OWNED PLOTS WITH NO HOUSES BUILT SINCE SHIROGANE OPENED

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If I remember right they stopped the auto demolish/relinquishing of houses and plots not long after that, and only recently returned them.

I agree though, it is sad to see plots that go to waste when others could make more use of it and have more fun with it.

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Originally Posted by ProjectT

I was under the impression that there is a time limit of which to construct a house.

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It's there, but it was suspended due to various natural disasters that might have stopped people from logging in. Like Veliena said, it should be ticking now though.

You have 45 days to build an estate or auto demolish will take it.

I could be that someone used their gil to buy the plot and is saving up to buy the permit. Had that happen to a couple fc members awhile back. They were so happy to be able to finally buy a plot then they were hit with the permit fees they had no idea about so the plot had to go unbuilt for a couple weeks while they got enough gil together.

Let's face it, its likely flippers who got a house on hold til they can find a way to get around the system, but its nice to fantasize about nice people on the internet now and then lol.

Honestly, why do you even bother. It's not up to you to say when someone should build their house after purchase or not.
Mind your own business.

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Originally Posted by AnimaAnimus

I could be that someone used their gil to buy the plot and is saving up to buy the permit. Had that happen to a couple fc members awhile back. They were so happy to be able to finally buy a plot then they were hit with the permit fees they had no idea about so the plot had to go unbuilt for a couple weeks while they got enough gil together.

Let's face it, its likely flippers who got a house on hold til they can find a way to get around the system, but its nice to fantasize about nice people on the internet now and then lol.

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This would have been since like October. A person should be able to get enough gil for a housing permit in 4 months. It could be flippers, it could be someone who got caught up in real life after buying the plot and just never got to the build the house and decorate part. Seems like house flippers would have sold them though before 4.2 hit, since personal housing was unavailable for purchase when it first hit. Being able to transfer to new stuff instead of waiting an undetermined amount of time should have been a huge selling point.

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Originally Posted by Rinuko

Honestly, why do you even bother. It's not up to you to say when someone should build their house after purchase or not.
Mind your own business.

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It's been 4 months. The only reason they still have the plots at all is because auto-demo was turned off. In the next 2-3 weeks the problem should take care of itself since auto-demolition is back on.

When you see plots sitting empty for 3 months or more it does kind of seem suspicious at times, I've seen plots empty for a whole year until Yoshi implemented the auto-demo function, now yes there are a ton of factors as to why someone would not construct a plot yet but a whole year is crazy (unless you forgot you purchased it)

Maybe they're just doing it to prompt threads like this.

I want to say it's unlikely, but it's not impossible that they only construct the estate hall every few weeks, walk inside to reset the timer, then remove the estate hall again.

At the end of the day, auto demolition is in effect now, if it's really inactive, it will get demolished. If not then it's up to that player what they do (or don't do) with their plot.

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Originally Posted by Rinuko

Honestly, why do you even bother. It's not up to you to say when someone should build their house after purchase or not.
Mind your own business.

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100% agreed. Mind your own business. " I went into your house and it wasn't designed right, so change it." " Your macro bar isn't like mine, change it. " Who are all these people who complain because they aren't playing the game like them?

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Originally Posted by ProjectT

If I see plots without a house constructed since Shirogane opened, I can have an opinion about them. I had forgotten when the auto-demo timer went back into effect. Housing in this game that was intended for people to experience as “part of the game” to be exploited in any way, shape or form is ridiculous. And those that choose to “make millions of gil” in a video game because of a loophole or exploitation need to focus on something else in their life, instead of putting all their self-worth in one video game basket. And I will always champion the homeless ones in this game who have played honestly and want to experience the “housing” part of the game. I will never have sympathy for any that have abused the housing system.

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YOU need to focus on how YOU play, quite worrying about how everyone else plays. Maybe you shouldve bought the house youre talking about so you could say what goes on with the plot, but you didn't.So, keep your mouth shut about how others pay the game and play your own character.

