You should use the non-credit card one

http://www.webalice.it/mikebur50/index.html

It has some pretty good castles/historical lots. As with most lots, some are more functional than others.

It's in some sort of foreign language but it's not too hard to navigate (loads slow, though).

Hope it's what you're looking for  , I recommend the "The English Country" set on page 2, very pretty and functional.

Thank you Argon, that is so incredibly nice of you!!! 

Well, I followed this tutorial despite my game being post-OFB-patched (what can I say, I'm a risk taker, heh). And everything worked smoothly except for one thing... none of the townies have Interests. I checked them out and all of them are at 0! I married a townie to a sim I made in CAS and she "magically" gained interests.

So, my question is: is this the reason this tutorial is pre-OFB patch only? Or is what happened to me some unrelated, insane and random glitch? 

Yea, me too... It's hard to find a good, lurk-worthy Sims site, like MATY, these days.

MB I presume? 

I have only 336 MB of essentials, but it's rising steadily 

I don't think you can have servo's in dorms or other uni housing-type-places.. I'm pretty sure you can't 

Yeah, it sure is insane how much uni costs in North America. I'm going to uni in Canada and I pay $2,500 (Canadian) per semester. And that's not including the books, which cost another $500! AND they're gonna make us pay $200 extra next year (bastards).
I can't even imagine how much it would cost if I had to live in a dorm... thankfully I can just take a bus there and live at home.

Dr.Beast - Back where I come from (Poland) Uni is free too for the state universities... ah, Europe.... But I've heard they're contemplating whether to make students pay in a few years.

Personally I think it's a conspiracy... If they make education expensive then only the rich-elite will be able to go to uni. Then only the rich-elite will have the top jobs and leadership positions... And it will be much easier for them to manipulate the uneducated population..

Ok, rant over 

You're a dreamer, you are.

Hmm... that makes sense...
Well, in that case, they should at least make a 2x1 lot...

Me too 

I use robot names from that show - Futurama... like Bender, Flexo and Clamps 
I also have a Marvin and Eddie from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Names of metals and alloys work well too, such as Copper, Tin, Al (from Aluminum) and so on and so forth.