I placed a copy of the Now and Then Century Manor in Twinbrook. This is the version I renovated in Riverview and saved to bin. I had decided to move my Riddle household into the manor to give the pets more room. My original concept for this household was to concentrate on pets rather than humans, but that proved more difficult to do than I had anticipated. As often happens with Sims, things got complicated. So the Twinbrook household has already been through a lot of changes, with members coming and going. There would soon be more changes!
The Riddle family originally lived in the yellow house on the right. It's a good sized home, but the yard was too small for the three dogs. Its lot is 20X30. The renovated Manor house lot is 30X40. There was a vacant house where the manor sits now (on the left). I bulldozed that and replaced it with the new home.
Here's a closer look at what the manor looked like when I first placed it in Twinbrook.
This family is probably the oddest one I play! Di L Emma Riddle used to be the ghost who haunted Anna Liza Riddle. I resurrected her. The household also had a plumbot, two dogs and a cat. I eventually moved Anna, Watson the plumbot, and the cat Poirot out. Two puppies were born, but they left to live in Rinn Fada with Lord Piers Wimsel.
More strangeness. Di's friend Milly was visiting when I went back into the game to add the manor house. She'd been hanging around for quite a while. When I moved the family out, I first had to make Di ask Milly to leave.
The Riddle family originally lived in the yellow house on the right. It's a good sized home, but the yard was too small for the three dogs. Its lot is 20X30. The renovated Manor house lot is 30X40. There was a vacant house where the manor sits now (on the left). I bulldozed that and replaced it with the new home.
Here's a closer look at what the manor looked like when I first placed it in Twinbrook.
Later Dudley Racket moved in with another dog. The game made Dudley a fairy, but I couldn't live with that. I soon returned him to his human state.
More strangeness. Di's friend Milly was visiting when I went back into the game to add the manor house. She'd been hanging around for quite a while. When I moved the family out, I first had to make Di ask Milly to leave.
Here's the family just after moving into the new manor house. Piper, the black dog on the left, was Dudley's pet. Spade and Miss Marple are the parents of Mulder and Clouseau, the dogs who are now living in Rinn Fada.
I made some further renovations to the home for this family, then later, made still more changes. First of all, I revamped the back yard a little. There was a willow tree beside the new lot that now hangs over the fountain, which I left. I thought it looked nice.
I discovered that the large dogs couldn't get through this side door. Not enough room for them to twist around. I guess big dogs need two squares to maneuver. I just locked the side door for pets so they wouldn't keep trying to go through it.
I also had to enlarge this room for the big pet beds. But later, I changed this to another bedroom and moved the pet beds elsewhere.
I then decided to add a washer and dryer to the screened porch area.
And I switched the exercise room and the bedroom around in the attic. Dudley and Di both like to go up to these rooms, but the dogs can't get up the ladder.
Piper is a sweet old dog. She's an elder. Spade and Marple are still getting to know her.
The three dogs found the squirrel that lives under the tree in the graveyard. They all go out to watch it. I hope they don't kill it.
I made some further renovations to the home for this family, then later, made still more changes. First of all, I revamped the back yard a little. There was a willow tree beside the new lot that now hangs over the fountain, which I left. I thought it looked nice.
I discovered that the large dogs couldn't get through this side door. Not enough room for them to twist around. I guess big dogs need two squares to maneuver. I just locked the side door for pets so they wouldn't keep trying to go through it.
I also had to enlarge this room for the big pet beds. But later, I changed this to another bedroom and moved the pet beds elsewhere.
I then decided to add a washer and dryer to the screened porch area.
And I switched the exercise room and the bedroom around in the attic. Dudley and Di both like to go up to these rooms, but the dogs can't get up the ladder.
Piper is a sweet old dog. She's an elder. Spade and Marple are still getting to know her.
The three dogs found the squirrel that lives under the tree in the graveyard. They all go out to watch it. I hope they don't kill it.
