shirogane

[HiroKirito]

They said if you already own a house or an FC house you could move it but that will be later. They want to give those who dont own houses a chance first.

This is incorrect, they actually didn't specify if both FCs and personal houses would be movable, that is all, also they said they were undecided wether to give FCs first dibs on grabbing a house or everyone at once and they would continue to think about it up to release. This was at fanfest, I was there.

There is litterally nothing stopping those that already own a house from trying to grab one in shirogane, worst case scenario all they have to do is abandon thier old one if the move feature isn't implemented when the ward opens. Those who don't have a house do not get any sort of preferential treatment.

Sorry I just don't want those without housing getting thier hopes up, it's litterally going to be down to how quickly you log in and luck.

[Shougun]

They said if you already own a house or an FC house you could move it but that will be later. They want to give those who dont own houses a chance first.

I don't recall that ever being said, I actually recall that it will be available at the moment that the new area is available. For FC at least.

Edit:

0:22:55
Q: I would like to know the details of the house moving system! I would appreciate if you could let us know how the feature works and the steps required.

A: In Stormblood, we will introduce a new housing area called Shirogane. Players will not be able to purchase housing at the launch of 4.0; however, they will be able to visit the housing area. The moving feature will be implemented at the same timing that the housing plots become available for purchase. Additionally, players will be able to purchase an apartment in Shirogane as well.

As for the feature itself, the steps in which the players need to take is pretty simple. When accessing the sign board of the plot to purchase, players will be presented with an option to move, so they will just need to select that option. You will then be required to purchase the land.

When moving, all the existing outdoor and indoor furnishings will be stored into a new storage space of the newly purchased house. It would be possible to retain the original housing layout; however, when moving to a different sized plot would cause the placement to be different. Therefore, we decided to take this approach.

The moving feature will transfer the personal chambers, company chest, company workshop, and airship voyage status, as well as the chocobo stables.

Source: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/325027

Now time to go back to waiting for the dang queue lol... /cry.

[Maero]

Fairly certain i had read and was told a few weeks after SB release.
And... i do not expect being able to actually get a house again this round

[RayneLittlewinkle]

It's unfortunate that those of us with the gil probably won't be able to get a house or the house want and instead we'll have a bunch of scalpers buying properties looking to flip them.

I formed a new fc prior to stormblood and we have enough for a large and because of the way the market works we probably can't get one.

You are on Mateus though.. I just came from my alt on there. there is stil housing avail in mist,lav and goblet. Goblet especially haha I am sure you won'y have a issue at all getting one.

[Akira]

can you park your char by the house you want or does it have to be outside of the zone?

[Hasrat]

You are on Mateus though.. I just came from my alt on there. there is stil housing avail in mist,lav and goblet. Goblet especially haha I am sure you won'y have a issue at all getting one.

There are literally dozens of small houses across all wards, and a few mediums, too. With the addition of the new housing area, and with people potentially moving their current housing over, I don't see housing becoming any sort of issue.

That's not even counting the apartments, which are mostly empty, I'm sure.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

They said if you already own a house or an FC house you could move it but that will be later. They want to give those who dont own houses a chance first.

They never said later. All that's been mentioned is people with houses can transfer. I very much doubt they'll only open it to people without.

[Celef]

They want to give those who dont own houses a chance first.

Then just make it one per account -_-