Build-a-lot 2: Town of the Year Levels 1 - 35 Walkthrough
Game Article
By Margie Bissainthe
Need advice on how to pass a specific level in Build-a-lot 2: Town of the Year? There's more than one way to play the game, of course, but our complete walkthrough of levels 11 - 35 (with summaries of levels 1 -10) will show you the strategies that worked for us.
For general gameplay tips & tricks, click here to read Part 1 of our Build-a-lot 2 guide.
1st TOWN-MAPLE CREEK
Levels 1, 2 and 3 are all tutorial levels.
Levels 4 through 10 are not overly difficult, so we've included summaries to tell you about goals that are not presented to you at the beginning of a level. These goals sometimes show up at the last minute, just when you thought you were almost at your goal a new one appears.
LEVEL 6 Goals (1) Play Park Blueprint (2) 1 Play Park (3) +30 Appeal (4)last minute goal, raise $30,000
3RD TOWN-SPRING BROOKE
LEVEL 7
Goals (1) Townhome Blueprint (2) 4 Townhomes (3) 1 house with +10 (4) Rent $15,000
In order to get the house with a +10 rating, you must first build a Play Park and place it next to one of the painted properties you own.
LEVEL 9
Goals (1) 1 Workshop (2) 7 workers (3) Rent $17,500 (4) +30 Appeal
Construct a Play Park on the empty lots that are on the top left side.Place the park in the middle spot so that you can raise the appeal of both houses next to it
The following section is a walkthrough for levels 11 through 35. There are several ways to accomplish your goals, but this walkthrough will work for most people. Each time you start the game the layout is different. Everything doesn't have to be exact just follow the steps as closely as you can with the layouts you are given. If you do not think you can work efficiently with the layout you're given, restart the game and a new layout will appear.
4TH TOWN-WILLOWSBURGH
LEVEL 11-Walkthrough
Goals (1) 1 Recycling Center (2) 3 Three-Star Townhomes (3) +40 Appeal (4) last minute goal build 2 Play Parks
Build a Townhome, upgrade once and sell right away. It should net you $165,000.
Buy the blueprint for the Recycle Center.
Train 1 additional worker so you can build your Recycle Center.
Build your Recycle Center and then buy 5,000 materials.(If it's available, build it on the lot that is on the top right corner). Building it in an isolated spot will prevent it from bringing down the value of the houses around it.
Construct a Play park in the middle of 2 empty lots.
Construct a Townhouse next to the Play Park and give it a coat of paint right away. This will give you a rating of +10 on that Townhome.
Upgrade that house to 3 stars right away.
Buy any empty lots that become available.
When it becomes possible build a Townhouse on each side of the Park, paint and upgrade them to 3 stars each.
If the lots are not available at this time wait until they come up for sale.
Always answer your mail, it will either have money for you or some good advice.
If a Bungalow becomes available for sale put your 2 Townhomes up for sale so you can pay a lower price for that house.
Click on the small house and select Buy, then click on the low offer icon and pay less for the house.
Immediately after you buy the Bungalow take your Townhomes off the market.
Demolish that Bungalow right away and start building a Play Park in its place.
Build your last Townhome in an empty spot and upgrade to 3 stars right away.
LEVEL 12-Walkthrough
Goals (1) Build 1 Modern House (2) Own 8 houses (3) Rent 30,000 (4) Last minute goal-Paint 5 houses in a nice shade of yellow.
Construct a Townhome, upgrade to 2 stars and sell right way. It should net you $180,000.
Train 1 worker so you can build the Recycling Center.
Buy 100 materials and build a Recycle center in an isolated spot.
Once the Recycling Center is built buy 5,000 materials
Build as many Townhomes as you can afford, paint them all yellow right away, then upgrade to 3 stars ASAP.
If any lots become available buy them and build some Townhomes right away.
You have to buy all the properties you can as soon as you see them come up for sale (provided you can afford it)
Buy the blueprint for the Modern Home.
Demolish the Recycling Center and build a Workshop instead and train 3 more workers.
Demolish your Workshop and build a small house since your income should already be at $30,000.
Building a smaller house takes less materials and time to build than a bigger house.
At this point you should have 5 yellow Townhomes and 1 Modern Home.
Buy one last house and your goal will be completed.
LEVEL 13-Walkthrough
Goals (1) 1 Workshop (2) 5 inspections (3) Rent $40,000 (4) Last minute goal, appeal of +55
Buy 1 additional worker, build a Modern house, upgrade once and sell it right away.
If a house becomes available while you're trying to sell it, low-ball it so the house can come off the market quickly. You can get full asking price for your house if you're the only one selling. You should be able to sell it for $330,000.
Build a Recycle Center in an isolated spot and then a Workshop right next to it. You want to build them next to each other since they bring down the value of houses that are adjacent to them.
Build the Recycling Center first, buy 500 materials in order to help you build it.
Buy 5,000 materials and build a workshop in the next isolated spot.
Train 3 additional workers so you can get more work done at once
Build a Play Park in a spot in which you can build 1 house on each side.
