Build-a-lot 2: Town of the Year

I LOVED number 1 :] it was like totally cool

I keep getting stuck in level 19 Autumn Hills! I almost made it once but then a new challenge was added on and there was no way I could add three more houses! Anyone have any tips for level 19?

Am stuck on level 17. How did you get through it to the next level, ontime?

Hi. I love buil-a-lot 2. Im stuck at level 26. How do i get to have a No negative appeal when a business center with a -10 appeal is required???

Please Heellpp!!!

try building the business center to fulfill that requirement then bulldoze it down.

I finished and can't replay levels for some reason, but if I remember correctly, try building a park between the business center and a house. This will give the house a +.

Hey RB - do you have any tips for level 19? There doesn't seem to be enough time to get through all the requirements!

Anyone remember how they got through Level 23 Calico Crossing where you have to build 2 refineries? I'm like no where close to having any time left.

I wish I could go back and play some of the levels that others are stuck on so I can try to remember how I got through it. Does anyone know of a way to do this? When I try to start a new game to look at the previous levels, it says my current game will be deleted, and I really don't want to do that with all the trouble I've gone through to get this far (some of those levels are tough!).

Anyway, any tips would be great, or if anyone knows of any other sites that help with these levels, that would be much appreciated.

Hey everyone--I found some help at this site: www.gamecafe.biz. There is also a walkthrough, but it's not complete. It is only up to level 15, and many people seem to have gotten past that level already. Hopefully, there will be more added on soon. You will have to register with the site, but it wasn't too difficult. Here is the address for the general site:

www.gamecafe.biz

I just finished all the levels but the bonuses. It is definitely a good idea if you keep running out of time to build either a modern, villa, or even a palace and then sell it right away to get extra money. Usually I would sell at least two--especially if I'm selling moderns. Usually I would have enough money if I sold only one villa or palace; one time I might have had to sell two villas though.

Whenever I was running out of time and did this, it usually solved the problem. The very last level was the toughest though--I had to build like almost every single one as a palace, and even then I had trouble finishing on time.

I can't wait to see what the bonuses are like, but man, I need a break after all that!

I've managed to beat every level -- but the last one -- buy immediately, as each level starts, building a modern or a villa (whichever you can afford based on the cash assigned at the beginning of the round), painting it, then selling it instantly. That usually gives me enough cash to right away buy enough materials and hire enough workes to build two of the most expensive houses available and keep getting their rent. Only then do I put up a workshop, since if you move fast enough the houses haven't started "breaking" yet. I never build a recycling center unless the level demands it and I add a couple of parks at the last minute. The last level, though, I can't beat.
Good game, but I hate bulldozing perfectly good houses...

To rb: this is the way I did level 26.
I kept clicking restart level until it gave me a setup where there are TWO places where there are lots that look like this:
(edge of map)(empty lot owned by you)(empty lot not owned by you)
sorry if that's a bit confusing but it's hard to explain!
I built a recycling centre on 1 of those empty lots, and then trained 2 new workers. I then sold 1 of my empty lots (not the 1 in the setup above) and bought all the amterials I could, then I built a villa. Wait a bit and get the money to keep building villas, but keep that other empty lot on the edge of the map free cos that's where you put your business centre. Then, when you have the money, buy the 2 empty lots next to your business and recycling centres and build your shops there - that way there's no houses with negative appeal.
Make sure you only build villas and keep upgrading them, that way your rent will get high enough.
Sorry for the confusing and rambling answer but it's hard to explain!
p.s. don't build a workshop. It's annoying to keep repairing and training those 1st 2 workers is expensive, but it takes up a valuable lot and costs too much to be worth it, as well as the negative appeal it brings.
if this didn't make any sense, let me know.

Has anyone passed level 34 yet? I've been trying for two days and I can't get the +300 appeal in time, it's giving me a headache! Any help would be appreciated!

i don't remember exactly how I got the plus-300 but if you landscape and paint a property and put it next to the priciest park, I think you get a +25 for that property, so you need a few of those.
Another thing to do is to bulldoze the Garden Center after you are through landscaping every property. That cuts its negative appeal.
Good luck. Anyone with thoughts on the last level, which I can't beat even with twelve castles, all hints are appreciated.

