Shirogane Housing and Relocation

[Rizon]

Correct me if I am wrong but I seem to remember reading awhile back that the initial tracts in Shirogane were going to be limited to FC Estates. Individual purchases would come later. Is this correct and if so is it still valid?

[DarthBuzzer]

Just take snapshot of your current layouts. Plus they can't guarantee copy paste floors if people move different size house.

Some house layouts are too complex to recreate in a reasonable time. I know for my house, it would take over 10 hours even if I knew at all times where to place each item.

It should transfer everything if you have the same size. Square definitely dropped the ball on this system. Disappointing to be honest.

I was going to transfer the house, but now I just can't justify it, so I'll wait until Square (hopefully) allows furnishings to transfer in the future.

[TitaniaZero]

Correct me if I am wrong but I seem to remember reading awhile back that the initial tracts in Shirogane were going to be limited to FC Estates. Individual purchases would come later. Is this correct and if so is it still valid?

No. Its not still valid. FCs and Personal homes open at the same time.

[XiXiQ]

Risk reduction. At the end of the day I'll either have a Shirogane house or my old house in the Goblet, but I'll still have one of a limited number of housing plots. Waiting for the timed demolition exposes me to the risk that I relinquish my old plot (where it will then 100% be snatched up by someone) and be unable to buy a Shirogane house in time, leaving me with none of a limited resource (houses) and a bulk of a nonlimited resource (gil).

You're only allowed to own one house now? Was that always the case or has it changed?

[Aronys]

I'm a bit confused by the 30% relocation discount. Why would you relocate when you can just leave the original to be demolished and collect almost all the gil back? (assuming you have the gil to cover both of course)

If it's an FC, then moving this way is optimal, as this way any of the workshop progress stays, while if you get rid of your house to get the money back, you lose all of that progress.

[Rinuko]

You're only allowed to own one house now? Was that always the case or has it changed?

You always could only own 1 house per character. Exception is if you own a FC, then you can have a FC and a personal house.

It's not limited to your account though, so you can own a house per character so you can technically own 16 houses total per server.

[XiXiQ]

if you can only have one house, not getting your original purchase price (or close) back isn't very good. Let's face it - the loss is half the reason why no-one wants to give up property at all. relinquish it and get your gil back is going to make the market far more fluid. It might work better it you were upgrading (from a small/med to a large). I do see why FCs would do it to keep their progress - but a lot of them are mansions, and that's a big chunk of gil down the gurgler.

[Khalithar]

...and that's a big chunk of gil down the gurgler.

That could be another part of The dev's goal. Ffxiv doesn't really have any major gil sinks outside of housing and the smaller ones (repairs, teleports, etc.) are fairly negligible.

[KyokuhoKensaki]

Okay so the wording on the moving bit has me confused. What does it exactly mean by (Cost of Relocation) = (Destination Plot Price) – (30% of Old Plot Price). Does that mean I need to pay more or I pay less for getting the house. Because I have enough gil to get a medium house but I'm concerned I might not have enough if I'm reading the wording wrong.

[Seig345]

Okay so the wording on the moving bit has me confused. What does it exactly mean by (Cost of Relocation) = (Destination Plot Price) – (30% of Old Plot Price). Does that mean I need to pay more or I pay less for getting the house. Because I have enough gil to get a medium house but I'm concerned I might not have enough if I'm reading the wording wrong.

If you relocate, the cost of the plot you're purchasing will be discounted by 30% of the original cost of your previous plot, making the price of the new plot cheaper.