Build a Modern on a spot next to the Play Park, paint it right away and start upgrading it until you get to 3 stars.
Inspect that Modern Home as soon as you get to 3 stars.
Buy the maximum amount of materials you can afford.
If you have a smaller property next to the Play Park, demolish it and build a Modern House in that spot instead.
Buy the maximum amount of materials and then destroy the Recycling Center so you can build a
Modern House in its spot instead.
When you destroy the Recycling Center you will get extra materials added as well. I received 450 more materials.
Build the Modern House on that spot
Then build a Play Park next to it as well.
If you're close to your Appeal goal and a house is not going up for sale next to the Play Park, just buy any other property and paint it.
LEVEL 14-Walkthrough
Goals (1) 4 three star Moderns (2) 5 Empty Lots (3) +35 Appeal (4) Money $500,000
Build a Modern house, upgrade once and sell it right away. You should get $330,000 for it.
Buy 500 materials and build a Recycle Center and place it on a remote lot.
Buy the maximum amount of materials possible. Try to get around 5,000 materials, destroy the
Recycling Center and build a Workshop instead.
Even though you need 5 empty lots as one of your goals, start building some Modern homes for the time being.
In the meantime start building Moderns, paint them and upgrade them to 3 stars as soon as possible.
Once the workshop is built, train 4 additional workers.
When a lot becomes available, next to one of your houses, build a Play park so you can bring your appeal up.
Buy the max amount of materials you can afford.
Once you have all 4 Moderns built and your money is getting close to $500,000 destroy the Workshop in order to have that last lot empty.
If you still don't have enough empty lots, buy the cheapest properties that become available. Put your own houses up for sale right away so you can get a lower price for them.
As soon as you buy the house unlist your houses so you can earn the rest of the money you need.
LEVEL 15-Walkthrough
Goals (1) 2 Picnic Parks (2) 10 workers (3) +70 Appeal (4) Last minute goal-Build 4 Townhomes
Build a Modern house, upgrade it and sell it right away. You should get $330,000 for it.
Buy 500 materials and build a Recycle Center and place it on a remote lot.
Buy 5,000 materials which will now cost you $125,000.
Build a Modern House in a corner lot (you want to leave the space on the right of it open so you can build a Picnic Park and get the Appeal up).
In the meantime if a Townhome becomes available buy it since a new goal will appear telling you to own 4 Townhomes.
Paint the Modern house right away and start upgrading it as soon as possible.
Buy another 5,000 materials and then destroy the Recycle Center and build a Workshop instead.
Train an additional 3 workers, it will cost you $60,000.
Buy the Picnic Park blueprint and build one in the middle of a lot so you can get a +10 Appeal on the houses next to it.
Build 2 Townhomes, one on each side of the Picnic Park as soon as those lots are available. You need to have a minimum of 4 Townhomes before the level ends.
Train 2 additional workers so you can reach your goal of 10 workers.
5TH TOWN-AUTUMN HILLS
LEVEL 16-Walkthrough
Goals (1) One Garden Center (2) Two Landscaped Houses (3) 7 Painted Houses (4) Rent $45,000
Build a Modern house, upgrade once and sell it right away. You should get $330,000 for it.
Buy 500 materials
Build another Modern House in a corner lot.
Buy the Garden Center blueprint.
Buy another 500 materials and build a Recycling Center in an isolated spot.
Start painting and upgrading your Modern House to 3 stars. Try to do 3 Modern Houses back to back as quickly as possible.
Buy 5,000 materials since you can buy them at a discounted price.
Build another Modern House wherever you can.
Buy 5,000 additional materials as soon as the money becomes available and destroy the Recycle Center.
Build a workshop where the Recycle Center was located.
Train 6 more workers, 3 at a time. That should give you 11 workers.
Inspect the houses you have with 3 stars.
Demolish the Workshop as soon as you can but inspect as many houses as possible before you do.
Build the Garden Center where the Workshop was located.
Landscape 2 houses right away to meet the rest of your goal.
In the meantime buy whatever houses become available. Put your own houses for sale quickly so you can low-ball the offer.
Make sure you have 7 painted houses. Since you don't have to worry about Appeal goals in this level just build any house once your rental income has reached $45,000
LEVEL 17 -Walkthrough
Goals (1) 3 three-star Farmhouses (2) Own 2 parks (3) +80 Appeal (4) Money $750,000
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.
LEVEL 18 -Walkthrough
Goals (1) 1 Workshop (2) 3 Three Star Moderns (3) 3 Three Star Townhomes (4) Last minute goal is to inspect 6 houses
Build a Modern house, upgrade to 1 star and sell it right away. You should get $330,000 for it.
Buy 500 materials and build a Recycle Center in a corner lot.
Buy 5,000 materials right away and build a workshop in a remote area.
Train 3 workers and buy them Efficiency Training so they can work faster.
Start building 3 Modern Houses back to back and upgrade and inspect them all.