Hi
Im going crazy I am stuck on level 34
I don't know how I change one lot to a premier lot and how to build a surf shop
I really need help

thanks*kali

Hi Kati,

you cant MAKE lots to premier lots, there are some premier lot. They are shown with a golden button with a P in the middle. You have to buy the lots or the houses wich are shown as premier-lot.
Let me know, if you need more help

Greetings
Kayleigh

Oh, first: sorry, your name is kali, not kati, lol. And the surfshop, you get as soon as you bought the blueprint for it.
greetings
Kayleigh

@ Kali
Here is a walkthrough for level 34 (thanks to Margie B.. from Gazebo)
# LEVEL34-Walkthrough
Goals (1) 3 three star Palaces (2) 3 three star Villas (2) 3 three star Moderns (4) Last minute goal is to have a +300 Appeal.

# In order to avoid confusion build the same type of houses in a row and then start on the next kind. For example build all your Palaces first (they will start earning you more money) then start working on the Villas etc.
# Leave some spaces in between your homes so you can build some Grand Parks in order to raise your Appeal points.
# Train 2 workers
# Build 2 Villas do not paint or upgrade them. As soon as one is ready put it for sale.
# Buy 500 materials and start building the second Villa.
# Sell the second house as soon as you sell the first one.
# You should be able to accumulate $1,200,000.
# If a house comes up for sale as you're trying to sell yours, just press the low-ball button and that house will come off the market.
# Buy 2,500 materials and train one additional worker so you can build the Recycling Center and the
# Workshop at the same time.
# Start building your 3 Palaces in any empty spots.
# Buy small properties and demolish them as soon as you get them.
# Train 12 workers and buy them Efficiency Training.
# Buy 5,000 materials.
# Build a Garden Center as soon as you can so you don't have to perform maintenance on your parks.
# Start working on your Villas, upgrade them to 3 stars ASAP.
# Buy 20 or 30 thousand materials and demolish the Recycling Center and place the Garden Center on there instead.
# Landscape all your properties to bring up your Appeal value.
# Start building your Modern homes at this time, upgrade to 3 stars and inspect.
# Do not demolish your workshop because you need it in order for the workers to move faster.
# Make sure you have all the proper requirements and you should be done soon.

I would like to help you all, when your stucked, but would be easier, when you describe your problem, if its not the whole level :) - If you want to get help, tricks and tips, you can also go to www.gamzebo.com - There you will also find the walkthroughs, I copied in here.

- You can play all levels AFTER you finished ones all levels and the bonus levels. In the meanwhile it is not possible

- When you need a high appeal, its always good to paint the houses, build a park between the houses and later, when you have a gardencenter, landscape them. If workshop, receiclying center or gardencenter isnt asked, you can try to demolish them at the end. But make sure, that one of your goals is not to have no empty lots. Try to build buildings with negative appeal in a single lot, so they wont harm houses which are next to it.

- A receiclying center and a workshop you should have in every level. First is giving you cheaper material, second not only cheaper trained workers. You can also inspect the houses after finishing (after the upgrades, you need or want), then it wont be to repair anymore. Painting and landscaping after the inspection wont harm it. In later levels you need a lot of workers to help out in the shops and clean the parks. They are too expensive without workshop. In the later levels it makes a lot of sense to buy the workshop upgrade, the workers will work then much faster, its sometimes the only way to get the goal in time.

@rb - someone gave you this answer:
'try building the business center to fulfill that requirement then bulldoze it down.'

This will never work out, because, when you demolish a building, its not shown on your "done"-list anymore. The better tip is: Build a park next to the businesscenter and then a house. The park does not get less +appeal because of the -appeal from the business-center and the house wont be harmed by it anymore.
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At anonymous from 12th April:
If you know, that you have to build three more houses and the coffeeshop, start to build them earlier... anyway, here is a walkthrough to this level (thanks to Margie B. from Gamezebo)

# Build a Recycling Center and buy 2,500 materials.
# Build a Modern house, upgrade to 2 stars and sell it right away. You should get $360,000 for it.
# Build a Workshop in another isolated piece of land or next to the Recycling Center.
# Buy 5,000 materials, train 6 workers and buy them an Efficiency Class.
# Build 3 Moderns back to back upgrade all the way and inspect. You need that money so you can reach your rental of $60,000
# Buy as many empty lots as possible so you can start building 2 bungalows, upgrade and inspect them.
# Buy 5,000 materials and then destroy the Recycling Center and build a Garden Center instead.
# Start landscaping all your properties.
# Buy one more worker so you can reach your goal of 12.
# Buy any small property, demolish it and build a Coffee Shop on there instead.
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@Erin
Here is the walkthrough for level 17 (thanks to Margie B. from Gamezebo)

