Today we'll visit Melrose Place. This is an apartment building I built to look as much like the building in the tv show as I can recollect. I'm pretty proud of it actually, it's one of my favorite builds. Apart from a few adjustments for Sims 2 building limitations and some creative license, I think it's fairly close. Anyway, on with the updates.
Guy Wrightley is a premade Uni student who graduated recently and moved into Melrose Place. If you're familiar with the show, he lives in what was Jake's apartment. He doesn't have much money and the place is pretty sparsely furnished at the moment. Guy has been running Doc Alan's Hangout since college and, though he does good business there, it's not nearly enough to cover both his student loan and his business loan, not to mention rent, bills, and food. Hopefully he'll get a cash perk when he levels up again (I choose these at random, so it's not a sure thing) or else he may have to consider getting a day job.
Ben Tellerman is the son of Mason Tellerman (who we met in prison) and Lakshmi Broke; he has five siblings. His paternal grandparents are also still alive; Jessie Larson is very elderly, but Brandon Tellerman is a vampire. Unlike his brother Tyler, Ben opted not to go to Uni and is now living at Melrose (in "Matt's" apartment) and working in the Adventure career. He's not rich, but he's doing quite well for himself. It helps that he doesn't have any loan debts. He has furniture at least.
Phineaus Furley is a premade Uni student who graduated and moved to Melrose Place (he's in "Jane's" unit). He's so broke that the only furniture he has is a card table/chair with the free computer on it. He can't even afford a bed and has to sleep on a bench in the courtyard. He wasn't able to find a job in Science (his LTW) initially, so took a job in Culinary. Unfortunately the job didn't start for several days, leaving him without income. This round Science came up, which is great, not only because it's what he wanted but also because he'll go to work a day sooner and earn some much needed cash.
The final resident at Melrose Place is Will Bruty, plant son of Charles Bruty (grandson of Sandy); he has two plant brothers. Will is moderately successful in his Culinary career (his LTW), but has never been lucky romantically. He's never been in love and has only had a few dates, despite being halfway through adulthood already. He was off work this round, so when a friend called and asked him on an outing, I let him go, hoping he'd meet someone. He did meet a couple of women, but barely spoke to them, preferring to play catch with his friend. There was some drama, however, when his friend flirted with someone right in front of his girlfriend. The rest of the outing was mostly slapping and fighting, so Will ended up going back to his lonely apartment by himself as usual.
Emily Lee is yet another premade Uni sim. After graduation she moved to Bella Park Condos, where she is the only (playable) resident. She's working in Adventure and doing ok financially, though she does have a big loan payment coming up. She's been dating two different guys for a while now, but no decision has been made about which one (if either) she wants to be with long term. We'll see.
Gunnar Roque and Jasmine Rai are premade Uni students, who now live together at Hillside Haven Apartments. Gunnar works in Intelligence and Jasmine in Journalism. I'm not sure how long this relationship will last given that neither of them is particularly faithful and they've broken up/got back together so many times throughout college that there's no telling what will happen next with these two.
Lexie Broke is the daughter of Heather Broke; she has three siblings. Currently Lexie is living at Hillside Haven Apartments and working in the Intelligence career. Lexie is very "friendly" and dates around quite a bit without ever settling down and that's just the way she likes it. She likes having her own space with few responsibilities outside of her job. I don't see this changing in the near future, but you never know with sims, they're unpredictable.
Happy Simming!
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