Belladonna Cove

Belladonna Cove is a neighborhood included in The Sims 2: Apartment Life. It may be named after Bella Goth, as there is a statue of Bella holding a PlumbBob in the center of the city. Additionally, "bella donna" in Italian means "beautiful lady," which may refer to Bella Goth. Belladonna is also another name for deadly nightshade, a highly poisonous plant that was allegedly used by witches, so the name might allude to the fact that witches are now introduced into the game.

The neighborhood contains apartment lots as well as normal residential and community lots. Belladonna Cove is the largest neighborhood of The Sims 2, both in population and physical size. Belladonna Cove has many distinct districts: Slums, a trailer park, an industrial zone, a Central Park, the city's core, the suburbs, a modern district, and the Hills, a fancy neighborhood where the high-class residents live. One thing often unnoticed about Belladonna Cove is its relative wealth. On average, Sims living in the poorer area of Belladonna Cove have around §13,000, while those living in the wealthy area have §50,000 to §227,000. In contrast, most families in Pleasantview start out with around §1,000.

Inhabited

 * 108 Bella Park Road, owned by Green
 * 218 Bay View Drive, owned by Cordial
 * 310 Bay View Drive, owned by Contender
 * 340 Audrey Avenue, owned by Rutherford

Uninhabited

 * 105 Bella Park Road
 * 109 Bella Park Road
 * 120 Siena Street
 * 121 Tech Drive
 * 189 Geary Avenue


 * 240 Desmond Drive
 * 241 Desmond Drive
 * 245 Main Street
 * 314 Bay View Drive
 * 315 Bella Park Road


 * 318 Bay View Drive
 * 319 Bella Park Road
 * 322 Bay View Drive
 * 400 Audrey Avenue
 * Watervista Palace

Apartments

 * Audrey Manor
 * Bella Park Condominiums
 * Bella's Belles Townhomes
 * City Center Lofts
 * Cornerstone Condominiums


 * Main Street Mobile Homes
 * Ocean View Apartments
 * Parkview Condominiums
 * Seaside Manor
 * Seaspray Apartments


 * Sentinel Apartments
 * Tech Center Flats
 * Tech Terrace
 * The Crossroads Apartments

Community lots

 * Archimedes Arcade
 * Belladonna Cove Art Museum
 * Belladonna Cove Groceries
 * Belladonna Cove Public Library
 * Center Drip Coffee Shop
 * Central Park


 * Central Park East
 * Central Park Pavilion
 * Central Park West
 * Cratus Gym
 * Desprit Deals Clothing Store
 * Finer Fare Market


 * Freya's Raiments
 * Gamesend Grounds
 * I N Clothing and Apparel
 * Swift N Thrift Mini Mart

Playable families

 * Baldwin family Tech Terrace
 * §58,297
 * Benjamin Baldwin, Isabel Baldwin, Sofia Baldwin, Marcus Baldwin
 * Isabel and Benjamin have a great life together – things are next to perfect right now. Will Isabel’s uncle, Carlos, (and his wild exploits) bring shame to the family name?


 * Cho family Sentinel Apartments
 * §16,221
 * Vivian Cho, Etsu Cho
 * Vivian finds being a single Mom challenging. Work is demanding and when she gets home Etsu wants all of her attention. Vivian still wants to find true love again. She wonders if she can find time to spend time with that nice man down the hall.


 * Cleveland family Bella Park Condominiums
 * §42,768
 * Jason Cleveland, Marissa Cleveland, Justin Cleveland
 * Jason and Martha lead a very comfortable life. They wonder a bit about whether Justin’s friend Tara is “distracting” him from his school work, though, and about Uncle Geoff squandering the family funds. After all, a privileged status should never be taken for grated.


 * Contender family 310 Bay View Drive
 * §83,947
 * Carlos Contender
 * Carlos had a career that was the stuff of legends but even more legendary were his romantic pursuits. Now that he’s thinking about retirement he’s trying to focus on his niece Isabel and her family. But his romantic nature is still strong and Belladonna Cove is filled with such interesting possibilities.


