Starter house

A starter house is a house that is 20,000 Simoleons so that players who download it from the exchange can jump right in and play with a newly created Create-A-Sim Sim without cheating.

It may be helpful to have a sim move into the lot for the purpose of construction so that you won't be tempted to go over. Starting with one of the Nightlife expansions you can "View Lot Info" to see the total lot value.