Housing transfer - just want to make sure I do this right

[AnimaAnimus]

EDIT: I just went ahead and converted my house to a permit and got all my gils.

[MistakeNot]

Normally you have to relinquish ownership to any plot of land before you can start the transfer process, BUT there are some exceptions.

You will get a reimbursment for your plot of land and/or apartment (and furniture) if any of the following applies:
* You transfer to a New World.
* You transfer from a Congested World to a Preferred World.
* You take advantage of the current free transfer period for characters on NA servers.

If any of those apply to you, you should not relinquish ownership before transferring. If you do, you won't get reimbursed.

The reimbursement for furniture is a fixed sum, so try to recover as much of it as you can to your inventory or to retainers.


For the official information see:
https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...nsfer_service/
https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...ion_balancing/
https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...70b70f55a68e2c

[AnimaAnimus]

I know not to relinquish the land. But what about converting the house to a permit?

Like when you buy a plot and have to purchase a permit to build that house. But do you need to convert it back to a permit before you do the free transfer? So keep the plot bur remove the house from that plot, reverting it back to a permit. I honestly didn't even think that was possible, but it says to do it in the instructions. I've heard yes and no and some say if you do you don't get the furniture reimbursement. That's what I was wondering.

[MizArai]

EDIT: I just went ahead and converted my house to a permit and got all my gils.

Even with the permit you still got the 3 million for furnishings?

[Dustytome]

Even with the permit you still got the 3 million for furnishings?

You could buy up a plot of land, never build anything and then transfer. It's not actually checking for furniture, they just tacked on the bonus with the refund for this transfer period.

[Jojoya]

Even with the permit you still got the 3 million for furnishings?

The 3 million gil is tied to the ownership of a plot at the time of transfer, not to having anything specific in/on the plot.