Behind the scenes at Grimstead

• Estate : Shaw
• Networth : $15,332
• Jobs : Hayden – Apothecary
• Names : Hayden (age:), Alith (age:13)
• Tax’s – 5% Free Merchant
  • $7,500 X 5% = $375

Hayden and Alith got married this round, they hardly know each other so i anticipate most of this round is going to be spent getting to know each other.

Ailth is still in school and im going to keep her there for now, peasants i tend to drop out of school as soon as they hit teenage so they can get full time jobs but because this pair have such a small house their taxs are low and they can afford to keep her in school for a few years, while she works her way up the baker teen career.

I’m thinking of saving to get this family a small business, not that i plan to have Hayden drop his job in the apothecary career but im thinking of having them have both side by side.

Having started the round with no real idea if this couple will get on, i find they are actually extremely compatible. Even though i have inteenimater which allows my Teens adult relationships it doesn’t show lightning bolts for compatibility between sims.

However after spending a good deal of their first day together talking and generally socializing, i find their short term relationship go’s up very quickly. Their first romantic interaction a simple flirt results in both sims developing a crush for each other which is a really good sign and im able to initiate their first whoohoo interaction on their first evening together despite there longterm relationship still being less than 10 each.

Halfway though the round i buy Hayden a shop. There currently aren’t any proper shops in the Shaw village as its very small, however there are a couple of two family business’s with home business’s built in, these are $26,000 so £13,000 per family.

These houses are bigger and would provide Ailth and Hayden more living space, however although they could just about afford to share one of these but im not sure they would have much in the way of furnitsher.

So instead settle for a market stall, the only thing the Shaw village has in the way of community business’s. If this go’s well for the round i might look at the double home business’s in a round or two.

By the end of the round things where starting to look good for this little family, Hayden had a puppy before Ailth moved in, which grew into a puppy and was able to get a job, Ailth moved in with a dog already well into it’s career and they bought a market stall, it’s not making too much money yet but with Haydens and the pets jobs they are bringing in a decent wage, despite the increase in the taxs due to now owning the shop.

Tax increase – (house tax = $375) + (Business Tax $6500 X 5% = $325) = $700 per day