# Build a Modern house, UPGRADE 3 times and sell it right away.You should get $390,000 for it.
# Buy 500 materials and construct a Recycle Center in a corner lot.
# Buy the maximum amount of materials once the Recycle Center is completed.
# Build a Picnic Park in the middle of a lot so you can place 1 house on each side.
# Build 2 Modern houses on each side of the Picnic Park you just built. You need them in order to make your $750,000 quota at the end of the game.
# Start painting and upgrading those houses right away.
# Buy 5,000 materials and destroy your Recycle Center and build a workshop in its place right away.
# Train 9 workers: 3 at a time when you have the money.
# Build your second park in between 2 houses.
# Build 3 Farmhouses quickly, upgrade all the houses to 3 stars until you get all of them done.
# Once those 9 workers have been trained, destroy the Workshop and build another Modern house in order to get closer to your goal.
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@Piyi
One tip is for sure, to build the refeneries in one row next to each other. If you have to build a house in the same row, than build one park and then the house, in this way the negative appeal of the refeneries will not harm the house.
Here the walkthrough for Level 23 from Margie B. from Gamezebo

In level 23 you should keep an eye on the 2 lots that are next to each other on the lower left side of the screen, it's the ideal spot for the 2 Refineries. As soon s you see its available buy it. If you already have it, don't build anything except the Refineries on there.

# Train 2 workers
# Build a Villa, upgrade and sell, you should get $660,000.
# Buy 1,000 materials, build a Recycling Center and buy 15,000 materials at once. Destroy the Recycling Center right after you buy the 15,000 materials.
# Build a workshop where the Recycling Center was and train 6 workers, buy the Efficiency Training for $75,000
# Build 2 Villas quickly and start painting and upgrading and inspecting them.
# Start building Bungalows as well and try to upgrade, paint and inspect.
# Buy the blueprint for the Refineries
# Build 2 Refineries back to back next to each other.
# Destroy the Workshop and place a Garden Center instead and start landscaping all your houses to get the +40 Appeal.
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@writer - Here is the walkthrough for the last level... but the best tip is: Be fast :)

# LEVEL 35-Walkthrough
Goals (1) No empty lots (2) All houses with a +10 (3) Money $10,000,000 (4) Rent $500,000
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# This level requires a lot of speed and fast thinking to beat it.
# Make sure that you are constantly buying materials and that you buy the Efficiency Training for your workers.
# Train as many as 30 or 40 workers in order to achieve your goal.
# Demolish all your buildings at the last minute so they don't give the neighborhood any negative appeal.
# You want to build only Palaces so you can make your $10,000,000.

Let's get started:
# Train 2 workers
# Build 2 Villas do not paint or upgrade them. As soon as one is ready put it for sale.
# Sell the second house as soon as you sell the first one.
# You should be able to accumulate $1,200,000.
# If a house comes up for sale as you're trying to sell yours, just press the low-ball button and that house will come off the market.
# Buy 2,500 materials and train one additional worker so you can build the Recycling Center and the
# Workshop at the same time.
# Buy 5,000 materials as soon as your Recycling Center is built.
# Train 15 workers and buy them Efficiency Training.
# Start building your 3 Palaces in any empty spots.
# Any property you buy in this level you must demolish and build a Palace instead. You must buy all properties because you need to make sure that all houses have at least a +10
# Buy inexpensive properties first and buy the most expensive ones later. It will help you keep your cash when you buy the smaller properties since they don't cost as much.
# Train 12 more workers so you can get more jobs done.
# Pause the game for a second and look at the Appeal of your houses, make sure that everything is up to at least +10.
# Buy a lot of materials (20 or 30,000) and destroy your Recycling Center. Build a Garden Center in its place.
# Landscape all your properties that are at the end of your lots before you destroy all your buildings.
# You must buy up all the properties.
# Place some parks in between some houses in order to keep your appeal up.
# Keep moving fast, it's OK to pause the game so you can look at your screen and see what you're doing. If you play the game in the windowed mode, tapping outside the box will pause the game without the menu box appearing in the center of the screen.

