I've Lost Everything

[Solarra]

I absolutely agree that there is no excuse for furniture and gil not to be stored indefinitely. It is the one thing about the demolition that I've never been able to fathom. I'm glad to see more people starting to come round to the idea that it's unacceptable.

To the OP, I'm really sorry for your situation. I just hope that maybe some good will come out of this; ideally, you get your items back and we get a change on this policy, so nobody else has to go through this. For a lot of us, the things in our house are far more valuable than the house itself.

[worldofneil]

It is the one thing about the demolition that I've never been able to fathom.

It's because housing was always supposed to be a gil sink. We have so many things adding gil into the game, but very few that actually remove gil. Housing was supposed to be one of those, and one that removed massive amounts at a time as originally you couldn't get it back.

Then as we all know with demolition they give you back 80% as well as the items, but to still be an effective gil sink they'd rather not give it back, hence the limited time to collect it in. They probably include furniture in that because it's easier for them to do it all at once and possibly also because any NPC bought furniture (small amounts as they are) would also be a small gil sink too.

[Claviusnex]

They probably include furniture in that because it's easier for them to do it all at once and possibly also because any NPC bought furniture (small amounts as they are) would also be a small gil sink too.

Or in my cynic's view they want people to have to go back to the Mog Station to repurchase all of those housing items they paid cash for.