Build a Modern house in a corner lot, paint it, upgrade all the way and inspect as soon as possible.
Train 3 more workers
Buy the max amount of materials and start building 3 Townhomes back to back.
Buy any inexpensive piece of land that becomes available.
Demolish whatever houses you need to and build Townhouses instead. If you bought a Townhome paint, upgrade and inspect.
You need to have 6 houses inspected by the end of the day, make sure they're done.
LEVEL 19-Walkthrough
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.
LEVEL 20-Walkthrough
Goals (1) Own 1 Florist (2) Own 5 Townhomes (3) Neighborhood Appeal of +85 (4) Last minute goal: Build a Coffee House
Buy enough material so you can upgrade the Modern house to 3 stars before you sell it.
Build a Modern Home upgrade 3 times and sell it for $390,000
Buy 1,000 materials build a Recycling Center in an isolated lot.
Buy 5,000 materials and build a Workshop next to the Recycling Center if it's available, if not build in a remote area.
Train 6 workers and buy them Efficiency Training.
Buy whatever empty lots become available.
Build some Picnic Parks in the middle of a lot so you can place houses on each side of the park. (You need it to bring your Appeal up)
Start building as many Townhomes as possible, upgrade all the way and inspect them.
Buy 5,000 materials when you start getting low.
Buy the blueprint for the Florist.
Demolish your Recycling Center and build your Florist.
Place your Coffee Shop in any empty lot or demolish a house to fit in there
6TH TOWN-CALICO CROSSING
LEVEL 21-Walkthrough
Goals (1) 3 Three Star Villas (2) No Empty Lots (3) Rent $85,000 (4) Last minute goal +50 Appeal
Buy 500 materials
Build a Modern, paint and upgrade to 3 stars. You should be able to sell it for $409,500. You need the extra cash because the blueprint for the Villa is $240,000
Buy 1,000 materials and build a Recycling Center
Buy 5,000 materials at a discounted rate once the Recycling Center building is finished
Build another Modern, paint and sell for $315,000.
Buy the blueprint for the Villa.
Build the Workshop right next to the Recycling Center if it's available.
In the meantime buy up all the cheap properties or empty lots.
Train 6 workers and pay for them to have lightning speed.
Start building 2 Villas back to back, and leave a space in between them so you can build a Park (You need the park to meet your Appeal goal)
Train 3 more workers
Buy the max amount of materials that you can afford and build some more Villas with some Parks in between wherever possible.
You should have 2 Picnic Parks and 5 Villas (You can choose one Picnic Park if you desire)
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.
LEVEL 23-Walkthrough
Goal (1) 2 refineries (2) 3 Bungalows (3) Rent $90,000 (4 )last minute goal is to make sure the neighborhood has a +40 Appeal
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.
LEVEL 24-Walkthrough
Goals (1) 3 Refineries (2) Own 3 Parks (3) 4 Three Star Villas
Train 2 workers in order to build a Villa. Even though training 2 workers cost $90,000 it's worth it because you will get more money by selling a Villa than you would a Modern House
Build a Villa, paint it and sell it right away, the normal asking price is $630,000 but you will only get $598,500 if other houses are up for sale at that time.
Buy 500 materials and build a Recycling Center in an isolated area.
Buy 10,000 materials
Construct a Refinery first so you can earn extra money.
Build a Villa, paint and upgrade and try to buy whatever inexpensive property comes along.
As soon as your materials are low buy 5,000 materials.
Build a Workshop next to the Recycling Center if it's available, if not build it next to the Refinery.
Train 6 workers and buy them Efficiency Training.
Finish building your Villas and start working on your shops.
Buy 5,000 materials.
Start building towards your 4 Villas ASAP.
Try to put all 3 of your Refineries in the same section. The area on the lower left side is ideal for this.
Buy the last of your materials, demolish the Recycling Center and build the last Refinery.
Train 2 workers and build a Villa, paint and sell it right away for $630,000.
Buy 1000 materials and build a Recycling Center in a corner.
Buy the maximum amount of materials.
If the lot next to the Recycling Center becomes available buy it and build a workshop in that spot.
Train 6 workers and buy them the Efficiency Training.
Buy the blueprint for the Bookstore and build it right away.
Start building as many Villas as back to back as possible.
Build 2 parks in between some houses, this will help bring your Appeal points up.
Train 3 more workers and upgrade and inspect the rest of your houses.
You should have 6 Villas built at this point. Sell one of them if you need to meet your goal of $1,500,000. Just make sure that when you sell a property it doesn't take away from your rental goal.
7TH TOWN-ROCKWOOD
LEVEL 26-Walkthrough
Goals (1) 1 Business Center (2) Own 3 shops (3) No negative House Appeal (4) Rent $140,000
No negative house appeal means that only the houses cannot have a negative appeal. It's OK to place several buildings next to each other and for the buildings to have a negative appeal on each other.
Leave one house empty in between all the buildings.
Train 2 workers, build a Villa upgrade once and sell right away for $660,000.
Buy 1,000 materials and build a Recycling Center in an isolated area.
