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Contents

  • Essentials
    • The Sims 3 Primer
      • Leading a New Life
      • Personality
      • Lifetime Wishes
      • A Day in the Life
      • Mood
      • Mood Boosting Tips and Tricks
      • Wishes
      • Opportunities
      • Skills
      • Athletic
      • Charisma
      • Cooking
      • Fishing
      • Gardening
      • Guitar
      • Handiness
      • Logic
      • Painting
      • Writing
      • Relationships and Socializing
  • Walkthrough
    • New Simology
      • Introduction
      • Create a Sim
      • Skills
      • New Socials
      • New Opportunities
    • New Venues and Real Estate
      • New Venues
      • Fire Station
      • Salon
      • Junkyard
      • Consignment Store
      • Laundromat
      • Real Estate
    • Tour of Twinbrook
      • City Living
      • Places of Employment
      • Shopping and Commerce
      • Community Spots
      • Parks
      • Fishing Spots
      • Collecting
    • Careers
      • Professions
      • Ghost Hunter
      • Career Progression
      • Investigations
      • Spirit Collecting
      • Firefighter
      • Career Progression
      • Emergencies
      • Investigator
      • Career Progression
      • Tools of the Trade
      • Cases
      • Architectural Designer
      • Career Progression
      • Stylist
      • Career Progression
      • Medical Career
      • Career Progression
      • Skill-Based Careers
    • Traditional Careers
      • Traditional Careers
      • Educator (New Career)
      • Business
      • Culinary
      • Journalism
      • Law Enforcement
      • Military
      • Music
      • Politics
      • Professional Sports
      • Science
      • Part-Time Work
      • School
    • New Objects
      • Ambitious Objects
      • Object Catalog

The Sims 3 Ambitions Guide › Walkthrough › New Venues and Real Estate

Laundromat

One of the new features in Ambitions is laundry. Sims like clean clothes—a fresh shirt puts them in a great mood.

Because washers and dryers are expensive, every town has a laundromat where Sims can use community equipment for §35 per load in the cheaper washing machines and §60 in the expensive machines.

Primary Use

The laundromat is there so Sims can launder clothes without having to purchase expensive objects for their own lot or deal with the noise from them, which disturbs other Sims in the household.

But there's more going on at the laundromat than clean pants. The laundromat is a wonderful place to socialize with other Sims.

Tip

If your Sim loves music, then turn on the community stereo at the laundromat so he or she gets a moodlet boost for listening to music while socializing or washing clothes.

While using the laundromat, there are a few things to keep tabs on. Normally, Sims cannot take other folks' clothes while machines are in use.

However, klepto Sims get a kick out of stealing other Sims' clothes and Evil Sims like to take wet clothes from a finished washing machine cycle and just toss them on the floor.

If your Sim has either of these traits, then there's an extra bit of fun to be had at the new laundromat.

Tip

Neighborhoods also have new hangouts, like the Red Rendezvous in Twinbrook. Sims go these places to socialize, enjoy beverages, and listen to music.

If you have a social Sim, be sure to check out the local hangout. Find a full description of the Red Rendezvous in the Tour of Twinbrook chapter.

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