Happy New Year Simmers! With the start of the new year we have a whole spotlight of The Sims 4 family starter homes and households to showcase from The Sims Community on the Gallery. We ended the year with a few small starter homes to ignite some imagination and smaller gameplay vibes. But, starting this year fresh and new, we thought we would help spice up your neighborhoods with some fun builds and stories! These builds are slightly bigger and the families have backgrounds to go with them to help get you going in case you feel stuck.

Family Starter Homes

Say hello to homes small enough to fit within the under 22k budget, big enough for larger families and still have extra spending money at the end of the day! The following houses all have 3 bedrooms and are under §22,000, which is a win for households with more than one Sim, never mind 3-8 Sims! Not everyone is a builder, sometimes finding the perfect home to start out in, or having somewhere relatively affordable for your growing household to move to, is just what we all need. We searched the gallery for some modern family starter homes, fully furnished and ready for your Sims to live their best lives in.

Family Starter Home – TheClumsySimmer

Lot Type: Residential
Lot Size: 30×20
Price: §19,954

A white picket fence frames the front of this home with a half wrap around porch from the front door around to the back kitchen door. This home is perfectly built for your Sims who are starting the next chapter of their lives, with a child/teen room as well as an infant/toddler space to grow into. This home has spacious bedrooms to clutter up with your sims goodies and to suit their personalities as well as a full bathroom and cute little backyard area.

Brinkley – Starter B/G – wrathofcath

Lot Type: Residential
Lot Size: 20×15
Price: §18,902

This black and white modern double story home has a small pool out front with a small well maintained backyard too. There is open plan living downstairs with a kitchen, dining room space and living room area. There are 3 decently sized bedrooms upstairs with pops of color and 2 full bathrooms, 1 upstairs and 1 downstairs. This home is definitely cozy living without feeling cramped or lacking space.

Base Game Starter 3/1 – ornilia

Lot Type: Residential
Lot Size: 30×20
Price: §19,952

Another 2 story, 3 bedroom home with a beautifully designed backyard filled with planter boxes and an undercover patio for outdoor living at it’s finest. This modern home has an easy floorplan to work with, with good spacing for moving around, playability and routing. This home has 3 well-sized bedrooms and two bathrooms which makes this an ideal family home.

♥ Basegame Starter 3/2 ♥ – Boysims

Lot Type: Residential
Lot Size: 30×20
Price: §18,499

So far most of these houses have not skipped out on the size of the bedrooms available and this home is no different. Spacious rooms to clutter to your hearts content and let your Sims personalities shine through means growing as a family unit in this home will be a breeze. Open plan living inside with easy maneuverability and a spacious backyard with an undercover seating area, ideal for outdoor living on those warmer days. This home is where modern design meets everyday Sim life.

Tomi1sh Base Game Starter – tomi1sh

Lot Type: Residential
Lot Size: 30×20
Price: §21,912

Although only three bedrooms, this home is equipped to house six Sims! With two Sims per room you could really have your growing family move in here. And space? No need to worry about moving around as the open plan living helps keep gameplay flowing smoothly. This modern build is a beauty to look at from all angles with beautiful landscaping, contrasting colors that mesh well together, bold lines and pops of color around the garden. A minimalist style with maximum livability and playability.

Starter * Basegame 3/1 – mizzzspirit

Lot Type: Residential
Lot Size: 30×20
Price: §15,913

The overgrown greenery on the roof of this home just adds to the beauty and charm of the overall build. Giant trees surround the back of the home with the main build framing one side of the front yard pool. Open plan living, lots of natural light and great layout to move about the home makes this build a pleasure to play in.

Starter Households

The Sims 4 Gallery holds so many different amazing creations from the community, of which there are a ton of different households. From single sims to all 8 slots being filled there is plenty to find no matter what you are looking for. Below we have found some starter family households for your gameplay to help get you going if you feel a bit stuck in the game or if you are just wanting to spice up your current game with a new family and a new storyline.

The Gregory Family – simmaddness

“Anita and Jarvis has worked hard in their careers as a doctor and a detective and encourages their children Denise and Sebastian to work hard and focus on the future. Denise has two jobs along with school. Will the hunger for over-achievement cause burn-out?”

It can be tricky to find Sim families with stories let alone stories with matching skills but some simmers have done both for us! Meet the Gregory Family by Simmaddness! The Gregory family have a backstory, skills to keep building onto, hobbies, jobs and after school activities to let you hit the ground running with the way you can play this family.

Anita is packed with skills, she is level 10 piano, and 9 logic. She is also a doctor, a general practitioner at that, and needs to perform 3 surgeries for her next promotion. Jarvis has skills across the board, nothing high enough to mention but a lot of them at the half way point to crack on with – he is a sergeant in the detective career with 3 cases on the task list to solve for his next promotion.

Denise works in day care and is an A grade student, while her brother Sebastian is an A grade student too as well as a Llama Scout. Cooking is Denise’s strongest skill at the moment but she has plenty more where that came from, some catching up quickly. Sebastian is level 10 creativity, mental and motor, the only skill slacking behind is his social – do you play him growing into a social butterfly or leave him to his wiz kid aspiration? And finally the littlest family member is Nicole who has all her skills on the way, a little bit further to go in movement and she is level 5!