 * Cordial family 218 Bay View Drive
 * §27,031
 * Samantha Cordial, Kimberly Cordial
 * Samantha and Kimberly had such bad sibling rivalry they were asked to leave the pleasant, little town in which they had grown. Realizing that things between them needed to change they pursued a variety of self help ventures. While trying to find new ways to bond with each other, they made some mysterious new friends. Will calling on the power of their new found friends bind them closer together or pull them more apart?


 * DeBateau family Cornerstone Condominiums
 * §227,933
 * Armand DeBateau, Tara DeBateau
 * When Jessica left him Armand spent a few months sulking and thinking the sun would never come out again. But when he adopted little Tara, she convinced him otherwise. He couldn’t be more proud of his heir!


 * Green household 108 Bella Park Road
 * §4,262
 * Gabriel Green, Chastity Gere
 * Gabriel has known Chastity since elementary school. Now that they are adults they’ve moved to Belladonna Cove and become roommates. Gabriel is so busy trying to learn everything there is to learn he hasn’t noticed that Chastity has become a bit of a wild woman. Will she try to use her wild ways on him?


 * Patel family Ocean View Apartments
 * §25,976
 * Ramir Patel, Ana Patel
 * They say women glow when they’re pregnant and Ana is no exception. She can’t wait for her new baby to arrive and is already dreaming about having more of them. Ramir hopes his heir will want to follow him into politics.


 * Peterson family Main Street Mobile Homes
 * §14,325
 * Jessica Peterson
 * When Armand DeBateau demanded an heir Jessica Peterson knew it was time to leave. She just didn’t want to be tied down when Belladonna Cove was so filled with romantic possibilities. Of course when she left Armand she also left his vast fortune and standing in society. Can she make her own way?


 * Riley family Sentinel Apartments
 * §32,785
 * Timothy Riley, Sally Riley
 * When Timothy Riley moved to Belladonna Cove he wanted to start a new life and make a solid future for his daughter. Then, he met Vivian Cho and now he hopes they can join forces. He thinks Sally would enjoy having a little sister.


 * Rutherford household 340 Audrey Avenue
 * §72,085
 * Geoff Rutherford, Connor Weir
 * Geoff Rutherford knows all the right people but he’s a bit of a rebel. He and Connor Weir became roommates so they could afford a place in the best part of Belladonna Cove. But sometimes they are at odds. Connor wants the party days to end so he can find his true path and start the family of his dreams. Geoff just wants to have fun.

Townies

 * Solveig Bachman
 * Heidi Bradshaw
 * Simon Brown
 * Heath Butler
 * Jordan Centowski
 * Allyn Chung
 * Lora Copur
 * Victor Corsillo
 * Glen Deppiesse (Bohemian)
 * Solveig Enriquez
 * Andrzej Harris


 * Sam Hart
 * Todd Johnston
 * Houston McCarthy
 * Barbara Miceli
 * Cathy Miller
 * Don Okuma
 * Sunny Patch
 * Sierra Phillips
 * Vanessa Royce
 * Blair Seavey
 * Lilly Seavey


 * Kent Seifert
 * Elizabeth Sell
 * Diane Shahan
 * Luc Shin
 * Toby Siew (Bohemian)
 * Diane Smith
 * Claire Tellerman
 * Vincent Thomason
 * Shannon Todd
 * Cristopher Tsang (Bohemian)
 * Pierce Walter

