Chestnut Family Ranch

Well I finally built a ranch!! It was super intimidating but ... finally gave it a go! I built it on the 64x64 lot in Chestnut Ridge. If you know my builds, you'll know I like to fit a whole lot in, just to make it feel alive and "realistic" to some degree. So for this one, there's obviously the stables, there are 4 in total, with a fairly big area for your horses to run around.

There's also an area for mini goats, sheep and chickens. You could let them run free but there was so much going on ... and I have open doors everywhere, so the house was chaotic with all the animals :)

I placed a lot of the fake vines around the ranch, as I wanted to turn it into a bit of small business as well. So next to the large house, there's a section where you can make and sell wine if you want to. Of course you can use this just for your own use and sell the bottles to the wine guy in town (I forget his name!)

The other idea I had for this ranch was to have the grandparents also living here. I tested it with 2 parents, 2 kids, the 2 grandparents and 2 horses ... absolute chaos! Just the way I like it hahaha! So to the left of the wine making area, there's a one bedroom cottage for the grandparents or whoever you'd like living there.

I'd suggest changing the doors to ones you can lock, then it will be far less chaotic or if you dare ... you can turn it into a residential rental. This way you can have more horses and pets. You won't be able to run a business though if you make it a residential rental.

The main house has 3 bedrooms with 2 bathrooms and large living areas. There's also a small cellar downstairs. There's an office and another bathroom/laundry area in the section where the wine shop is. I made the office an employees only section.

That's it, I'll let you explore the rest. As always, I used moveobjects and you'll have to adjust the public and residential areas to your liking. No CC was used and hopefully there aren't things in odd places. I tested it alot and as I said, there was so much going on ... I might have missed a stinky plate or two somewhere :)

Have fun! :)