I've read on a guide somewhere that villagers can place their homes as close as 1 space away from a PWP. I've been playing this game since launch (on and off) but the closest I've seen was 2 spaces away. Is it true they can move as close as 1 space away from a PWP? And no, I'm not talking about rivers or rocks. If this is possible, can someone post a picture?

A villager's home will never brush up against another permanent, immoveable object. They require a buffer of one space to their left, right, and back, and a buffer of two spaces in front.
Their home may be placed as close as two spaces away from the ledge separating the town from the beach and as close as one space away from the ledges on the Eastern and Western sides of town. Two homes can be as close as two spaces apart on the right and left sides and as close as three spaces apart on the top and bottom sides. They may be as close as one space apart from rocks, ponds, rivers, or public works projects, but will never touch them diagonally.

I don't have any pictures of it, and wouldn't know how to post them if I did. I got this information a while ago and haven't tested it all myself. But as a result of it I had to redo some pwp to keep villagers out of certain areas.

Sorry it took me a while to see this post and answer it.