Building Contest 2012: 14 - An Olympic Starter, Comments

[samoht04]

Building Contests 2012: 14 - An Olympic Starter

You must read the Rules and Instructions Thread first, if you haven't already. Updates have been made.

Your Task:
The time has nearly arrived, the time when the World comes together in Sport! We will all be flying our flags, cheering on our sprinters, swimmers and all the other amazing athletes out there. Our Sim Athletes also share a common bond with our Olympic Athletes, they all like Sport! Our Sporting Sims need a home, a home that is perfect for their athletic lifestyle. Not only does it need to be suitable.. It needs to be cheap, it needs to be a starter!

Specifications:

• Lot Type: Residential
• Number of Bed Spaces: 1 Bed Spaces, minimum
• Budget: $16,500
• Lot Size: Under, and including, 30x30
• Other: Athletic Equipment, Sporting Atmosphere.

Optional Specifications:

• A Healthy Atmosphere

Current Status: Up-Coming

Contest Start Date: 12:00am, Friday, 13 July, 2012   
Contest End Date: 11:59pm, Thursday, 26 July, 2012

Do not post any comments or compliments in this thread until the contest is closed. Please PM either samoht04 and Lilygirl with any questions or concerns.


How to post your entry:

• For specific instructions and examples please see the Contest Tutorials thread.
• For information on how to upload to the Swap Shop and upload Screenshots, See the Rules and Instructions Thread.

Your Current Entries: - Listed by Date of Entry and Approval
  Menmar - Heptathlon
  Tealeaf - Barbell Beginings
  Ausette - Olympic Abode
  Ladybug53 - The Maple Leaf
  Decima - Olympic Dreams
  TheQuietOne - Yes, it's a Barn
  CynKuy - Triathletica
  Joria - Saber Salon for Champ
 
 

Last Update: Date Mistake - June changed to July.

[Menmar]

Title: Heptathlon
Contain: 1 Br, 1 Ba
Lottype: Residental lot
Lotsize: 30 x 30
Packs: all
Price Furnished: $ 16,484 ( when placed on a 30 x 30 lot )
Price Unfurnished: $ 10,611
Used extra: buydebug

You´re a athleet? You have trouble to get a good startershome? Heptathlon is your sport? On this lot you can pratice at home !!
 Its a cheap lot with a accomodations to practice your sport. - 100m hurdles - High jump - Shot put - 200m - Long jump - Javelin throw
 - 800m. All these sports can be practice here.

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<sup>screenshot on daylight from above and from the back with a good overview of all the 7 sportgames used in Heptathlon

- javelinthrow and shotput - 100m hurdles and longjump and high jump - 200m sprint and 800m long walk - the "old" school workout

- the relaxzone outside, with a small waterfall - the livingroom - front of the small starter - Bedroom with a few reliq's</sup>
Download: http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/forum/index.php/topic,11484.0.html

[Tealeaf]

My very first building contest entry!

This house was built and tested on a new lot I placed in Riverview.

Title:Barbell Beginings
Layout: 1 Br, 1 Ba
Lot size: 20 x 20
Content: Pretty sure I stuck with just vanilla base game.
Price Furnished: $ 16,449 ( when placed on a 20 x 20 lot )
Price Unfurnished: $ 10,122

Lot Description: A single sim starter that despite its affordability is designed to be the perfect place to nuture Olympic dreams.  Decorated in gold and silver to match the metals your sim will be winning, this house will surely inspire any athele to greatness.

Concept: A giant, hollowed out black iron barbell.  This house has all the basic anmenites to give a single sim a comfortable start in life, such as a tv, bookcase, nice shower and bed, and is decorated enough to generated the decorated moodlet in all parts of the lots save for the central hallway.   The back yard has the equipement to exersice in the fresh air and sunshine, as well as a pool equiped with soothing fountains.  And of course, lawn chairs for the times your athele simply wants to relax and work on their tan to look their best for those competitions.   


The view from the front curb with the roof up.



