Maid & Gardener Service
This mod adds weekend services, useful worker traits, and a new leaf-raking interaction to the game

Maid & Gardener Service by LittleMsSam is a small but useful gameplay mod for The Sims 4 that gives household service NPCs a little more flexibility. It expands when maids and gardeners can work, gives them dedicated traits, and adds an additional task for dealing with fallen leaves.

The mod is particularly useful for players who want household services to feel more consistent throughout the week and make better use of the gardener and maid roles.

What Does Maid & Gardener Service Add?

The mod focuses on three straightforward improvements:
  • Weekend service: Maids and gardeners can now work on weekends.
  • Dedicated traits: Maids receive the Speed Cleaner trait, while gardeners receive Super Green Thumb.
  • Leaf cleanup: Sims can ask a maid or gardener to rake leaves when leaves are present on the terrain.

These changes are designed to complement the game's existing service system rather than completely replace it.

Weekend Maid and Gardener Services

In the standard game, service schedules can limit when household help is available. This mod extends maid and gardener work to Saturday and Sunday, making the services more convenient for households that need help throughout the entire week.

This can be especially useful for busy Sims who spend their weekdays working, studying, or pursuing other activities and want household maintenance to continue on weekends.

New Service Traits

The mod also gives each type of worker a more clearly defined role.

Maids receive the Speed Cleaner trait, reinforcing their focus on household cleaning.

Gardeners receive the Super Green Thumb trait, fitting their role around gardening and plant care.

These traits are part of the mod's dedicated package system, allowing players to customize which parts of the overhaul they want to use.

Ask a Maid or Gardener to Rake Leaves

One of the most practical additions is a new interaction for leaf-covered terrain.

When leaves are present, players can ask an available maid or gardener to Rake Leaves. This gives household service Sims another useful task and makes seasonal yard maintenance less dependent on the active household.

It's a small feature, but it can make homes with large gardens or outdoor spaces feel easier to maintain.

Modular Installation

A useful feature of the current version is that the mod has been divided into three separate packages:
  • Weekend work
  • Worker traits
  • Leaf-raking interaction

This modular structure means players can remove a particular component they don't want without having to remove the entire mod.

For example, you can keep weekend services while leaving out the additional traits, or use the leaf-raking feature without necessarily keeping every other change.


Final Thoughts

Maid & Gardener Service is a lightweight quality-of-life mod for players who want household services to be a little more useful and flexible. Weekend work, role-specific traits, and the ability to delegate leaf cleanup make the maid and gardener systems more convenient without dramatically changing the way household services work.

Its modular design is another advantage, since players can choose which parts of the mod fit their preferred gameplay style.

REQUIREMENTS:
Base Game
XML Injector

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