..only too have someone, somehow come up and steal the plot from you in the 5 minutes to AFK to go to the bathroom.

Thank you, SE, for making housing a completely miserable experience for me.

I'm not sure if this is someone relocating their house to game the system as I've seen demonstrated before or not. But if it is, this is truly infuriating to experience and is likely the last time I bother trying to get a house until this system changes.