I just installed the empty templates I found in SaraMK's post, so there were no maxis made sims attached to the neighbourhood once I loaded it up. The houses retained all the furniture and what not, the sims were already deleted/gone.

I moved a new family into a vacated house in Desiderata (installed the empty template before). I played them for a little while, then shortly after I had the wife study couples counselling, things went wonky. I noticed the husband had the blurry lines corrupt thought bubble, and when the two of them talked, the couples counselling topic had a hot pink background, rather than white.

Is my whole neighbourhood going to erupt into BFBVFS? Are vacated lots just a bad idea? Should I just start over in another hood?

Any insight would be much appreciated.