Buy the maximum amount of materials.
Build a Workshop next to the Recycling Center if it's available.
Buy the blueprint for the Business Center, it will cost you $150,000.
Train 6 workers and buy them Efficiency Training. (You should have 13 workers in total)
Start building As many Villas as you can, upgrade to 3 stars and inspect them.(You need at least 5 Villas if you want to make your rental quota early.)
Buy 5,000 materials.
Build a Coffee Shop or any shop for that matter, as long as you build 3 shops before the end of the day.
Buy more materials and build the Business Center next to the Recycling Center and the Workshop.
If there's a house next to any of those 3 buildings demolish it right away because it's making you have a negative appeal.
You have to work fast if you want to make expert on this level.
As soon as some land becomes available buy it (demolish a house if it's on there) and build your other 2 shops as fast as you can.
LEVEL 27-Walkthrough
Goals (1) Own 2 parks (2) 1 Garden Center (3) +100 Appeal (4) Last minute goal-Rent $150,000.
Starting from this level every time you build a Garden Center you will no longer have to do maintenance on your parks.
Train 2 workers, build a Villa upgrade once and sell right away for $660,000.
Buy 1,000 materials and build a Recycling Center in an isolated area.
Buy 5,000 materials.
Build a Workshop next to the Recycling Center if it's available.
Try to place your Recycling Center and your Workshop in the middle row, the last spot on the right of the scene. This way they will not have a negative appeal on your other properties.
Build your parks in the middle spots, you always want to leave room for houses on each side of the park. This will give you greater Appeal.
Train 9 workers and buy them Efficiency Training.(You should have 16 workers in total)
Buy as many empty lots as you can.
Build as many Villas as you can, leave a space in between them for the parks.
Keep buying materials every time you see your supply getting low.
Just keep upgrading and inspecting as many houses as you can.
Build the Garden Center next to an empty lot or a house that does not belong to you.
LEVEL 28-Walkthrough
Goals (1) Own 10 houses (2) Landscape 8 houses (3) Own 3 Villas upgraded with 3 stars (4) Last minute goal: Own 1 Townhome with +15 Appeal.
In order to get the Townhome with a +15 Appeal you must build it next to a park and paint the house as well.
Train 2 workers, build a Villa upgrade once and sell right away for $660,000.
Buy 1,000 materials and build a Recycling Center in an isolated area.
Buy 5,000 materials.
Build a Workshop next to the Recycling Center if it's available.
Train 6 workers for now and buy them Efficiency Training.
Start building as many Villas as you can, upgrade all the way and inspect them.
Keep replenishing your materials as often as needed, and always buy the maximum amount you can afford.
Start buying as many houses as you can, just paint and upgrade them , all that matters is that you own 10 of any kind of house. You want to inspect them because you don't want them to need repair.
Once you get close to 8 houses, buy the max amount of materials and build a Garden Center.
Landscape as many houses at once as fast as you can.
You can choose to destroy one of your buildings (Recycling Center, Workshop or the Garden Center) if you need the lot for houses.
As soon as you landscape 8 houses you can demolish the Garden Center and build a house instead. This will help you get to your goal of 10 faster.
LEVEL 29-Walkthrough
Goals (1) Build 1 Zen Park (2) 1 Modern with +25 (3) Rent $150,000 (4) Last minute goal of having 5 painted farmhouses.
Train 2 workers, build a Villa upgrade once and sell right away for $660,000.
Buy 1,000 materials and build a Recycling Center in an isolated area.
Buy 5,000 materials.
Build a Workshop next to the Recycling Center if it's available.
Train 6 workers for now and buy them Efficiency Training.
Build a Modern home and start upgrading it.
Buy the Zen Park blueprint and build it next to the Modern House.
That will give your Modern home a +20 Appeal, in order to get the +25 you will have to build a Garden Center later on in the level and landscape that house.
Build 2 Villas and upgrade right away, you need the money to meet your goal.
Train 3 more workers so you can get more done.
Your goal of 5 painted farmhouses is coming up soon, so start acquiring them little by little.
Upgrade the farmhouses as much as you can because you need to meet your rental goal.
If any Farmhouses come up for sale just start painting them and upgrading them as fast as you can.
Train 3 more workers.
Buy the max amount of materials and destroy the Recycling Center and place a Garden Center in that spot instead.
Make sure you landscape the Modern house first that is sitting next to the Zen park so you can meet your goal.
LEVEL 30-Walkthrough
Goals (1) 1 Florist (2) 20 Workers (3) +150 Appeal (4) Last minute goal of having 4 three star Townhomes.
Train 2 workers, build a Villa upgrade once and sell right away for $660,000.
Buy 1,000 materials and build a Recycling Center in an isolated area.
Buy 5,000 materials.
Build a Workshop next to the Recycling Center if it's available.
Train 6 workers for now and buy them Efficiency Training.
In this level you need to build several Zen Parks and place them in a lot in which you have a house on each side. It's very important to get a high Appeal score and that's the best way to achieve it.
