Similar House – A bit of a Coincidence :)

[TheDeadSim]

Just had a quick flick through this Sims creative magazine and on page 68 I found a picture (attached) of a house which looks strikingly similar to Luxury Contemporary Home (A lot which I created available at MTS, https://modthesims.info/d/451687). Link to magazine (currently works, but may die in future): https://issuu.com/simscreativemagazine/docs/scm_issue_one

Below are two pictures which show the two lots. This house was actually built from a plan which I found on the internet and it had two different versions (one like mine (with the larger room on the upper floor and one with it gone). The similarities I had noticed were the overall shape of the house, the double garage (I didn’t make mine split because I wanted it fully functional), the balcony shape on the main floor and the noticeable feature of the staircase leading to the entry.

If anyone actually can find this lot (which I presume is called ‘A Taste of Money’) let me know because I would like to check out the entire download.

Just to make things clear, I’m not saying that we may have copied one another, I just thought I would point it out and see what others thought of it. 🙂

[Anonymous]

Re: Similar House – A bit of a Coincidence :)

That is a crazy coincidence I gotta say I like the landscaping on your house and the way you’ve done the stairs but it’s incredibly similar.

I do work for the magazine and it looks like for that article the pics came from The Sims Angels Request Team. I’m a recent addition to the magazine’s team but I can bet there was no intent to try and copy the house in any way.

My personal opinion your house looks better, it would look rather nice next to a beach 😀

[Anonymous]

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In regards to your build I’ve looked at all the pics and I love the way you have an almost fence around the spiral staircase. It makes it look nice and like what people would normally have at home. It’s a really nice build and if I’m… no when I’m in need of a new house for another gen I will certainly take a look in your studio 😀

[TheDeadSim]

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Thanks Spider for your nice comments! I believe it was a coincidence that we have somehow stumbled across the same floor plan. Although now remembering it, this was a request. I have just searched through my inbox at MTS and found the link to the website. After looking at the website again, they have definitely used the same plan. https://www.architecturaldesigns.com/house-plan-6913AM.asp
Quite interesting I thought!
This is the one that I had used as reference I believe:

And this is what they would have used as reference most likely:

I just find it really interesting.

[Anonymous]

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Those are some beautiful buildings and I like to show appreciation for good work TDS and I think that house was really good. I’m such a bad builder I’m always on the lookout for finding a new house and getting the builders permission to use the property. I’ve just started using one called Villa Morimonti (I think that’s right) and it’s just simply incredible, I know I could never build something as wonderful, your house is the same

[TheDeadSim]

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@Spiderg1rl 3923 wrote:

Those are some beautiful buildings and I like to show appreciation for good work TDS and I think that house was really good. I’m such a bad builder I’m always on the lookout for finding a new house and getting the builders permission to use the property. I’ve just started using one called Villa Morimonti (I think that’s right) and it’s just simply incredible, I know I could never build something as wonderful, your house is the same

Thanks 🙂
Where is this Villa Morimonti you speak of? I’m actually a little interested to see it because it sounds really nice. Never give up with building, if you keep at it you can actually build some really cool stuff with sims. I specifically remember being frightened of the CFE tool, now I am doing whatever I can to come up with new ways to use it!

[karen lorraine]

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mmmm, I prefer yours TDS.

[Anonymous]

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Here is a link to the page where I showed off the build to my readers but also showed the creators original building. The changes were approved by the creator.

I will try building one day, when I have less on the go, I spend so much time working on chapter updates and trying to keep them to every 3-4 days I feel like I don’t have time to create new buildings for these guys but I also like showcasing some of the incredible builds out there. Every little helps after all doesn’t it 😀

[karen lorraine]

Re: Similar House – A bit of a Coincidence :)

Indeed it does 🙂

[TheDeadSim]

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I must agree with you there Spider 🙂
That villa is actually really nice!

[Anonymous]

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I don’t know if this helps but the second house that you say it’s copied it’s from Sims 3 and yours it’s from Sims2.If the house had been from Sims2 you could said that the creator copied your house or make some changes and upload your house.

[TheDeadSim]

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@Mireluk 3933 wrote:

I don’t know if this helps but the second house that you say it’s copied it’s from Sims 3 and yours it’s from Sims2.If the house had been from Sims2 you could said that the creator copied your house or make some changes and upload your house.

I know that the second one is from sims 3 and I’m aware you can’t physically copy a design from sims 2 then transfer it into sims 3. Anyway that wasn’t the point of the post. I was merely pointing it out that there was a coincidence in the fact that another creator and I have managed to create the same design without contact or connection.

[LadyAngelKeymaster]

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It is interesting. That’s one of the good things about the challenges here, you get to see the different ways people can build using the same plan. 🙂 Looking at the two houses they do look similar, but yours is far superior. 🙂

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