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Hey Moochellie I think what you are experiencing with the empty lots that shouldn't be empty could be this issue, maybe upvote that one as well if it looks like yours: Neighboring Houses show as Default/Empty | EA Forums - 11903590
Are you by any chance playing in a save where you have build-up a lot of the lots of your worlds (like close to all?)? Or are you playing with residential rentals?
I also just this week reached a state in my main save where lots are defaulting to empty or default houses, and wonder if everyone who has all packs and built-up all available lots will reach a similar point in their games, because the game may not be able to store the amount of lots we now have with our numerous worlds..
karoschmitz It's both - most of the multi floor lots that came with the worlds were converted to residential rentals and a lot of the empty lots have been filled with gallery downloads.
I'll give some details in the thread you recommended.