At last – your Simmies can swim in the sea!!

That’s right, dream no more because your Sims can swim in the sea! Hibiscus Avenue VI is a classic wooden board beachhouse, ready for your Sims to move into – with real beach frontage for them to enjoy!

Don’t wait until Bon Voyage is released, take them for a swim now lol!

Credits to DarylMarkloc at MTS2 for his Aus Fed Collection, and to Eedgan and Just the Bast at MTS2 for their combined tutorials which I used to create this real Sim beach Note: this lot has to be placed along the coastline in Bluewater Village in order to work.
Free download at www.simsconnection.com

A bright and summery medium sized, waterfront home, especially for your Simmies! This lot features absolute waterfrontage. With three storeys, there is ample room for extra bedrooms, storage space, or even workspace! This lot also features some of my build mode recolours as well as Susan and Janna’s beautiful furnishings. Free download at www.simsconnection.com

Down at the now defunct, derelict Sim City Port Authority pier, the travelling Gothic Carnival has come to town…..Best visited after dark. Check out the extra pics – this lot has a great atmosphere at night……:) Premium download at www.simsconnection.com

Even Gordon Ramsay would approve!

A modern, minimalist restaurant designed especially for those Sims who want to be “seen”. With ample seating and breathing space, this restaurant features a kitchen-side dining area for Sims who want to watch the spectacular cooking action, live in the kitchen. Featuring custom content by Amel, Susan, Janna and myself, this community lot has been built on a compact 2×2 lot and is a premium download at www.simsconnection.com

This version has not been altered much from the October 05 version except that it now has an American flag in the centre of the parade ground. It comes fully furnished (basic military camp style) with various special items such as the OR (with training items, and yes the helicopter comes with the lot as well!). Especially for MASH fans, you can find this lot in the Architecture section at www.simsconnection.com

Stare it long enough, and you start to see different coloured blocks/squares – intercepting each other. Wellllll….I dunno, I saw a photo of a house similar to this and tried to make it, this was the result – very modern and very spacious. This lot contains Amel’s classy Eloise Living set and is a premium download at www.simsconnection.com

Inspired by old colour photos of the classic Australian beach shacks in the 50’s, these small yet functional little starters are perfect for your single Sim! Costing under 20,000 Simoleons, fully furnished with car, these little starters will fit nicely into your beach neighbourhood. And to finish off this 1950’s starter theme, a cute little Classic Diner – complete with Janna’s 1950’s Diner set. Grab them now at www.simsconnection.com in the Architecture section.

What a labour of love this lot was. I had attempted it once before, back in early 2005. But I just did not have enough knowledge to accomplish that one well. This one is refined, the furnishings/decor of the rooms is more accurate, right up to the number of columns lining the front porch! Gotta love the food processors in the embalming room -  when you watch the show they have some kind of food processor type thing attached to the walls on either side of the embalming tables. I also recoloured my first build mode items – the Octothorpe Atrium Window and the Aggressive Accents column. I have to say, that it was not as difficult as I thought it might be but at the same time these items would not include themselves with the lot package – arrghh!! Maybe it was something I did wrong, or something that the last Maxis patch did not address properly? I also recoloured and designed some new wallpapers and the Fisher & Diaz sign. This one was made for SFU fans – Amel created some fantastic caskets (which come with the Premium version) and Janna’s various decor items complete the home. Available as both a Free and Premium download at www.simsconnection.com

This is actually one of my neighbours’ farmhouse – it’s a beautiful Australian Federation farmhouse that commands striking views of the hundreds of acres of apple orchards, mountains, hills, forests and rivers around it. They also have a horse grazing at the front, just to perfect the picture – very storybook and just too irresistable to recreate from a Sims 2 point of view. Big thanks to DarylMarkloc from MTS2 again, for this fabulous Australian Federation Collection which I used extensively to achieve the right look for this house. As this lot is on a hillside, it is best placed on a hillside within your neighbourhood – the driveway is also upwardly sloping – and it really functions! Available as a free lot at www.simsconnection.com

Inspired by Janna’s Beatnik Coffee Bar set, this hip venue is dark and delicious – well the food they serve upstairs is anyway :p On the third floor, a bar and gaming lounge – perhaps a place to rendevouz, Grim Fandango style. I designed the recoloured painting sign…

I had all sorts of trouble trying to prevent SimPE from making it blurry. Ultimately, after some extensive searching for this problem, I found that if I used Build DXT 5 Format (not the highest compression but the best image retention) it would appear sharper, less blurry. This lot is available as both a Premium and Free lot (the free version does not contain the coffee set)