Okay I would like to share this mod I use in my cities which allows me to build houses closer together. Now there is a little explaining to do but first here are some pics of houses placed closer together
So how does this work? It is really simple. I changed the dimension of the houses from 20x20 to 1x1. Now when you place the lot it will use the 20x20 footprint. When the house is built on the lot, the game will treat it as though it takes up a space of 1x1 as illustrated below.
After one house is built, the game will not let you place a footprint in the 1x1 square of the first house, so you need to layer the houses like so.
Here is the step by step method that I use.
1. Pause the game and build two roads with a space of one low density lot (20x20) between them. You will need a little more space if you are making a curved road .
2. Place a lot to the far left facing the bottom road and allow it to build
3. Layer the second lot halfway over the first home and facing the top road, and let it build.
4. Layer the next lot halfway over the second home and facing the bottom road. Then let it build. Continue this pattern.
That is all there is to it! Now here are the issues with this style of building:
1. One style of houses I use has a wall around the backyard which cannot be removed. When you look at the houses up close, they will look unnatural and unappealing because there is a wall going across the driveway!
2. In order to not have trees coming through the roofs of houses, I had to remove the trees from the backyards of these houses. Unfortunately this makes the neighborhoods look bare. You will need to do the best you can with the ploppable trees .
3. It is time consuming because you have to wait for each house to be built before placing the next.
With that being said, here are the downloads. They are all unskilled low density housing.
These two houses will appear as new houses and need no additional downloads:
House with red roof: Download House with white roof: Download
The next two will change the dimensions of the houses in the pictures below. This will modify existing houses already in the game I recommend you download the tree remover also, otherwise trees will come through the rooftops.
This mod changes the dimensions for the house on the right in the picture below: Download
This mod changes the dimensions for the house on the left in the picture
below: Download
No trees for both houses and adds the palm trees to the house on the left (recommended): Download
Please let me know if you do not understand or if you have any problems. Enjoy!!
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