Greetings
Kayleigh

Some more generally tips to get the goals in each level:

-As soon as the villa is avaible for you, buy right after start the amount of workers you need for it and sell it at once. In some levels you have the time to upgrade and paint them, before other properties come on the market, its a try out. If not - sell them at once, that will give you 600.000 $ to fullfill your goals. After selling, a receiclying center should always be the first you should build. Later in the game build always the biggest building first and sell it.

- as more workers you have as more you can do the same time, for example updating and building the next house.
-specially when you have money goals it makes sense to buy as much properties as possible, during the game and upgrade and paint them. This will bring you rent during the game and at the end you can sell them at the end.

-If you find the last-minute goals too difficult,
restart the game and keep that goals in mind. Most of the time, you can already fullfill them during the level and they will be shown as done, as soon as the mayor requests them.

- have an eye on the market and get familiar with the possibilities of lower price and low ball. Some houses you can buy for less then they are offered.

Thanks for the 35 walkthru, that worked the first time. I had been trying for a few days to do it by selling only one villa.

Anyone trying, I suggest you stock up on materials and workers after building the recycle and workshop. Put them at the end of a row if possible and then build a park next to them at the end, and this way I didn't need to demolish them. I did demolish the recycle centre and replace it with a garden centre.

I'm having trouble with level 9 I can't find a spot to build a warehouse. Everyplace I pick I get a red circle telling me it's not a good place to build. Any ideas on what to do.?

Hey Amy,

I found that the best way to counter act the -5 from warehouse is to a put it in the corner of town and then with the empty space to the adjacent side is to put a park there. It does not affect the parks +5 and it will still adds a +5 to any house it sits next too.

Hope this helps!!

Amy, all buildings have negative appeal. The best is really... if you have the chance, set them at a side of the town, build them next to each other if possible, or on a single lot. And build a park next to it. A building has no appeal-effect on a park, so the next house will have a positive appeal because of the park. If you have to build a shop also, build it next to a building, it has no effect and the next house wont be bothered by the building.
If you paint or landscape the houses, they will have more positive appeal of course. Here are examples to make it more clear:
Building (-5) - house (-5)
building (-5) - park (+10) - house (+10)
building (-5) - shop (+/- ))- house (+/-0)

I am wondering what are the bonus levels and how does one get to them I have completed the game but I see nothing about any bonuses except being able to rplay all levels

Are you sure, you played the buildalot 2 (!)? Build a lot doesnt have the bonus levels.
Its easy to know... if you have a bank as building and you cant paint your houses, than its buildalot1.
If you really play two, after voting for the town of the year, the mayor of the winning town first ask you to build some more. When you are finished with this, all other towns give you one bonuslevel as well. After finishing them, you can replay all levels.

Yes I am positive it is Build a lot 2. Do the bonus levels require one to have all gold in all levels?

No, you get them, when you finished the level...
Hmm, and its also not the beta-version you played? As far as i remember, wasnt the bonus shown in the beta version.
If it is the full game, you should contact the one, you bought it from - maybe there is a bug in and you get a new version. Or try it on the maker website, to get an update.
http://www.hipsoft.com/help.jsp

I feel like such a dork I replayed the last level again and waited until it said to vote for the town of the year and then I found the bonus levels thanks so much for your help

You are welcome :) Im glad, I could help
Kayleigh

Anyone have a walkthrough or tips for level 19? I get really close, have everything except the $60,000 in rental money coming in. I don't want to sell the houses because I need a higher rental rate....how is it done? Any help would be appreciated thank you!

Does anyone have any help for the bonus level on Willowburgh? It's got me stumped! TIA

Hi Tia,
look at the picture of this link, after that the walkthroug for Willsborough Bonus Level:

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj285/MargieBc/bal2totybonuslevelwillowsburgh-1.jpg

GENERAL TIPS

You want to BUILD and OWN only Palaces in this level. ALL your Palaces need to be painted and upgraded 3 times.

Inspect ALL your Palaces after the 3 stars. You do not want to take the time to repair them.

You have to buy EVERY property that is available. Start with small properties and buy the larger ones once you accumulate some more cash.

You must "low-ball" every property that you buy by putting up 4 of your houses up for sale and then taking them off the market once the sale is completed. (Of course you can only do that once you own your first 4 houses)

You need to demolish your Workshop LAST.