Starter Couple – sheenater

“Erik aspires to be a recording artist. He loves being creative and he loves music. so what better career path for him?! Until he is able to break into that world he is content with being a chef at the local diner. Cheryl wants to have a big family one day. However, she is obsessed with yoga. Will she be able to continue being a yoga instructor after kids or will her likes and her career change?”

Erik and Cheryl Gillis, along with their Siberian Husky Sam, are ready to see where life takes them! Will Erik become a recording artist and possibly start a big family with his wife Cheryl and will Cheryl be able to juggle work and kids when and if they eventually come along… it really is up to you on how you play! Plus they have an adorable dog!

Cute Family + Backstory – King_Minimoose

“Elle is a stay-at-home mom who loves cooking. Stewart is obsessed with his work and may or may not be seeing a younger co-worker at the moment. Elyse is your typical All-American girl with a close group of friends. Oscar is destined to play soccer and he wants to (mostly because he like the players) but don’t tell his Dad that…”

The Whipple family seems cool, calm and collected from the outside but with Stewart possibly seeing a younger co-worker at the office things may not be as calm as they appear. You could play out the secret affair and go down a whole rabbit hole with just that one little bit of information or steer the family back on track and get Oscar on his path to soccer stardom.

♥ Our Wedding Story ♥ – TheClumsySimmer

“Tre & Vivienne are high school sweethearts who have long awaited their upcoming wedding! They can’t wait to walk down the aisle and share their heartfelt vows in front of the ones they love :)”

Tre Pearson and Vivienne Lorenzo sound like a perfectly wholesome couple just waiting for you to help them live out their best lives together. Help them walk down the aisle to seal their love and watch them bond and grow as an amazing couple… or help drive them to absolute chaos with triplets straight after the wedding – who knows, either way could be a fun adventure.

Story Family – Tragicplum – TragicPlumbob

“Frederick and Nathaniel are high school sweethearts, who finally got married last year, the couple adopted Juliette when she was a baby. Unfortunately Frederick’s mum passed away but left them a large home in Newcrest. Frederick is a piano player and Nathaniel owns his a knitting company, the whole family go bowling every Saturday and its best day ever, they even named the day to be ‘Fab Fam bowls day'”

Frederick has maxed the bowling skill (if they go every Saturday I can see why!) and so has Nathaniel and Juliette, which should make for not only fun but competitive family bowling nights! Frederick has also maxed the gardening skill and considering he is a professional piano player it tracks that he has maxed that skill too. Nathaniel has mastered cross-stitching and knitting which is helpful since he owns a knitting company – we love stories that match skills! Juliette is on her way to mastering knitting, creativity and her mental skill. With the mention of a house left to them in Newcrest you have a whole new neighborhood and home for them to move into and explore.

Backstory+some skills – Winterlady

“Pablo loved Jennifer so much that when she… came back, he remarried her! But Jen is not of the living. Forever one foot in the beyond. Will new lodger, aspiring artist Farrah turn Pablos head? And… would Hen ever let him go?”

Farrah Nouvel is a freelance artist with a couple of skills started and her painting skill at level 4. Her little one is Shari and we don’t know much about her. We don’t know much about either of their backstories – so that could be an avenue to explore. Jennifer Martinez seems to have this story semi revolve around her as she remarried as a ghost and may not be so keen on having Farrah around. Jen is a writers assistant and has minimal skills.

Next up in this story is Pablo. He is a team mascot, with a few skills and a possible love triangle on his hands depending on how you play. He has two kids with Jennifer, Sofia who is at the start of her motor skill, nearly level 3 of creativity and just under halfway with social, and Leonardo whose motor skill is just about to be level 2, social almost level 4, mental just starting with level 1 and creativity on its way slowly to level 4. Both kids are B students with no extra mural activities yet. There is also a surprise when you load into this family… any guesses as to what that may be?

Aliens with Backstory – WitchOfAmethyst

“Sirius crashlanded on earth, since then he has tried to find his way back while learning everything he can about the new planet. Arachne fled her home planet after her father started a rebellion and betrayed her, leaving a permanent scar. When she met Sirius he decided he wanted to help her, he took her in and started to teach her all he knew about the new world.”

Arachne Nova Andromeda and Sirius Etoile are aliens from another world. Why not play out their lives with Alien nights at bars, underground spaceships or bunkers to let them live as their true selves in the comfort of their own home, with a beautiful suburban home to act as a mask for what they are really hiding from all their neighbors. Max their skills, or at least as many as you can while they learn all about this world. Make them fall in love, with each other or humans from this new strange planet… the options are there for you to play with!

3 Siblings (Story Skills) – madddrskillz

“Rico is an aspiring chef, but his world gets turned upside-down when he received terrible news. His parents have died in a horrible accident. His two sisters, who were under his parents’ care, need his help and support. Now together again, can they achieve their dreams and overcome their heartaches? You decide.”

Older brother Rico has a lot more responsibility all of a sudden. Taking on his two siblings while trying to pursue his dream career won’t be easy but it is possible if everyone pulls their weight. Will you make sister Estrella follow her dreams and get a decent job as well as getting the youngest sibling, Lisa, to do well in school or will you make them both slack off and leave all the hard work to poor Rico?

Be sure to check out all the above simmers galleries for more amazing builds and households, and not only starter ones! The Sims community really are a talented bunch and because they share with us, we all get to enjoy the game more with a little help, inspiration, builds and Sims! Let us know in the comments down below who your favorite builders and CAS creators are! Stay tuned to the Sims Community for all future Community Spotlights!