I have built Palazzo Scarsini, Petritoli, La Marche, Italy
This is my first post here, but I am very happy with how this building turned out, so I figured I would share.
So Facebook has shown me some adverts for this amazing building located in Italy, and I have decided to take on the challenge of building it. It is an elegant, fully-restored 16th century palace. I have made sure to honour the Renaissance architecture and style, so the palace is full of antique furniture and decor. Some choices and colour schemes may seem a bit random, but I have tried to make it look as realistic and as close to the original (without using CC) as possible.
Palazzo Scarsini is a real place that's available for rent/partial purchase, and I have emailed the company that is responsible for managing the place, and I have managed to receive the floor plan from them. However, working with that floor plan was extremely difficult, as most walls (especially the main shape of the building) were slightly diagonal, which isn't possible in TS4, so I had to make them all straight and adjust the rooms accordingly, which is why there are some empty rooms. They are just space fillers. Not all rooms are meant to be functional - some are there just for decorative purposes and for realism: the pantry, the storage room, the electricity boards room. The palace is also equipped with all light switches and sockets. :)
The palace doesn't look great on the outside, I am fully aware. The window placements are a bit random, I know. That's because the actual Palazzo Scarsini is a terraced house, whereas I have made that a detached building, so I have placed some windows where I thought they would fit and where the furniture allowed. However, the inside, in my humble opinion, is absolutely stunning.
Here is a video reference that I have been working with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O6gw0ArGSM . For the rooms that weren't featured in the video, I have used some creative liberties.
This took hours of work and hours of rework, when I suddenly had to move walls, which then deleted my decor. Especially the wooden beams on the ceiling in most of the rooms were a massive PAIN IN THE A**. I think the effort was worth it.
The palace has 4 bedrooms (including 1 twin room), 3 living rooms, 4 bathrooms, 7 toilets, a giant kitchen + pantry, and an outside terrace. The ground floor and the upper floors are kept looking old-fashioned, but the basement is fully modern, and it features a laundry room, a wine cellar, a spa with sauna and massage area, and a gym with a massive swimming pool. The swimming pool doesn't exist in the original building, but I thought it would be a nice touch.
It is available for download in the gallery. Gallery ID: mallmarr
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It is PLAY TESTED AND FULLY FUNCTIONAL. Located on a 30x20 lot in Tartosa. It's saved as a residential lot, but it can also work as a holiday rental if you want to pretend that your sims went for an exciting getaway to Italy. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO READ THE WHOLE THING!