Little by little train some workers so that at the end you have 28 workers total. You can train more if you want but 28 is enough.

GETTING STARTED

Goals (1) Money $5,000,000 (2)Last Minute Goal, 13 empty lots.

Train 2 workers and build a Villa, upgrade once and sell right away for $660,000 or $627,000 (it depends if a house comes up for sale or not).

Buy 1,000 materials and build a Recycling Center. If the spot is available place it in the middle row, last 2 spots on the right.

If the property next to the Recycling Center is available, build the Workshop there. If it's not available, buy it as soon as it comes up and build the Workshop.

Buy the maximum amount of materials and build a Workshop next to the Recycling Center.

As soon as the workshop is finished, give your workers Efficiency Training and train 6 more workers.

As the Workshop is being built, buy some smaller properties that become available.

Start building Palaces, paint and upgrade ALL your Palaces to 3 stars and inspect them as soon as you can.

Train a lot of workers at once, you want to have a total of 28 workers by the end of the game so that you can demolish 3 Palaces at a time.

You have to buy every property available in order to accomplish this goal.

You have to be super fast in order to get the expert score in this level. Stay constantly busy, buying, demolishing and building only Palaces.

Constantly buy the maximum amount of materials.

As houses come up for sale you want to "low-ball" their offers. Put 4 of your own houses up for sale so that your "low-ball" offer will be accepted.

Make sure that immediately after your offer has been accepted that you "unlist" your house really fast. Houses that are up for sale do not earn income

As soon as you see that your money is close to 5 million dollars, start demolishing 3 properties at a time.

This is very important, you want to demolish your Workshop last. The reason for that is that if you destroy it too quickly your workers will work slower since they will no longer have their Efficiency Training.

Clear all 12 lots and you're done.
(Thanks to Margie B. from gamezebo)

Kayleigh

Hi May,

here is the walkthrough for Level 19

# Goals (1) 6 Landscaped Houses (2) 12 Workers (3) Rent $60,000 (4) Last Minute goal: 3 Painted Bungalows (5) Another last minute goal: Build a Coffee Shop

# Build a Recycling Center and buy 2,500 materials.
# Build a Modern house, upgrade to 2 stars and sell it right away. You should get $360,000 for it.
# Build a Workshop in another isolated piece of land or next to the Recycling Center.
# Buy 5,000 materials, train 6 workers and buy them an Efficiency Class.
# Build 3 Moderns back to back upgrade all the way and inspect. You need that money so you can reach your rental of $60,000
# Buy as many empty lots as possible so you can start building 2 bungalows, upgrade and inspect them.
# Buy 5,000 materials and then destroy the Recycling Center and build a Garden Center instead.
# Start landscaping all your properties.
# Buy one more worker so you can reach your goal of 12.
# Buy any small property, demolish it and build a Coffee Shop on there instead.

(Thanks to Margie B. from gamezebo)
Kayleigh

I am so stumped at getting gold on level 35 I have gold on every level except 35 I get so close any suggestions I get as close with in seconds but it seems like the game just won't sell one last house fast enough and that hold me back a few seconds then no gold

i need help through lvl 22 i can not get the money in time, i can get everything else but no money

@Nikki - I gave it up for a few days and then did it again, and .... it worked, lol. Its to do, but for sure its the toughest level

I give you here all the Tipps and Tricks from the Gamezeboteam, maybe it helps

by Margie Bissainthe (04/25/2008)

Check out our tips and tricks for Build-A-Lot 2: Town of the Year.

INTRODUCTION
Those who've played the original Build-A-Lot will be familiar with the mechanics of this game - it plays very similarly to the original one with some great new elements added, including the ability to paint houses, train your workers to work at lightning speed, and add landscaping to your home.

THE BASICS
In order to do well in the game you have to know how to move around on the main screen. Here's a brief run-down of what you'll see:

TABS ON THE MAIN SCREEN
Money & Goals Tab (GREEN)

* This tab is very important because it lets you know how much money you have to work with in order to perform certain tasks.
* You can look in this tab if you want to know what remaining goals you have in a level. If you don't want to click on the tab you can also look on the top right-hand-side of your screen and see your goals there.
* When you click on the tab, there are 2 different meters at the bottom. The Potential Rental Income shows you how much money you will have once certain works in progress are finished. The Current Income meter shows how much money you are actually taking in.

