I need help making an apartment in the sims 2 apartment life!?

Question

I don't know how to make one. Are they considered residential or community lots, and how do you turn either one into an apartment? Is there a item in build mode that will turn it into one?

Answer 1

You start with a residential lot and build the whole apartment building, making sure that the apartment only has one entrance & you use the special apartment door, with the doormat facing outward.  When you're done, use "changelotzoning apartmentbase" and then exit out to the neighborhood, and you have an apartment building!