Open plea to the Devs

[BigTough]

Don't camp houses that have been up for less than 12 hours? At how many hours does the devaluation timer usually have from the beginning or is that random too? Or are you talking about the hour at which the house became available? Cause sometimes I log in and the devaluation timer is at 12 hours, 10 hours, 7 hours, etc. Then how are we supposed to know how long the house has been up for sale?

I'm with OP on this one, I lost a medium and a large to the demo timer as well. I also think a 45 day timer is ridiculous, you still pretty well have to sub EVERY month to keep your house, which is fine with me despite losing two houses already, but the demo timer could be 25 days or even 15 days, it makes little difference if you're paying for your sub every month you're likely going to be playing if you are. So, housing savage should be PURE SAVAGE at this point and make you lose your house after 20-25 days of not logging in consecutively. Where's the logic in 45 days? If it's 45 then make it 65. 45 days is seriously insanely aggravating, like actual raging anger just thinking about how ridiculous it is - because TIME! TIME! TIME!

[Dustytome]

Don't camp houses that have been up for less than 12 hours? At how many hours does the devaluation timer usually have from the beginning or is that random too? Or are you talking about the hour at which the house became available? Cause sometimes I log in and the devaluation timer is at 12 hours, 10 hours, 7 hours, etc. Then how are we supposed to know how long the house has been up for sale?

The first devaluation timer when a plot is demolished goes until 10 am pacific? I keep forgetting the exact time but they'll all line up to that time and then beyond that it's a 6 hour cycle for devaluation.

[Jojoya]

Don't forget that apartments exist. There's an apartment building in every ward/subdivision.

While they're not the same as having a house, they are housing and offer you a place of your own to decorate until you're finally able to get a house. Many players have done some very creative things with their apartments.

They're also not subject to demolition, unlike houses. You can take a break from the game for a few months and your apartment will still be there as you left it when you return.

I'm with OP on this one, I lost a medium and a large to the demo timer as well. I also think a 45 day timer is ridiculous, you still pretty well have to sub EVERY month to keep your house,

The demo timer is there to make certain those who are actively playing the game get a chance at a house. That's going to be a problem with every system offering a limited resource that is supposed to serve a far greater number of people.

You don't have to sub every month only every other month. Sub for 30 days. Unsub for 44 days. Sub for 30 days, Unsub for 44 days. You won't lose your house that way as long as you remember to go inside and interact with something to reset the demo timer the day you resub then again the last day your subscription is active.

If you don't want to be playing monthly, then you're better off getting an apartment so you don't need to worry about demolition. There are plenty of other games with housing that don't have the restrictions we have here.

[Athame]

While I understand your point about an apartment you admit it's not the same as a plot, no garden etc.
In my opinion, if you are a paying member you should be entitled to own 1 house, and if you create an fc,1 fc house. Should you want more you could pay for them monthly similar to the system in place for retainers.