
For medium height walls, 4 squares for the stairs is required and 5 squares is needed for the tallest walls. With the walls set at the lowest height, 3 spaces for the stairs is required plus an extra square at the top and the foot of the stairs for a landing. When we add stairs, we need to remember that more space will be needed if we have higher walls. The new stairs will replace the old ones and you will be charged or refunded the difference on price. Simply select the new stairs and place over the top of the existing stairs and click. If you have built a set of stairs and decide that you want a different style, there is no need to remove the first set and rebuild. The game will remove any extra flooring for the wider stairs or add flooring if you make wide stairs narrower. If you want wider stairs, select the placed stairs and grab the side arrow and pull out or to the desired width. Once selected, just move the staircase around until it's in the correct location and click to place. Select stairs from the build menu and hover over the different styles to select the color palate for each style. We can also add stairs to an upper level from outside. Stairs are added from the lower floor up and will automatically remove the necessary floor tiles for the stair well. Once we have an upper level, we need to add stairs so our Sims can reach these new levels. An upper level can extend out into thin air ->Īlthough upper levels need to have something below them when being built, once they are complete, any lower building or supports can be removed resulting in an interesting look. When using the wall tool however, all walls you build must at least start over an existing room or wall. When using the room tool, the starting point has to be over an existing room or wall on the level below, but it can continue out over nothing. Building up and down gives a Sim a lot more roomīuilding up is very easy, just use the wall or room tool to draw out the shape of the new room on the next level up. Two levels of basements are possible meaning that our Sims have seven levels of space at their disposal. Building a ceiling or walls on this level is not possible. A fifth level is possible, but this level can only be a deck.

Building up, we can build up to four levels of enclosed rooms. When we run out of room on the lot, we can always build up or down. The Sims 4 Building Tutorials: Up and Down: Stairs and Basements by Norma BlackburnĮventually, every builder in the Sims will have the need to make a building larger.