NPCs

 * Ralph Baity (Bartender)
 * Adriana Cameron (Bartender)
 * Cole Sicat (Bartender)
 * Shanna Centowski (Burglar)
 * Nery Royce (Burglar)
 * Curtis Steele (Burglar)
 * Jaqueline Centowski (Cashier)
 * Zoe Kimbrell (Cashier)
 * Ryker Ternynck (Cashier)
 * Lydia Jung (Delivery Person)
 * Vamsi Stompel (Delivery Person)
 * Sean Thayer (Delivery Person)
 * Kiera Fancey (Driver)
 * Sabastian Go (Driver)
 * Seth Goldman (Driver)
 * Alejandro Darga (Exterminator)
 * Stephen Wilkie (Exterminator)
 * Uma Louie (Exterminator)
 * Elle Huffman (Firefighter)
 * Andrzej Raymond (Firefighter)
 * Michael Sims (Firefighter)
 * Kenya Byall (Gardener)
 * Phoenix Carlson (Gardener)
 * Destry Inada (Gardener)
 * Shane Jones (Headmaster)


 * Nawwaf Leelaporn (Headmaster)
 * Vince Gothier (Headmaster)
 * Phoebe Adams (High Good Witch)
 * Frances McCullough (High Evil Witch)
 * Amber Barthelet (Maid)
 * Samantha Larrea (Maid)
 * Andrea Shin (Maid)
 * Hun Cho (Mail Carrier)
 * Ravi Kody (Mail Carrier)
 * Lilly Reamon (Mail Carrier)
 * Nerissa Bendett (Nanny)
 * Theresa Hogan (Nanny)
 * Mona Kim (Nanny)
 * Ratna Jayapalan (Newspaper Delivery Boy)
 * Seth Wade (Newspaper Delivery Boy)
 * Kerie Long (Newspaper Delivery Girl)
 * Simon Gonzaga (Pizza Delivery Boy)
 * Calvin Rodriguez (Pizza Delivery Boy)
 * Kaylynn Tang (Pizza Delivery Girl)
 * Rosemarie Bertino (Police Officer)
 * Toby Riley (Police Officer)
 * Roger Wood (Police Officer)
 * Addison Johnston (Repairman)
 * Justin Macarevich (Repairman)
 * Jerome Rodriguez (Repairman)

Trivia

 * Belladonna Cove bears many similarities to New York City, especially the Central Parks (Central Park), the BC Public Library (NY Public Library), the wealthy district overlooking the park (Upper East Side), and the statue of Bella Goth (Statue of Liberty). Furthermore, the Bella Statue is in a lake, while the Statue of Liberty is in an ocean, both of which are bodies of water.
 * Many of Belladonna Cove's pre-made families have recent memories of moving out and in to a new home.
 * Unlike the pre-made deceased Sims of Pleasantview and Strangetown, most pre-made deceased Sims in Belladonna Cove have some memories, but not a complete set of life memories.
 * It is interesting to note that there is a "secret" lot in a corner of the map, which can be accessed by playing with the view mode, or by pressing 'tab'. The house on this lot looks like some retreats in Bon Voyage, and it has a value of around §36,000. No, the house seems to reference a witch's house of gingerbread standing on chicken legs and it seems someone died there.
 * Unlike the other neighborhoods, there are no male maids in Belladonna Cove.
 * Unlike the other neighborhoods, there are no female social bunnies in Belladonna Cove. This can be proven with SimPE.
 * However, all Belladonna Cove Social Bunnies must be manually moved to the NPC Sim Bin using SimPE in order for them to show up in-game, since none of them are placed in the NPC Sim Bin at the start of the game.
 * There are no pre-made repo-men in Belladonna Cove. They will be generated by the game once a Sim's red bills explode.
 * The industrial factory and pig balloon is likely based on the Pink Floyd album "Animals"
 * A strange glitch occurs in Belladonna Cove where most of the ancestors of pre-made families cannot be married to their former wife/husband. This glitch applies to all the families in the neighborhood with the exception of the Green, Gere, Weir, and Cordial families.
 * A glitch in the neighborhood exists where the gravestones that were originally supposed to appear in the neighborhood would simply vanish, likely due to a developer's oversight. This can be corrected with the fixed neighborhood templates and the Hoodchecker tool.