to real City apartments. The front door opens into hallways to access all apartments on both sides of it on all the levels. Elevators there are pretty common now, tho not taken for granted in lower rent areas. Stairways are usually near them in the hall. Multiple front doors indicates multiplying the number of units for each one they serve We really aren't taking two or three stories in downtown NYC! A SMALL building with four front doors would have at least have four units on each level above ground, usually many more. The same for the upper floors. And it would have be at least four stories tall. That's at least 12. There might be a penthouse at the top and a couple of small basement apartments below street level. That's up to 15 apartments total. Miniscule in NYC! The outside of the building is traditionally etched with fire escapes.Stairs that access all the apartments above the first floor on each side of the building. There are NO lawns. You step out onto the sidewalk from your steps or stoop. And the buildings are so close together on the sides (unless it happens to border another road) that clotheslines could easily be stretched between them! Neighbors didn't need phones to talk to each other. Just open the window and holler!. There might be a narrow alleyway behind the building where there is another building just across it. But absolutely no backyard. You might have a narrow porch. But that's rare and that's it for space. They don't waste one inch of real estatel Let's not even mention the CONSTANT traffic going by 24/7... You made an admirable effort tho. A nod to NYC, where I was born many many many years ago.

These look nice. Video idea: Recreate some Prefabricated Houses, maybe make them a starter but I've seen some family ones too. I've tried it a few times and you can normally find the floor plans and what the exterior looks like on the same page.

I LOVE these houses. The ceilings are tall, especially on lower floors, with tall windows and doors to match. The tall walls make them feel roomier, since they're narrow, and the tall windows allow light to penetrate further into the house. In some neighborhoods, they went from upscale homes to cheap apartments, to upscale homes again. Many have been renovated, some to match their old aesthetics and some in modern ways on the inside, while still looking classic on the outside. edit: cheap apartments by NY standards.

i'll say this every time kayla posts a long speed build. i wouldn't mind it being 2 hours with just music if she doesn't know what to talk about its such a vibe and i just love watching the building

Simsie your vid’s give me so much joy

Looking forward to the fundraiser! Thanks Sims family!

i live in manhattan new york so i love this. great job love ya

Hey simsie!! You should do tiny apartments but each apartment is a different pack!! I think that would be really fun

This is such a cute build

I love this!! I'm from NY so this was super nice to see. I'm not from the big city tho, I'm in the capital

You’re so right about that one bedroom looking like Minnie’s house, I also grew up going to Disney and I have distinct memories of toon town and it’s very close to those designs

AHH!! I can't wait for the castle kit!! I want to make castles!!

Simsie has BLESSED us with this long speed build!!!!! I

Oh my god. OVER 40 minutes?! I’ve been blessed

New Yorker born and raised! I adore brownstones! I grew up in Brooklyn in Park Slope and the architecture was absolutely gorgeous! My dream home is one of these babies!! 🥰

I love your sweater kayla!!

MY DREAM HOME!!!! new fav simsie vid lowk