Getting a New House Feels Impossible

[LaylaTsarra]

My 2 cents. Finding a house is impossible. One was recently relinquished on my server....then was spammed by 20 other people. System is terrible. FFXIV is a great game but the housing system is trash.

The number of people spamming right now is very high given auto demolition is turned off and people are home due to Covid and have a lot more time to house sit. The only houses going up for sale are those where people have voluntarily relinquished and demo'd their homes. One is better off to wait for demotion to start again... there will be a day when many houses go poof and the number of people at each house will be considerably less. The prime plots will have quite a few but the less desirable locations should be a relatively easier mark to get a house. The goal should be to get a house, any house, and relocate later to a better location when the occasion arises.

Perhaps we'll get some news about auto demolition on the 22nd with the live letter.

The other option is to wait patiently for Ishgard and the new wards there. I suspect we'll get additional wards in all areas when Ishgard goes live. One has to hope that the FC first preference will be very short or removed altogether when that happens. Even when Ishgard opens I would suggest one grabs a plot quickly then looks for a better location where you can immediately transfer the house you just bought.