Build a Zen Park in a center lot and start building 2 Villas on each side of it.
Buy 5,000 materials and train 3 more workers.
Start working on building your Townhomes, buy as much property as you can and upgrade as soon as possible.
Train 3 more workers.
Buy the max amount of materials and demolish the Recycling Center and place a garden Store instead.
Start landscaping as many houses as possible since it will help with your Appeal points.
If houses come up for sale put your own houses up for sale as well so you can offer them Less money for their properties.
Train 6 more workers, that should put you over the required 20.
Demolish your Workshop and build a Florist instead.
Demolish your Garden Center and build a Townhome
8TH TOWN-VIEW HAVEN
LEVEL 31-Walkthrough
Goals (1) 1 Red Palace (2) Rent $200,000 (3) Appeal 150+ (4) Last minute goal of having 1 Yellow Palace.
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.
If all goes right you should be able to accumulate $1,200,000.
Buy 5,000 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 Palace.
Build a Palace right away and paint it red, upgrade and inspect.
Place a Zen Park in between 2 Palaces so you can bring your Appeal up.
Train 6 more workers and pay for efficiency Training.
Build another Palace and paint it Red. You now have 2 goals taken care of.
As soon as the opportunity presents itself place another Zen Park in a location in which you can build a Palace on each side.
If a whole row is available you can build it in the following order: PALACE, ZEN PARK, PALACE, ZEN PARK, PALACE and ZEN PARK.
Buy as much property as you can, paint them in order to get the Appeal points up to your goal.
LEVEL 32-Walkthrough
Goals (1) 1 Cafe (2) Money $3,000,000 (3) Last minute goal: 1 Bookstore (4) 4 three star Farmhouses.
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.
If all goes right 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 5,000 materials and train one additional worker so you can build the Recycling Center and the
Workshop at the same time.
Start buying the smaller properties that come up for sale and demolish them and build Palaces instead.
You can build the farmhouses later since they do not take long to build. You need to start accumulating money towards your goals.
Train 12 more workers and pay for Efficiency Training.
Keep building Palaces as fast as you can, paint, upgrade and inspect them ASAP.
Buy the Cafe blueprint and build it right away.
Keep buying materials as soon as you run out.
Buy 15,000 materials, demolish the Recycling Center and build a Bookstore instead.
If you need money to get to your $3,000,000 goal sell one of your Palaces at the last minute.
LEVEL 33-Walkthrough
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.
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.
LEVEL 35-Walkthrough
Goals (1) No empty lots (2) All houses with a +10 (3) Money $10,000,000 (4) Rent $500,000
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.
THE END...
Or is it?
Once you're finished with the game you will have the chance to play some bonus levels, 8 in total, one for each town.
Once you've completed all the bonus rounds you will be able to unlock the "Select a Level" mode in which you can choose to replay any level that you previously played.
You've given great tips but what about getting the bonus levels to expert?
I'm stuck on the very last bonus level and try as i might i can't get the expert one :( quite frankly it's driving me nuts :(
Any help would be great, thanks inadvance
Posted by: Clare at April 10, 2008 07:38 PM
Hi Clare,
Which town are you stuck in? I'll do my best to help you.
Margie B
Posted by: Margie B at April 10, 2008 11:17 PM
It's view haven, on the bonus level try as i might i can't get the expert level, still struggling with the last level in that one 35, i so nearly get there but not quite :(
I will keep trying though as i do so like this game :D Keeps me occupied and that's so good for me :)
Thanks for trying to help me :)
Posted by: Clare at April 11, 2008 06:14 AM
Need Help with Maple Creek Bounus level?
Posted by: Felicia J. at April 12, 2008 09:11 PM
Hi Felicia,
Here's the solution for the Maple Creek Bonus level
MAPLE CREEK
Goals (1) Own 3 Palaces upgraded with 3 stars (2) Own 1 Garden Center (3) Landscape 3 Palaces (4) Own 1 Grand Park.
Build a Townhome and upgrade to 3 stars and sell it for $195,000.
Buy 1,000 materials, train 2 workers and build a Recycling Center in a corner lot.
Buy an empty lot as soon as you see it come up.
Buy 500 materials for $20,000 and build a Modern home in an empty lot,upgrade 2 times and sell it for $360,000.
Buy 5,000 materials, train 4 workers and build a Palace in a corner lot (You want to leave the middle empty so you can build your Grand Park), paint and upgrade that house.
Construct 2 Palaces back to back
Buy the smaller locations as they become available and demolish them. Try and get a lower offer.
Buy 5,000 materials and keep upgrading the Palaces and start building the Grand Park.
Buy the max amount of materials and destroy the Recycling Center and build the Garden Center instead.
Buy some more materials if needed, train 3 more workers and finish all your jobs. You need the extra workers so you can finish the jobs faster.
Finish painting and upgrading all your Palaces and once the Garden center is built, landscape all your Palaces.