Workers Tab (YELLOW)

* You can use the workers tab to hire additional employees. The tab will show you how many employees you have on hand and how much it costs to hire additional helpers.
* Once you click the tab, the yellow hard hat icons are showing you how many employees you can afford to train with the money you have on hand. If the hard hats are grayed out, it means that you have to wait until you can afford to train more of them.

Materials tab (RED)

* The materials tab shows you how many supplies you have in inventory. It will also show you how much it costs to buy more inventory.
* You can cut your cost of materials in half when you build a Recycling Center, which does not appear until level 11.

Blueprints tab (BLUE)

* This is where you buy blueprints that you need whenever you have to build a new structure for the first time.
* You will only have-to buy a blueprint once. Once you've bought it you can use it in the rest of the levels. You will not be allowed to buy blueprints ahead of time.
* You will also be able to see how much it costs to purchase each blueprint.

GENERAL TIPS

* Build a Workshop and a Recycling Centers at the same time - you will be able to get a lot more work done.
* When it's available, always buy your workers the Efficiency Training.
* If you're ever confused about which houses you've painted, all you have to do is click on the house and see if the paint icon says "paint" or "re-paint"
* If you did not get a star at the end of a level you can go back and play a specific level once you've completed all 8 of the bonus levels.
* When a house is having work done or it needs repairs, you will not be able to collect rental fees until those jobs have been completed.
* When you're trying to build several properties at the same time, always buy the smallest and cheapest properties first and then demolish them.
* When you're trying to meet a goal, don't take too much time to bring the price of a house down. There are times where it's beneficial for you to low-ball the price of a house and sometimes it's not.
* If you have a lot of money in the bank, don't haggle - it takes too long to take several houses off the market at one time.
* Click on the text bubbles if you want the person to stop talking.
* Read your mail frequently, it contains money most of the time and at other times it reminds you of good strategy tips.
* Build and sell a house at the beginning of a level in order to make extra cash.
* It's cheaper to build a house than to buy one that's completed.

POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE APPEALS

* A house with positive Appeal will earn you a higher rental income and add extra value to your house.
* A house with a negative appeal (sad red face) will have a lower value and a lower rental income.
* Build your houses with a park in the middle when you want to meet a high Appeal goal. Always build the latest park you bought, since the newer it is the higher the Appeal value will be.
* You will get a negative Appeal when a building is next to a house.
* Painting and landscaping increases the levels of Appeal in a neighborhood.
* Neighborhood Appeal appears at the top of the screen and takes into consideration the curb appeal of all the houses in the neighborhood.

BUYING, SELLING AND BUILDING

* Do multiple jobs at once - hiring a lot of extra workers will help you reach your goals faster.
* When you're trying to sell a house at the beginning of a level, do it as soon as it's built. The faster you put it up for sale your chances are better that no other houses will go up for sale before yours.
* Be careful of where you place your buildings such as the Recycling Center and Workshops. They have a negative appeal on the houses that are near them.
* Build Refineries as a way to keep earning cash as you build up your town. Just make sure that you collect the checks as soon as they are presented to you.
* Know when to demolish your buildings. If you have an Appeal goal to make, demolish any building towards the end of the game that has a negative appeal on another house. You can always use that spot to build an extra house if you need it.
* When you build some shops, your profits will soar as you add more houses to the neighborhood.
* Place your house on the market just to be able to pay less for a house. As soon as you get your house off the market, unlist your house.

UPGRADES

* You can perform up to 3 upgrades on a house. When you upgrade a house you will be able to obtain a higher amount of rent for that property.

SHOPS

* There are several types of shops that you can build in this game, and as you progress through the game new shops will be unlocked.
* When you see a Help Wanted sign on one of the shops you must immediately assign a worker to that shop if you want to continue to make money from it.
* When you send a worker to a shop with a Help Wanted sign you will lose that employee. Make sure that if a certain amount of workers are required in your goals that you replace that employee right away.
* All shops will generate a steady source of income.

