How can I move my family to Lakeview Manor? [duplicate]

I decided to build a homestead, so I bought the land from the Jarl of Falkreath. I build the small house, west wing, and haven't finished the library. I have one adopted kid (Sophie) and a husband (Marcurio). At first, it was only me and Sophie, and when I tried to bring up the dialogue to move, it didn't show "Lakeview Manor" as an option (I only have the house in Whiterun, which I'm living in, and Lakeview Manor). I read that it could fix it to marry someone, so I married Marcurio. When we got married, it only had the Whiterun house as an option, and now the dialogue to move won't show for either. I would really rather live in Lakeview Manor, as I've spent a ton of time on building it. I don't want to restart from before I built it. Are there any fixes to this annoying bug?

I am playing on the PC. I already tried to "resurrect" Sophie so her package reset, it didn't work and now it won't even show the moving dialogue

the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim skyrim-hearthfire

Best Answer

There are a multitude of bugs that could cause this, unfortunately. Hence I'd recommend fixing this with a mod that overrides the ai package.

Custom Family Home, 1148 endorsements
Hearthfire Bugfix, 271 endorsements

You may know this already, but it bears repeating: Try out the mods first on a test save that you can throw away. This way you can remove them if you don't like them. Uninstalling mods in Skyrim often leaves scripts running in your savegame that can cause instability or bloat in the future.

If you dont want to install a mod, possible hotfixes from this thread include:

Sleeping in Lakeview for 12 hours, then asking your spouse to move in
Ensure you have the adoption prerequisites for the house.

Off-topic, I strongly recommend getting the Lakeview Manor Extended mod. Not only does it get rid of the disgusting necromancer altar and skeletons on your front porch, it also significantly upgrades your house.

Pictures about "How can I move my family to Lakeview Manor? [duplicate]"

How can I move my family to Lakeview Manor? [duplicate] - Happy ethnic toddler running away from parents during walk in park

How can I move my family to Lakeview Manor? [duplicate] - Family Unpacking After Moving

How can I move my family to Lakeview Manor? [duplicate] - Concentrated woman carrying stack of cardboard boxes for relocation

Can you move your family into Lakeview Manor?

The child's bedroom, whether it's the bedroom wing, or the upstairs bedroom with the 2 single beds, they need to have a container. Craft 2 child's beds and chests in the bedroom wing or 2 single beds and one drawer upstairs. Make sure you marry somone if you haven't and tell your spouse to move to Lakeview Manor.

Can I move my family in Skyrim?

Talk to your spouse and children, there will be an option to have them move. The destination must have valid sleeping accommodations to appear as a choice.

How do I change my Lakeview Manor?

The only known way to reset the house is to disable the DLC, load the game, save it, then reenable the DLC. There's no known way to reset or rebuild the house with different additions. Just remember to take out everything inside that you want to keep.

Skyrim PS4 Mods: Relocate NPC

Sources: Stack Exchange - This article follows the attribution requirements of Stack Exchange and is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Images: Dazzle Jam, Trần Long, cottonbro, Andrea Piacquadio