T03: Clean a property

Cleaning up a place
Oof! Some properties are really messy in the beginning.

Gladly Uncle Steve is here to help us out. The only thing we need to do  is to tell him where to go and he will do the rest for us. An explanation about your mouse and keyboard controls is displayed in the bottom right corner. Simply left-click on a junk pile with the cleaning symbol and select “clean” and your Uncle moves over there to clean it up.

Though that place isn’t only dirty, but also has some broken equipment that needs to either be repaired or scrapped and some cracks in the wall are there as well.

Luckily for us, Uncle Steve is not only good at swinging a broom, but also knows how to fix all these things on his own. Pretty “handy”, right? (I couldn’t resist…)

Fixing a wall is as easy as swiping the floor, just lead him to the wall and select “Plaster” and your Uncle gets right to it.

Now, brooming over the floor and putting some paint on the wall is one thing, but anyone who ever had to assemble some furniture or fix a broken faucet knows that this is something entirely different. It’s nothing different in Wondersville. As you can see there are still some things to be done for Uncle Steve and all of them involve stuff that needs to be repaired.

When you click on the repair-symbol, you have a decision to make:

Do you trust your Uncle's craftsmanship and believe that he can do it, or do you think it is not worth the risk and just sell the junk?

It’s not worth it
Scrap the junk and collect the money. Though be aware that this money is not added to your own budget, but the properties budget instead. That means that you can only use that many during the renovation. It will not be available after the renovation is done.

He can do it!
If you think he can do it, send him over there and tell him to restore the item. If he succeeds you can either keep the item on the property and use it for the renovation, or sell it for a better margin than before, again: this money counts towards the renovation budget. After the tutorial you also get the option to put the restored item in your player storage for later use (see “Player Storage”).

If he fails though, the item is more broken than before and you need to dispose of it without getting any money for it.

Have you seen the Numbers?
You can give your Uncle a working queue by simply clicking each spot in succession. Little numbers will appear next to the bubbles that indicate which thing your Uncle will do next. You don’t have to wait for him to finish each task.

In this case we dispose of the shower, keep the fridge and sell the bed. Our renovation budget now is at $10,166 and the task list on the left updated itself to the next Task: renovate the apartment. The only thing left to do is: throw your Uncle out … I mean: politely direct him to the door.

By the way, small tip: If your Uncle takes his time, don’t be mad at him. In the beginning he is kinda slow, but he builds up some leg muscles and improves his craftsmanship over time, if you select the right skills. (see “Uncle” in the Skill Tree)