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How to Move to a New Home in The Sims 3
Moving Sims Out, and Changing their House in Town
By Tom Schlueter
Hi. My name is Bunny Rabbit, and this is my husband Jack. You probably recognize me from the Rabbit Realty TV commercials where I always say “No bunny will sell your hole-in-the-ground quicker.” Hold on for just a second....
Whew. A Rabbit’s work is never done. Okay, Jack and I just conceived a great idea—we’re going to explain to everyone the basics of moving in Sims 3. It’s not complicated at all, but there are still a few steps to cover. So, let’s hop on over to the Move screen so you can reproduce these results for yourself.
Open your Sim’s Inventory and click and the phone, then the Move button (computers also have a Move interaction). The Move screen has 2 sides. Whoever makes the call will automatically get thrown on the right. So, we need to double-click Jack and move him to the right side...
At the bottom left we now have the option to Pack or Sell our furniture. Toggle between the two and you’ll see the available Household funds change at the top right. We’re choosing the Sell option. We have no desire to take our furniture with us because it was damaged a couple weeks ago when our house was overrun by a giant lawnmower.
Next comes your choice of a new home. Click the House button on the bottom right....
After you click on the House button in the Move screen, you’ll go to Map view to choose your new home. Homes you can afford will have a light blue icon. Homes you cannot afford will have a gray icon. Our young Rabbit family can only afford 2 homes at the moment and since the home at 58 Water Lily Lane is the only one with 2 bedrooms, that’s our choice.
After we make our house selection we briefly go back to the Move screen to see that our new choice is listed on the right side. We click the checkmark, go to a final acceptance screen, click okay, and before we could say “hasenpfeffer” the game automatically took us into an animation to quickly get us to our new home. Typically, you’d go to your new home via taxi, but our new home happened to be right across the street from our old home, so the game just had us hop across the street. It was touch and go for a minute because some of the neighbors forgot to chain up their dogs. I hate dogs. They make my hare stand on edge. And from past experience I know for a fact that dogs do not like the Rabbit family either.
So, that’s it. Jack and I settled into our new home like Rabbits. The 2nd bedroom will be perfect for our soon-to-be-exploding family size. How long we remain in our new home all depends on dogs and the frequency of giant lawnmowers. But, I’m feeling hopeful, even lucky—my cousin Brer passed away recently and I inherited his foot.
