Well..if none of the above suggestions work..you COULD always...Log in on patch night..camp the login button, already have your character in your desired lot by your desired house and...buy it. Technically, SE did fix the problem with apartments, the only thing being you dont have a garden. Otherwise, you have all the options a house does. And while that hawt lil miqo would definitely have let you comb her more intimate furs if you had a house, at least, if you have a furnished apartment, she WILL still respect you. I mean, even though itd woulda been TWICE as much fun since a house has upstairs and downstairs and apartment has just ONE LITTLE room but..

K, I know ya ya..I'm going to hell. Sorry XD