Quote Originally Posted by Astralos View Post
SE should really offer the option of a gil refund for those who want it and have bought houses/plots before this news was released to players. It was a really shady move to make up this new rule after the system was already in place.
They mentioned this system in the 2.1 patch notes when housing was introduced, the only thing they didn't state was the inactivity time required for a house to be relinquished since the devs were still discussing it.