Margie B
Posted by: Margie B at April 13, 2008 09:19 AM
thank you thank you thank you! i was stuck on level 19. couldn't get the darn 60grand to finish. appreciate the tips so very much.
Posted by: christy at April 14, 2008 06:21 AM
Hi Christy,
I'm glad that the tips helped you. If you need help on anything else please let me know.
Margie B
Posted by: Margie B at April 14, 2008 09:13 AM
Hi Margie B -- I'm also stuck on getting expert on the View Haven bonus level. I just cannot figure out how to get $12 million and 14 bungalows within that time! Any help would be appreciated. Thanks so much.
Laura
Posted by: Laura at April 14, 2008 11:55 PM
Hi Laura and Clare,
I posted this solution over at the tips and tricks section for this game. I will post it again here for everyone to see.
BONUS ROUND- VIEW HAVEN
Goals (1) Own 14 painted bungalows (2) employ 25 workers (3) $12,000,000 in cash
GENERAL TIPS
You want to buy 6 Palaces, paint, ugrade each to 3 stars and let those houses earn you some money.
Once all 6 Palaces are built you will then start focusing on buying smaller properties, destroying them and then building your Bungalows instead.
When buying properties for sale, put your own houses up so you can pay a lesser amount for them. That way you can at least save some money while destroying more expensive houses in order to build cheaper ones.
It's important that you start upgrading to 3 stars and painting all your Bungalows so they can earn you money little by little.
LET'S GET STARTED:
Train 2 workers, build a Villa uprade 2 times and sell for $720,000. or $684,000 if there's another house up for sale. Don't waste time by waiting for a lower offer, sell right away and start working.
If you want to wait for a higher amount, the moment another house comes up for sale, take yours off the market. That way you can still accumulate around $20,000 in rental income while you wait for the other house to "unlist"
Buy 1,000 materials build a Recycling Center.
Once the Recycling Center is built, buy 5,000 materials and build a Workshop next to the Recycling Center.
Once the Workshop is completed, buy the Efficiency Training and also train an additional 9 workers.
Buy the smaller properties FIRST and destroy them (except for Bungalows you want to start on those little by little).
In the meantime you have to focus on building expensive houses (Palaces) so you can meet your money goal.
Buy 5,000 materials and build another Palace and start upgrading the first one.Keep replenishing your materials as fast as you can. Build the rest of your Palaces before you build anything else.
keep upgrading and inspecting your houses. Make sure you have 6 Palaces upgraded, painted and inspected before you start building Bungalows.
Train 9 more workers and buy a lot of materials at one time, like 20 or 30 thousand and then destroy the Recycling Center and build a Bungalow in its place.
Paint and upgrade all your Bungalows to 3 stars. Upgrading the Bungalows will bring you extra income that will help towards your goal.
As properties become available, put your own houses up for sale in order to bring the sale price down. Buy them and demolish them so you can get to your goal of 14 painted Bungalows.
Once all 12 of your Bungalows have been completed, you should have a decent amount of money from your rentals, about $8-10 million.
Each upgraded and painted Palace should net you $1,638,000. Sell as many as you need towards the end of the game in order to make your $12 million goal.
Good Luck!
Margie B
Posted by: Margie B at April 15, 2008 08:53 AM
Any idea when there may be a walkthrough for the rest of the bonus levels? Thanks!
Posted by: Rachel at April 19, 2008 10:15 AM
Thank you for the guide to getting expert on View Haven bonus. Upgrading the bungalows hadn't occured to me, and it really helped. Every little bit of income matters on this level.
I wanted to add that painting your palaces also helps, both with rental income and selling them. Again, every little bit helps.
Also, I build the workshop and recycling center before I build the first Villa to sell off, and that saved me a bit of money on workers and materials also.
Thanks again - thank goodness for Gamezebo and these great articles. :-)
Posted by: blulapis at April 19, 2008 12:34 PM
RACHEL,
I was waiting to see if there was a demand for a walkthrogh on the bonus levels. I am working on other things right now but I'll try to do that sometime next week.
In the meantime, tell me what bonus level you need help with and I'll write a walkthrough for you.
BLULAPIS,
Thanks for the kind words and I'm glad you enjoyed the walkthrough!
Margie B
Posted by: Margie B at April 19, 2008 01:57 PM
I need help with Summerville Bonus level. I have tried now for three days, I have tried getting workers, building a shop first etc...IM GOING OUT OF MY MIND....Help me please...
Posted by: Cathi at April 19, 2008 10:47 PM
Need help on bonus level willowbrook - have tried for 3 days - thanking you in advance
Posted by: Ruth at April 20, 2008 09:29 AM
Hi Cathi and Ruth,
I'm working on something else at the moment but I promise I will post the answers that you need tomorrow. Look for it in the afternoon sometime.
Margie B
Posted by: Margie B at April 20, 2008 07:54 PM
Hi there!
I noticed a post that said you were going to post the summerville (bonus) walkthrough.
i didn't see it so I just wanted to make sure that I didn't miss it...if it's not up yet though I will wait patiently. :)
Thanks so much for all the great info, that's awesome that you put that up there to help us all out.
