Purchasing additional lot for current household

[CatInBlack]

Hi there,

I'm trying to buy the vacant lot next to my house for my current household. No idea how that works in Sims4. Halp pls? :3

What I want basically is to merge the current lot and the vacant one next to it into one big lot, same property. Is that even possible?

[ClayMask]

As this seems to me to be a question asking for help with the game rather than a casual discussion, I'm going to move it to miscellaneous help.

Do you have the Get to Work expansion?  If so, you can use the phone to purchase it as a retail lot.  If not, you can't buy it.

[CatInBlack]

Oh no, I only have the retreat expansion so far :<

But if I purchase "Get to work" will I be able to merge the two lots into the same property?

[ClayMask]

I'm more than 99% sure you can't merge two lots like this.  If you can, I don't know how.

[Twinmum]

ClayMask is right, there is no way to merge two lots together.

[CatInBlack]

Okay, thanks for the prompt answers guys. :3 Back to cluttering my tiny lot then.

[Dellena]

You could move your current house to a bigger lot.  Go into build mode and save the lot to your library (one of the buttons in the top middle panel).  Once saved, move your family to a bigger lot - doesn't matter if there's a house there or not.  After you move, go into build mode and then click on the Gallery/Library button (top right).  Find the lot in your library and choose to place it.  Presto, your family is now moved along with their home.

[CatInBlack]

Ohhhh that's great! I didn't realize I could move to a bigger lot while keeping everything I've already struggled to build the same. That's very helpful! Thank you very much!

[Dellena]

Glad to help.  Happy Simming!