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Once you complete the Love and Treasure Quest you can build a house on the private island and use the exterior balcony stairs we unlock, this post walks you through how to add the exterior balcony stairs and also how to change the stairs paving to be the same as the paving on your balcony
1.You firstly need a balcony, if you haven’t already built one this post may help
You need to have completed the DIY Homes: Lovey-Dovey Balcony Quest before you can build balconies
2.Once you have built a balcony you will be able to add the exterior balcony stairs, you can find them in the exterior stairs tab, the villa stairs are currently the only ones available:
3.When you click on this tab a pop up will appear saying that exterior stairs can only be used to connect to balconies:
4.To place the exterior stairs you need to be on the ground floor and place them on the edge of the balcony, overhanging by one square width, if you try and place them on the same level the balcony is on it won’t let you:
5.Click the green tick to place the stairs
If you change the balcony paving after placing the exterior stairs you may notice that the paving part on the stairs hasn’t changed with the rest of the balcony, these simple steps fix this:
1.Once you have changed the balcony paving click on the stairs and move them one square away from the balcony, you will notice that the paving on the top of the stairs will change to the paving on your balcony
2.The stairs can then be put back into place (see the steps above if you are having trouble placing them)
Check out my video here:
I’m having trouble adding stairs to my balcony, what is the problem? If the balcony is flush with the room below you won’t be able to add stairs unless you extend the balcony so it is sticking out. The exterior stairs can then be connected to the balcony:
The Love and Treasure Quest post contains FAQs and information about the platform on the Island Villa
FIND THIS POST HELPFUL?
The Girl Who Games 
Hello. This does not pertain to this house in particular, however is worth noting that you can take the ‘landing’ from the snow chalet and use it in any house that has 2 stories and enough space for it. I just found this out, so if it’s already known, sorry for wasting a comment space, but my mind is blown! 🤯
I know 🙂
Can you put the stairs to connect balcony from level 2 to 3?
You can use normal stairs to connect balconies to different levels.
I can’t get the exterior stairs to work on amy house except the one on the island. Is that the way it is?
Yes, you can only use the exterior stairs on the house on the island
i haven’t unlocked the island yet, do i need to unlock it to get the stairs ?
Yes they only unlock with the quest.
I accidentally built the villa first (currently building). Can I still build the island afterwards?
Yes, you can click on the villa once built (before you move in a sim) and select the option to demolish it and then you can build the empty island
Hi! Is there any way we could use the exterior stairs to connect the second floor balcony to the third one? Or we only have the option to use the indoor stairs?
I’ve tested this for you and it doesn’t seem to work with the exterior stairs unfortunately so you would have to use the interior ones for this.
Hello, I have a balcony directly above a room on a third floor, and can’t seem to add interior stairs on the second floor to get to the balcony? Any idea what the problem could be? I can add interior stairs in the exact same layout if it’s 1st to 2nd floor!
That is strange, it should work! Is there anything that might be in the way on the balcony to stop you being able to place the stairs?
I want to use the stairs again to attach to a balcony on the second floor of my villa. Do the stairs only work on the sand? Can you not use them on the next level? Even if they are still attaching to an outside balcony?
You can’t place exterior stairs on a balcony or the platform, you will have to use interior stairs to do this.