Alex
Posted by: Lexa at April 22, 2008 12:27 AM
HI RACHEL AND LEXA
Here's the walkthrough for the Summerville Bonus Level
You need to build 1 Refinery in the spot that is on the top left side. When the Refinery is built there, it will not affect the appeal of the houses close by.
If you're not getting the layout you need, keep clicking on "restart" and each time you will have a new layout. It would be ideal if the two isolated lots on the top left side were available right away.
If both are not available, at least have one. When the spot next to it becomes available buy it immediately.
You also want to build your Recycling Center and Workshop in that corner. Later on you will demolish the Recycling Center and build the Refinery in its spot.
You need to build 1 Grand Park in a middle spot. You need the spots on each side to be empty so you can get your Appeal points up.
A Palace that has been painted and upgraded 3 times next to a grand Park will sell for $1,950,000 as opposed to a the same house that is not next to a Grand Park will sell for $1,638,000.
Goals (1)1 Refinery (2)$5,000,000 (3)+30 Appeal
Let's Get Started
Build a Townhome, upgrade once and sell it right away for $165,000.
Train 2 workers and build a recycling center, in the top left corner.
Buy 100 materials and Build a Modern House, do not upgrade it, just sell it for $300,000.
Buy 1,000 materials and build a Workshop
If the property next to the Recycling Center becomes available buy it right away and build a Workshop next to it.
Start buying small properties, let them earn you a little bit of rent before you demolish them. Most properties are inexpensive in the round so you should have enough money to buy what you need.
Train 2 more workers, and build another Modern sell right away without upgrading and sell it for $300,000.
Train 6 more workers and buy the maximum amount of materials and start building Palaces in corner lots. Also get Efficiency Training for your workers.
Start demolishing your smaller properties, (do not repair them) and build some Palaces instead.
Upgrade, paint and inspect the Palaces ASAP.
In the meantime buy any inexpensive places that come up for sale so you can demolish them and build bigger houses instead.
Buy a lot of materials at one time and then demolish the Recycling Center. Build the Refinery in its place instead.
At this time you should own every property on the lot so you will not have to worry about getting a low offer on your house since you own all of them.
You should have at Least 1 Grand Park (with a Palace on each side) and 3 other Palaces and a Modern Home. All Upgraded to 3 stars and painted.
As soon as the Refinery is finished make sure that you collect the checks right away so you can get the next check as quickly as possible.
Once you're done building the Refinery, you can start selling some of your Palaces, not the ones next to the Grand Park, just the ones below.
You'll get $1,638,000 for each house. At that point you should only have to sell 2 of them to get to the $5,000,000 goal.
THE END
MArgie B
Posted by: Margie B at April 22, 2008 06:33 PM
HI RUTH,
Here's the bonus level for Willowsburgh.
Please look at the screenshot by clicking on this link
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.
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.
THE END
MArgie B
Posted by: Margie B at April 22, 2008 07:59 PM
Thank you so much for your tips for level 35. I played it 10 times before reading your tips on the recycling center and workshop and I kept losing every time. With your tips, I won first time!! THANK YOU!
Posted by: Darlene at April 23, 2008 03:32 PM
Hey Darlene, You are so welcome! I'm glad it helped.
Margie B
Posted by: Margie B at April 23, 2008 06:37 PM
This may be a silly question, but how do you do the Efficiency Training?
Posted by: AJ at April 24, 2008 03:27 PM
Hi Aj,
In order to do the Efficiency Training you must build a Workshop. Once the Workshop is completed you have to click on it and you will see 2 buttons at the bottom of the screen
(Demolish and Efficiency Training).
Click on the Efficiency Training tab and all your workers will get things done a lot faster than usual. If you destroy the Workshop the Efficiency Training will be voided and your workers will return to their normal speed.
Efficiency Training costs $75,000.
Margie B
Posted by: Margie B at April 24, 2008 03:39 PM
Help! I'm on level 35. I own every lot. I have 15 million dollars and over $700,000 in rent. Every house has a +10 or higher and there is a lot on every house except one. I have a park there so the houses on either side will get over the +10 mark but I can't win the level! It keeps telling me I have one spot without a +10...
How the hell can I get a +10 if I don't put a park there?!?!
Posted by: Lola at April 25, 2008 02:00 PM
Lola,
In order to get a +10 you have to build a Garden Center. Once you've built the garden center, landscape all the houses.Landscaping houses adds a +5 to every house.
Before you demolish your garden center make sure that all the houses in the corners are landscaped. Even when you demolish the garden center, your houses will maintain the +10 appeal.
Since you have to demolish the garden center make sure you build it next to a park because once you demolish it you cannot landscape any more houses.
Then just build your last house next to the park and you will have your last +10.
Look at the screenshot for that level and see if that helps as well.
I hope I understood your problem correctly. If that's not it write me again and I will help you.