WORKSHOPS

* Be careful where you place the workshops since they bring down the value of the houses near it. (Introduced Level 9).
* Once you reach level 16 you will have the ability to inspect houses when you own a Workshop.
* Starting in level 19 you will be able to send your workers to an Efficiency Training class. That class will make them work much faster and costs $75,000.
* To buy the Efficiency Training you will have to make sure that you build the Workshop first and that it stays built in order for them to keep working faster.
* You can tell which houses are affected by a Workshop by clicking on it. The area that it impacts is the red circle that glows around it.
* Place the workshop in a corner where there are no other houses, whenever possible.
* If you place the Workshop in an area in which there's a house next to it you can also demolish the Workshop at the last minute in order to meet an Appeal goal.
* You can go ahead and destroy a workshop after you're done with it and build something else on that spot. This is helpful when you want to meet a last minute goal and you need the land.
* You should always inspect a house when you build a workshop since you will no longer have to worry about houses needing any more repairs.
* The inspection is only good until you upgrade, sell or destroy the house.

WRENCH ICON

* Whenever you see a wrench icon it means that your property is in need of fixing. Click on the property and then on the Repair tab to start fixing that house.
* You can prevent a house from needing repairs by getting it inspected. In order to inspect a property you must first build a workshop.
* Re-painting your house once in a while can keep the house from needing repairs longer.
* If you don't fix your houses right away, the damage will compound itself. The longer it stays without being fixed the more materials and workers you will need.

REFINERIES

* Starting in level 23 you will be able to purchase the blueprint for the Refineries.
* Building a Refinery will pay you big dividends during a level.
* It's a good idea to build a Refinery early in a level since you'll be receiving checks pretty frequently during that time.
* You really need to build a Refinery in a remote lot since it has a huge negative Appeal on the community (-20). When you place it on a remote lot it cannot affect other properties.

GARDEN CENTERS

* Once you build a Garden Center you will be able to landscape any house that belongs to you.
* Each time you landscape a house it raises its Appeal by 5 points.
* If you have a goal to reach that requires a high Appeal goal adding landscaping to your houses will really help a lot.
* If you have 10 houses and you landscape each one you will have an extra +50 in Appeal points just for doing that one thing.
* Once you reach level 27 and you build a Garden Center you will no longer need to do maintenance on your parks. That's why when you have a goal that requires you to build a lot of parks you should also build a Garden Center along with it.

LEVEL PROGRESSION

* This section will show you when new house models, buildings, shops and upgrades will be added.
* Level 4 The Farmhouse is introduced.
* Level 5 How to paint your house is explained in this level.
* Level 6 The blueprint for the Play Park is available for purchase.
* Level 7 The Townhome is available as one of your choices for new homes. Houses become damaged for the first time when the wrench icon appears.
* Level 8 You will need to buy the blueprint for the Coffee Shop and then build one.
* Level 9-The workshop is introduced.
* Level 11-Recycle center is available for purchase.
* Level 12 The Modern Home is introduced.
* Level 13 You now have the ability to inspect houses when you build a workshop.
* Level 16 You will be able to start building the Garden Center which allows you to add landscaping to any house that is yours.
* Level 19 Your workers will now be able to work with lightning speed when you purchase Efficiency Training for them at $75,000.
* Level 20 The Flower Shop is introduced.
* Level 21 Villas are introduced
* Level 22 This is the first time that the Help Wanted sign appears. When you see it, assign a worker to that location.
* Level 23 You can now build a Refinery which can net you a lot of money in profits.
* Level 24 The broom and dustpan are introduced. When you see that icon above a Park you need to assign a worker to it.
* Level 25 You will now be able to construct a Bookstore.
* Level 26 The Business Center is introduced, when you build one you will no longer have to worry about staffing your shops.
* Level 27 Starting at this level once you build a Garden Center your park maintenance needs will automatically be taken care of.
* Level 29 The Zen Park is available for purchase in this level.

Success

Kayleigh

@ Kelly

Here is the walkthrough for level 22

(thanks to margie b. from gamezebo)

