Lost my house and I'm devasted/confused

Weird, I forgot my personal existed and was in the process of auto-demo, so I simply walked in and it canceled, no interactions were necessary.

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Originally Posted by Rankina

I simply walked in and it canceled, no interactions were necessary.

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This is how it works. You should receive the chat message "Auto-demolition process for estate is halted" upon entry, so long as you have a timer ticking.

You can view this timer on CTRL + U timers window, estate tab.

Keep in mind that tenants cannot reset personal homes, only the owner.

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Originally Posted by Rankina

Weird, I forgot my personal existed and was in the process of auto-demo, so I simply walked in and it canceled, no interactions were necessary.

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That's how it's supposed to work but there definitely have been situations where something has glitched and it doesn't register the entry unless the owner interacts with something. I witnessed that myself recently as a tenant watching the owner enter the house but the demo notice in Timers did not reset for either of us until he interacted with his summoning bell.

Interaction is just a quick extra step to be on the safe side if you can't be certain entry reset the timer.

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Originally Posted by AtaceThane

After years of playing this game, I finally landed my dream house when the three new wards were opened up. Unfortunately, I wasn't really able to enjoy it and get the most out of it. My brother was diagnosed with a serious medical condition and I had to function as one of his care takers. I received and email on the 11th saying I was up for demolition, which was shocking. I still play from time to time, but I kept my sub up and would step into my house when I was able to log on.

After I got the email I stepped into my house and thought nothing of it. I'd done what I was supposed to do and saved it, but heard nothing back. I logged in today and my house is gone. Years of building up what I needed to buy my medium, then waiting for it to open up or for new wards, and now it's gone.

I don't think there is anything that can be done for me at this point. The space went to someone yesterday. It's not like they can give it back and I'm just sort of beaten. I just dont understand how this happened when I have entered my home. On the off chance that there is anything that can be done, anyone got any guidance?

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I feel your pain! I'd finally bought and decorated my little cottage when I was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer and couldn't play for long enough that I lost my house. It upset me enough that I let my sub lapse and didn't come back to the game for years after. I hope you have the chance to get another one someday.

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Originally Posted by AtaceThane

After years of playing this game, I finally landed my dream house when the three new wards were opened up. Unfortunately, I wasn't really able to enjoy it and get the most out of it. My brother was diagnosed with a serious medical condition and I had to function as one of his care takers. I received and email on the 11th saying I was up for demolition, which was shocking. I still play from time to time, but I kept my sub up and would step into my house when I was able to log on.

After I got the email I stepped into my house and thought nothing of it. I'd done what I was supposed to do and saved it, but heard nothing back. I logged in today and my house is gone. Years of building up what I needed to buy my medium, then waiting for it to open up or for new wards, and now it's gone.

I don't think there is anything that can be done for me at this point. The space went to someone yesterday. It's not like they can give it back and I'm just sort of beaten. I just dont understand how this happened when I have entered my home. On the off chance that there is anything that can be done, anyone got any guidance?

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Oh I'm so sorry, my heart breaks to hear this. I hope your brother is on the mend or will be soon.

Are you on Mateus and may I contact you sometime? There's a group of us dedicated to helping people find housing.

I'm not sure if interaction is required. I relocated my house earlier this year and haven't been arsed to re-decorate it yet so its empty on the inside but I go inside every week or so and have to to get an email about losing it.

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Originally Posted by Sotaris

I'm not sure if interaction is required. I relocated my house earlier this year and haven't been arsed to re-decorate it yet so its empty on the inside but I go inside every week or so and have to to get an email about losing it.

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Interaction isn't supposed to be required, just entering. For some reason, that doesn't always work.

I have to admit I was a skeptical about the claims from those who would say they had been in their house in the last few weeks or whatever until I saw it happen with a friend's house where my alt was a tenant. I had told him the demo notice was in timers and he said "but I just went inside yesterday". He goes in again - we both still see the demo notice. He clicked on his Summoning Bell - the notice disappeared for both of us.

So interact with something just to be on the safe side. Most people have a Summoning Bell in their house so that's a good choice.

Sorry to hear about your house my friend.

For future references make sure u interact with something inside your house, like moving furniture around or checking a retainer or a shop NPC u put in there.

I also hope the best for your brother and you / your family as well, I helped take care of my mom when she was alive cause she had Multiple Scorosis.

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Originally Posted by VictorTheed

For future references make sure u interact with something inside your house, like moving furniture around or checking a retainer or a shop NPC u put in there.

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^^^^^ I put a summoning bell *inside* my house and made sure to send my retainers off on a nightly venture to make sure the game had tracked me being in the house.