Best of Luck,
Margie B
Posted by: Margie B at April 25, 2008 05:54 PM
Excellent guide! Very helpful. Is there a bonus building or something if you get a gold star on all levels (including the bonus levels) like they had in the first one? I got a gold star on all except the last level, then I got a gold on all the bonus, and went back to the last level, so I'm not sure if I missed something or if they just omitted it from this game.
Thanks!
Posted by: Adam at May 2, 2008 02:31 AM
Hi Adam!Thanks
You do not get a secret building for getting all experts like they did in the original version. You just have the 8 bonus levels that you get to play at the end of the game.
You did not miss anything, you got it all! :-)
Margie B
Posted by: Margie B at May 2, 2008 08:18 AM
I was curious, how do you landscape and inspect in casual play mode. I haven't finished all the campaigns yet, so I was wondering if you have to do that first to unlock it. Even if I build a Garden Center and such, it still won't let me landscape in casual, I can only do it in campaign mode. Just wondering.
Posted by: Candice at May 2, 2008 01:46 PM
I sure am glad that i found your walkthrough, i was already pulling my hair out & what hair was left was turning really gray....lol....this walkthrough was so amazingly correct......THANKS A MILLION!!
Posted by: Cindy T. at May 2, 2008 10:16 PM
margie, Thanks a million for the walkthrough on the bonus game View Haven & again Thanks
Posted by: Cindy T. at May 2, 2008 10:22 PM
need help with last bonus round have tried everything.
thanks in advance
Posted by: Ruth at May 3, 2008 05:53 AM
I thought I heard that there was an upgrad 4 you could unlock for this level. Is that correct? If so, how do you unlock it?
Posted by: Sandi at May 3, 2008 11:57 AM
I found this site when I got stuck on level 19. I followed your walk through to the letter until the last line of buy a small property to build a coffee shop. I hadn't been told yet that I had to build one, but I was going to build it anyway. Here's the weird thing, I bought the modern house I has sold at the beginning of the level to bump up my rental value that much more and since the last minute goal of build a coffee shop hadn't been said yet I had completed all the currently stated goals and passed the level! Do the last minute goals only pop up at a certain TIME point? If so, if you're quick enough you might not have to do them at all.
Posted by: MeLinda at May 4, 2008 04:16 PM
Hey Cindy T !
You're Welcome! I'm glad that I was able to keep you from pulling your hair out :-)
Margie B
Posted by: Margie B at May 4, 2008 06:16 PM
CANDICE,
I will look into your question and get back to you on that.
RUTH,
What kind of help do you need in the last round, could you be more specific?
SANDI,
For what level are you referring to?
Margie B
Posted by: Margie B at May 4, 2008 06:19 PM
Hi Melinda,
That's strange because last minute goals usually show up just when you're about to complete the stated goals. Maybe it does show up at a predetermined time, I'm not sure.
That's the first time I ever heard of that one. You're just that good!!
That's my explanation :-)
I would like to hear if that's ever happened to anybody else.
Margie B
Posted by: Margie B at May 4, 2008 06:24 PM
For the Summerville Bonus level, that method works but I cant get it done anywhere near in time to get the halfway point thing....Does anyone have a suggestion? I'm not sure if I should add more workers & if so, when or what else to try. Thanks.
Posted by: Yaelle at May 4, 2008 07:15 PM
Iam having a very hard time with Calico crossing bonus level you have to build 6 refineries 1 modem with upgrad 3x and a 5plus on neighbourhood I have the 1 modum 6 refineries and I get 5plus or more on the neighbourhood and Iam so confused and it doesnt work Is there any suggestions I have refered to your walk through many times and it is great But havent found any help with Calico bonus level anywhere Thank you inadvance Iris
Posted by: Iris at May 11, 2008 10:50 PM
I am having trouble with the bonus level Springbrook can you help. Your advice on the other levels has been wonderful. Thank you.
Posted by: Charlotte B at May 13, 2008 10:32 AM
HI IRIS AND CHARLOTTE!
The computer that had Build-a-lot 2 died on me and I had to get a new hard drive so all my progress has been erased. I will have to replay the entire game in order to get the answers.
I have some other projects that I have to finish so I will not be able to get to it until sometime next week.
In the meantime...If you guys can tell what the goals are for those bonus levels then I may be able to figure it out in my head and give you guys enough steps to get you through.
Just post the goals here and I'll see what I can do :-)
Margie B
Posted by: Margie B at May 13, 2008 12:15 PM
SORRY IRIS...I just read your post over.
I have one question for you before I answer.
Are those all the goals, including a last minute goal? Is the plus 5 on the neighborhood as a whole or on each house? Could you write down the goals exactly as they appear.
Thanks
Margie B
Posted by: Margie B at May 13, 2008 12:20 PM
Thank you Margie: The goals are 4 shops 6 painted townhomes and a business center. that is all the lots you have.. and rent 38000. if you can help i would appreciate it.
Posted by: Charlotte B at May 13, 2008 01:48 PM
does the business center keep you from having to send workers to your shops?
Posted by: Charlotte B at May 13, 2008 01:52 PM
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