Top view with roof up.



Top view with roof down.



Front yard with bike for cardio training, adoring fans lining the front walkway, and personal trainer waiting to welcome the atlete.



Backyard with exercise equipment, pool, and sunbathing lounge chairs.



Livingroom and Kitchen



Bedroom and Kitchen

I hope your sims enjoy living here as much as I enjoyed building it.

Download:

http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/forum/index.php/topic,11515.msg225725.html#msg225725

[Ausette]

Olympic Abode, by Ausette

Lot Type: Residential, 1 br 1 ba
Lot Size: 10 x 15
Cost when placed on 10 x 15 lot: $16,397 ($9,858 unfurnished)
Contains Ambitions, Generations, Late Night, Pets, and Showtime content

No matter what sport you compete in, you’re welcome to stay in this space-efficient, fitness-minded starter. The unobtrusive decorating makes it warm enough to feel welcoming, but generic enough to suit most tastes.





Can be downloaded from its main thread, here.

[ladybug53]

The Maple Leaf
by ladybug53

Lot size 30 x 20
Price Furnished : 14,904
Price Unfurnished : 10,189

Expansions used - Ambitions, World Adventure ( tree ), Showtime ( exercise bar ), Late Night ( trophy ).
Stuff Packs used - none

This starter is all decorated in reds and whites to honor my Sim's country flag. Inside you will find one bedroom, 3pc bath, kitchen and living room combined and a private gym. My sim has been preparing for a very long time in hopes to make it into the Olympics. He has many ribbons and awards already to show all his hard work.

Follow me for a private tour.

                                                                                   Click to enlarge image.


Link to download - http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/forum/index.php/topic,11517.0.html
 

[Decima]

Olympic Dreams
by Decima

Lot size: 10x15
Price furnished: $16,493
Price unfurnished: $13,338
Content possibly used: WA, AMB, GEN, PETS, OL, TL

Welcome to a starter home perfect for the budding athlete! It comes complete with a grass roof, an open plan living area, kitchenette and bathroom. Upstairs there's a bedroom with a treadmill and a terrace with a diving board. Outside you'll find a diving pool, a mini tennis court and a small veg plot so your Sim can grow their own healthy ingredients!

Be careful not to set yourself on fire with the olympic torch!





Link to download thread:
http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/forum/index.php/topic,11539.0.html

[TheQuietOne]

This is my first building contest so hopefully I won't make a mess out of this post. 

House Name: Yes, it's a Barn
Price: $16,500 (furnished); $7,358 (unfurnished)
Lot Size: 10x15
Content: EP - Base, Ambitions, World Adventures, Generations, Pets, Showtime; SP - Outdoor Living, Town Life; no CC, no Store Items, no Mods
Description: Is your future Olympian losing precious sleep over their carbon footprint? They like digging in the dirt but are also dirt poor? Fret no more! Here is a cozy, quaint, unquestionably biodegradable little barn. Not only can your eco-friendly athlete work out in their private gym, they can also go organic in the miniature garden, satisfy their thirst for recycling and never have to worry about carpooling again. Must love wildlife. (Or invest in a garden gnome ASAP.)

Click to enlarge image.

Front and Back

Main Floor; Basement; Loft; Cozy Kitchen

Luxurious Living Room; Glitzy Gym; Businesslike Bathroom; Blooming Bedroom

Download Link: http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/forum/index.php/topic,11558.msg226547.html#msg226547

[CynKuy]

Building Contest 2012:14 - An Olympic Starter

Name:  Triathletica
By:  CynKuy

Lot Size: 20 X 30
Furnished: 16447
Unfurnished: 12715
1 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom

Content: Base, Ambitions, World Adventures, Pets, Generations, Late Night, Fast Lane

Description:

A cottage for your Sim to live in while they train for the Olympics.  This is a bare bones training facility with a lap pool for swimming, a dirt track surrounds the pool to practice running, a bicycle for the final event, and a small stereo for cardio and strength training.  The shredder bench is to rest on between exercise sets.

