Villager Wont Move Into 3x3 spot

[Sona]

So when trying to have a villager move into a designated 3x3 spot, using the pattern trick
(while leaving other 3x3 spots open) the villager won't move into those spots and will instead
place their house on top of patterns. Is there a particular reason for this?
Thanks in advance

 

[Brookie]

Do you have a picture or illustration?
I will try to help. The X's stand for patterns, and the 0's stand for "villager reservation".

XXXXXX
X0000X
X0000X
X0000X
XX00XX <---- make sure the villager has that extra spot for their door that the patterns don't like to go in

(btw, I know I have an extra column! I just always like to do that in case something goes wrong :3)

 

[UglyMonsterFace]

Do you have a picture of the spot? It'll help with "diagnosing" the problem

 

[Bubblebeam]

Is the spot next to a 'half tile', for example brushing up against a river bend or pond? I had this problem multiple times, one of them I could never figure out why it was invalid, but the others were a case of half tiles.

 

[Loriii]

The space around the 3x3 spot probably isn't valid to actually put a villager house or you've reached the acre limit for a specific area. It would help if there's a screenshot.