So, before 1.4.1 dropped I had my Forest home with 4 NPCs who didn't had a problem with each other. While reading the patch notes I found how the new cap for the crowded mood was increased from 3 to 4 . The number of NPCs before "crowding" starts has been increased from a town of 3 to 4. More @Wikipedia
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