Maybe that should be the Cleanish Laundromat now, because the Cleanesque Laundromat has seen better days.
Sims can't really wash clothes here much anymore. In spite of the solar panels, power is very sporadic and it seems to take a lot to run washers and dryers.
On a lonely stretch of abandoned railway behind the industrial part of town, sits an abandoned caboose. One sim spotted it while on a supply run and decided it to turn it into a house.
But is it a good house? Well...it does have the minimal necessities. However...
The caboose sits on a very small lot, only 6 x 16. The "house" itself is only 3 x 10, plus the two outside platforms on either end. So it's rather cramped, but still enough for a single sim, or two if the bed were replaced with a bunk bed.
Interior shots after the cut.
Solar power added for the radios and computer, no electricity for anything else.
Just a little house for my post-capo-dystopian Twinbrook. Read after the cut for the inspo. The interior is quite small, but has the basics and the balcony holds further essentials. No electricity.
The Inspiration
I belong to an AI art group on Discord and this a pic from that group. Even though I have mixed feelings about AI art, the pics in this one's batch gave me Sims 3 vibes. So...I just went with it.
On the outskirts of town, there are several lookout towers. This is one of them. While the zombie apocalypse is [mostly] over, the townsfolk cannot afford to be complacent as the occasional zombie is still spotted and must be quickly dealt with.
The rooftop and tower can only be accessed by going inside through the ground level.
Top level, always manned by one or two sims using the telescope and/or binoculars.
Interior shots after the cut
Two or three sims are on duty at all times, rotating shifts. The tower is kept supplied with basic amenities for them.
The Bunkhouse
Next door is a bunkhouse that was used to house additional sims for guard (and fighting) duty when there was a larger zombie population. It's unused now, but still kept in repair in case it should be needed again.
The gasoline tanks have all run dry these days with no hope of getting refilled in the foreseeable future, but sims can still get food and drinks, also play a bit of skee-ball.
I played around with this one a lot, went back and forth changing the colors, top railing, gas pumps, sidewalks, etc. before finally settling on the final look. (However, I'll note that this lot is not my creation, please see the creator notes at the end of this post.)
Interior shots after the cut.
The proprietor looks very grumpy, though the patrons seem to enjoy visiting.
Creator notes: I didn’t create this lot, I just grunged it up to fit the neighborhood vibe. The creator is Flora2 over at Mod The Sims. It’s one of three art deco gas stations by her, and is called Southwestern Gas and Cafe. The clean, shiny original version can be found here:
Though an unpretentious building, City Hall used to be a busy place on weekdays. Running a city, even a small one like Twinbrook, is apparently a full-time job. But not so much anymore. During the worst part of the apocalypse City Hall caught fire. It only escaped burning to the ground because a torrential rainfall started about the same time. But one side of the building did sustain some serious damage.
City Hall
Since the town has started to come alive again, bureaucracy hasn't been much needed. One office in the undamaged half of the building is now used for some very basic record keeping.
Interior shots after the cut.
This city hall building uses a rabbit hole door in order to function as a city hall.
This house isn't very large. It essentially consists of two rooms, one per story, though the bottom floor has dividers to break it into two separate areas. The first floor is 7x13 and the second floor is 6x13. It does not have an indoor bathroom, but rather an all-in-one on the back deck. It also has a separate outdoor shower (not pictured).
It is shown here with and without landscaping so the build can be seen.
Surprisingly, fourteen sims live here. The couple has 11 (eleven!) kids and one grandchild (teen mother). It's cramped, but works. Two more cribs were added after these pictures. Parents have a partitioned-off bedroom on the bottom floor, while the entire second floor is the kids' room.