Quote Originally Posted by Preypacer View Post
Sincere question... A "very fair amount of time" according to whom? And under what circumstances?
SE had to choose a time limit that catered to both players with housing and players who wanted a house. 45 days is a month and a half. This isn't a ridiculously short amount of time, nor is it a long time. If a player wanted a break, they would be able to take one, while not leaving players without housing waiting too long.

So, the answer is by SE's standards. It would be impossible to take each individual players circumstances into consideration too. Things happen that make people unable to log in, but there are also people paying a subscription that want a house and would be online to use it.