What happens to house when FC disbands?

So...with all that happened in 4.2, does anybody know what would happen to an FC house if the FC disbanded? Mines isn't disbanding yet, but it will pretty soon (mostly because it's inactive now). I don't want to give up the house though...would I just need to suck it up and 1-man the FC?

The house would be demolished and the timer would apply. If you want to keep the house you'll have to tough it out as a 1 man FC :(

You can avoid the 1-man issue if you try and actively recruit people once you're the leader (assuming you aren't already).

or just sell the FC and the house.

Yeah, I'm the leader and founder, but too much inactivity and recruiting is pretty tough for me because it's not exactly an easy thing for me to try to recruit.

@illgot, it was my understanding that one can't really sell any houses...I mean there are workarounds, but the whole point is that I don't want to give up the house. Quite a bit of work went into it.

you could also make an alt character, put it in charge of the FC while you join another one or until a day you are able to recruit people to it then rejoin it

A better question i’ve had, is what happens if you have one character on a server with a Free Company, that is the master of the FC and owns a house and a different character on the same sever, that is in a separate free company with a house, but is not master, and the second character’s FC leader stops signing in, and second said character ends up master?

Will either or both house instantly blow? Will they receive a warning about auto demolish? Will nothing happen?

I don’t feel like Square-Enix has covered all possibilities with the new system and I feel a lot of people have a lot of questions.


Are we even allowed to have characters in different free companies with housing anymore? If so, that is a horrible over sight in my opinion.

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Originally Posted by Daniolaut

A better question i’ve had, is what happens if you have one character on a server with a Free Company, that is the master of the FC and owns a house and a different character on the same sever, that is in a separate free company with a house, but is not master, and the second character’s FC leader stops signing in, and second said character ends up master?

Will either or both house instantly blow? Will they receive a warning about auto demolish? Will nothing happen?

I don’t feel like Square-Enix has covered all possibilities with the new system and I feel a lot of people have a lot of questions.


Are we even allowed to have characters in different free companies with housing anymore? If so, that is a horrible over sight in my opinion.

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The only changes that have been made seem to be with the initial purchase of the plot, after purchase everything else works as it has been.

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Originally Posted by Dustytome

The only changes that have been made seem to be with the initial purchase of the plot, after purchase everything else works as it has been.

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Makes sense, thank you.

....but then that makes you wonder, what happens if character 1 buys a FC house, and then goes inactive and loses leadership and membership in said FC. Are they forever locked out of buying a new FC house, since they were the buyer and the house is still up?

If they aren’t locked, then all one needs to do to have multiple houses is a friend or a second account and just pass leadership around.

Still seems like an oversight to me.

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Originally Posted by Daniolaut

Makes sense, thank you.

....but then that makes you wonder, what happens if character 1 buys a FC house, and then goes inactive and loses leadership and membership in said FC. Are they forever locked out of buying a new FC house, since they were the buyer and the house is still up?

If they aren’t locked, then all one needs to do to have multiple houses is a friend or a second account and just pass leadership around.

Still seems like an oversight to me.

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Buyer or not, if the former master of an FC leaves the FC, then they can still purchase another plot in the future unless they have alt characters still in the initial FC. Once purchased, the plot belongs to the FC as a whole, not just the master.

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Originally Posted by HyoMinPark

Buyer or not, if the former master of an FC leaves the FC, then they can still purchase another plot in the future. Once purchased, the plot belongs to the FC as a whole, not just the master.

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Yeah so basically all they did was add some RNG to when houses become available to purchase, and give dibs to Free companies first.

Which the second half of that makes sense to me, as I have always personally felt FC’s should have first dibs, but.... just tossing in RNG is not a very good way to “fix” housing issues. Especially when it can easily be bypassed by simply having a FC and Gil instead of just Gil.

I personally don’t mind having or not having a house I’m perfectly content with just an apartment, but I thought i’d see what others knew/thought. Thanks for the information and input.

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Originally Posted by Daniolaut

Yeah so basically all they did was add some RNG to when houses become available to purchase. . . .just tossing in RNG is not a very good way to “fix” housing issues. Especially when it can easily be bypassed by simply having a FC and Gil instead of just Gil.

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The random purchase timer is more so to discourage house flippers; Yoshi-P actually made a comment in the last Live Letter that he was “extremely disappointed” that people were buying plots and flipping them for double and triple the initial price, if not more.

Relocation bypasses the random timer completely, though. So if an FC has a small and would like to upgrade, they can instantly relocate to a medium or large the moment the plot opens up. Personal home owners can do the same as well; it’s currently the only way for individuals to “obtain” personal housing (though it’s more so “upgrading” your existing personal housing).