Inside the house are the usual basic bathroom with shower, kitchen with cowpoke stove, a small study with a computer, and a bedroom with a decent bed and no distractions for a good night's sleep.

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Download here:
http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/forum/index.php/topic,11573.0.html

[Joria]

Lot Size:  20x15

Location:  Hidden Springs

Price:  $12,775 unfurnished
          $16,449 furnished

Store Items:  Freebies, vase and ghost mirror

1 BR  1 Bath

Name Saber Salon for Champ

Description:

This house was built for one athlete and one athlete only, a master of the art of saber fencing and practice home of Mariel Zagunis, Gold Medalist.  Any saber fencer would love the peace and quiet of this riverside home.  Stunning view, very relaxing, yet with just what a fencer needs, a fencing strip to practice those winning moves on!  Of course, stamina and upper body strength must not be neglected so step aboard the tread mill or how about a few hundred pull ups?  If that doesn't get your blood pumping there is always the lap pool.  Relax with a nice barbecue with a friend, athletes burn a lot of calories.   Have a great night's sleep.  No distractions here in the form of electronics!  Just some good books to sharpen your mind or a game of chess with one of your athlete friends.  Come see it today, (Mariel might even be at home whipping up a gourmet meal for you.)



kitchen:



Bedroom, lounge and bathroom.  The white strip is part of the fencing strip.



Bird's eye view including small part of outdoor "gym" area.



Garden area showing excellent vista.





*Builders Note*  Mariel Zagunis is from our City of Beaverton, Oregon and is now considered the absolute best in her field.  She will be going for another gold this year.  In general, Mariel is a really great person who is humble, modest, intelligent and kind, and an outstanding competitor. She really is a gourmet cook and loves to garden.  She attended the same high school my kid is at.  Squeakyclean, (my kid's name on this forum),  had the opportunity to open an event Mariel was at by singing the National Anthem for her.  Imagine what a thrill that was!

http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/forum/index.php/topic,11594.0.html

[samoht04]

Building Contest 2012: 14 - An Olympic Starter - July 13, 2012 - July 26, 2012
    Ausette!

Congratulations Ausette! An entry worthy of the Gold Medal! It's perfect for the sporting enthusiast! You can see Ausette's Entry here and download it here.



Ausette's Comment:

"I love starter home contests! They're so fun to build for, and the competition is always fantastic. It was great seeing how everyone worked sports and the Olympic Games into their entries. I had a few technical issues and some trouble with the budget, but after that it was pretty much a game of "Hurry-up-and-finish-the-build-before-someone-else-comes-up-with-the-Olympic-Rings-idea". Congrats to all the participants, and enjoy the rest of the Olympic Games!"

The Thread is open for comments now! 

[ladybug53]

Congratulations Ausette! I always love it when you have time to enter the contests. You're such an inspiration. Your entry was just awesome! Your such a fantastic builder and so much imagination.

Every one's entry was very well done. It was a little difficult choosing only three for our votes. Keep up the good work!

This was such a fun project to do. Thanks samoht04 for all your great contests. I quite enjoy them.

Feed back or comments are always welcome. 

[Ausette]

Wow, thanks ladybug!  Don't forget you're a pretty awesome builder yourself (congrats on the Childhood Dreams win the other week, by the way). I really liked your entry for this contest too - it's nice when people are proud of their countries.

I'm open to comments as usual. I totally expected Decima to beat me this time, lol.

[TheQuietOne]

Congratulations Ausette, your house is super cute. I adore the Olympic rings detail. Congrats to all the other participants as well - there are quite a few houses I feel I must have in my game now. Big thanks for making so many great starter homes - I'm totally addicted to small lots.

Yay, I survived my first building competition! (Does the happy dance.)

[Joria]

Congratulations Ausette and to all the builders.  I LOVED the Olympic rings, and once I saw them I said, "that's the winner".  Nice to be right.  lol