I'm really surprised at how seemingly hostile some of the replies have been. I don't feel I made an unreasonable suggestion (in-game notification for an in-game event) but it's been compared to requesting a notification on not capping tombs, or even requesting a phone call.

As of right now, the way demolition is treated in-game feels very... dissonant with how big of a hit losing a house has the potential to be (in terms of time/gil investment, possible inability to get a replacement house due to server demand, loss of exclusive/breakable items, nostalgia, etc).

The timer in the menu is irrelevant once the house and (I'm assuming) reclamation period is gone. Whether or not the player logs in an hour after the reclamation deadline, a few months later, or a year later, all record of their ever having a house is gone from the game. As though they never had one in the first place. As if the demolition wasn't (potentially) a devastating loss to the player and was so insignificant and unimportant that the demolition is never directly acknowledged or mentioned in-game beyond a temporary countdown hidden in the menu.

What do I mean? There's a huge difference between logging into the game, regardless of how long you were gone, and either seeing a pop-up notification or a new inbox message with the following:

"Your cottage/house/mansion at Plot X, Ward X in the Mists was demolished on 09 May 2018 at 2:00 AM PDT. You have until 15 June 2018 to reclaim 80% of the initial purchase price as well as any retrievable items from the Housing Caretaker. If you do not reclaim your gil and items within this time, they will be deleted and cannot be retrieved."

....and logging in and seeing absolutely nothing about it. Even if it's far past the deadline, having a notification on login or an inbox message does the following:

1) Acknowledgement/confirmation that the demolition did in fact occur.
2) Indicate that it was considered important enough to warrant a pop-up notification or message in-game.
3) Serve as an in-game record of it taking place (vs it being as though you never had a house to begin with).

It felt very weird to have lost the house (purchased on or prior to April 30th, 2016), my original Eastern Cherry Trees, original Flames of Passion, crafted items, other seasonal exclusives, over 2 years worth of changes/updates, everything in it it and the game treating it ("House? What house? You had a house?") as though nothing happened.