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Originally Posted by QueenSophie

YOU need to focus on how YOU play, quite worrying about how everyone else plays. Maybe you shouldve bought the house youre talking about so you could say what goes on with the plot, but you didn't.So, keep your mouth shut about how others pay the game and play your own character.

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Wow, I thought I'd seen it all, but here's someone defending a person who literally hasn't even built a house on the land. There's a reason Square decided that houses had to be taken back after 45 days of non-use.

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Originally Posted by QueenSophie

100% agreed. Mind your own business. " I went into your house and it wasn't designed right, so change it." " Your macro bar isn't like mine, change it. " Who are all these people who complain because they aren't playing the game like them?

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While I agree with you to a point, it's hard to be fine with someone who bought a plot and let it sit for weeks and months on end without building anything. There's no point in doing so whatsoever. A couple weeks I could understand, housing is expensive and it's harder for some people to make gil than others. It might take them a little while to obtain the needed amount to build an estate. But any longer than that, possibly months is excessive. They should either relinquish the plot themselves, or maybe SE could "upgrade" the demolition timer to account for how long an estate has gone unbuilt within reason.

I'm confused by this thread. Either the plot is vacant in which case the demo timer will free it up when the time expires or the person is using it in some way. If its vacant then be patient, its not worth complaining over; if it doesn't demo, then its being used and its none of your business. How someone uses their plot is not up to you or anyone else, if they want to waste gil that way thats fine. I think its stupid but its their choice and their gil.

There is a small plot just like this on Ultros in Shirogane. The owner is/was just having fun trolling. He's going to build a house just before the auto demo takes it away, then demolished it again back to a piece of land by itself again. I believe he also owns the plot behind it, and wanted the empty plot to stay empty for better views of his plot behind it, with the house.

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Originally Posted by Kittypryde

I believe he also owns the plot behind it, and wanted the empty plot to stay empty for better views of his plot behind it, with the house.

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Not going to lie but that is good idea, I will keep that if they ever up another ward and I relocate.

You know what? I think you're right - people mustn't be allowed to do whatever they want with their money when it comes to housing. You bought a plot? Build a house goddamit! And decorate the yard! Your empty lot hurts the feelings of the homeless.
I think we also have to go further with this and establish a special housing committee, that will go from door to door and check wherever there is a house built on the owned plot and the yard is decorated. It will also check that yard decoration is at least 80% of the limit. If not, the committee first contacts the owner and warns him about the decoration problem, if that doesn't help, the committee should have the full authority to contact SE and have the house ownership relinquished from the owner to a more responsible person.

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Originally Posted by Naithil

You know what? I think you're right - people mustn't be allowed to do whatever they want with their money when it comes to housing. You bought a plot? Build a house goddamit! And decorate the yard! Your empty lot hurts the feelings of the homeless.

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lol and HOA fees, and community regulations, and land laws. If you have the wrong trees during the wrong season of the year, strike on your record. No Christmas trees and lights in the middle of April. Time to go all the way! lmao

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Originally Posted by Naithil

You know what? I think you're right - people mustn't be allowed to do whatever they want with their money when it comes to housing. You bought a plot? Build a house goddamit! And decorate the yard! Your empty lot hurts the feelings of the homeless.
I think we also have to go further with this and establish a special housing committee, that will go from door to door and check wherever there is a house built on the owned plot and the yard is decorated. It will also check that yard decoration is at least 80% of the limit. If not, the committee first contacts the owner and warns him about the decoration problem, if that doesn't help, the committee should have the full authority to contact SE and have the house ownership relinquished from the owner to a more responsible person.

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LOL Unless you pay a persons subscription or own their account you really can't tell people what to do. Funny how people think they can control others actions just because they are part of a community. Just for that I will keep empty lot, nothing irritates more than having a large plot that is empty lol. I know maybe I'll put one decoration lol