LEVEL 22-Walkthrough
Goal(1) Own 3 Shops (2) 12 workers (3) 2 Landscaped Villas (4) Money $1,000,000

build a lot tips level 22

* Train 2 workers
* Build a Villa, upgrade once and put up for sale right away. If you sell it while there are no other houses up for sale at that time you can get $660,000 for it. If there's at least one house for sale you will get less.
* You can't fake out the other houses by low-balling them because you don't have enough money.
* Buy 1,000 materials and buy a Recycling Center.
* Buy 20,000 materials and destroy the Recycling Center and build a workshop.
* Build a coffee shop while the Recycling Center is being demolished.
* Train 6 workers and then you will have 13 total.
* Build a Villa and start painting, upgrading and inspecting.
* Buy the Efficiency Training for $75,000.
* As soon as you see a Help Wanted sign appear, send some of your workers there.
* Demolish the Workshop as soon as you're getting closer to the end so you can build a garden Center instead.
* As soon as its built, landscape 2 houses.
* As soon as you have 4 Villas upgraded Sell one for $858,000 in order to meet your goal.
* Every time that a shop needs a worker you will lose one. Keep an eye on it so you meet your goal of 12 workers. Buy an extra worker when needed.

Greetings
Kayleigh

Help!!

Im on level 31, but its giving me the level goals for the 1st build a lot.

Could someone plz tell me what the goals are meant to be for level 31 (on build a lot 2)?

Please and thank-you!

Laura xx

Hi Laura,

dont understand really, how this can happen, lol, but anyway, here are the goals for Level 31, build a lot 2:

Goals (1) 1 Red Palace (2) Rent $200,000 (3) Appeal 150+ (4) Last minute goal: 1 Yellow Palace.

I'm stuck on level 33. Can't get the 250+ appeal. Can anyone help?

this is how i did in all levels:
1st - build a workshop;

2nd - train 7 workers

3rd - buy 1.200 material

4th - build the most expensive house that you've got (i did a lot of villas, but as soon as i got the palaces blueprint, i did only palaces)

5th - the very first haouse you build, sell it right away, then build the second, sell it too (no upgrades or painting for those), the you will have enough money to keep moving thru the level w/o much hassle...
the hardest thing is to play Casual Mode, the records show some guy that did 1.000.000 and 55+ appeal in 2 minutes and 34 secs.!!! i cannot do in less than 8:26

Hi Vicky,
here is a walkthrough for Level 33

#

Goals (1) 1 Grand Park (2)+250 Appeal (3) Last minute goal $250.000 (4) Another last minute goal is to own 3 parks.

# Train 2 workers
# Build 2 Villas do not paint or upgrade them. As soon as one is ready put it for sale and start building the second one. Sell the second house as soon as you sell the first one.
# You should be able to accumulate $1,200,000.
# If a house comes up for sale as you're trying to sell yours, just press the low-ball button and that house will come off the market.
# Buy 2,500 materials and train one additional worker so you can build the Recycling Center and the
# Workshop at the same time.
# Buy the blueprint for the Grand Park and build one in a middle spot in which you can place Palaces on both sides.
# Build a Garden Center it will keep your parks from needing maintenance.
# Train 10 workers and buy them Efficiency Training.
# If you build 5 Grand parks and place Palaces on each side you will be able to get expert on this level.
# Constantly buy material and property that becomes available.
# Upgrade and inspect all of your properties, you do not want to stop what you're doing to repair houses.

Greetings
Kayleigh

@ Vicki

I forgot to say before: When ever you need a high appeal, its the best to build a park (if possible the grand park) between two houses. The houses will automaticly get the park appeal additional. So when you paint and maybe even landscape this houses, you get the highest impossible appeal.

Greetings
Kayleigh

@ May

Your solution is not bad, but you spend time and money this way.
In the first levels always start with the biggest house you can build, paint it, uprgrade it once or maximum twice and sell it right away. As soon as you have the villa-blueprint, train one or two workers first (depens on with how much workers you start), build a villa to upgrade, paint and sell at once. Never sell an unpaint building, appeal-goals sometimes come while playing and the positive appeal counts for you, even if you sell the house.
Than buy material for doing the receyclingcenter, buy highest amount of material after finishing
and then build workshop, train workers and go on with your goals.

Dont forget to give the worker effective training if possible (when you have the money). That make them work much faster.

When you want to sell a house and another one is on the market, it will dump your prize. Just click "low ball" - when there is no other equal house on the market, it will say sorry and go off the market, so that you can sell your own one to the highest asked prize.

Greetings
Kayleigh

I thought this game was really easy. So much easier than the first one, I finished feeling a little letdown and disappointed.
I sped through all the levels and finished every level before the deadline including the bonus level.
There was no reward for this unlike in the first game.
While there was a bit I liked, I thought shops were useless, I missed the Premium Lots and thought there needed to be more challenge.